Lifelines 2023
Two friends rekindle their connections after years apart.
Two friends rekindle their connections after years apart.
Rohan, a young man, returns home to a bustling household in preparation for his birthday party. As the family gets caught up in the chaos of the occasion, tensions rise and arguments erupt. Feeling overwhelmed, Rohan seeks refuge in his room, only to find himself transported to a parallel universe. Here he meets Zoneout, a formidable entity who provides him with valuable insights into his predicament.
An emerging actor’s big break lands when she’s cast on a 1950s sitcom. Her excitement gives way to dread when she realizes that her director is a fastidious AI that demands perfection – but is unable to articulate what it’s looking for in a performance. Cory Williamson has created a surrealistic, subversive and ultimately nightmarish film that manages to disturb as strongly as it engages.
A pensive 11-year-old girl challenges the status quo with a group of misfit friends while attending a religious summer camp.
Two girls take justice into their own hands after friends and counselors brush aside their accusations of sexual assault.
A young man with trust issues goes on a date with a very supportive young woman.
A twisted pizza joint's outrageous promotional stunt, advertising the films Pizza Boy & Bloodlust for Santa Claus.
A flatulent sketch show that breaks wind on all the cringeworthy situations where you're just desperate to let one rip.
Two brains in jars exist exclusively in a game of PONG, oblivious to the world falling apart outside of their computer.
Charles, a young man recounts his life story. In his audio recording he shares the beauty and the ugliness of his life. How there can be such joy and such despair in the same moments? As he journeys through his story it becomes evident that something is tormenting him.
Two sisters reminisce on their childhood and memories of their mother in order to cope with the guilt of a serious crime.
Two national park rangers with differing views on the unknown must put aside their differences when faced with an unexpected encounter in the dead of night.
A man, devastated by the death of his daughter, attempts to recreate her likeness no matter the consequences.
In this surrealist vignette-based film, a goldfish makes conversation with various objects. A TV becomes a writer, a triangle learns it is not a hexagon, and a goldfish sees themself without an audience. // \ / \ \\ \ / \ / /\/ /// \ / \ \\ \ / \ / /\/ /// \ / \ \\ \ / \ / /\/ /
An ambitious grad student returns to her childhood home to say goodbye to the memory of her late kid sister - only to be shocked when her sister walks through the door and says hello.
Tamotsu is expecting a persimmon to dry and yet he cannot accept that it is time for a man on his deathbed to die. As the persimmon mysteriously, or supernaturally, holds out from drying, so Tamotsu tries his hardest to keep the man alive. Only when Tamotsu has let go can the persimmon take its natural course.
A drug-addicted alcoholic shaves his head, yells at his housemate, gets fired, and ODs. It's a comedy.
A blossoming writer learns that his artistic hero isn't all he thought he was in this satirical exploration of how one separates the art from the artist.
A college student struggles with social anxiety at a party and attempts to fit in by changing her clothes and personality to fit different groups of peers.
A young Arab-American hides his passion for stand up comedy from his immigrant father in order to avoid bringing shame to the family.