Screenings will be held at these locations:
The Screening Room
127 E. Congress St.
520-882-0204
Crossroads Cinemas
4811 E. Grant Rd.
520-327-7067
THURSDAY, APRIL 15
6 – 7:30p.m. – Hotel Congress
Opening Night Celebration
8 p.m. – The Screening Room
Opening Night Shorts
Ana’s Playground (USA, 20 min)
Charlie and the Rabbit (USA, 10 min)
Celestial Avenue (Australia, 20 min)
Ah Gong is a hardworking kitchen hand in Chinatown with the singing voice of a Cantonese angel. The twist: He’s also a white dude. When the loveless Kath overhears him singing his sad and beautiful song in the alley, she abandons her smarmy blind date to pursue this Caucasian/Cantonese mystery. What results is a laugh-out-loud short that rivals Quentin Tarantino in cross-cultural visual experimentation. Part kabuki performance, part karaoke music video and part kung-fu flick, “”Celestial Avenue”” is a visually stunning tribute to Chinese storytelling — and damned if it isn’t a cute love story to boot.
—Brandon Specktor
Seed (Czech Republic/USA, 12 min)
The Time Machine (USA, 12 min)
FRIDAY, APRIL 16
5 p.m. – Raices Taller Gallery
Filmmaker Reception
5 p.m. – The Screening Room
Global Shorts
Babylon 2084 (Germany, 30 min)
old fangs (Ireland, 11 min)
Roos Djaj (Palestinian Territories, 15 min)
TV (Italy, 13 min)
7 p.m. – The Screening Room
The Tijuana Project (USA/Mexico, 62 min)
preceded by The Fence (USA, 35 min)
9:30 p.m. – The Screening Room
Comedy Shorts
Can’t We Talk (United Kingdom, 11 min)
Celestial Avenue (Australia, 20 min)
Gayby (USA, 12 min)
GPS (Spain, 8 min)
Guillotine Guys (USA, 7 min)
TUB (USA, 12 min)
10 p.m. – Music Cafe at Club Congress
Cash’d Out (Johnny Cash Tribute Band)
11 p.m. – The Screening Room
East Planet (Japan, 64 min)
In this “”experimental sci-fi film”” from festival regular Hiroshi Toda, the astronaut Kuma lands on East Planet to discover a heartless dictator who executes the enslaved population by lethal injection. He escapes and meets a woman who survived execution.
—Steven Kwan
Preceded by Latte America (Canada, 10 min)
SATURDAY, April 17
1 p.m. – Art Institute
Filmmaker Panel 1
1 p.m. – Crossroads
Such Good Friends (USA, 84 min)
3 p.m. – Art Institute
Filmmaker Panel 2
3 p.m. – Crossroads
No Tomorrow (USA, 80 min)
followed by panel
6 p.m. – Crossroads
The Road to Freedom (Cambodia/USA, 93 min)
The road to freedom is paved with conflict and dangerous journalism, according to 21-year-old direct Brendan Moriarty. It also bears a powerful, tone-setting soundtrack and vivid contrast between the vibrant Cambodian landscapes and the harsh reality of war. The film is set in the early 1970s and follows two journalists on a trek for an award-worthy story in the southern Cambodian jungle. They find their story smack dab in the heart of Khmer Rouge territory. The next challenge is to break the news.
—Marisa D. Fisher
8 p.m. – 1 a.m. – The Screening Room
Acoustic Stage of the Club Crawl
featuring music of Al Perry, Al Foul, Billy Sedlmayr, Maggie Golston & Fish Karma
8 p.m. – Crossroads
Don’t Let Me Drown (USA, 105 min)
10:15p.m. – Crossroads
Dramatic Shorts
Ana’s Playground (USA, 20 min)
The Armoire (Canada, 22 min)
Head in the Sand (USA, 16 min)
Little Accidents (USA, 18 min)
A young female factory worker is coming to terms with the emotional turmoil of suspecting that she is expecting an unplanned-for infant. She coerces an old friend, who recently became mentally disabled after a debilitating accident, into driving her to the pharmacy in the dead of winter to steal a pregnancy test. The desperation and poignancy of her situation weighs heavily on the audience for each moment of this short.
