Event Details
The third block of Adirondack Film’s long standing shorts program. This block features a collection of twelve shorts, carefully curated by Lake Placid Film Festival judges.
Directors
Alex Hass
Adrift
A man contemplates his life choices, reconciles with his feelings of loss, and comes to terms with mortality.
Julie Anne Koehnen
Aperture
After trying to make it in the corporate world, a young photographer with no real-world success is forced to come to terms with her creativity if she is to find her real place in life.
Emrys Ellis
Artifacts: Matt Horner
Sculptor and ice climber Matt Horner shapes ancient Adirondack anorthosite stone into striking organic forms. His work causes us to reflect on permanence and our scale in nature, just as his near-death experience while climbing did.
Joseph Rossi
Epilogue
A bitter empty nester has a heart to heart with her deceased sister.
Sam Kimbrell
Fred the Super Computer
A man befriends a computer who wants to take over his entire life. The film comedically explores why we are truly here and how much tech truly means to our existence.
Conrad Murphy & Rayne Polkowski
Larva
When a girl watches an infomercial for the latest product, she can’t help but indulge.
Brian Russell
SilverSizzle
A cemetery caretaker embarks on a quest to help two recent widowers find new love among widows visiting their departed spouses.
Ethan John Paulo
Sock Quiz
After nearly giving up on filling out her study guide, Caroly’s wish for geometry to be as easy as making sock puppets comes true!
Phiip Gladkov
Story of the Sun
Story of the Sun is the first stop-motion animation in the world made entirely from birch bark. It shares the tale of how the first humans discovered fire, changing the world forever.
Britney Fan
There Can Only Be One…
Upon entrance of her boyfriend’s apartment for the first time, Kat is encountered with her biggest, most unexpected rival; his cat. There can only be one to win his love and affection….So, who will it be?
Eli Jeffery
Trumpet Practice
This short uses cardboard, paste and the joys of music to tell the story of a lone trumpet player who picks an inopportune time to practice.
Heather & Hunter Frederick
Wherever We Go
Cara, a socially anxious college student, sees her inner voice personified as an identical look alike.
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