Queen City Cinephiles is presenting an independent film screening night at Petra’s Bar, 1919 Commonwealth Avenue, on Thursday, June 22nd, 2017, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The cost is $5. If you’re a member of Queen City Cinephiles, admission to this events, as well as all other Queen City Cinephiles events throughout the year, is free. Membership costs $10 a year.
Age 21+
The screening is a movie marathon of short films. There will be four film blocks: Foreign Shorts, National Shorts, Local Shorts, Staff Picks.
1st Block – Foreign Shorts
Division X
Synopsis: A Student refugee leaves everything behind in a warzone to secure a new “home” when she learns that her dreams are limited because of her nationality and the hope of reuniting with her loved ones fades.
Rating: PG
Film location: Malaysia
Filmmaker: Marwah Al-Attraqchi
Genre: Drama, Inspirational, Human Rights
Underwear Academy
Synopsis: A short film about a mental institution where the main therapy is to be in underwear.
Rating: Not rated
Film location: Paris, France
Filmmaker: Kim Puric
Garden’s Road
Synopsis: Escuchando Elefantes music video. Garden’s Road is the first single of their second album.
Rating: not rated
Film location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Filmmaker: Juan Galiñanes & Olga Osorio
Genre: Official HD Music Video
2nd Block – National Shorts
The Audition
Synopsis: An elderly actress gets mistreated by casting directors. Until she gives them a taste of their own medicine.
Rating: R (Strong language, Sadistic violence)
Film location: Menands, New York
Filmmaker: Christopher D’andre Williams
Genre: Dark Psychological horror comedy
Relentless Scoundrels
Synopsis: Three porn stars are on the run from hitmen after killing a maid guy.
Rating: R (Strong Language, Violence, a sexual situation)
Film location: Menands, New York
Filmmaker: Christopher D’andre Williams
Genre: Action/Comedy
Star Wars Rivals
Synopsis: Two siblings vie for acceptance into the Jedi Order, but verbal abuse and bullying threaten to tear them apart.
Rating: not rated
Film location: Southern California and Hollywood Filmmaker: Jay Sherer
Genre: Fan Film
3rd Block – Local Submissions
Madness
Synopsis: While on leave from deployment, a soldier is forced to face the very thing he fears the most: an opportunity to stay home and live a normal life
Rating: PG-13
Film location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Filmmaker: Michael Helms
Genre: Drama
Damiane and Her Demons
Synopsis: A tragically sweet young woman is haunted by intimacy with a stranger.
Rating: PG-13
Film location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Filmmakers: Carolyn Laws, Zachary Perlow
Genre: Drama
Goodman
Synopsis: A modern day adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story, “Young Goodman Brown” written in 1835.
Rating: PG
Film location: Concord, North Carolina
Filmmaker: Andrew Huggins
Genre: Drama/Horror/Thriller
Goodman Trailer from Andrew Huggins on Vimeo.
4th Block – Our Top Picks
When The Land Is Sick
Synopsis: While in the wilderness with the intent to take his own life, Ambrose comes across two ex-Confederate soldiers harboring a secret that gives him a renewed purpose.
Rating: PG-13 range for some language and violence
Film location: Lincoln County, North Carolina
Filmmaker: Michael Helms
Genre: Drama
ReStart
Synopsis: Andrea is trapped in a temporal loop. Will she be able to break it?
Rating:
Film location: Spain
Filmmaker: Olga Osorio
Genre: Sci-Fi
Trailer de reStart from Olga Osorio on Vimeo.
Einstein & Rosen
Synopsis: Summer of 1982. Teo claims he has found a wormhole. His brother Óscar does not believe him – at least not for now.
Rating
Film location: Spain
Filmmaker: Olga Osorio
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Einstein-Rosen (Trailer) from Miss Movies on Vimeo.
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