CUFF 2013: Program E
Columbia University Film Festival 2013
May 3 - 9, 2013
A program comprising six short films: Above the Sea (Keola Racela, 17m); Jewish Girls Are Easy (Charlotte Glynn, 14m); Fingerspiel (Mauro Mueller, 25m); That Fucking Elevator (Jim Garvey, 8m); Headshots Season 2 (Matt Kenchington, 22m); H7N3 (Iris K. Shim, 10m).
Above the Sea
Keola Racela | China | Mandarin with English subtitles | 2013 | HDCAM | 17m
A young woman is forced to take extraordinary risks in the dangerous underworld of 1930s Shanghai when her life is threatened by a murderous policeman.
Jewish Girls Are Easy
Charlotte Glynn | USA | 2013 | HDCAM | 14m
Tova is suppose to be hosting Passover, but her brother Sol is missing with the brisket.
Fingerspiel
Mauro Mueller | Germany/USA | German with English subtitles | 2013 | HDCAM | 25m
A middle-aged woman struggles with the waning desire of her husband while forced to take care of his developmentally disabled nephew.
That Fucking Elevator
Jim Garvey | USA | 2013 | HDCAM | 8m
A sardonic comedy about abortion.
Headshots Season 2 (Web Series)
Matt Kenchington | USA | 2013 | HDCAM | 22m
Two Actors. One Dream. Zero Dignity.
H7N3
Iris K. Shim | USA I 2013 | HDCAM I 10m
A Doctor struggles with his professional obligations as he attempts to diagnose a little girl’s alarming symptoms on the eve of a viral outbreak.
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