Friday, September 22 @ 3:15pm
My Treasure | Drawn & Recorded: Teen Spirit | Exposed | Fearless | Touch the Light
In this compelling blend of live action and animated shorts that includes two world and one U.S. festival premieres, the path we start down rarely leads to the place we end up. 
*This program contains mature subject matter and violence

My Treasure - U.S.A. Premiere
Director: Michael Flores | Short Narrative | 23 MIN.
A cleaning woman steals a Salvadoran Civil War map and hunts for a treasure in the hopes of reuniting with her son.

Drawn & Recorded: Teen Spirit
Director: Drew Christie | Animation | 3 MIN.
The story behind one of the most iconic songs ever written, animated in the style of a pop-up book. It all goes back to the night Kurt Cobain was inspired to write Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Exposed
Director: Mig Windows | Short Narrative | 8:50 MIN.
Tension rises when a young model becomes increasingly uncomfortable with a photographer's requests.

Fearless - World Premiere
Director: Thiago Micalopulos & Carolina Romano
 Animation | 7 MIN.
Somewhere in the Peloponnese, thousands of years ago, a vigilante driven by haunting memories is ready to face her fears against a relentless foe.

Touch the Light - World Premiere
Director: Ryan Niemi | Animation | 11:15 MIN.
In a post-apocalyptic world after civilization brings about its own fall, not all prophesies are created equal.