Presented by The Wild Project

Lineup:

A COMMON CONFUSION

Written & Directed by Kenneth Anderson

Based on the short story "A Common Confusion" by Franz Kafka - A business transaction is hindered when time and space become distorted.

A TAXI OF COLDNESS

Written & Directed by Joonha Kim

A man rides a taxi late at night. When the taxi driver offers him chewing gum, he remembers his mother’s “Drugged Gum” story. Then the taxi driver says,”Did you hear about those criminal taxi drivers?” But after repeated offers, the man accepts the gum after all….

AMYDEE

Written & Directed by Amy DePaola

Since surviving a physical assault on the steps of her apartment, Amy DePaola (30) has been keeping a low profile while visiting a local boxing gym. When a young woman turns up dead in her neighborhood, Amy is forced to face her fears again, revealing that her real fight is far from over. Inspired by true events and melding narrative with cinéma vérité, AMYDEE. is writer-director-actor Amy DePaola’s meditation on reclaiming one’s power in an uncontrollable modern world.

CAREER DAY

Written & Directed by Ashley Deckman

Alley, a fourth grade student at Little Brooke Elementary School, and her single mother Mandy, are forced to leave the schools Career Day early when their presentation gets cut short and Alley retaliates against a classmate. 

FREEDOM

Written & Directed by Ayaka Furukawa

Girl A sneaks out of her repressive town and meets Girl B, who opens her eyes to the world around her. After that magical night Girl A decides to leave the town she’s always know to be with someone she truly loves.

TYRANNOSAURUS DEATH!

Written & Directed by Adam Volerich

'Tyrannosaurus Death!' is a whimsical romp through suburban melancholy told through split timelines. We follow Russell, a traumatized loner who poetically narrates us through the past and present as he commits a life-altering faux pas and tries to bounce back from it.

THE TRANSGRESSOR

Written & Directed by Victoria Duncan

In a society where music is outlawed, a young girl is forced to decide between obeying the rules and following her heart.

UNDERNEATH THE SOUND

Written & Directed by Olga Nikulina

What would you do if music was your life and you were losing hearing? What would you hope for if your child was diagnosed with deafness? "Underneath the sound" tells a story of a musician who refuses to lose the passion of his life and of a deaf child who gets his chance to hear with a help of the cochlear implant.