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Shorts 5: No One Gets Out Alive

Friday, May 15 at 7:30 PM at 7 Stages

Between Dog And Man - Fabian Martin
Former 51 -  Jude Smith-D'Oliveira, Jacob Kowal
Knifeman - MP Hayes
Korak - Joshua Romeo
Matchmaker - Jack Floyd
Message to Jacob - Thomas Kennedy Pope
OSSOBUCO - Jakob Bjerkesjö
Repercussion(s) - Kelsey Nerrie
Second Shift - Jackie Moore
The Delivery - Chris Frint
To Have and to Hold - Juan Javier "Javo" Aguirre 


92 min. total run time + Q&A with attending filmmakers

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OSSOBUCO

Director Jakob Bjerkesjö

Runtime:1 min.

Category: Drama

During a tender anniversary dinner, a man’s fragile illusion begins to crumble and a haunting reality of grief and denial is revealed.

The Delivery

Director Chris Frint

Runtime: 2 min.

Category: Action

When a young man is cornered in an interrogation room, the truth doesn’t come quietly, it fights back.

To Have and to Hold

Director Juan Javier "Javo" Aguirre

Runtime: 7 min.

Category: Drama

In efforts to put an end to habitual rape, gaslighting, and violence, victim of domestic abuse takes matters into her own hands.

Between Dog And Man

Director Fabian Martin

Runtime: 10 min.

Category: Drama

A man traveling along an empty road at night hits a dog. What ensues is a testimony to the centuries old bond between man and dog.

Second Shift

Director Jackie Moore

Runtime: 12 min.

Category: Drama 

The night before returning to work, a young doctor and new mother unravels under the pressures of motherhood. A vivid nightmare blurs fear and reality, forcing her to confront her deepest anxieties and the cost of failure.


Filmmaker in Attendance

Repercussion(s)

Director Kelsey Nerrie

Runtime: 15 min. 

Category: Drama

The unsolved disappearance of his daughter prompts a grieving father to take matters into his own hands, giving rise to myriad consequences.


Filmmaker in Attendance

Message to Jacob

Director: Thomas Kennedy Pope

Runtime: 10 min.

Category: Drama

A devout father records a message for his missing son. Over the course of his message, he reveals how faith, fear, and grief can curdle into violence.


Filmmaker in Attendance

Former 51

Director Jude Smith-D'Oliveira, Jacob Kowal 

Runtime: 4 min.

Category: Drama

Two years deep into a modern day Civil War in America, The 51st President of The United States addresses the nation one final time while The White House is under attack. As he attempts to justify his positions, his true atrocities are revealed and his character unmasked before an explosion forces a premature end to his address.


Filmmaker in Attendance

Korak
Director: Joshua Romeo
Runtime: 7 min.

Category: Action 

A group of mercenaries on a mission in a remote jungle angers one of its inhabitants.


Filmmaker in Attendance

Matchmaker

Director Jack Floyd

Runtime: 9 min.

Category: Action

The perfect action hero has gone too long without a challenge and is yearning for a new adversary to give his life meaning again.


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Knifeman

Director MP Hayes

Runtime: 15 min

Category: Horror, Kaiju, Tokusatsu, Crime Thriller

Mild-mannered IRS agent Horatio Hunt must become a hero to stop a sinister sorceress threatening his city. What follows is a dark, twisted take on tokusatsu, blending kaiju action, serial killer horror, and analog terror.

As perspectives collide, the film questions justice, power, and the darker side of heroism.


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