Shorts Programs

These short films picture a moment when the boundaries — whether they are tradition or taboo — that we’ve become accustomed to ignoring, overlooking, or accepting are breached. Now, there is no going back.

DISC

Directed by Blake Winston Rice
USA, 14 min.
Georgia premiere

The story of a hookup gone too far up.

Producers: Robert Ravenscroft, Victoria Ratermanis, Blake Winston Rice 
Writers: Blake Winston Rice, Victoria Ratermanis 
Cast: Victoria Ratermanis, Jim Cummings 

Enjoy Your Visit

Directed by Erin Cramer 
USA/UK, 18 min.
Georgia premiere

Kara gets a last-minute call from a living museum at the home of President George Washington to play enslaved housemaid Caroline Branham. On the grounds, Kara stumbles on a woman spray painting “Lucy,” and when Kara uncovers Lucy’s identity, she decides it’s time to go off script.

Producers: Danae Grandison, Lauren L. Owen 
Cast: Shahadi Wright, Elizabeth Ward, Bronwyn Doe, Latoya Edwards 

What Have You Done, Zarina?

Directed by Camila Sagyntkan 
Kazakhstan, 27 min.
Southeast premiere

A 15-year-old Zarina wants to get rid of an unwanted pregnancy. However, she ends up caught in a vicious cycle that is more difficult to escape than she thought. 

Producers: Camila Sagyntkan, Yerkebulan Kurishbayev, Yevgeniya Moreva, Gregory Bagaev 
Cast: Yenlik Kozyke, Tomiris Agadilova, Akzhol Primbetov 

Jane

Directed by Eva Ravenal 
USA, 16 min.
Georgia premiere

A young nanny and aspiring writer gets the gig of her dreams babysitting for her favorite author's child. But not everything in the house is as it seems. 

Writer: Eva Ravenal 
Producers: Jessica Li, Ajai Vishwanath 
Cast: Cara Buono, Eva Ravenal 

Because Today is Saturday (Porque hoje é Sábado)

Directed by Alice Eça Guimarães 
Portugal/France/Spain, 13 min.
Georgia premiere

It's Saturday. A woman struggles with the difficulty of reconciling her home life and her need to escape. 

Animators: Daniela Duarte, Ambre Gualtier, Ronni Shalev, Aurore Weickert, Carmen Gómez 
Writer: Alice Eça Guimarães 

Selah

Directed by Lara Everly
USA, 22 min.
Southeast premiere

When determined teen Selah takes on a solo road trip from Texas to California to deliver a designer puppy for cash, both her responsibilities and emotions get tested to the limit, ultimately revealing her real reason for the trip. 

Producers: Lisa Lee, Tracy Pion
Writer: Lara Everly
Cast: Birdie Silverstein, Milana Vayntrub, Lauren Weedman