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CineMini Short Film Contest
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CMJ CineMini Short Film Contest
Documentary Short Films
Wednesday, October 21
9:30pm | Clearview Cinemas Chelsea, 260 W. 23rd St.
I Am A Man: From Memphis, A Lesson In Life
Dir. Jonathon Epstein, U.S.A., 27 min.
Members of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike recount their stories of the painful, yet pivotal civil rights demonstration.
Trailer from I AM A MAN on Vimeo.
No Sana Hoy
Dir. Becky Corman, Canada/U.S.A., 9 min.
A journey to Havana where the filmmaker’s grandmother, Saluña, once lived.
From Wood To Singing Guitar
Dir. Shawn Lind, U.S.A., 32 min.
This film follows master luthier Wayne Henderson as he uses his intuitive instinct for finding the unique voice in each guitar he makes.
Welcome To My Queer Bookstore
Dir. Larry Tung, Taiwan, 19 min.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2009, the bookstore has played a groundbreaking and critical role in Taiwan’s LGBT movement.
Water In The Boat
Dir. David Gutierrez Camps, U.S.A., 18 min.
This is a quietly poetic and uplifting portrait of a life in today’s East Village.
Water in the Boat Trailer from David Gutierrez Camps
CMJ CineMini Short Film Contest
Narrative Short Films
Thursday, October 22 | 9:30pm
Clearview Cinemas Chelsea, 260 W. 23rd St.
Lightheaded
Dir. Mike Dacko, U.S.A., 5 min.
This beautifully rendered animated film takes us on an epic magical journey in a mere five minutes, a journey that begins when an explosive comet crashes to the surface of a candle planet and ignites a rhythmic flame.
Passing Fancy
Dir. Wei-Hsin Yang, Japan, 26 min.
Assured and restrained, this film is set in a secluded Japanese country house, where a traveling young couple stumbles into to a lonely man’s yard sale.
Cuba 1961: A Love Story
Dir. Anthony Pombo, U.S.A., 16 min.
In the early years of the Castro Regime, an idealistic poet is betrayed by his best friend, ripped away from his wife and forced to confront his prosecutors.
Cuba 1961: A Love Story Trailer from Tony Pombo on Vimeo.
Windows Vista: Predator Edition
Dir. Paul Kamuf, USA, 6 min.
Dial tones, war zones and predator drones. A witty cautionary tale for our times.
Out Of The Darkness
Dir. Nicole Roberts, U.S.A., 20 min.
Tragedy sends a troubled street teen on a dark odyssey from madness to sanity.
Live Music
Dir. Yair Landau, International, 5 min.
LIVE MUSIC follows Riff, a rock ‘n’ roll guitar played by the legendary Steve Vai, who falls in love to the wrong song, but ends up with Vanessa, the classical violin of his dreams, brought to life by Ann Marie Calhoun.
With Anchovies, Without Mamma
Dir. Tom Justino, U.S.A., 25 min.
An anchovy finds its way onto a pizza, with unexpected consequences.
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