CUFF 2013: Program B
Columbia University Film Festival 2013
May 3 - 9, 2013
A program comprising five short films: Gloom (David Figueroa García, 25m); Starving (Mike De Caro, 19m); Socks and Bonds (Daniel Zimbler, 17m); Rub (Raymond Yeung, 11m); No One But Lydia (Rob Richert, 14m).
Gloom
David Figueroa García | Mexico | Spanish with English subtitles | 2013 | HDCAM | 25m
Lázaro’s infatuation with his boss’ daughter becomes an obsession when the hierarchies of the house shift and might allow him to act on his desire.
Starving
Mike De Caro | USA | 2013 | HDCAM | 19m
In a world ruled by infected flesh-eating humans, a former Wall Street trader, Joseph, loots an infested bank to cash in on a world crisis.
Socks and Bonds
Daniel Zimbler | USA | 2013 | HDCAM | 17m
Determined to make a fresh start, a middle-aged couple ventures out to the Hamptons to sell the next big thing in hosiery and undergarments.
Rub
Raymond Yeung | USA | English, Mandarin, Cantonese with English subtitles | 2013 | HDCAM | 11m
A Chinese teenager is left alone in a Community Center where he encounters a handsome man which leads to a discovery that shatters his innocence.
No One But Lydia
Rob Richert | USA | 2013 | HDCAM | 14m
Arif, a scheming teenager, misses his ex-girlfriend Lydia. He will need his stoner friends' help to enact an elaborate heist for sincere albeit misguided, love.
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