Shorts 1

Description

Imaginary friends and the Blue Angels are only a couple of the entities to be encountered in this collection of documentary and narrative shorts. Under Bill Morrison’s masterly treatment, Oliver Sacks’s encephalitic patients have their story told in a brand-new way, while Santa Cruz del Islote portrays a small but vibrant fishing community. All films in the program are competing for Golden Gate Awards.

Total running time 86 min

Angels
The Blue Angels and the din they create make one gentleman have rather surprising visions.
(Jim Granato, USA 2013, 6 min)
This is a Cinema by the Bay film.

Barn Dance
A couple dances a pas de deux amid the light and shadow of an old barn.
(John Haptas, Kris Samuelson, Amy Seiwert, USA 2013, 5 min)
This is a Cinema by the Bay film.

The Birds’ Blessing
An unsettling coming-of-age story as two rivalrous brothers encounter matters of life and death on the grounds and inside the home of their large estate.
(Serge Mirzabekiantz, Belgium 2013, 22 min)

Re:Awakenings
Morrison’s wordless and evocative short, with gorgeous music by Philip Glass, gathers footage of the virtually comatose patients Oliver Sacks “reawakened” at Beth Abraham Hospital in the Bronx.
(Bill Morrison, USA 2013, 18 min)

Santa Cruz del Islote
The titular Colombian island is only three acres large, but it teems with life as this vivid portrait shows.
(Luke Lorentzen, USA/Colombia 2013, 20 min)
This is a Cinema by the Bay film.

So You’ve Grown Attached
A young girl’s imaginary friend, known as Ex, is given notice that his job is coming to an end in this witty and charming take on adolescence.
(Kate Tsang, USA 2014, 15 min)

—Rod Armstrong