The Writer | Italy | Thriller | Emanuele Mengotti | 5 min
A story of love and sin, passion and revenge; join together in a surreal frame narrated by a damned writer.
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The Biggest Board: Surf City USA's Epic Ride | USA | Documentary | Nick Bowser | 16 min | Texas Premiere
On International Surfing Day, June 20, 2015, at the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier, 66 surfers, including former US Open of Surfing champions, Surfing Walk of Famers, celebrities, and local Huntington Beach heroes rode a custom-built, 42-foot-long surfboard to break the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® for 'Most People Riding a Surfboard at Once' on the World's Largest Surfboard. This is the story of how one epic idea came to life.
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Riptide Rhapsody | USA | Fantasy | Kenton Brett & David Jarred | 7 min | Texas Premiere
Five furry and fluffy friends are swept out to sea and into an amazing adventure. They encounter sea monsters, robots, and mutants in this stylistically inventive and hand-made animation.
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Nocturnes: The Paintings of Eric Merrell | USA | Documentary | Alec Ernest | 5 min | Texas Premiere
Los Angeles artist Eric Merrell is best known for "Nocturnes", a series of abstract desert works that he has painted all over Southern California, each solely by the light of the moon. In our latest documentary short from director Alec Ernest, we take an overnight trip with the artist to Joshua Tree National Park, where night falls and the desert takes on a surreal and mysterious beauty, where edges blur and shapes transform, and solitude takes on a whole new meaning.
Oak | USA | Drama | Aubrey Keith | 13 min | Texas Premiere
Two kids use music to overcome their predetermined paths. (Student Film)
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Spanish FLY | USA | Documentary | Jahmal Holland | 23 min | Texas Premiere
In 1990 a group called Spanish FLY captured lightning in a bottle with their hit song "Soy 18 With a Bullet", selling over 250,000 copies and making them an instant classic in Chicano culture. Before they could capitalize on their newfound success, things started to fall apart. This short is about the rise of Chicano rap and the fall of the group that started it all.
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Film School Musical | USA | Comedy | Maan B. & Talha B. | 19 min
Directing his own film is a dream come true for the soon to be film school graduate Tommy, until equipment failure, difficult actors and set drama threaten to make it a nightmare. (Student Film)
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