Monday 6th June
7pm @ Brenden Theater - Palms Casino Resort
1.
Sisters
Dir. Taylor Shortall
USA | 2016 | Language: English
Part exercise of passion, and part love letter, ‘Sisters’ is a fragment of some lost, tragic opera. Trapped in the ruins of their former glory, a pair of performers bound together and abandoned by time rise up to sing once more. Conjured up by the song to which it’s set, the film represents a sincere vision of inspiration derived from the music of Karin Dreijer Andersson (Fever Ray). It is the confluence of a variety of abstract concepts, from the fragility of modern technology, to the cruelty of the passage of time. The movement of the characters references legendary contemporary choreographer, Martha Graham; transposing an exercise in human restraint and lamentation onto mechanical beings
2.
The Tow
Dir. Ian Bohen
USA | 2016 | Language: English
Two men face off after a random encounter spirals out of control.
3.
VEGAS
Dir. Saj Pothiawala
USA | 2015 | Language: English
After being stood up by a Tinder date, Riley, an awkward and young Brooklyn bachelor, encounters Vegas, an eccentric cosplay prostitute, at the bus stop on his way home. Sensing easy prey, she bullies and cajoles him into engaging her services for the night to unexpected results.
Through humour and circumstance, 'Vegas' examines how loneliness and frustration can sometimes spur us into action, causing us to reach for connections in places we never thought we'd go. And how sometimes just having that experience, regardless of the outcome, is enough to help us see the other side.
4.
Brown Bag
Dir. Kris West
USA | 2016 | Language: English
What's in the bag? A guy picks up a suspicious stranger who carried a mysterious brown bag. He retells the story to his two best friends the next day who become obsessed with the finding out the secret contents of the bag.
5.
Competing for the Crunch
Dir. Audrey Balzart
USA | 2015 | Language: English
A documentary about making a Doritos commercial for the 2016 Superbowl ad competition
6.
CONTRAPELO
Dir. Gareth Dunnet Alcocer
USA, Mexico, UK, Taiwan | 2014 | Language: English
Contrapelo is the story of a proud Mexican barber who is forced to shave the leader of a drug cartel. As he faces the man who is destroying his country, he is confronted by a difficult decision: to become a killer, or to let this man continue to kill. By the end of the shave, the Barber will find our that he and the Capo are not all that different.