
CUFF 2014: Program H
Columbia University Film Festival 2014
May 2 - 6, 2014
A program comprising five short films: Tobacco Burn (Director: Justin Liberman, Producer: Alvaro R. Valente, 17m), Solid Ground (Director: Rob Richert, Producer: Daniel Grossman, 15m), Goodbye Casey Trade (Director: Amanda Brennan, Producer: Hugo Kenzo, 13m), Subordinate (Director: Clara Leac, 18m), and Party of Special Things to Do (Director: Matt Black, Producer: Laurence Vannicelli, 7m).
Tobacco Burn
Director: Justin Liberman, Producer: Alvaro R. Valente, USA, 2014, DCP, 17m
Decades before the Civil War, the actions of a brutal overseer spark the fire of revolution on a Southern tobacco farm.
Solid Ground
Director: Rob Richert, Producer: Daniel Grossman, USA, 2014, DCP, 15m
After discovering that she is pregnant, a woman is forced to confront her life as a marijuana farmer living in isolation in Northern California.
Goodbye Casey Trade
Director: Amanda Brennan, Producer: Hugo Kenzo, USA, 2014, DCP, 13m
Tired of her self-involved parents and continuous bullying at school, 14-year-old oddball Casey Trade decides to carry out a fantasy with help from a fellow outcast.
Subordinate
Director: Clara Leac, USA, 2014, DCP, 18m
A middle-aged married couple draw their butler into a series of power games. But who is playing who?
Party of Special Things to Do
Director: Matt Black, Producer: Laurence Vannicelli, USA, 2014, DCP, 7m
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