With over 300 films in their line-up, working out what to watch at the Palm Springs Short Fest can be a daunting task. Programmer and S/W team member Céline Roustan lists the titles from S/W alums you'll definitely want to keep an eye out for at the festival.
Created by S/W alum MacGregor and including films from previously featured directors Ruairi Robinson and Tim Hyten, 'A Thousand Suns' is a new Short Film anthology "serving up a “hallucinogenic cocktail of sci-fi dreams and nightmares".
** CURRENTLY OFFLINE** - That very night, houses will burn. Men and women will tremble. Hordes of children will come together and howl as they dance alone on the ashes like wild bears. It only takes one cry to awaken them all from their slumber!
It's 1994 and there's no Internet. So 14-year-old Jack Hoffman sets off on a quest to find a stash of gay porn from across town before anyone finds out.
The rocky road of love's many trials and tribulations told in a fast-paced and action-packed 4 minutes.
After several years together, William and Cecilie break up. The same night, to treat the sorrow with love, they decide to do the drug MDMA together. For better or worse, this results in an emotional rollercoaster ride over a whole weekend as the two are isolated together in their apartment.
In a middle Eastern war zone a gardener defies the destruction around her by filling her city with beautiful, life-giving lemon plants.
Ten-year-old Theo makes friends with a mysterious beached whale while his parents plan their divorce.
Kate moves to a small coastal town for a bartending job, anticipating a summer of freedom. What she finds instead is less idyllic, and she comes to realize she’s much more vulnerable than she thought.
