Minnesota Shorts
Director: Various
USA – 95 Minutes

Sunday, April 23 9:15 P.M.

Bell Auditorium : Tickets

In compiling the roster for our annual celebration of local film and local filmmakers, we’re continually astounded by the great passion and unique vision present in our community. This collection of dramatic, comedic and experimental short films is just a small taste of the abundant talent to be found in Minnesota.

Butterscotch Dawn
Jon Nowak / 5 min.
In this unique drama, two lovers find a remote, peaceful place to banter playfully and prepare for the inevitable.

Cheese & Light Bulbs
Andrew Stewart / 3 min.
Created using stop-motion animation, this film introduces us to a lab rat who relies on a bit of luck to escape his monotonous situation.

Conjugal Cobwebs
The Kuntz Family Filmmakers
This offbeat look at domestic life shows us how a cranky old guy makes amends with his wife in unorthodox ways.

The Driver & The Doe
William Scott Rees & JoEllen Martinson /
15 min.
In this experimental fairy tale, a backwoods road-tripper collides with guilt and greed when an auto accident renders a white-tailed deer defenseless.

Fear of Girls
Ryan Wood / 11 min.
This satire tells the tale of two professed elite gamers, their plutonic life partnership and their uncanny ability to remain misunderstood.

Hey, Mom
Michael Schaeffer / 12 min.
An emotional portrait of a boy and his mother as they deal with a dire diagnosis, spanning ten years in the life of a family.


Law Justice
Joe Dressel / 14 min.
In this “police drama” fueled by sweet eighties rock, the force enlists their finest crime-fighter, Jake Rage, to track down the mayor’s kidnapped daughter.

Lump
Sarah Kruchowski / 9 min.
The sad yet somehow uplifting tale of a ten-year-old girl’s active imagination and the pet she longs to love.

String of Things
Will Hommeyer / 4 min.
In this well-crafted, wordless documentary, we get a fascinating look at how a musical instrument is both created and employed.

Summer Storm
Mark Ryan / 1 min.
Images and sound converge to portray a brief yet dramatic thunderstorm over Lake Harriet in Minneapolis.

Sweet Caroline
Chris Newberry / 15 min.
In this tale of hospital romance gone awry, a spunky nurse catches the eye of a decidedly spunk-deficient security guard.

The Winnipeg Dream: Wedding, Rabbit in Tree, Etc.
Daniel Palahniuk / 4 min.
A visceral look at the world around us, using captured images and music to weave a riveting film chronicle.

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