Turn Darkness Into Gold - Shorts #2

All Dead, All Good

Director Laine Wentworth - USA - 7 min - documentary

Paloma Strong is a young taxidermist in Los Angeles, California. In seeing her meticulous work process, you will learn what it takes to love death and to preserve a life forever.

The New, New Normal

Director Mike Egan - USA - 3 min. - narrative

An earnest yet anxious HR manager addresses employees on reentering the workplace, urging them to welcome a “New Normal” that grows incessantly newer and progressively less normal-er.

Letter From St. Anthony's

Director Franck Trebillac - United Kingdom - 3 min. - experimental

An experimental film created as a companion piece to support the latest release of the musical duo Amon Tobin and Thys. Blending together experimental dance and whimsical cinematography this film is an ode to the need for freedom.

Klark Sound - Red Spot Sun

Director John R Roche - USA - 4 min. - music video

A galactic adventure! Klark and his misfit crew of intergalactic rejects face their most dangerous adversary yet! Klark's evil twin... GLARK. Inspired by those kitschy sci-fi flicks of the 70s and 80s and imploring their analogue techniques.

Fortune

Director Alex Negron - USA - 8 min. - drama

An unhappy man who feels as though his life means nothing is led on an impromptu adventure through a series of fortune cookies.

What not to do at a Funeral

Director Brenna Noyes - USA - 13 min. - dramedy 

After 20 year old Abbi experiences a tragic loss in her family, she attempts to handle her grief the best way she knows how, resulting in one chaotic funeral reception.

Is Joe Home?

Director Robert Tate - USA - 4 min. - animated 

One day, I got a voicemail from a friend accompanied by an email of his sketches documenting an unspeakable childhood trauma. The resulting short film, "Is Joe Home?," pays tribute to the child’s unique coping mechanisms and begins the healing process for the adult.

*filmmaker in attendance

Changes

Director Tim Casper - USA - 12 min. - narrative

A hermit seeks transcendence through change.

*filmmaker in attendance