CUFF 2014: Program G
Columbia University Film Festival 2014
May 2 - 6, 2014
A program comprising five short films: Roughstock (Director: Jessica Baclesse, Producer: Laura Teodosio, 13m), The Unfamiliar (O Forasteiro) (Director: Diogo Cronemberger, 25m), Oasis (Director: Carmen Jimenez, Producer: Chris Boyce, 16m), Holothurian (Director: Pei-Ju Hsieh, Producer: Jing Wang, 10m), and A Mighty Nice Man (Director: Jonathan Dee, Producer: Daniella Kahane, 15m).
Roughstock
Director: Jessica Baclesse, Producer: Laura Teodosio, USA, 2014, DCP, 13m
To save his marriage and reclaim his former glory, an injured professional bull rider decides to ride again.
The Unfamiliar (O Forasteiro)
Director: Diogo Cronemberger, Brazil, 2014, DCP, 25m
Portuguese with English subtitles
In the backlands of Piauí, Brazil, a man struggles to free himself from an obsessive, cyclical world of violence.
Oasis
Director: Carmen Jimenez, Producer: Chris Boyce, USA, 2014, DCP, 16m
English and Spanish with English subtitles
After inheriting her husband’s job as the super of a New York City apartment complex, a woman discovers a disturbing secret in one of the units.
Holothurian
Director: Pei-Ju Hsieh, Producer: Jing Wang, USA, 2014, DCP, 10m
Tammy thinks her foreign stepmother is a wicked witch.
A Mighty Nice Man
Director: Jonathan Dee, Producer: Daniella Kahane, USA, 2014, DCP, 15m
A young girl battling with her best friend for the attentions of a dashing older man discovers that this kind stranger isn’t what he seems.
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