Local Students Shorts

Lithium

Director: Smitch Sifuentes

Country: United States; Running Time: 6 minutes

You don't get better until you accept the process.

THe key to restoration

Director: Mackenzie Cunningham

Country: United States; Running Time: 4 minutes

A girl decides to take a shortcut late at night and is faced with a terrifying but mysterious being.

A second chance

Director: The Fox

Country: United States; Running Time: 5 minutes

Will wakes to find himself in another realm. Awaiting judgment, he must find redemption or face losing his life forever.

Nobody’s perfect

Director: Joshua Collins

Country: United States; Running Time: 9 minutes

Two best friends become amateur hitmen in order to make ends meet, but they soon realize they are in over their heads.

The fork

Director: Jay Haru Potaraju

Country: United States; Running Time: 15 minutes

Divorced Dad, Rockwall, wants to reconnect with his son, Jimmy. Can a game of Chess unite them?

The satchel

Director: Joseph Stevens

Country: United States; Running Time: 15 minutes

Riding aboard a steam locomotive in the heart of the Wild West, a mysterious traveler enlists the help of a seasoned outlaw to retrieve his stolen satchel, which contains a deadly secret. After the success of our Marty Robbins-inspired Big Iron short film, our team decided to delve into the Western genre once more, expanding to a bigger, more complex, fully original Western tale. Witness the power and grandeur of a real Class 30 2-8-2 "Mikado" steam locomotive, the thundering hooves of real-life horses, and the raw authentic Western outback of Rusk, Texas - all achieved on an ultra-low budget. Our cast and crew came together from Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Tennessee, and Texas to make this original story come to life.