—Marisa D. Fisher
Out of Here (Spain/United Kingdom, 8 min)
Patience of the Memory (Germany, 7 min)
SUNDAY, APRIL 18
1 p.m. – Crossroads
Don’t Let Me Drown (USA, 105 min)
1 p.m. – The Screening Room
The Tijuana Project (USA/Mexico, 62 min)
preceded by The Fence (USA, 35 min)
3 – 6 p.m. – Old Town Artisans
Book Release Party
“”Crossing with the Virgin””
3 p.m. – Crossroads
65_Red Roses (Canada, 70 min)
followed by panel
3 p.m. – The Screening Room
Be Calm and Count to 7 (Iran, 89 min)
preceded by Roos Djaj (Palestinian Territories, 15 min)
5 p.m. – The Screening Room
Cine Espanol
Di Me Que Yo (Spain, 15 min)
Jesusito de mi Vida (Spain, 9 min)
La Tama (Spain, 19 min)
Martina y la Luna (Spain, 12 min)
Nino Balcon (Spain, 9 min)
Te Quiero (Spain, 10 min)
Tengo Algo Que Decirte (Spain, 8 min)
5:30 p.m. – Crossroads
Situations Vacant (Ireland, 97 min)
preceded by Birth (Italy/USA, 12 min)
7 p.m. – The Screening Room
D*I*Y (USA, 84 min)
preceded by Skrappy’s (USA, 3 min)
and Music is Life (USA, 3 min)
7:30 p.m. – Crossroads
Comrade Couture (Germany, 82 min)
Marco Wilms, an ex-model in East Germany, explores the movement of counter-culture behind the subversive fashion industries during the 1980s. In an attempt to recapture the vitality of his youth, Wilms seeks out famous stylists and designers from non-conformist sects to restage an illicit fashion show. Set against the backdrop of a police state, “”Comrade Couture”” is a bracing look at how fashion gave life to those without a voice in the German Democratic Republic.
—Zachary Smith
preceded by The Poodle Trainer (USA, 9 min)
9 p.m. – Music Cafe? at the Red Room
MONDAY, APRIL 19
6 p.m. – The Screening Room
Haze (USA, 82 min)
8 p.m. – The Screening Room
“”Bridging Culture”” Shorts
Easy Made Hard (USA, 12 min)
In Space (Thailand/USA, 17 min)
Laredo, Texas (USA, 11 min)
Lychee Thieves (USA, 29 min)
The Visitors (USA, 6 min)
This dramatic short places you directly into the lives of Nisa and Daniel who originally only have to deal with a mouse infestation and dirty apartment. Their relationship is thrown off-kilter, though, when Nisa’s traditional Asian parents come to visit. Focused performances from Visra Vichit-Vadakan (Nisa) and Sebastian Beacon (Daniel) coupled with tight camera movements make for a brutally honest short that force you to focus exactly where director, writer and producer Samina Akbari wants you to look. And that’s directly at a snapshot of a young woman growing up and making her own decisions.
—Kathleen Roosa
10 p.m. – Music Cafe at Club Congress
Retro-Lution with DJ Sean T
TUESDAY, APRIL 20
6 p.m. – The Screening Room
A Village Called Versailles (USA, 67 min)
preceded by Point of Entry (USA, 27 min)
8 p.m. – The Screening Room
Comedy Shorts
Can’t We Talk (United Kingdom, 11 min)
Celestial Avenue (Australia, 20 min)
Gayby (USA, 12 min)
GPS (Spain, 8 min)
Guillotine Guys (USA, 7 min)
TUB (USA, 12 min)
10 p.m. – Hotel Congress
AIFF Speakeasy
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21
Noon – The Screening Room
Lunch Shorts
4 p.m. – The Screening Room
Dramatic Shorts
Ana’s Playground (USA, 20 min)
The Armoire (Canada, 22 min)
Head in the Sand (USA, 16 min)
Little Accidents (USA, 18 min)
5:30 p.m. – The Screening Room
Comrade Couture (Germany, 82 min)
preceded by The Poodle Trainer (USA, 9 min)
7:30 p.m. – The Screening Room
Psycho Guru (USA, 93 min)
Peter Scott, a local Tucson motivational speaker, is an absolute wreck. The only thing more shocking than his success as a speaker is his failure as a normal guy. This documentary follows Scott as he attempts to balance his career with his inability to function day to day.
—Zachary Smith
9:30 p.m. – The Screening Room
Arizona Shorts
Desconocidos (USA, 12 min)
Estaban’s Ride (USA, 8 min)
Hannah (USA, 4 min)
Lines (USA, 14 min)
Metamora (4 min)
Omega 3000 (USA, 8 min)
River Without Water (USA, 3 min)
Todas Almas (USA, 8 min)
“”Todas Almas”” takes place during Tucson’s All Souls Procession, a part of the Dia de los Muertos celebration. This festival impacts a young girl especially hard as she grieves over the loss of her lover, who was a military man. She paints her face and dresses in her wedding gown to join the throng in the streets, all the while carrying a sign calling for the end of the violence of war.
