The World We Live In
Comedy, Drama, Crime, Documentary, Short, Local |
2018 |
2hr 12min
CAST: Various DIRECTOR: Various
CAST: Various DIRECTOR: Various
SUNDAY OCTOBER 8 7:00 PM THE GRAND CINEMA
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 11 2:15 PM THE GRAND CINEMA
1. Dear Congress
USA | 2 MIN | DIRECTOR: ANNIE O’NEIL
West Coast Premiere
A visual letter to Congress from the children of America as they share about how to get along.
Filmmaker in Attendance
2. For Flint
USA |17 MIN | DIRECTOR: BRIAN SCHULZ
West Coast Premiere
In the face of adversity, the people of Flint forge a new and powerful narrative that flows with hope and optimism.
3. Dinosaurs in the Hood
USA | 3 MIN | DIRECTOR: LONG TRAN
World Premiere
A spoken word by Danez Smith projected into a film that empowers African-American men, and fights the negative representation in media.
Filmmaker in Attendance
4. Monday
USA | 18 MIN | DIRECTOR: DINH THAI
Washington State Premiere
A young hustler navigates through LA while facing racism, danger and a moral struggle with his illicit occupation. And it’s only Monday.
Filmmaker in Attendance
5. The Good Mother
MEXICO | 5 MIN | DIRECTOR: SARAH CLIFT | CAST: MONICA DEL, ABRAHAM ESPÃNDOLA, FERMÃN MARTÃNEZ
Washington State Premiere
A Mexican mother embarks upon an epic journey across land and politics to find the right piñata for her son’s birthday.
6. First Ladyland
SLOVENIA | 20 MIN DIRECTOR DAVID FREID
World Premiere
Sevnica, the small medieval town in Slovenia where Melania Trump grew up, is officially open for business. That’s because our First Lady is their First Lady too.
7. Import
NETHERLANDS | 16 MIN | DIRECTOR: ENA SENDIJAREVIC | CAST: ALENA DZEBO, MARIO KNEZOVIC, ESMA HRUSTO
West Coast Premiere
A Bosnian refugee family ends up in the Netherlands in 1994. Absurd situations arise as they try to make this new world their home.
8. #selfie
GERMANY | 7 MIN | DIRECTOR: DAVID M. LORENZ | CAST: DANIEL COLLINS, ZOE HOWARD, JO¨RN KAMPHUIS
West Coast Premiere
A couple on holiday in Berlin. Everything is perfect, but then he wants to take a selfie...
9. NIGHT
USA/ NETHERLANDS | 9 MIN | DIRECTOR: JOOSJE DUK | CAST: RACHEL HILSON, GENELVA KRIND, KATHERINE ROMANS
Washington State Premiere
A night on the town changes course completely after an unpleasant encounter with the bouncer.
10. Isis Hair Salon
USA | 5 MIN | DIRECTOR NICHOLAS COLES
Washington State Premiere
A hair stylist has unwittingly been thrust into the war of terror and she’s fighting back one braid, weave and extension at a time.
11. It’s Just a Gun
USA | 14 MIN | DIRECTOR: BRIAN ROBAU | CAST: JOSHUA JOHNSON-LIONEL, B.J. TANNER, MIKELEN WALKER
When a young boy finds a .38 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver, it sets in motion a series of events that will change him forever.
12. Horseshoe Theory
USA | 12 MIN | DIRECTOR: JONATHAN DANIEL BROWN | CAST: JACKSON RATHBONE, AMIR MALAKLOU
Washington State Premiere
A white supremacist and a Jihadist discover they have more in common than they imagined.
