MISPERCEPTIONS - SHORTS

Thursday April 25, 2019  2pm

GEORGIA COLLEGE ARTS & SCIENCES AUDITORIUM

SOCIAL ISSUES AND MISPERCEPTIONS. 

Preceded by

Georgia music video:

"SEIZE THE DAY"

DUCK DUCK GOOSE

Director: Shelley Thompson
  7 min

Cast: Francine Deschepper

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When hiding for your life becomes a frightening game, an elementary school teacher and children cope with the fear and guilt created by lockdown.

TECH, SUPPORT

Director: Nic Barker
 7 min

Cast: Jordan Barr, Darcy Kent

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Amanda is just trying to get the internet working, but hits a roadblock in the form of a sexist IT support worker on the phone.

THE INTERVIEW

 9 min
Director: Stanislav Sambozhuk

Cast: Thomas Mill, Vincent Lang

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Student vs Professor, one interview will determine his future. Watch as a verbal duel ensues to find who is truly worthy of acceptance to the world's most prestigious university.

BRAVE LITTLE ARMY

Director: Michelle D'Alessandro Hatt
   6 min

Cast: Rosali Annikie, Amanda Cheung, Faith Vanderwerf, Samuel Matukas, Steve Kasan

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The bold new girl at school inspires three classmates to follow her down a blissful path of self-realization, where they stumble upon a dark truth that forever galvanizes their friendship. Made with an all-female crew.

EMPLOY(H)ER

Director: Laina Burgess
 11 min

Cast: Andrea Laing, Katelin Chesna, Viviana Chavez, Ashlee Health, CHris Mayers, Darrell Snedeger

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A group of executives meet to discuss the creation and implementation of a diversity and inclusion initiative that aims to create more opportunities for men-- specifically white men.

THE NAME OF THE PRIME MINISTER

Director: Alexander Thompson
  13 min

Cast: Adjoa Andoh, Jonathan Coote, Thomas Whitcomb

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A psychiatrist is taken to a secret government facility to interview a man convinced Tony Blair is still the Prime Minister.

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"A cross between Black Mirror and Vice".

SISAK

Director: Faraz Arif Ansari
15 min

Cast: Jitin Gulati, Dhruv Singhal

YAWTH

 10 min
Directors: Dimitris Tsakaleas & Lida Vartzioti

Cast: George Letzas, Danis Karamichailidis, Pandelis Sarris, Anastasis Roilos, Viky Maidanoglou, Christina Bakola, Dimitris Chatzigergiou, Nikos Quadri

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Yawth is a story about the social media generation. On a typical Friday night Vicky wants to reach the party her crush is going, but the night does not go as planned.

SUN SHINE

Director: Walker Hare
  9 min

Cast: Mirirai Sithole, Brad Fleischer, Matthew McCurdy

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When an African American teenager gets a seemingly depressed white guy to open up, she discovers he’s on his way to commit a horrible act.

SEIZE THE DAY (MUSIC VIDEO)

  5 min
Director: Eric Vander Borght

Cast: Jon Tarifa, Marcela Orosi

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​Let's enjoy the present, seize opportunities, engage with life fully and take action to make the world a better place. The film is about sunlight and freedom, about time passing by and our daily lives. It is about the duality of things, which can be both pleasant and threatening. 
Carpe diem, seize the video!