East Lansing Film Festival

Shorts Program 2

SWANS SLEEP STANDING/Iran
Directed by Mousa Razavi/25 min.

A homeless woman gets hired at a toy factory without revealing her situation or her child.

G’ITIS BAGGS – COUNTRY SOUL
Directed by Nick Rohr/4 min.

Encroaching industrialization disrupts the idyllic horizons a farmer’s wife uses as a painting reference.

KA-PEW
Directed by David Myers/12 min.

A struggling millennial gets a priest to exorcise his imaginary friend.

SUBTEXT
Directed by Kathryn O’Kane, Christopher Raby/6 min.

Eric is running late to his first date with Sara, and, to make matters worse, he can’t stop texting.

BLOOD TIES/Israel
Directed by Tomi Joelah Drucker/12 min.

After their mother dies, the two sisters struggle to relate and listen to each other.

CATALOGUE OF NOSES
Directed by Josie Andrews/11 min.

A new nose, a new identity, so many choices.

TEA TRAVEL/France
Directed by Julien Jean-Zayatz/18 min.

A man’s search for light and meaning unfolds through travel, experiences, memories, books, and people.

LOX
Directed by Dan Pavlik /13 min.

Ruth meets, remembers, and ultimately forgets a young man standing behind her in line for bagels and lox.

THE DIVING/Iran
Directed by Moahammad Tanabandeh/14 min.

A man who has a bad financial situation. Receives a tempting offer to do the unspeakable.