HOME GROWN Shorts Program
Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 8:00 PM
Shorts Program | 120 MIN
General Admission $10 | Student + Children $8

FINDING THE STRENGTH TO HEAL
DOCUMENTARY SHORT | 10.5 MIN | USA
Directed by Michael Boctor

Finding the Strength to Heal is a short film describing the healing journeys of survivors of undergraduate sexual violence.

VEILED TRACTATE
EXPERIMENTAL SHORT | 13 MIN | USA
Directed by Layne Marie Williams

The journey towards self-discovery is filled with self-doubt. Is it ever possible to truly possess your authentic self?

Lead actress Campbell O'Hare will be present for Q&A.

MUD AND HONEY
NARRATIVE SHORT | 16 MIN | USA
Directed by Molly Sorensen

​In the heat of the summer, Delilah decides to leave town. Maeve is willing to do just about anything to stay together, including abandoning her sick, alcoholic mother and leaving with Delilah. But their yin and yang balance is disrupted when it becomes clear that Delilah has other plans for her escape. Now Maeve has to make her move, keeping Delilah by any means necessary.

REPETITION RHAPSODY
NARRATIVE SHORT | 6 MIN | USA
Directed by Madalyn St. John

A young actress who, despite her talent, is not having much career success. Frustrated by an endless stream of fruitless auditions, Jaime dreams of what her life could be, and finds the inspiration she needs to take control of her own destiny.

FINE WINE
NARRATIVE SHORT | 11 MIN | USA
Directed by Maria Shamkalian

Nicole, a retirement home nurse, takes a journey down the memory lane of her patrons and starts seeing them as young again. She immerses into the magical world of their past and learns that while bodies might change, passion within lives forever.

DISCO KNOCKOUT
NARRATIVE SHORT | 5 MIN | USA
Directed by Pheng H. Tang

After numerous attempts to find work fails, an unemployed woman devastated with overwhelming debt discovers an option at Disco Knockout, an underground bar.

Director Pheng H. Tang will be present for Q&A session.

MADAME SAITO: QUEEN OF SUSHI
DOCUMENTARY SHORT | 12.5 MIN | USA
Directed by Eiji Uchida

For more than 30 years, Madame Saito has impressed Philadelphia with her culinary creations, including her invention of the world-famous "Philly Roll" in her efforts to achieve the American dream. Take a glimpse into the life of Madame Saito: Queen of Sushi, a woman in a culinary arts field that is dominate by men.  

Documentary subject Madame Saito will be present for Q&A session.

LUNA
SCI-FI SHORT | 8.5 MIN | USA
Directed by Viren Shinde

While filming a commercial for a new artificial intelligence, Luna, the AI takes a mind its own.

CHOSEN
DOCUMENTARY SHORT | 10 MIN | USA
Directed by Karlee King

Flau’jae is one of Georgia’s youngest hip hop artists. She believes she was chosen to do this. Her Father, Camoflauge, was an up and coming well respected rapper from Savannah, GA. He was murdered outside of his recording studio before she was born. Even though she never knew him, Camoflauge’s talent and legacy lives through her. Her hip hop career kicked off when she was on season 3 of the show The Rap Game, followed by America’s Got Talent, where she received the Golden Buzzer. Although she is extremely talented, most often she has been recognized because of her Father’s previous rap career.

HOLD UP
COMEDY SHORT | 7 MIN | USA
Directed by Alex Kaplan

A woman having a very bad day is at the end of her rope, and a gun.