2019 SELECTED FILMS
A DISAPPEARANCE
Laura Spini & Laurence Brook
A local child has gone missing. For the family, it is a tragedy. For former celebrity psychic Dame Alvera, it is an opportunity. . .
Laura Spini & Laurence Brook
15 min
UK
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AFTER THE NIGHT WITH VALERIE
Alex Garnett
A recovering amnesiac's memories are replaced by fantasies he believes actually occurred.
Alex Garnett
98 min
TX, USA
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AUG 04
Troy Lustick
A group of teenage boys wander through their suburban neighborhood on a spoiled summer day in 2004.
Troy Lustick & Austin Treat
5 min
NH, USA
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BnB
Devin T Klos
Troy inherits his family home and decides to turn it into a BnB.
Devin T Klos
40 min
NY, USA
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DEAR SATAN
Ben White
The story of a simple letter with an unfortunate type-o. Narrated by: Patrick Stewart
Alex Bingham, Conrad Swanston, & Craig Ainsley
6 min
UK
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FAMILY BUSINESS
Oskar Hirte, Clay Laplante, & Brandon Depew
New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival Jury Award Runner-up made by Pinkerton Academy
Oskar Hirte, Clay Laplante, & Brandon Depew
3 min
NH, USA
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HOW IS THIS THE WORLD
Sadie Rogers
A mother recruits a burned-out hacker to help search for her son in a virtual world.
Sadie Rogers
14 min
IL, USA
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LATER
Nick Donovan, Grace Lumley, & Brighid Lampry
New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival Jury Award Finalist made by Salem High School
Nick Donovan, Grace Lumley, & Brighid Lampry
7 min
NH, USA
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MEMORY: THE ORIGIN OF ALIEN
Alexandre O. Philippe
The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the. . .
Alexandre O. Philippe
95 min
CA, USA
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NOMAD
Adam Newman
A Nomad finds shelter from the bleak landscape in a farmhouse whose inhabitants may be more dangerous than the world. . .
Adam Newman
25 min
NH, USA
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QUIREWOOD! THE MUSICAL
Adam Griswold
Kadence Jacobs is ready to check out of the Quirewood Psychiatric Clinic, but when Dr. Albert Jackson takes over as lead. . .
Adam Griswold, Hannah Heckman-McKenna, & Rivengurl Hart
119 min
MA, USA
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THE CATCH
Sam Avery
Sometimes, it really is just a fish story. . .
Sam Avery
6 min
NY, USA
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THE LONELY HEARTS
David Baugh
A man and a woman try online dating and after some missteps they find each other.
David Baugh
6 min
CA, USA
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THE MUSIC
Mark Battle
A hitman cleaner decides that he has erased his final crime scene and plans to runaway.
Mark Battle
20 min
NH, USA
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WHENEVER YOU’RE READY
Craig Ainsley
A heartbroken actress goes to an audition.
Craig Ainsley
11 min
UK
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ACROSS
Abhineet Kumar
A man struggles with his desire to go across.
Craig Greenman
14 min
NH USA
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AN EXPLANATION OF LONELINESS
Ben Peirce & P.J. Huot
This 7-minute silent film examines the lonely life of George Diffely (Aaron Compagna) � an artistic office drone, longing. . .
Ben Peirce & P.J. Huot
8 min
NH, USA
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BABY BIRD
Barret Bowman
When Jen and Paul are invited to a coworker's dinner party, they get roped in to playing the group's favorite game. . .
Katie Locke O’Brien & Andrew Goulet
7 min
CA, USA
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CHEMISTRY READ
Norman Lang
This is a comedy that looks inside the life of an overindulged LA rapper/ reality television star who is humbled by his past. . .
Alison Wachtler
8 min
MA, USA
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EXTRA INNINGS
John Gray
A reporter interviews a major league baseball manager in an attempt to uncover secrets from his past.
John Gray
9 min
NY, USA
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FINGER CUFFS
Mackenzie Mooney, Zoe Deyermond, Abby Nelson, & Kaylla Damaceno
New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival Jury Award Finalist made by Pinkerton Academy
Mackenzie Mooney, Zoe Deyermond, Abby Nelson, & Kaylla Damaceno
5 min
NH, USA
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IN THE MIND’S EYE
Kellen Gibbs
Gifted with the ability to extract and inhabit other people’s memories, Greer Thompson is an example of how incredible. . .
