Best Short Films Block A (Chandler International Film Festival)

La Vida

Directed by: Mauricio Alarcon

Run Time: 13 minutes, United States

Premiere status: North America Premiere

Jorge, a son of Salvadoran immigrants strives to make his high school soccer team but finds himself weighed down by the need to take care of his younger sister during his father's unexpected absence.

Chorus Notes

Directed by: Casey de Fremery

Run Time: 10 minutes, United States

Premiere status: Arizona Premiere

After a chance encounter at a record store, two women form a connection through the power of music.

Again?

Directed by: Rodney Simmons Jr

Run Time: 10 minutes 53 seconds, United States

Premiere status: Arizona Premiere

After a messy breakup, Sandra tries to find a new guy through dating apps, little does she know her dream guy ends up being oh too familiar

Fenwick

Directed by: Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid

Run Time: 13 minutes 41 seconds, United States

Premiere status: Arizona Premiere

When an ambitious journalist investigates rumors of unethical practices at the now defunct Fenwick School, he unwittingly becomes part of the school’s sinister history.

The Red Stone

Directed by: Jaime Jasso

Run Time: 23 minutes, United States

Premiere status: Phoenix Premiere

In Guadalajara, 1909, Carmen, an archaeologist, returns to investigate pre-Hispanic findings sent for the Independence Day anniversary. Amid political turmoil, she is tasked with restoring certain idols and objects, rumored to be cursed. Accompanied by Leonor, the housekeeper, Carmen explores the monumental house in search of answers. A grotesque specter, composed of human limbs, lurks in the shadows as Carmen discovers a special pre-Hispanic idol. The house becomes a terrifying stage where Carmen must decipher the mystery and survive this nightmare.

Sanguine Deposit

Directed by: Robert Del Campo

Run Time: 15 minutes, United States

Premiere status: Arizona Premiere

Mac is a violent, train hopping, drifter who has found himself wandering from small town to small town during the Great Depression. He is a sadist with no compunction about using robbery, or even M**der, to survive. Although he seems happy-go-lucky, he can become annoyed or angered easily. To Mac, the world, and everything in it, are up for grabs to someone who is not afraid to use violence as a tool. Mac finds himself in the small town of Lago, which has had experience with murderers, and the citizenry are in fear of newcomers. As he drifts into a local bar, he picks up information about the town’s wealthy doctor, who makes weekly bank deposits. After confirming this as true, he decides to stay a week in Lago with the aim of robbing the doctor during his next deposit. He spends a week committing petty robberies and drinking to excess until the day he can rob the doctor in an alleyway next to the bank. In a simple twist of fate, murderous Mac is killed by the more experienced murderer, old Doc Holmes; reminding all that no matter how big and bad a person may be, there's always someone bigger and badder...and more horrific...out there.

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