Persistence of Vision Film Festival

Schedule:

The Masterpiece

Leo and Diana, a wealthy couple, meet Salif and Yousef, two scrap dealers, at a recycle center. Offering them more junk, Diana invites them to their mansion, but the immigrants actually might be the ones with something she wants.

Runtime: 20 minutes

Director: Àlex Lora Cercos

Cut Off

In a darkly comedic short film, a resourceful young girl, cut off financially by her wealthy parents, hatches a daring plan to stage her own kidnapping.

Runtime: 7:30

Director: Ethan Ledesma

The White Rabbit

Rachel and Travis move to New Jersey for peace but end up beside a mobster. After a murder, Rachel takes drastic steps to safeguard her family.

Runtime: 12 minutes

Director: Michael Marantz

Funeral Rites

It's Ariel's 18th birthday and there's something strange in the woods.

Runtime: 11 minutes

Director: Ben Romero  

After School

Punk rock meets the early 2000s in this breakup dramedy, AfterSchool! This story involves a bright blue butterfly belly button ring, eggs, and toilet paper.

Runtime: 8:55

Director: Lexie Mosby

Budget Job

An assassin is bemused and annoyed after being assigned to a hit that will pay only $15.

Runtime: 1:09

Director: Jebediah Holiday

Lifted

A young man struggling to make ends meet unwittingly transforms from a hopeful rideshare driver to a reluctant getaway car operator, as a chance encounter with a criminal thrusts him into a thrilling heist that tests his courage and resilience.

Runtime: 5:36

Director: Justin Pike

Show Pub Queen

Show Pub Queen follows the journey of a Japanese girl performer who works in an underground pub for unsatisfied men.

Runtime: 12:43

Director: Ren Tsukamoto

Happy Thanksgiving

An Indigenous man takes a Happy Thanksgiving wish very very personally.

Runtime: 7:45

Director: ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby

Time: 10:30am