MATINEE TWO

103 mins

MATINEE TWO

November 13, 2016 11:30 am Not Available

Description

The MATINEE TWO section at the Nitehawk Shorts Festival features eight short films that deal with the power of relationships (of all sorts). Teenage girls “dealing” with their friend, a young boy with compulsions in the city, and one fancy cat are amongst the stories you’ll find in this program of documentaries and narrative shorts.

Sunday, November 13 at 11:30am. Includes Q&A with filmmakers.

In This Program

SOME OF US HAD BEEN THREATENING OUR FRIEND COLBY

Chris Rubino / USA / 2015 / Narrative / 16 mins
Having gone too far this time, Colby is dealt with by five teenage friends in their own unique way; an absurd party.
CHERRY POP: THE STORY OF THE WORLD’S FANCIEST CAT

Kareem Tabsch & Joey Daoud / USA / 2015 / Documentary / 11 mins
The incredibly true story of the world's most pampered Persian cat and the eccentric millionaires who shared their lives with her.
TASTES LIKE MEDICINE

Steven Alexander Russel / USA / 2016 / Narrative / 16 1/2 mins
While attending the baby shower of an ex-lover, a man comes to terms with heartbreak and sanity.
CLEAN

Gabriel Wilson / USA / 2015 / Narrative / 5 mins
A young man battles his compulsions in New York City.
TONY

Andrew Lima / Canada / 2016 / Documentary / 16 mins
An impressionistic documentary film portrait focusing on identity, creativity, and loss within a personal family history.
BE GOOD

Grace Rex / USA / 2016 / Narrative / 11 1/2 mins
The arrival of a stray dog in a couple's apartment stirs up dormant romance and exposes the breadth of their fractured relationship.
MARILYN MONROE’S SCHOOL FOR FRENCH GIRLS

Courtney Bush, Will Carington, & Jake Goicoechea / USA / 2015 / Narrative / 12 mins
An inside joke about a Marilyn Monroe t-shirt causes a rift between friends who realize they have different ideas about what's funny.
LIGHTNING IN THE HAND

Joey Grossfield / USA / 2014 / Narrative / 16 mins
Big business, the law, struggling silver miners, and a lone Apache clash over a claim dispute in 1890s New Mexico.