5@5: I Am a Child
81 minutes,
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Mon. Oct 9, 5:00PM, Sequoia
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Tue. Oct 10, 5:00PM, Rafael
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Family dynamics are an endless source of funny, heartbreaking and rich stories. And, as these shorts show, often it is our childhood experiences that set up the tales told later. In Simon Blyth's Father's Day (Australia 9 mins), ten-year-old Michael is about to meet his father for the first time, while in William Farley's The Stories (US 5 mins), a man anticipating his ailing father's last breath, desperately tries to understand what's going through dad's mind. Transporting a body to a funeral home becomes a journey of sibling rivalry and reconciliation in Eric Lin's What Remains (US 15 mins). A special day of gifts and attention for young Hannah holds great consequence in Nicole Barnette's Fourteen (US 7 mins). In Allison Cook's Locked Upstairs (US 15 mins), a girl and her senile grandmother become unexpectedly reacquainted. In Ohad Domb's The Ranch (Israel 22 mins), a single father is resigned to imminent eviction from his Sinai home, but his son refuses to concede. And in Jarrah Gurrie and Genevieve Bailey's Bright Lights (Australia 7 mins), a teenager recounts his life, through puberty, Catholic school guilt and a grandmother's love. — J. Parsont
The Ranch is sponsored by the Consulate General of Israel Pacific Northwest.
Shorts in Program
Bright Lights
2005 Australia 8 Min
Director: Jarrah Gurrie, Genevieve Bailey
Print Source: Fourare Films
Father's Day
2005 Australia 9 Min
Director: Simon Blyth
Print Source: Simon Blyth
Fourteen
2006 US 7 Min
Director: Nicole Barnette
Print Source: Tegan Jones
Locked Upstairs
2005 US 15 Min
Director: Allison Cook
Print Source: Kate Buhrmaster
The Ranch
2005 Israel 22
Director: Ohad Domb
Print Source: Ma'ale School of Television Film and the Arts
The Stories
2005 US 5 Min
Director: William Farley
Print Source: William Farley
What Remains
2006 US 15 Min
Director: Eric Lin
Print Source: Factory 630