Kellen Gibbs
17 min
CA, USA
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MARSHFIELD MASSACHUSETTS PHOTOVOICE PROJECT
Tom Anastasi
PhotoVoice is a documentary about two high-school students with no photography experience were asked questions about addiction. In a five week period to follow, they answered those questions with photographs in an inspiring story of how teens can connect with their peers on important topics in a positive and non-judgemental way.
8 min
MA, USA
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MY BLOOD IS RED
"Various"
A musical love story, a tragedy and a celebration of the indigenous lens. In the middle of an environmental and. . .
87 min
UK / Brazil
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ONE OF A KIND
Alyssa Spiller
New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival Jury Award Finalist made by ConVal Regional High School
3 min
NH, USA
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STOOD UP
Cjay Boisclair
Dialogue free and universal in its story-telling, Stood Up is a short film filled with memories of happily ever after and love. . .
Cjay Boisclair
5 min
CA, USA
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THE DALAI LAMA: SCIENTIST
Dawn Gifford Engle
Eighty five years ago, a little boy was born in a remote corner of Tibet. One day, miraculously, he was discovered to be the. . .
94 min
CO, USA
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THE LOST BOY
Brendan Egan
A coming-of-age story set during the release of “The Lost Boys” (1987) about Darryl, a socially awkward 16 year old. . .
Brendan Egan
14 min
MA, USA
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THE SPA
Will Goodfellow
When retiree Don declares he no longer wants the new spa he's just ordered, Ivan the deliveryman suspects there's more. . .
Will Goodfellow
8 min
AU
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ADULT A.D.R.
Topher Hansson & Chris Goodwin
A home recording studio takes on a job helping a local actress and winds up being forced to sound design an adult film.
Chris Goodwin
29 min
NH, USA
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ANNE
Vijay Renga
A modern musical take on a holocaust love story, inspired by Anne Frank.
Vijay Renga
8 min
NH, USA
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BUCKY
Geoffrey Gould
A third date does not go as expected when Amy's lifelong friend Bucky confronts her date Peter.
Geoffrey Gould
9 min
CA, USA
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DARK HARBOR
Joe Raffa
Olivia, a pregnant woman approaching her due date, returns to Maine for the funeral of her father, but while she's there her. . .
Joe Raffa & Edwin P. Stevens
91 min
CA, USA
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FAIRY TAIL
Justin & Kristin Schaack
A hopeless romantic discovers an unlikely intruder and finds love at first fight. Suspense... Romance... Puppets!
Justin & Kristin Schaack
4 min
CA, USA
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GIVE ME LIBERTY
Kirill Mikhanovsky
In this freewheeling comedy, medical transport driver Vic risks his job to shuttle a group of rowdy seniors and a Russian boxer to a funeral, dragging clients like Tracy, a young woman with ALS, along for the ride.
Alice Austen & Kirill Mikhanovsky
110 min
IL, USA
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KIDNAPPED COW CAPER
Lily Hipp
New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival Jury Award Winner made by Souhegan High School
Lily Hipp
3 min
NH, USA
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MEET YOUR HAYMAKER
James Claibourne Gillum
A lifetime of pain and failure has led Vinny to the conclusion that all existence is a mistake and there's only one man to. . .
James Claibourne Gillum
6 min
CA, USA
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NIGHTMARE REUNION
Shawn Allen
Five friends with a dark secret return to reunite at their old party ground. As they decide to camp out in the mountains one. . .
Shawn Allen
64 min
NH, USA
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PLEDGE IT
Rachael Sonnenberg
Public school children around the country say the pledge of allegiance every day, but for the second graders at Reileigh. . .
Rachael Sonnenberg
13 min
NJ, USA
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STRAY
Daniel Black & Ryan Convery
Jack (Paul Kandarian), a small town cop who left his family behind many years ago, takes in his estranged granddaughter. . .
Daniel Black
34 min
MA, USA
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THE FIDDLING HORSE
CJ Wallis
"The Fiddling Horse" is a dark comedy following Leslie Heart, a woman who inherits a racehorse, and in an attempt to. . .
CJ Wallis
81 min
LA, USA
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THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOT
Terry Gilliam
Toby, a disillusioned film director, becomes pulled into a world of time-jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes. . .
Terry Gilliam & Tony Grisoni
132 min
UK
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TRUST ISSUES
Andretti Dante
Charlie and Megan, a couple whose madly in love are stranded in an unforgiving desert and bleeding out. Charlie must. . .
Andretti Dante
20 min
CA, USA
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