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LISFF2017 | Saturday | 11 November 2017
On this page you may purchase tickets to the second day of the 2017 Lancaster International Short Film Festival, Saturday, 11 November 2017. The 2017 Lancaster International Short Film Festival re-convenes with a Special Event and 3 blocks of the Official Selections. The final event of the night: the 2017 LISFF Award Winners (The Best of the Festival.)
Saturday, 11 November 2017
The Elks Lodge
11am | Special Event: VIP Only
Breakfast & Bowling with the filmmakers.
The 2017 Official Selections | Part Four
Doors open at 12:30pm, films begin at 1:00pm.
Pietas
By Robert Waters
Comedy | USA | 4m
Sometimes the toughest part of your day is explaining it to a loved one.
[Water Colors]
By Takashi Yoneoka
Animation | Japan | 2m
When nobody is in a room, tiny watercolor painters jump onto the canvas. The white watercolour watches them from afar because he has no colour.
Framed
By Marco Jemolo
Animation | Italy | 7m
FRAMED is a noir animated short-film, which explores the sensitive subject of alienation in society.
Light Sight
By Simin Farrokh Ahmadi
Animation | Iran | 8m
M.E., the imprisoned character in a room is attracted to a hanging light and tries to catch it. But the room itself becomes an obstacle on his way.
Trick
By Alexander Monelli
Documentary | USA* | 4m
"Trick" is a short documentary about Tom Shultz ("Mr. Magic"), who fulfilled a lifelong dream of becoming a magician at 80 years old.
Born, Bone, [Born, Bone, Boon]
By Gori
Comedy | Japan | 25m
On Aguni Island, in a traditional ceremony, a family wash their late father's bones.
Hope Works Here: A Camden Story
By Peter Prokop
Documentary | USA | 28m
HopeWorks is an award-winning non-profit organization in Camden, NJ whose mission is to provide education, counseling and entrepreneurship to young people while helping them sustain a future in one of the most dangerous cities in America. The short follows the lives of three students who find hope through their training and trauma-informed care.
[O Bento]
By Motoyuki Itabashi
Drama | Japan | 23m
A young man who really loves his obento lunch.
The 2017 Official Selections | Part Five
Doors open at 2:30pm, films begin at 3:00pm.
The Archivist
By Gregory Buracker
Drama | USA | 12m
In a time when memories are put on 16mm film reels, all cataloged in a library, The Archivist who preserves the memories must pursue the Bandit who has stolen his, before they are destroyed.
Numbers
By Hunter Polanskey
Comedy | USA* | 24m
Left in a hopeless state of mind, Hank's post break up mood has been bringing down his room mates. There is only one thing that they think can help with this: throwing him a 'Hank-a-palooza'
The Underdog
By Tyler Bonner
Comedy | USA* | 8m
Blood, sweat, and a soviet hockey team stand in between underdog Tom Cameron and his quest to win the 1987 Wet T-Shirt Regional Finals.
The Fallen
By Justin Lund
Drama | USA | 18m
A distressed husband hires a conspirator to help him murder his wife's lover, but soon finds his own life in jeopardy.
#tagged
By Martijn Winkler
Drama | The Netherlands | 12m
#tagged is the story of Elise, a 14 year old girl, and her mobile phone. We watch as the content she posts on different social media gets out of hand, and out of her control. Her phone turns from being her best friend to her worst enemy.
The Toothmans
By Hansen Bursic
Documentary | USA | 8m
Quietly nestled in McConnellsburg, a rural town in Pennsylvania, a relatively normal family faces challenges as their daughter comes out as transgender.
Legerdemain
By Rob Underhill
Drama | USA | 10m
Max (Bill Frost) offers Sally (Kristi Ray) the opportunity of a lifetime to try out for the role of assistant in his wildly successful magician's road-show. But it is a take-all contest, and indeed the loser loses EVERYTHING.
The 2017 Official Selections | Part Six
Doors open at 4:30pm, films begin at 5:00pm.
Knife-Bricker: The Brickening
By Robert (Jack) Culbertson
Comedy | USA | 7m
Mother, the night is cold. As steel. As a...steel knife. Father, the streets are hard. As a rock. As a...rock brick. I am the cold hard night for which Crime dresses warmly as it fears the name of... Knife-Bricker!
The Condo
By David Zhou
Comedy | USA | 23m
A comedy about best friends and roommates, Steven and Rahul, who open their condo into an underground casino in order to raise money to pay off a debt owed to the Chinese gambling syndicate.
Imaginary Friends
By Jason C. Brown
Comedy | USA | 14m
Jennifer is an impetuous young woman with a laundry list of petty problems in her life. Her issues are pretty ordinary. She dislikes her job, her relationship is on the rocks, oh, and she has an imaginary friend whom she has absolutely nothing in common with. The film follows the unusual life of Toogie, an imaginary friend assigned to Jennifer, as he struggles to deal with his imaginary friendship with Jennifer and his real friendship with other imaginary friends. This unlikely pair seeks help from Jennifer's therapist, Dr. Skochine who, while well intentioned, is ill-equipped to deal with this type of couple.
Kid Friendly
By Theodore Gibbons
Comedy | USA | 22m
Fresh ten years out of college, three members of the former punk rock band Vagina Revolt, try to find success as childrens entertainers in New York City.
Summertide
By Amin Shaikh
Drama | USA* | 5m
Three teenage girls return to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the summer of 2016, hoping to find each other where they used to spend much of their youth.
Doorway of 1000 Churches
By Tiffany Echo Wolf
Drama | USA* | 12m
A young woman departs on a pilgrimage to understand life's mysteries.
Searching Skies
By Vivian Hua
Drama | USA | 9m
When a Syrian refugee family is invited to a Christian family's house for Christmas dinner, they are caught between opposing viewpoints for and against them -- until an unexpected event suddenly occurs.
The 2017 Award Winners
Doors open at 7:00pm, films begin at 8:15pm.
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LocationThe Lancaster Elks Lodge (View)
219 North Duke Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 17 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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