Presented in partnership with Mississippi Comic Con Turned to the Sun and other Visually-Striking Shorts
Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 4pm
The Fox
Short (10 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Sadegh Javadi Nikjeh / Islamic Republic of Iran / Animation
A young fox on the verge of experiencing first love is trapped by a hunter.
Film trailer: https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/10612246
Icons
Short (5 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Ronnie Cramer / USA / Animation
2,500 drawings and 500 years of world art in 5 minutes, animated old school style.
Film trailer: https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/10441938
Cicada
Short (4 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Clarissa Gregory / USA / Animation
The lyrical unfolding of the passage of time in the life of a cicada.
Special category: Female Filmmaker
Run Rostam Run
Animation (12 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Hossein Molayemi / Islamic Republic of Iran / Drama
Rostam must time travel to contemporary Tehran to make up for what he has done to his son.
Film trailer: https://youtu.be/qhG_Di5kpw8
Special category: Female Filmmaker
Freedom
Short (9 min.) / Dir. Carrie Simon & Mark Davis, Prod. Carrie Simon / Mississippi / Drama
To know freedom, you must know what you’ve been freed of…
Film trailer: https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/10590622
Special category: Mississippi, Female Filmmaker
Turned to the Sun
Short (4 min.) / Dir. Keith Wilhelm Kopp, Prod. Laurence Guy / UK / Drama
Ben is running away from his past. Can he break the chains of his trauma to live freely or forever be overshadowed by his demons?
Film website: www.kwkopp.com
Film trailer: https://vimeo.com/276771119
Echo
Short (10 min.) / Dir. Victor Perez, Prod. Tomas Wall & Victor Perez / UK / Drama
A girl wakes up in the middle of nowhere to see her own reflection, but 10 seconds in the future.
Film trailer: https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/10419333
Special category: Female Filmmaker
