1999
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The Mindbenders series showcases the more "out there" shorts that we receive. Sometimes controversial, sometimes comical, these are the shorts that leave you thinking, arguing, and on rare occasions, vomiting. One thing is certain, they are never boring. It's no wonder it is one of our most popular shorts series. Don't miss the films everyone will be talking about. And the ones that will no doubt cast the images that will linger indelibly in your mind long after the screenings are through.
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The Mindbenders series showcases the more "out there" shorts that we receive. Sometimes controversial, sometimes comical, these are the shorts that leave you thinking, arguing, and on rare occasions, vomiting. One thing is certain, they are never boring. It's no wonder it is one of our most popular shorts series. Don't miss the films everyone will be talking about. And the ones that will no doubt cast the images that will linger indelibly in your mind long after the screenings are through.
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The presentation of Robert Miller's Mail Bonding is an encore screening of this landmark all-digital narrative. The high-tech techniques are, however, overshadowed by Robert's visual storytelling as he follows the travails of a lonely mailman and an equally forlorn customer.
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Post WWII San Francisco is the setting for Deserter, Alex Pearcy's atmospheric tale of a Navy sailor, a prostitute, and a corrupt policeman. As Raymond Chandler said, "The streets were dark with something more than night."
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Schwartz's Beachcombers shows the compassion and dedication of the volunteers at the Marine Mammal Center.
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Brett Schwartz's Silicon Harvest looks at Olson's Cherries, the last operating fruit orchard in what was once one of California's most fertile regions.
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A guy tells the bartender a story that couldnÕt possibly be true. Or could it? Forbidden Fruit, Geoff Badger's dark and stylish film will have you thinking twice about buying a drink for that woman across the bar.
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Jonathan Wald's Just Out of Reach is a few fleeting moments in two people's lives. But these bits of time tell us volumes about their May-December relationship.
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Miles and Toni are two twenty-somethings made for each other. So why can't they stop arguing? Their turbulent love-hate relationship is the basis for She Smokes, Christa Collins's funny and smart film.
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This series of short films could also be called "On the Other Side of Sesame Street." These films feature children but are not necessarily meant to be seen by children. Herein we feature the trials and tribulations children and teens face growing up in today's world. Those awkward physical changes, teen pregnancy and motherhood, parental pressures, and homosexual panic ... they're all here for your viewing enjoyment! This group of talented filmmakers, using a variety of narrative styles, explores the pain and confusion of coming of age.