Love Your Shorts Film Festival’s Summer Rewind
August 24, 2018
8 p.m.
The Love Your Shorts Film Festival’s Summer Rewind, a one-night showing of some of the most talked-about films of the February festival, will be screened at 8 p.m. Aug. 24 at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, 201 S. Magnolia Ave., in downtown Sanford.
The Summer Rewind lineup represents a sampling of all the genres shown at the festival: Comedy, Drama, Animation, Documentary, E for Everyone, Sci-Fi/Horror and Florida Flavor.
The Summer Rewind lineup:
Tom in Couchland
James Lust, USA, 2:19
A stoner dude is sucked into his couch and must battle crazy couch creatures in search of his remote.
Impression
Joseph Simmons, UK, 11:37
An entrepreneurial man tries to get a large-scale business off the ground without financial support as he works at a car wash to make ends meet.
Memorial to the Future
Patricia McInroy, USA, 6:50
Riverside, Iowa, may be one of the few places famous for an event that has not yet happened. People come there from around the world to celebrate the future birth of Capt. James T. Kirk.
Safety Net
Andrew Rudd, USA, 17:18
Jerry tries to save his home from foreclosure just before his wife gives birth to their first child.
Extinguished
Ashley Anderson, Jacob Mann, USA, 3:43
In a world where flames represent love, it’s easy to get your heart burned.
The Son, the Father…
Lukas Hassel, USA, 13:14
The events on a young boy’s birthday have twisted consequences far into his future.
Genie
Adam Raynes, USA, 5:26
A desperate idiot searches for change after stumbling upon a magic lamp at a garage sale.
Caliber
Tanner Cusumano, USA, 15:54
After a domestic-violence call goes haywire and someone is shot, an officer fights to keep the victim alive, no matter what the cost.
Bridge
Niels Bourgonje, Netherlands, 4:21
Who will cross the single-lane bridge first?
This is Home
Jason Patrick Schumacher, USA, 17:53
A coming-of-age story about a 10-year-old boy who realizes how flawed his parents are.
In a Heartbeat
Beth David, Esteban Bravo, USA, 4:05
A student runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.
(The 2019 Love Your Shorts Film Festival is scheduled Feb. 7-10 at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center. Filmmakers and sponsors who would like to be involved can find out the details at LoveYourShorts.com.)