Fresno Filmworks
  • Shorts Program 2
  • Fresno Film Festival short film category
  • Sunday, April 19, 2008
  • 2 p.m.
  • The Tower Theatre
  • 815 E. Olive Avenue, Fresno [map]
  • $10.00 General Admission
  • $8.00 for Students and Seniors
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  • PARACHUTE

  • USA, Lucas Fleischer and Paul Grellong

  • 12 minutes, English

  • With special appearances
  • A precocious young boy plays with toy paratroopers in his yard and witnesses a man and woman engaged in an extramarital affair. He confronts the man and after an awkward beginning — and a little adventure — they develop an unlikely friendship.

  • http://parachutemovie.com


  • PAPIROFLEXIA

  • USA, Joaquin Baldwin

  • 3 minutes, English

  • Papiroflexia (Spanish for “Origami”) is the animated tale of Fred, a skillful paper folder who could shape the world with his hands.

  • http://www.pixelnitrate.com
  • PATIENCE

  • UK, Robert Hackett

  • 7 minutes, English

  • In beds next to each other but separated by a screen, Constance has a view of a park and Vera listens to descriptions of what is happening outside. Although entertained Vera is also envious of this view of the outside world and eventually the desire for her own window becomes overwhelming.

  • http://www.robhackett.co.uk


  • WAITING ON FOUNTAIN

  • USA, Evan Wasserstrom

  • 4 minutes, English

  • With special appearances
  • While a little kid waits for the bus on the first day of camp, an old woman sits with the kid, discussing her experiences from what seem to be her camp days…Though, things are not always what they seem to be…
  • CHILES

  • USA, Tyrone HuFF

  • 15 minutes, English

  • With special appearances
  • The dinner table is set as Randal, a young Black man, attempts to impress his future Mexican in-laws. Add in a side of language barrier, a helping of cultural difference, and a bowl of Chiles and this table heats up into what turns out to be one fun, comedic and heart-warming take on that ever-dreaded meeting of the parents.

  • http://www.chilesmovie.com


  • HOTEL FRESNO

  • USA, Teresa Flores

  • 4 minutes, English

  • With special appearances
  • Once an upscale hotel — and in its latter days a refuge for transients — the Hotel Fresno is explored in an elevator ride through the city, down Motel Drive, and boarding the bus, as the sun sets in a poetic meditation by Dixie Salazar that explores the lives of the overlooked in the city.

  • http://www.myspace.com/notteresa
  • CARISSA

  • USA, David Sauvage

  • 21 minutes, English

  • With special appearances
  • Today Carissa Phelps is earning a law degree and an MBA from UCLA. But when she was twelve, she was homeless and forced into prostitution in Fresno. CARISSA recounts her story.

  • http://www.carissaproject.com