Portland Film Festival 2021

Expressions - Rising Voices Shorts Block

Expired November 9, 2021 7:45 AM
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8 films in package
Color Me Jane
An outspoken high school counselor with a deformity has the answers to everyone’s problems – until she meets a student disfigured in a fire...and the man of her dreams.
Operation Gingham
Two young people in a seemingly post-apocalyptic world meet for a forbidden outing, and become closer in the process.
Dermot Kennedy: Giants
Director Oriol Puig contrasted nature’s return, beauty and peacefulness to global human fears of entrapment and confinement, he was drawn to physically represent Dermot as an antique metallic exoskeleton within environments that warp, merge and in some scenes reveal reflections growing from the inside out.
Above the Troubled Water
Three gay friends from Nigeria are forced to flee their country. Above the Troubled Water follows their stories as they adjust to life in exile.
Last Seen
Last Seen is a web series that follows podcaster Bonnie Chen as she investigates a thirty-year old cold case of three missing girls in rural Pennsylvania.
Wilsen Ruiner
Two very different women cross paths out in the mountains.
Behind The Burning Vines
Untold stories from the heroes of California's wildfires.
Abigail
A lonely and elderly widower struggles to come to terms with the loss of his wife and the circumstances surrounding her death. When he visits her grave, he encounters a little girl who shows him the path to healing and fills him with hope.
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A lonely and elderly widower struggles to come to terms with the loss of his wife and the circumstances surrounding her death. When he visits her grave, he encounters a little girl who shows him the path to healing and fills him with hope. Inspired by a true story, "Abigail" addresses the topics of grief, loss and the complicated topic of end of life decisions, and the unique challenge it poses on relationships and family dynamics.

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    23 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Rating
    PG-13
  • Note
    Richie Allan, accomplished actor whose credits include "Escape at Dannemora," "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," "Meet Dave" and "Law and Order: SVU."
  • Director
    Max Hechtman, Christonikos Tsalikis
  • Screenwriter
    Jason K. Allen, Max Hechtman, Meryl Hechtman
  • Producer
    Max Hechtman, Christonikos Tsalikis
  • Executive Producer
    Meryl Hechtman
  • Cast
    Richie Allan - Elmer, Elvira Tortora - Abigail, Lauren Hart - Woman at Cemetery, Leilani Marie Vasquez - The Girl
  • Cinematographer
    Joe Daniele, Joe DeFelice
  • Editor
    Max Hechtman
  • Sound Design
    Chris Liang, Eliott Taylor
  • Music
    Andrés Soto
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