—Marisa D. Fisher
10 p.m. – The Shanty
Arizona Filmmaker Party
THURSDAY, APRIL 22
4 p.m. – The Screening Room
65_Red Roses (Canada, 70 min)
6 p.m. – The Screening Room
Free Land (USA, 62 min)
preceded by We Lived There (USA, 3 min)
8 p.m. – The Screening Room
Animation Shorts
Birth (Italy/USA, 12 min)
Horn Dog (USA, 5 min)
Like Crude Oil (Spain, 4 min)
Meatwaffle (USA, 9 min)
Metamora (USA, 4 min)
old fangs (Ireland, 11 min)
Over The River and Through the Higher Dimension (USA, 8 min)
Are you a fan of “”Reading Rainbow,”” but wish they’d tackle the big issues, like quantum physics? If so, you’re in luck with this short, a public access-style primer to string theory steeped in experimental animation. On a trip to grandma’s house, Dillon (the film’s director and animator, Dillon Markey) discovers that granny’s been building a teleporter in her spare time. The short film utilizes (pretty phenomenally) stop-motion wire-animation to illustrate the complex theory of interdimensional travel, as well as the theoretical composition of the universe. “”Over the River”” is an eye-catching, intriguing and entertaining examination of modern scientific theories. Warning: May be too confusing for your grandma.
—Brandon Specktor
Patience of the Memory (Germany, 7 min)
Raubbau (Germany, 5 min)
Seed (Czech Republic/USA, 12 min)
Wisdom Teeth (USA, 5 min)
9:30 p.m. – The Screening Room
Action Shorts
The End (Spain, 28 min)
Little Odessa (USA, 13 min)
Territorio Enemigo (Spain, 11 min)
Trunk (USA, 16 min)
10 p.m. – Music Cafe at On A Roll
Music by Apocalypso
FRIDAY, APRIL 23
2 p.m. – The Screening Room
No Tomorrow (USA, 80 min)
4 p.m. – The Screening Room
IndieYouth: Films FOR Kids
Charlie and the Rabbit (USA, 10 min)
Ella and the Astronaut (USA, 8 min)
Horn Dog (USA, 5 min)
Nino Balcon (Spain, 9 min)
Omega 3000 (USA, 8 min)
Over The River and Through the Higher Dimension (USA, 8 min)
Roos Djaj (Palestinian Territories, 15 min)
6 p.m. – The Screening Room
Mamachas del Ring (USA/Bolivia, 75 min)
preceded by The Time Machine (USA, 12 min)
8 p.m. – The Screening Room
8.5 Hours (Ireland, 87 min)
preceded by Cold April (USA, 16 min)
10:30 p.m. – The Screening Room
Edgy Shorts
Aftermath (Ireland, 10 min)
Babylon 2084 (Germany, 30 min)
A man named E90-1248 lives in a dystopian society where Earth’s population lives in one of two towers after a catastrophe submerges the world underwater. The entirety of E90’s existence is to sort scraps dug up from the bottom of the ocean, which are used to increase the height of his tower to combat the rising water level. After an accident sends him down into the depths of the tower where society’s rejects live, he finds out the truth behind the world’s plight and how he is the only one who can stop it.
— Jason Krell
Latte America (Canada, 10 min)
Meatwaffle (USA, 9 min)
Seed (Czech Republic/USA, 12 min)
Stuttering Ears (USA, 9 min)
10:30 p.m. – Music Cafe at Sharks
SATURDAY, APRIL 24
11 a.m. – The Screening Room
Filmmaker Panel 3
2 p.m. – The Screening Room
IndieYouth: Films BY Kids
Beat The Leak (Arizona, 1 min)
The Boom Box Kid (Arizona, 5 min)
Check Mate (Massachusetts, 11 min)
Community (Arizona, 4 min)
Fashion Zombies (Arizona, 3 min)
The King’s Receipt (Massachusetts, 8 min)
Land of Opportunity (Massachusetts, 11 min)
A Look Around (Arizona, 3 min)
Major Tom (Arizona, 3 min)
Music is Life (Arizona, 3 min)
My Story (Massachusetts, 5 min)
The Night (Arizona, 4 min)
A Recipe for Disaster (Canada, 5 min)
Sex Trafficking (Arizona, 2 min)
Skrappy’s (Arizona, 3 min)
Sustainable Desert Foods (Arizona, 2 min)
The UnDeadUcated (Texas, 21 min)
4 p.m. – The Screening Room
Border Shorts
Desconocidos (USA, 12 min)
The Fence (USA, 35 min)
Point of Entry (USA, 27 min)
followed by panel
6 p.m. – Arts Institute
Awards Night
8 p.m. – The Screening Room
The Crimson Mask (USA, 89 min)
preceded by My Superhero (USA, 17 min)
Director Zack Zhou presents a short film about the irony of an African American boy finding personal freedom in a white superhero character as the U.S. struggles with conflicting ideals during the 1960s.
—Steven Kwan
10 p.m. – The Screening Room
Best of Fest Shorts
10 p.m. – Kappy’s Bar
Closing Night Party
SUNDAY, APRIL 25
2 p.m. – The Screening Room
Best of the Fest – Documentary
4 p.m. – The Screening Room
Best of the Fest – Narrative
