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North Carolina Films

A New Life

Directed by: Adrienne Ostberg, USA, 8 minutes, Rating: MT

This short documentary highlights a program which pairs inmates at the minimum security prison in Winston-Salem with puppies from the Humane Society.  The inmates must learn to train the dogs and the dogs in turn have to learn to trust humans and in this symbiotic relationship, powerful and emotional changes are made in both human and animal alike.  Student Film – University of North Carolina at Greensboro

An Unreasonable Woman

Directed by: Camie Bargerstock and Paula Kosowski, USA, 9 minutes, Rating: MT

Shirley Deane, now a Winston-Salem local, was born in New York City and was given her first accordion at the age of eight. At 27, she left the United States to work her way around the world playing her own brand of jazz and classical music, living a unique and unabashedly exciting life along the way. Student Film – Wake Forest University

Birthday Psalm

Directed by: Zach Laws, USA, 12 minutes, Rating: MT

At a birthday party for a group of young children, the parents lack of supervision turns dangerous when the birthday boy, Christian, focuses on the unwelcome attendee Cody, whose unearthly ability to charm Christian’s older friends gets him in more trouble than he could have ever imagined.  Student Film – University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Children of Kabul

Directed by: Jawad Wahabzada and Jon Bougher, USA, 24 minutes, Rating: MT

This documentary short takes audiences to the streets of war-torn Kabul, Afghanistan and documents up close and personal the sad, new reality of child labor.  The film follows four young Afghan children as they go about their daily lives diligently working and trying to help provide for their splintered families.  Student Film – Wake Forest University

Gamers of the Lost Ark

Directed by: Jacob Rosdail and Adam Ward, USA, 8 minutes, Rating: MT

In a small, fairly non-descript building in Greensboro, the dreams of an arcade are realized by two friends who, for as long as they can remember have wanted a place where their friends and strangers alike could come and share in the video games that have played an important and ever-present part in their lives.  Student Film – Wake Forest University

Ghost of Old Highways

Directed by: Dan Bush, USA, 15 minutes, Rating: MT

This stunningly shot experimental short focuses on a Civil War-era man who is caught in a nightmarish dreamscape, commenting on the destruction done to our own people during this tragic war.  Ghost of Old Highways was shot on location in the North Carolina mountains and is based on the song of the same name from the band Lovett.

Kiss the Devil

Directed by: Aaron Smith, USA, 9 minutes, Rating: MT

Directed by UNCSA student Aaron Smith, this dark and atmospheric set piece fixates on a sick young girl, confined to her bed, who must resort to extreme measures to free herself from her situation.

Kudzu Vine

Directed by: Josh Gibson, USA, 20 minutes, Rating: MT

Stunningly realized through images photographed in black and white, then hand processed in 35mm CinemaScope, this film tells the story of that ubiquitous vine that grows throughout the South--Kudzu.  This film radiates with the luminance of early cinema and will have audiences looking at that green vine in a whole new way.

NC Shorts 1

Again this year we received many interesting shorts from both students and accomplished filmmakers alike, right from our own backyard.  Therefore, we wanted to highlight some of the local films from North Carolina that came through our doors. These two programs demonstrate the wealth of exciting talent we have in our own state and hopefully we can look forward to seeing much more from these wonderful filmmakers.  These fifteen short films represent four prestigious schools and a number of former film students who have sustained their filmmaking careers with wonderful results.

NC Shorts 2

Again this year we received many interesting shorts from both students and accomplished filmmakers alike, right from our own backyard.  Therefore, we wanted to highlight some of the local films from North Carolina that came through our doors. These two programs demonstrate the wealth of exciting talent we have in our own state and hopefully we can look forward to seeing much more from these wonderful filmmakers.  These fifteen short films represent four prestigious schools and a number of former film students who have sustained their filmmaking careers with wonderful results.

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