Stars In Shorts
Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Lily Tomlin, Keira Knightley, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and more.
Rupert Friend
Jay Kamen
Neil LaBute
Jacob Chase
Robert Festinger
Benjamin Grayson
Chris Foggin
Casts & Crew
Julia Stiles
Marin Ireland
Sarah Paulson
Wes Bentley
Sam Cohen
Judi Dench
Tom Hiddleston
Philip Jackson
John MacMillan
Penny Ryder
Kenneth Branagh
Jennifer Morrison
Winter Ave Zoli
Travis Crim
Taylor Kinney
Jade Pettyjohn
Jason Alexander
Valarie Pettiford
Kathy Najimy
Sally Kirkland
Jillian Armenante
James Avery
Jesse Burch
Sean Patrick Flaherty
Colin Firth
Keira Knightley
Tom Mison
Jameson Moss
Lily Tomlin
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Lucy Punch
Also Directed by Rupert Friend
The story of legendary boxing trainer Cus D'Amato, who worked with the likes of Mike Tyson, Floyd Patterson, and José Torres
A young couple begin to receive daily visits from their downstairs neighbor, Steve. Steve draws attention to various practical problems and is eager to have tea, but what is really on his mind?
Also Directed by Jay Kamen
A failed screenwriter's suicide threat turns out to be his best sales pitch.
Wolfgang is traveling in outer space when a monster, which he sees as a beautiful woman, appears in his spaceship and makes love with him. Then the ship is forced to land on a planet which is a penal colony. Here he meets Miranda who falls in love with him. A group of prisoners uses him and his spaceship to fly away from the planet. But the monster which is by now inside Wolfgang arouses and only Miranda's love can save him.
Also Directed by Neil LaBute
Quiet, unassuming Adam is changing in a major way, thanks to his new girlfriend, art student Evelyn. Adam's friends are a little freaked by the transformation.
Billy & Billie centers on two young adults as they fall in love. They face the usual barrage of attention from their friends and family, and the normal anxieties that come at the start of a new relationship-all further complicated by the fact that they're stepbrother and sister.
This adult comedy follows six characters, three men and three women from a cross-section of social groups, as they play sexual power games. When an affair fires up between 2 of the married characters, it sparks a chain of consequences for all of them, including one of the wives falling for another woman!
What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he doesn't really exist. After all, life is no excuse for not living. Traumatized by a savage event, Betty enters into a fugue state that allows -- even encourages -- her to keep functioning... in a kind of alternate reality.
Fred arrives at the doorstep of his beautiful young mistress Velvet after four years apart, claiming to have finally left his wife. But when she rejects his attempts to rekindle their romance, his persistence evolves into obsession — and a dark history between the former lovers comes into focus.
The movie comprises three vignettes of actors-speaking-to-audience, two of which are monologues. All three revolve around violence or murder.
Two office colleagues meet in a café.
After spending time in prison following an assault charge, Connor Bates now works in a library and spends his free time running, swimming, and trying to piece his world back together. When he meets Marilyn Chambers, the wife of a wealthy businessman, they collide into an intense physical and emotional relationship that quickly escalates into idle talk about her husband’s murder.
A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to be from Ash to La Motte, they follow a trail of clues across England, echoing the journey of the couple over a century earlier.
Also Directed by Jacob Chase
The Four Faced Liar is a story of love and lies for four twenty-somethings looking to find themselves in New York City... A story of love and lies for four twenty-somethings looking to find themselves in New York City. A pair of best friends and a seemingly perfect couple meet at a local Irish pub tucked in the winding streets of the West Village. Through their chance meeting, the four bond and over time all of their relationships with one another morph into love, betrayal and heartbreak for all.
Carrie is a mysterious warrior who escaped from a cult-like colony that guards the world from monsters hidden behind a secret door in the woods.
Larry lives behind a window. He can see you through the glass. Will you be Larry's friend?
Facing a mid-life crisis, Mr. Kuglen explores options as he tries to recapture his youth.
A man and a woman have an awkward encounter at an indoor playground in this Neil LaBute penned slice-of-life starring Sarah Paulson and Wes Bentley.
A pair of ex-lovers spend a spontaneous afternoon together that could either lead to rekindled love or further heartbreak.
A lonely young boy who feels different from everyone else. Desperate for a friend, he seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses the boy’s devices against him to break into our world, his parents must fight to save their son from the monster beyond the screen.
Also Directed by Robert Festinger
A mother and son attend a funeral for someone they really don't know, and intend to leave right after, but end up leading the procession to the burial.
Also Directed by Benjamin Grayson
A father seeks to rescue his daughter from two organizations intent on acquiring her "special" abilities.
Also Directed by Chris Foggin
FRIEND REQUEST PENDING is a short comedy drama about the mature generation dating in our modern social networking world. It's a tale of love but more importantly life long friendship. The twelve-minute tale tells the story of Mary (Judi Dench) and Linda (Penny Ryder) who spend an afternoon discussing the pleasures, pitfalls and problems with using social networking to try and woo the local choirmaster Trevor (Philip Jackson).
The story of how a working class Burnley man and self-made millionaire fought to set up a community bank so that he could help the local businesses of Burnley not only survive, but thrive. In his bid to help his beloved community of Burnley he has to take on the elitist financial institutions of London and fight to receive the first, new banking license to be issued in over 100 years.
During a poker hand, a man imagines himself as a dashing knight rescuing an imperiled queen.
Ensemble drama, surrounding the tumultuous relationships of the McKenna family on an extraordinary day. In the final days of his life, having suffered through a terminal illness, world-renowned playwright Daniel McKenna hosts a party in his beloved summer house, in order to bid a fond farewell to all of his friends and family.
A story of life, love and a friendship that could only last the night.
Follow Adam and Emma on their daily commute from the village of Langton to London, where they meet the same passengers every day. One morning, Adam breaks the unspoken taboo of talking to strangers on a train and invites the entire carriage to hold their own Christmas party together.
Ten fisherman from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties. Based on the true-life story of Cornish folk band, Fisherman's Friends.
Drifting through his gap year with its internships and travel plans, Jack has always suspected there was more to life than this. A chance encounter with the beautiful and ethereal Evelyn swerves his life radically off course.