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A young boy must learn how to cope with the sudden loss of his hearing. This short film was written, filmed, and edited by high school students at Light House Studio in Charlottesville, VA as part of the Virginia Film Festival's 2014 Adrenaline Project.
End & Eternity
Resonant
SATURDAY, JAN 16TH 11:00 AM
If we live without any purpose, reward or meaning, time flows mechanically. Meaningless life is not worth continuing. Purposeless life leads human existence to a point of being a mechanical clock. It is needless to say one must live a worthwhile and meaningful life. Unlike a machine, a man should leave behind fruitful jobs and worthwhile accomplishments. A clock symbolizes a machine-like human. Life is precious. It should be spent to make a man who can and is willing to contribute to the world. A man’s name is left behind after his death. In other words, he should lead a life of worth.
3 min (UCLA Short Narrative)
Director: Yoomi Kim
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Director: Sanders Evans & Shantel Winslow
5 min (K-12)
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Starlight
9 min (K-12)
Director: Lorraine Shaller
“Starlight” is the story of Julia, a young college student who has just failed a crucial midterm. After an uncomfortable conversation with her professor, Julia gets a call from her mother saying her grandfather has suddenly fallen ill and immediately sets out for home. Along the way, her quest is interrupted by a mysterious stranger, Hal, who is a plane spotter for the United States Army. When Julia realizes that he will be walking out to his plane-watching post alone, she offers him a ride, and they become fast friends. They talk about everything, Julia’s hopes and fears, her relationship with her grandfather, and how scared she is that he is so ill. Realizing how late it has become, Julia bids farewell to Hal and heads home, only to find that her grandfather has slipped away. But when Julia recognizes a strangely familiar bomber jacket hanging in her grandparents’ house, she realizes the truth—Hal was her grandfather’s spirit, saying good-bye to her before he left.
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Scaredy Bat
4:30 min (Short Animation)
Director:Greg Perkins
A tired frog is trying to sleep, but keeps being woken up by a crying bat who is scared of the dark.
Below The Surface
A girl reflects on the precious moments she had with her sister as she slowly comes to terms with her guilt and reaches her absolution.
Director: Neema Sadeghi & Rona Ahdout
4 min - (K-12)
The Promposal
3:43 min - (K-12)
Director: Ryan Porter
Ned Hamilton, a sardonic teen, strives to find the perfect way to ask Charlotte Georgina-Charleston to the prom with the help of his friend Radina.
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The Looking Planet
16:38 min (Short Animation)
Director: Eric Law Anderson
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During the construction of the universe, a young member of the Cosmos Corps of Engineers decides to break some fundamental laws in the name of self-expression.
Indecisions
Pursuing that one dream girl can have its twists and twins. Better watch out.
Director: Hope Alexander
4:26 min (K-12)
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Just My Luck
5 min (College Short Animation)
Director: Alex Del Rosario
A short animated film about a man who longs for a partner in his life but encounters a number of unfortunate incidences.
Super Movie
5:43 min (K-12)
Director:Nathanael Burns
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My name is Nathanael Burns. I'm 8 years old and I wrote, directed, and starred in SUPER Movie - a fun action film about three super heroes capturing two mad scientists.
It's a movie about a boy that falls asleep in the theater and dreams up an adventure where two mad scientists create a potion that causes giant boulders to fall from the sky. Three unlikely superheroes come together to save the world. You'll see destruction, action, fighting, and flying superheroes!
Change
7 min (K-12)
Director:Jake Bowren & Michael Chrisman
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This is a short film about time travel, in it a kid loses his dad in a car crash. With his death this kid inherits a watch, but this is no normal watch. This watch turns out to be a time traveling watch. Will he use this watch to change things for the better?
Nine To Five Ned
4 min (Short Animation)
Director: Brandon Ray
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Ned is a dreamer. Most people would consider his life to be rather boring or ordinary, but Ned flexes his imagination and finds the fantastical in his nine-to-five job. One day, while typing in his office cubicle, something rather extraordinary happens that could change the course of his life... forever. 'Nine to Five Ned' is a non sequitur dance between the mundane and the absurd, sprinkled with a candy-coated shell of optimism. Most importantly, 'Nine to Five Ned' is a celebration of the material imperfections that distinguish the non-digital roots of stop-motion animation's past.
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