Sloan Hearts Neckface | SHORTS II: It’s Complicated

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JURY AWARD WINNERS!

Best Short Film - SLOAN HEARTS NECKFACE

Best Actress - Emily Tremaine, LIP SERVICE

Special Jury Mention for Excellence in Non-Fiction Storytelling - I'M FREE NOW, YOU ARE FREE

The complexities of love are laid bare in this program showcasing erotica audiobook voice acting, disastrous date conversations, a record-breaking phone call and a graffiti love story.

Sloan Hearts Neckface, dir. Justin Fair (USA), Lip Service, dir. Emily Tremaine (USA), I’m Free Now, You Are Free, dir. Ash Goh Hua (USA), Disarmed, dir. Rana San, Will Myers (USA), Wednesday, dir. Alex Kokenis, Alison Hale (USA), La Gloria, dir. Mary Evangelista (USA), Sinking Ship, dir. Sasha Leigh Henry (Canada)

Sloan (Clara Mamet) has a not-so-low-key crush on Neckface, an anonymous graffiti artist. Neckface (Raúl Castillo) has less than-resolved intimacy issues and a no relationship policy. Which he makes abundantly clear to his obsessive fan girl. That is, until Neckface realizes he and Sloan may be the same kind of crazy; and embarks on a mission to win her back. Which may or may not involve exploiting his roommate (Isiah Whitlock Jr.), stealing a much coveted pair of sneakers, and incurring the wrath of a ferocious lunch lady.

Year
2020
Runtime
15 minutes
Language
English
Country
USA

Director
Justin Fair
Screenwriter
Ian Grody
Producer
Justin Fair, Ian Grody, Jeanine B. Frost, Alena Svyatova, Parick Ng
Cast
Clara Mamet, Raúl Castillo, Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Cinematographer
Peter Fackler, Lukasz Pruchnik
Editor
Patrick Ng

8 films in package

Sloan Hearts Neckface

An anonymous, anarchic graffiti artist unexpectedly falls in love with a fan but can’t be with her until he reveals his true identity.

Lip Service

A woman records erotica fantasy audiobooks from her bedroom closet while her own life is far from perfect.

I'm Free Now, You Are Free

I’m Free Now, You Are Free is a short documentary about the reunion and repair between Mike Africa Jr and his mother Debbie Africa—a formerly incarcerated political prisoner of the MOVE9.

Disarmed

Some things are better left unsaid. This is a true story about one of those things.

Wednesday

Two friends stay on the phone for a whole day while one awaits medical news.

La Gloria

In the days following her suicide attempt, a queer lovelorn teen finds connection and solace with her Abuela through the secret language of dreams.

Sinking Ship

The short film SINKING SHIP is a hyper-stylized look at a changing relationship between a man and a woman hitting their early forties. While out for drinks, a couple find themselves in an intellectual discussion of how they feel about each other. Their clinical honesty is contrasted by the restaurant’s massive mural of open waters behind them that conveys the emotional truth of the state of their relationship. The ship is sinking, and it’s every person for themselves.

Shorts II: It's Complicated Q&A

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