2018 GROVE FILM FESTIVAL FILMS
December 19, 2018
5-7:30PM BLOCK 1B
UNHAPPY HOLIDAY
Though we generally associate the holidays with merry and bright feelings, let’s face it, a Christmas of blue is certainly familiar to us all. (music video)
directed by Anna Haas
ACTS OF DESPERATION
A cop on the edge is obsessed over the fact that his beautiful but wife is having an affair. At the same time, he tracks a shrewd bank robber who is falling in love with an obsessed woman whose life he just saved from suicide.
directed by Richard Friedman
6-7:30PM BLOCK 1A
CONSPIRACY THEORY
What's underneath the tinfoil hat? Songwriter Tris McCall interrupts your regularly scheduled broadcast to explore the dark alleys of American paranoia, from the ludicrous to the disturbingly real. It's all connected... unless it is not. (music video)
directed by George Pasles
MAYBETHEPROBLEMISYOU - GIIRL
A lonely, broken-hearted man enters a dubious bar to find relief in a trip that is offered there. (music video)
directed by Alexander Kohn
WHERE THERE IS NO EXIT
five seemingly different Filipino-Americans find themselves trapped in a nondescript room with no discernible exit.
directed by Angelo Santos
FROM OUR COVEN
A pair of witches attempt to escape their malicious coven.
directed by Justin Patricolo
CASSIE
After Adler purchases a new AI Home Assistant La'Quan, Esay, and Adler have to fight for their lives...
directed by Adler Lafleur
AMERICAN DREAM MALL
In the future if you're not dumb or smart, its hard to find purpose.
directed by Cormac McCarthy
TECH TALKS
Tech Talks is a short short series inspired by advertisements. Created by Adit Dileep and Jaz Goodreau, these PSA’s investigate themes of technology, communication & disruption with a hint of nostalgia.
directed by Calvin Tran
THE SMILING STRANGERS
After Nicholas Houghton kills a child in a car accident, he is tormented by a pair of evil beings.
directed by Tom Bragg
7:30-9PM BLOCK 2A
DIGITAL AGE
A music video of the song Digital Age by Evangelia, illustrating the wonders and frustrations of trying to find love in a world of technology. (music video)
directed by Sonia De Nicolo
RUBBER ROOM
The Breakfast Club for Teachers. An uptight highly-educated school Principal is sentenced to a detention center for misfit teachers where his fate will be decided by good behavior.
directed by Dugan Bridges
DELIRIUM
A trip through the mind of a young girl who is experiencing a form of Delirium.
directed by Romeo Ortiz & Lani Martinez
MR. KISS
Edward Kiss is a veteran who's had enough of politicians especially one in particular - outgoing and corrupt Mayor Rudy Ratliff. Pretending to be an Uber driver Ed kidnaps Rudy and takes him on a wild ride throughout the night.
directed by Afonso Henrique
SCREENPLAYS
HOUDINI'S LAST RUN written by David Steinman
INSIDE OUT written by Jim Popovich
PLAN 6 written by Jennifer Chang
December 19, 2018
5-7:30PM BLOCK 1B
UNHAPPY HOLIDAY
Though we generally associate the holidays with merry and bright feelings, let’s face it, a Christmas of blue is certainly familiar to us all. (music video)
directed by Anna Haas
ACTS OF DESPERATION
A cop on the edge is obsessed over the fact that his beautiful but wife is having an affair. At the same time, he tracks a shrewd bank robber who is falling in love with an obsessed woman whose life he just saved from suicide.
directed by Richard Friedman
6-7:30PM BLOCK 1A
CONSPIRACY THEORY
What's underneath the tinfoil hat? Songwriter Tris McCall interrupts your regularly scheduled broadcast to explore the dark alleys of American paranoia, from the ludicrous to the disturbingly real. It's all connected... unless it is not. (music video)
directed by George Pasles
MAYBETHEPROBLEMISYOU - GIIRL
A lonely, broken-hearted man enters a dubious bar to find relief in a trip that is offered there. (music video)
directed by Alexander Kohn
WHERE THERE IS NO EXIT
five seemingly different Filipino-Americans find themselves trapped in a nondescript room with no discernible exit.
directed by Angelo Santos
FROM OUR COVEN
A pair of witches attempt to escape their malicious coven.
directed by Justin Patricolo
CASSIE
After Adler purchases a new AI Home Assistant La'Quan, Esay, and Adler have to fight for their lives...
directed by Adler Lafleur
AMERICAN DREAM MALL
In the future if you're not dumb or smart, its hard to find purpose.
directed by Cormac McCarthy
TECH TALKS
Tech Talks is a short short series inspired by advertisements. Created by Adit Dileep and Jaz Goodreau, these PSA’s investigate themes of technology, communication & disruption with a hint of nostalgia.
directed by Calvin Tran
THE SMILING STRANGERS
After Nicholas Houghton kills a child in a car accident, he is tormented by a pair of evil beings.
directed by Tom Bragg
7:30-9PM BLOCK 2A
DIGITAL AGE
A music video of the song Digital Age by Evangelia, illustrating the wonders and frustrations of trying to find love in a world of technology. (music video)
directed by Sonia De Nicolo
RUBBER ROOM
The Breakfast Club for Teachers. An uptight highly-educated school Principal is sentenced to a detention center for misfit teachers where his fate will be decided by good behavior.
directed by Dugan Bridges
DELIRIUM
A trip through the mind of a young girl who is experiencing a form of Delirium.
directed by Romeo Ortiz & Lani Martinez
MR. KISS
Edward Kiss is a veteran who's had enough of politicians especially one in particular - outgoing and corrupt Mayor Rudy Ratliff. Pretending to be an Uber driver Ed kidnaps Rudy and takes him on a wild ride throughout the night.
directed by Afonso Henrique
SCREENPLAYS
HOUDINI'S LAST RUN written by David Steinman
INSIDE OUT written by Jim Popovich
PLAN 6 written by Jennifer Chang
