Short Film Series #4 Screening – UMFF 2011

Short Film Series #4 Screening – UMFF 2011

• Dense directed by Vanessa Williams (Los Angeles, CA)
An artist is stunned when her man delivers an ultimatum: drop her career to start a family, or he'll leave her for someone that will. As she recalls the path of their relationship, she wonders if she was too dense to see the signals of growing trouble

• Hurts Like Love directed by Rosalyn Coleman (New York, NY)
Have you ever been in love?

• Se Verlas Al Reves directed by Pablo Arreba (Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain)
A palindrome love story.

• The Dance directed by Pardis Parker (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
A romantic comedy with no dialogue, from award-winning filmmaker Pardis Parker, starring Evany Rosen (Picnicface, Roller Town), with cinematography by Christopher Porter (Brokeback Mountain). Alex wants to be what he thinks Jenny wants him to be, but it's only when he's himself that they finally connect.

• The Raw directed by Shantre Pinkney (San Francisco, CA)
Keith, a young man living in Hunters Point, a violent neighborhood in San Francisco, hopes to move and change his life, but is challenged to stay and protect his friend.

• Thicker Than Water directed by Anissa Marie (Atlanta, GA)
A blue-collared single parent struggles to make ends meet and hold his family together while keeping a deep secret from the person he loves most.

Rated R