Celebrating local film making! Block 1
SHIFT (6:55) Rebeca Donovan;
World Premiere (in attendance)A mood short about a young woman struggling with friendship. After the loss of someone she once considered a "best friend" she learns that happiness can be found differently than expected.
DOWNPOUR (9) Tony Ahedo;
St. Petersburg Premiere (in attendance)With a category 4 hurricane imminent, two brothers, bunker down at home to wait out the storm. When they let a stranger in looking for help, they realize maybe the real danger isn't outside, but inside with them.
WOOLY BURGER (10) Briston George;
St. Petersburg Premiere (in attendance)
With the help of a guide, four film students set out to make a film about an urban legend where it's said to take place. Along the way they get more of the story than they asked for.
THE PURGATORIST (10:50) Maurice Jovan;
(in attendance)A man must watch his wife commit suicide over and over again until he can figure out how to stop it.
PHONE: INSTAFAMOUS (10:30) David Scott Leatherwood;
St. Petersburg Premiere (in attendance)Two friends want to become internet celebrities so they can quit their jobs and get paid to post on social media. Who do you follow?
PALEO MAN (20) Bill Leavengood ; World
Premiere (in attendance)https://youtu.be/aFO3AHs1EdM “I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.” ― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein. A lonely and traumatized teenaged runaway with a terrible secret must try to live off the land with the help of a mysterious homeless veteran who calls himself Paleo Man.
RELAX (7) Matthew Herbertz;
Florida Premiere (in attendance)https://vimeo.com/246853320Soon after the 2016 U.S. election, an anti-Trump activist waits outside a supporter’s home considering something that could result in deadly consequences.
AUDITION (11:42) Robert Dittmer; World
Premiere (in attendance)A chance meeting at an audition changes the lives of two unlikely friends.
TIME 85:57
