SHORT CUTS 2020 FILM FESTIVAL!
This year's virtual festival was brought to you in collaboration with
The Westport Library
Thursdays, October 8 & November 12 : 7 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Our annual international film festival SHORT CUTS featured two evenings of outstanding international short films curated from the Tribeca Film Festival and South by Southwest - this year, brought to you virtually. These specially selected (and often award-winning) films were followed by a live online discussion between producer Nancy Diamond and three filmmakers.
Thank you for supporting
JIB Productions, The Westport Library & Remarkable Theater
with your ticket purchases.
2020 November Selections:
Living the Truth
Tapes by Dara Katz and Betsy Kenney (USA)
Single by Ashley Eakin (USA)
Winner, Special Jury Recognition, South by Southwest
Coup D'etat Math by Sai Selvarajan (USA)
Winner, Special Jury Recognition, South by Southwest
Dirty Laundry by Maxim Bessmertny (Macau)
Liliu by Jeremiah Tauamiti (New Zealand)
Special Guests:
Directors
Sai Selvarajan, Betsey Kenney, Jeremiah Tauamiti
in discussion with Nancy Diamond
2020 October Selections:
Seeking Refuge
Vera by Laura Rubirola Sala (Spain)
Toto by Marco Baldonado (Canada)
Nominated, Best Narrative Short, Tribeca
Cru - Raw by David Oesch (Switzerland)
Winner, Student Visionary Award, Tribeca
Gets Good Light by Alejandra Parody (USA)
No More Wings by Abraham Adeyemi (United Kingdom)
Winner, Best Narrative Short, Tribeca
Special Guests:
Directors
Abraham Adeyemi, Alejandra Parody, David Oesch
in discussion with Nancy Diamond
A Look Back...
2019 October Selections:
"The Secrets We Hold"
Special Guest: B. Monet
Writer & Director of
Ballet After Dark
MAJA
by Marijana Jankovic (Denmark)
Winner, Best Narrative Short
A little girl moves to a new country with her parents. Based on a true story.
by Dana Nachman (USA)
Nominee, Best Narrative Short
A sorority girl figures out a way to eliminate all risk from the late-night ritual that is the college hook up. Now all she needs is to find a guy to test out her idea on... and with.
HOOK UP 2.0
JEBEL BANAT
Winner, Student Visionary Award
The retelling of a melancholic 19th century Egyptian legend about two Bedouin sisters escaping forced marriages.
MOMSTER
by Drew Denny (USA)
Nominee, Get Shorty Award
A queer heist film starring Brianna Hildebrand and Amanda Plummer.
2019 November Selections:
"Living with Family"
Special Guest: Haley Finnegan
Writer, Actor, Director,
Westphalia
PEARL
by Yuchao "Robbin" Feng (China)
Special Jury Mention, 2019
In a desolate Chinese fishing village, a single mother gives her 6-year-old daughter one final lesson, inspired by true events.
by Scott Lochmus (USA)
An elderly maestro and a young piano prodigy venture out of their musical isolation in hopes of selling their beloved piano.
METRONOME (IN TIME)
MIND MY MIND
by Floor Adams (The Netherlands)
Nominated, Best International Short 2019
Relying on social scripts to survive the social world, one must not go off-script. Especially if you want to date a girl.
WESTFALIA
by Haley Finnegan (USA)
Emelia & Brody pack their things for a social media road trip in a 1984 Westfalia Vanagon...their aim is to become Insta-famous.
SHORT CUTS Festival Highlights!
