SF Short FF: Bay Area Talents


SF Short FF:

Freckle

Director: David Usner

Runtime: 14 minutes

On the eve of graduation, a college student is given an extraordinary gift by his parents, footage of his entire life.


SF Short FF:

So Misunderstood

Director: Seretse Njemanze, Jehnovah Carlisle

Runtime: 12 minutes

As the only woman and Black employee in her small San Francisco, California tech startup office, Alice Scott feels the constant pressure to hold it all together in front of her coworkers. But her life is transformed with the onset of the pandemic.

Titled after a song inspired by the day-to-day effects of implicit bias, So Misunderstood is a genre-bending short film weaving together spoken word, music, dance, and visuals into a story that highlights the challenge of authenticity and inclusion in an ingrained workplace culture.


SF Short FF:

Portswomen

Director: Weston Terray, Louise Franco

Runtime: 6 minutes

Life’s brief candle flickers under the starry sky of a harbor town at war, in this Dutch oil painting come to life.


SF Short FF:

The Unbroken Sky

Director: Josh Peterson

Runtime: 24 minutes

California, 1957…the true story of an undocumented Mexican teenager working in the fields and struggling to attend school; a close-knit family surviving in constant fear of deportation. Based on the beloved books by Francisco Jiménez.


SF Short FF:

Please Call for an Interview

Director: Luke Kreger

Runtime: 13 minutes

After getting laid off, Devin must find a new way to provide for her and her sick father. She receives a bizarre flyer in the mail that advertises a luxury driver position that pays thousands. With bills to pay, Devin takes up the job, but soon finds out she’s in for one hell of a ride.


SF Short FF:

Advanced Placement

Director: Sam Hyatt

Runtime: 6 minutes

Trapped in a job doing the most menial of menial tasks, one man finds an opportunity to break free from corporate drudgery.


SF Short FF:

One Night Before Sunrise

Director: Alec Huggins

Runtime:16 minutes 

After meeting that evening, an American boy and a French girl spend a night together.


Presented as part of San Francisco Short Film Festival.

Runtime
1h 31m
Director
Various
Format
DCP
Country
USA
First Showing
October 12, 2023