2014 DIFVF SCHEDULE
Wednesday April 9th
35 Seconds of Sweetness Directed by Sojin Jenny Park, Jae Kyung Ahn, USA
Abandoned gum on the path is different from trash that people left. The trash can be easily cleaned up by a sweeping car or a street cleaner. On the other hand, gum stays on the street as a wound. If you look around, you can find tons of abandoned gum under our feet.
The Sea [is still] Around Us
The Sea [is still] Around Us USA
Rachel Carson is dead, but the sea is still around us. This small lake is a sad reminder of what is taking place, in some degree, all over the land, from carelessness, shortsightedness, and arrogance. It is our pool of shame in this ‘our particular instant of time.’ — E.B. White, 1964
Rose, Mary and Time dir. by Hardeep Giani, United Kingdom
Through the magic contained within a clock he inherited, and with the help of an old Indian shop keeper, Barney finds himself back in time, with a new opportunity.
Tuesday dir. by Oscar Lalo Switzerland, USA
Tuesday is a poignant, thought-provoking story of how life can take unexpected turns. Your neighbor, your grocer, maybe even your good friend could be in the midst of an unforeseen crisis. This is the story of a man struggling to keep all the pieces of his life together.
It Won’t Fit in a Killing Jar dir by Felicity Flesher
Blithe struggles to interpret the death of her nature documentarian husband and descends into madness when a crawling creature visits her nightly.
Thursday April 10th
Payada pa’Satan dir. by Carlos Balseiro, Antonio Balseiro, Argentina
The Gaucho lives peacefully in the countryside with his wife until one day they hear explosions and the earth starts to shake. Bewildered, the gaucho decides to go out and see what was happening, and finds out that there is a huge hole in the middle of the mountains. The Gaucho concludes that Satan has made this huge hole to link the earth with hell. Along with the devil, comes the misery, so the gaucho decides to go and take revenge and put an end to this story.
Freestyle dir. by Lexi Lefkowitz, USA
Violet is an isolated, but spunky, 7-year-old trying to fit into a world she doesn’t quite understand.
One Armed Man Directed by Tim Guinee, USA
A wealthy cotton gin executive is confronted by a disgruntled former employee demanding the return of an arm lost in the gin’s machinery, in Oscar-winning writer Horton Foote’s chilling drama, One Armed Man.
Delta State Student Films
Friday April 11th
The Embrace dir. by Pilar Mata Dupont, South Korea
‘The Embrace’ studies two reunification monuments in North and South Korea. Mata Dupont has animated those monuments to play with Utopian ideas of reunification, and the significance of ‘the embrace’ as representation of the reunification in the South Korean national psyche.
Drops of Smoke dir. by Ane Siderman, Brazil
Drops of Smoke tells the story of Bibi. She lives alone with her cat in her apartment and decides to help her neighbor Juliet in a crisis. They create a relationship that ends up surpassing limits.
Sheltered Love dir. by Alex Italics, USA
In blissful 1950s suburbia, a lovestruck bobbysoxer and her no-good-nik boyfriend seek refuge from her overprotective and hot-headed father.
