Monthly short film screening series presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts
May program: Best of Indie Memphis Film Festival After Dark Shorts
7 pm doors open | 7:30 pm screening | Pay-what-you can admission | Free food & drinks
Tag: MicroCinema Club
June program: 2016 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour
Presented in collaboration with Crosstown Arts and made possible through support by ArtsFirst, the First Tennessee Foundation and ArtsMemphis.
*IMPORTANT SHOWTIME INFO*
We will be having 2 screenings: 6:30p and 8:30p. Doors will open for the 6:30p screening by 6p. We will not start seating for the 8:30p screening until we are able to clear the room from the previous showing.
Admission is Pay-What-You-Can. Beverages will be available.
Showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 95-minute theatrical program of eight short films selected from this year’s Festival, which over the course of its more than 30-year history has been widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers. Including fiction, documentary and animation from around the world, the distinct 2016 program traverses vibrant styles from wild comedy to reflective poetry. Each breaks through its limited timeframe with a high level of artistry and story that will resonate with audiences long after it ends.
AFFECTIONS | Bridley Eliott | USA | 16 min.
This comedy about isolation and loneliness follows a young woman who is adrift and seeking intimacy in the most unlikely places.
BACON & GOD’S WRATH | Soul Friedman | Canada | 9 min.
*Short Film Jury Award: Non-Fiction
A 90-year-old Jewish woman reflects on her life experiences as she prepares to try bacon for the first time.
EDMOND | Nina Gantz | UK | 9 min.
*Short Film Jury Award: Animation
Edmond’s impulse to love and be close to others is strong—maybe too strong. As he stands by a lake contemplating his options, he reflects on his defining moments in search of the origin of his desires.
HER FRIEND ADAM | Ben Petrie | Canada | 17 min.
*Short Film Special Jury Award for Outstanding Performance (Grace Glowicki)
A boyfriend’s jealous impulse spirals out of control in 16 minutes of romantic doom.
JUNGLE | Asantewaa Prempeh | USA | 13 min.
The lines between trust, betrayal, and forgiveness are intertwined for two Senegalese vendors as they try to make a living on the streets of New York City.
THE GRANDFATHER DRUM | Michelle Derosier | Canada | 13 min.
As the balance of the world turns upside down for the Anishinabek people, the elder Naamowin builds a healing drum to save his grandson and his people.
THE PROCEDURE | Calvin Lee Reeder | USA | 4 min.
*Short Film Jury Award: US Fiction
A man is captured and forced to endure a strange experiment.
THUNDER ROAD | Jim Cummings | USA | 13 min.
*Short Film Grand Jury Prize
Officer Arnaud loved his mom.
7 pm doors open | 7:30 pm screening | Pay-what-you can admission | Free food & drinks
SUPPORTED BY ARTSMEMPHIS AND THE FIRST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION | ARTSFIRST
To follow last month’s Sundance shorts, we are featuring “anarchy” work from their neighbor SLAMDANCE. The Slamdance film festival was born out of a DIY oppositional gesture. Their “Anarchy” shorts category is an attempt to recapture the early spirit of the festival. The casual cinephile might associate the Anarchy program with avant-garde, transgressive, or underground cinema. It is all of these things and none of them, it is an anti-genre, the form of resistance to dominant cultural paradigms. The films value innovation of form, violation of taboo, and disdain for institutional modes of representation.
7 pm doors open | 7:30 pm screening | Pay-what-you can admission | Free food & drinks
SUPPORTED BY ARTSMEMPHIS AND THE FIRST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION | ARTSFIRST
Organized by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts
The Very Best of the Rural Route Film Festival Volume 2
Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts’ MicroCinema Club will screen The Very Best of the Rural Route Film Festival Volume II at Crosstown Arts on March 16. The line-up consists of ten short films from the past five seasons of Rural Route programming, with shooting locations that span all seven continents.
The Rural Route Film Festival highlights work about unique people and places outside of the bustle of the city, normally overlooked by the mainstream media. Taking in a Rural Route program is like choosing the road less travelled, and learning something new about our constantly amazing world.
presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts
Monthly short film screening series
430 N. Cleveland | 6:30 pm doors open | 7 pm presentation | Pay-what-you can admission | Free food & drinks
SUPPORTED BY ARTSMEMPHIS AND THE FIRST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION | ARTSFIRST
Presented by Crosstown Arts & Indie Memphis
Join us for an encore screening of the Documentary Shorts Block from our 2015 Indie Memphis Film Festival. These films were quite popular but we know a lot of people didn’t have a chance to see them.
83 Min. Total Running Time
The Button King (8:04 min.) – directed by Ava Lowrey
Insomnia leads to an inspired talent in this documentary short about Dalton Stevens, the Button King.
Sandorkraut (12:00 min.) – directed by Ann Husaini and Emily Lobsenz
A portrait of acclaimed author and “fermentation guru” Sandor Katz, whose revival of ancient culinary methods has transformed his relationship with life and death.
American Renaissance (9:21 min.) – directed by Jarred Alterman and Ryan Scafuro
Explore the fantastic world of Elizabethan England… in a small town in upstate New York. “American Renaissance” takes you on a rollicking journey to one of the largest renaissance faires in the US, and a portrait of the characters that return year after year.
Collinsville Trade Day, 1988 (6:47 min.) – directed by Charles Keener & Jason LaRay Keener
A documentary about a small town market, shot on VHS by a curious grandfather in 1988.
Goran (10:38 min.) – directed by Roberto Santaguida
Joy and frustration as constructed by Goran Gostojić of Novi Sad.
The House is Innocent (12:15 min.) – directed by Nicholas Coles
Tom and Barbara’s new home has a notorious past and it’s going to take more than a fresh coat of paint to whitewash its macabre history.
Jake Plays First Base (4:55 min.) – directed by Josh Harrell
Jake just graduated to coach-pitch little league on his baseball team, and he’s set the East Nashville Little League on fire! Needless to say, Jake has big plans for his baseball future.
Seven Ways From Sunday (7:34 min.) – directed by Robert Sickels
Chronicles a series of unexpectedly startling moments of personal revelation, resulting in a powerful meditation on how seemingly fleeting moments of human contact can have profound long-term repercussions.
My Sister Ate the Zoo (10:40 min.) – directed by Maya Zhang
An ordinary phone call between a mother and a daughter, taking the audience on an emotional journey.
Presentations begin at 7 pm
Details coming soon.