8 INDIFFERENT MADNESS DIR: JACOPO MENICAGLI / PARIS, FRANCE / 10MIN Taking a coffee in a bar with his friend ‘The Calm’, ‘The Mad’ is out of his mind: he has enough of those dishonest people who ask hypocritical questions. Although he has an important mission, the Waiter’s indifference causes him to lose control of himself. STILL CLOSED DIR: MARK DATUIN / TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA / 20MIN When tragedy strikes in a sleepy coastal town, a young family must adapt to the responsibilities and heartbreak caused by an unconventional love triangle. DIABLO DIR: PAULA SASLOW / PALO ALTO, CA / 21MIN Somewhere in Northern California, a construction worker finds a large sum of money while excavating a job site and when he learns that it is ‘blood money’ from a drug lord, he decides to take justice into his own hands, with unexpected consequences. ALVAREZ STUDIO 7PM
REQUIEM FOR A RUNNING BACK DIR: REBECCA CARPENTER / LOS ANGELES, CA / 1HR 29MIN Daughter of an NFL player with CTE hits the road to meet other CTE families, and explore his 40 year NFL career through the lens of this disease. ALVAREZ STUDIO 9:30PM
29 LIGHT YEARS DIR: ERIK MAUCK / AUSTIN, TX / 1HR 35MIN This film provides a window into the life of Adam, a young man nearing the age of 30, who still delivers pizzas in his home town. Through interactions with his friends, family and co-workers, Adam is finally put in the position to question the decisions he’s made and of where his life is headed.
EAST ROTUNDA 3PM
THE MISSION REACH: RESTORING THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER
DIR: STEVEN SCHAUER / SAN ANTONIO, TX / 1HR
A documentary that entertains and inspires by telling the important story of the Mission Reach Ecosystem Restoration and Recreation Project, which is one of the nation’s largest urban ecosystem restoration projects. EAST ROTUNDA 5PM
AMIR DIR: JOSÉ PAREDES / TIJUANA, MEXICO / 1HR31MIN Amir, an aspiring musician, finds himself drawn to Jeanette, a beautiful singer he meets during a night out on the town with his friends. The attraction complicates his relationship with his current girlfriend, Elizabeth, who is expecting his child. Amir will attempt to work out his feelings towards his newfound love interest, music and maturity, as adulthood forces him to make some challenging choices along the way. EAST ROTUNDA 7PM
HALF OF TWENTY TWO LARALEE LIST / SAN ANTONIO, TX / 1HR2MIN Miranda, an 11 year old lover of books, who yearns to someday be a famous author, begins her day in her usual way...shall we just say, she is not a morning person? Miranda attends 6th grade at St. Joan of Arc Catholic School. On this day we become familiar with Miranda and 5 of her closest girl friends as they take us on a journey through what it’s like to be an 11 year old girl in the 21st century. EAST ROTUNDA 9PM
ROAD DUSTER DIR: ERIK DE BRUYN / HILVERSUM, NETHERLANDS / 1HR50MIN Both a hilarious road movie and a bittersweet journey down memory lane. It’s a crazy ride in an American old timer from the provincial town of Tilburg to the Hamburg Reeperbahn and back. Above all, it is a hallucinatory trip through the mind of an author, who no longer knows if his novel is the product of his imagination or if he’s actually living it.
FEIK FAMILY ROTUNDA SEEKING VALENTINA
5PM
SHORTS 2 DIR: ARMIN NASSERI / LOS ANGELES, CA / 21MIN
When a writer in the pangs of mourning takes in a mysterious tenant, eerily reminiscent of his deceased wife, is she a hallucination, a dream, a ghost? Or is she a runaway?
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