Bentonville Film Festival: Shorts
Check out entries to the short-film competition for the 2018 Bentonville Film Festival, May 1 to May 6, 2018.
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- DirectorRyan W. GarciaKelly WalkerStarsUrsula TaherianChriselle AlmeidaBecky BonarOne girl's journey to becoming diverse...enough.
- DirectorShaandiin TomeStarsTrini KingForrest GoodluckErnest Tsosie IIIA women's craving for a connection with her son, which is hindered by alcoholism.
- DirectorGenevieve Clay-SmithStarsJamie BrewerAbby EarlMandela MathiaAmerican Horror Story's Jamie Brewer stars as Sonja, a woman with an intellectual disability who forms an unlikely friendship with a Sudanese refugee through their mutual love of KRUMP.
- DirectorNayip RamosStarsMadison IsemanD'Meetri GriffinStephen BarringtonA black teen from South Los Angeles falls for his white tutor. Their Romance struggles as the color of their skin is a reminder of their differences.
- DirectorGuen MurroniStarsMunroe BergdorfDamien HughesSorel JohnsonFee is out celebrating with her friends, but a voice from the past keeps plaguing her. Escaping the pub for a breath of fresh air, Fee comes across a church and follows her impulse. As her heels echo in the silence of the cathedral, that voice, the person who has rejected her all her life appears.
- DirectorTracy 'Twinkie' ByrdStarsTabitha BrownVanessa Bell CallowayLauren Elle ChristieThree "woke" Black students from 2017 find themselves sitting at a lunch counter in 1960. Will they be served?
- DirectorNicola FanStarsRachel LeungMan-Wai PoonVenus CheungBased in Hong Kong, this is a short film about a teenage girl's first day out of juvenile detention center.
- DirectorJessica CongdonStarsCrista LuedtkeA tireless entrepreneur sacrifices relationships, overcomes floods, and jump-starts the transformation of a neglected vacation town, until one project pushes her to the brink and changes her perspective on life, love and empire.
- DirectorLeonora PittsStarsBarbara BainRhea PerlmanRobert RomanusTerrified that his mother may not find the important mental stimulation he believes will stave off Alzheimer's Disease, Sam sets out to find her the Perfect Best Friend within her new retirement community, with hilarious and poignant results.
- DirectorJustinsuperstarStarsAbby RoachChris RodriguesYou've never seen anyone play the spoons like this! Asheville-based Abby Roach is one of a few in the world who makes a living clacking a pair of flatware together. Often underestimated, Abby's incredible life story is anything but dull.
- DirectorDan HabibA high school principal is embraced by his community as he continues to lead the school, despite rapidly losing his ability to walk and speak due to the debilitating effects of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
- DirectorCarese BartlettStarsMallory Caillaud-JonesMary C. JonesAn elderly woman is forced to confront her anxiety when it appears as a stressed out, twenty year-old, ready to prove her worth.
- DirectorKira AkermanHigh school musicians from New Orleans travel to Santiago de Cuba on a cultural exchange, collaborating with their Cuban peers on a parade to celebrate President Obama's open border policy with music in the streets.
- DirectorBrenna MalloyStarsLizzie ClarkeDana RobieA portrait of a sickness rendered by its haunted witness.
- DirectorAnna Margaret HollymanStarsNico Evers-SwindellMegan FergusonAnna Margaret HollymanWhen Teeny arrives to a gorgeous home for what she thinks is just another routine babysitting job, she is shocked to see who answers the door. Over the course of the day, Teeny decides to become the woman she had no idea she always wanted to be. Until she gets caught.
- DirectorSvetlana CvetkoStarsElizabeth BanksAnne BrochetCarol MondaIn 1916, the highest paid silent film director at Universal Studios was a woman named Lois Weber. Yet today, she is virtually unknown. "Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber" examines the achievements of this incredible woman, as told through the eyes of a young magazine photographer hoping to impress her.
- DirectorRachel FeldmanStarsJillian ArmenanteAmy BrennemanMichael Reilly BurkeA magical reality about a family coping with grief.
- DirectorChristine T. BergStarsVera CharoenyingAtif HashwiKatherine KampkoA coming of age story of a Thai American teen finding acceptance and empowerment cosplaying as her favorite superhero.
- DirectorMegan BrothertonStarsElizabeth B. BatesMegan BrothertonAs Maggie struggles with her mother's death a surprise visitor helps her find joy again.
- DirectorRebecca ShapiroStarsMindy SterlingConcetta TomeiRakefet AbergelAfter their regular aerobics class, three ladies of a certain age plot the best way to rob a bank.
- DirectorJoy MillanaStarsRebecca BouchardPat Brennan (III)Candace BruceA teenage outcast struggles to be accepted into her predominantly white peer group due to her Japanese ethnicity,
- DirectorSujata DayStarsSujata DayCameron FifeWhen a young Bengali bride collapses in the desert, a cowboy appears out of the sunset and rescues her.
- DirectorDale FabrigarStarsRoczane EnriquezNoreen LanieIsabella MagasA young mother receives a mysterious package in the middle of the night. Her curiosity unleashes a chain of events that threaten her life and her baby forever.
- DirectorJocelyn StamatStarsMarisa TomeiMinnie DriverPaulo CostanzoA physician investigating a missing body disrupts an unlawful experiment.
- DirectorJ.M. LoganStarsDonna PieroniMary ManofskyDaisy KershawTwo burnt-out high school Lunch Ladies do whatever it bloody takes on their quest to become Johnny Depp's Personal Chefs.
- DirectorTammy Riley-SmithStarsSamantha BondLaura AikmanEleanor BronThe actress, Margot Collins, played Lady Macbeth to great acclaiming her youth. Now in her fifties, she is largely forgotten, struggling for auditions, let alone parts. But when a theatre company announces its intention to stage Macbeth, Margot is determined to land the eponymous role once more - At the auditions it is a younger actress, Chloe, who commands the attention of the director, Richard, but he remembers Margot's inspirational performance and agrees to hear her read. It soon becomes clear, however, that Margot has no chance of starring opposite Brad, a hot TV star, twenty years her junior - and is instead offered the art of one of the witches - But one should never underestimate the spirit of the play to conjure black magic, to summon mishaps and mischief, nor the power of a formidable older woman to get what she wants .
- DirectorRobin WrightStarsLeslie BibbMichael GodereNini Le HuynhThe night turns deadly when a woman seeking refuge from a storm takes matters into her own hands when she encounters a drifter and a waitress at an isolated diner where everyone has a secret and nothing is what it seems.
- DirectorKimmy GatewoodStarsAlison BeckerIn this shockingly dark but utterly poignant comedy from Alison Becker and Kimmy Gatewood, a depressed woman contemplates ending her life, if she could just get everything in order first.