MOSTLY LOCALS ONE - SHORTS BLOCK #11

The Carp Has Leaped Through the Dragon's Gate

Director Ryan M Adkins - USA - 3 min. 

According to tradition, a carp that could leap the falls through the Dragon's Gate of the Yellow River would be transformed into a dragon.

My Daughter, My All

Director Myles Evan Fulton - USA - 14 min. 

After finding out he has only weeks to live, an elderly father reaches out to his estranged daughter. When she wants nothing to do with him, he decides to try ecstasy for the first time during a late life crisis.

Black Butterfly

Director Kelvin Summerhill - USA - 12 min. 

On the day of his long awaited, well deserved promotion at his corporate job, an ambitious Black man starts to see cracks in his carefully constructed persona.

The Service

Director Julie O’Hora - USA - 5 min. 

A woman of a certain age becomes invisible. Especially when she’s serving your hors d’oeuvres, renewing your library card or cleaning your house. Ruby counts on that.

Could This Have Been An Email

Directors Nicole Kemper, Sarah Alison Hodges - USA - 5 min.

Three coworkers struggle with the horrific possibility of speaking with a customer on the phone.

Baby Better Swallow

Directors Alexander Rodriguez Valerio, Abbey Kincheloe - USA - 13 min. 

N.A.P.S (Nannies Are Protector(S)), Tampa’s most elite nanny agency. Why? Because they only accept premier child care providers. To get in? A seriously intense hazing, where no one is safe. Nannies will cry, baby bottles will be sucked, but if you’re lucky, you may make it to pick up the kiddos on time.