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June 26th 9 pm Shorts

Friday June 26th 9 pm

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 42 W. Warren. Detroit MI 48202   Purchase Tickets to see all these shorts

 

Lucia No Besa a Nadie (Lucia Kisses No One) 30 minutes. Spanish subtitled
We first meet Lucia and Rafa in an underground parking garage where they seem to be strangers. After a series of sensually charged events, we find out that they are a role-playing husband and wife.  Lucia, a victim of child abuse heavily medicated on pain killers and neural stabilizers, decides to give up the medication in an attempt to rid herself of her dependency and salvage her marriage- she has a sneaking suspicion that Rafa is having an affair. It all takes a turn for the worse when Lucia cannot differentiate between reality and delusion. Raw emotions from her childhood emerge, which in turn trigger violent acts and mood swings. An emotional roller-coaster unleashes as Lucia and Rafa struggle to save each other from harm, while inflicting wounds from the scandalous secrets they have kept from each other.

The Beneficiary 18 minutes: 
After a truck driver, Roy Tidrow, cuts off a random car on the freeway, the driver (Joe) phones in a complaint and Roy is immediately fired, sending him into a violent tailspin.  Roy threatens his wife (Valerie,) who works as the receptionist at the trucking company, and forces her to supply him with the name of the complainer. Roy appears at home with bloody hands and days later...the newspapers are filled with the story of a dead family man.  When Valerie confronts Roy, he attacks her and gets the list of other people who have called in to complain, especially Joe, the most recent complainer.  This time Valerie calls to warn Joe, who is shaken by the anonymous call.  This prompts him to buy a gun, to protect himself from an unknown killer.

Arc of a Bird 12 minutes.
Synopsis: An artist disappears under mysterious circumstances after one of his paintings is connected to a series of miracles.  A documentary film crew pieces together details of the story through interviews and archival footage.  The Luck of Stoney Bowes 4 minutes. Music Video

Bedridden 30 min. -  One day in the life of a drug addict, however, it is the one day in which the decision is made to make a change. Some cameos made by recognizable professional actors. 

 

 Deadspiel  8 minutes.  Shown at Toronto After Dark festival. 
Curling and Zombies.  What else do you need to know?

  DEADSPIEL, the “Greatest Curling Zombie Film Ever Made,” will be creeping its way onto the festival circuit in the fall of 2008. In the pantheon of the Zombies in Sports subgenre, none have come close to capturing the gritty realism of life and (un)death in the sometimes ugly world of small town curling as DEADSPIEL. Chronicling the epic struggle for playoff survival between the human Team Olmstead and the once human Team Romero, this film transcends the confines of its genre to tell a tale of hope and acceptance and remind us all of the simple beauty of a rock sliding down a sheet of bumpy ice.
 
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