2024 Program
July 28, 2024
Princeton Garden Theatre
Jury Favorites
Pickleball is Life: Dill With It!
Comedy
21:45
Dir. Carol Ann DeMarco, Ethan de Aguiar
Episode 2: Three “besties” are compelled to participate in a high-stakes pickleball competition after they find themselves in a pickle. Now, their friendship & tenacity are put to the ultimate test on the court.
Vic’s Vac Shack
Black Comedy
15:22
Dir. Will Dorney
A vacuum repairman who blackmails customers faces his day of reckoning.
Shame
Drama
4:52
Dir. Kelly Lynn Warren
You
After a woman is assaulted by a mutual friend, she struggles to communicate with her best friend about what happened, leading to tragic consequence.
Pain
Music Video
3:47
Dir. Chico Bennett
Star2 and Lil Poppa’s Music Video to their hit song “Pain”.
Powerful Love
Drama
4:40
Dir. Lucas Pierce
A boy grieving the passing of his beloved younger sister desperately attempts to reconnect with her.
Yellow Daisy Butterfly
Animation
9:58
Dir. Diel Grobler
Cheri-lee is inconsolable when her Granny Daisy dies. As Daisy ascends, she sees Cheri-lee’s grief, and returns as a little white egg that transforms into a butterfly mirroring Cheri-lee’s stages of grief.
Trial of Ages
Drama
24:20
Dir. MoJo Murphy
In the future, young people hunt old people and put them on trial for crimes against the environment. One young couple struggle to do the right thing and transcend the mistakes of their elders.
Mr. Stone’s House of Cards
Drama
7:57
Dir. Meg Ardyn
A drug kingpin/tarot card reader has an unusual way of dealing with people.
WENT THE NIGHT WELL?
Experimental
10:34
Dir. Andrew Hahn
Website
A woman tried to decipher if she’s experiencing a lucid dream or being reprogrammed. Will she die in the morning or is she already dead. WENT THE NIGHT WELL? collages dialogue of Diana Dors, music of Delia Derbyshire and Paul Zaza and containing shots from 40 classic films.
Robot Parade
Animation;
2:45
Dir. Bruce Lazarus &
Robert Martens
At once succinct and far ranging, witty and full of sophisticated allusions, Robot Parade has an ending which takes audiences by surprise. Watch for references to Man Ray, Paul Klee, Juan Miro, Brave New World, Spike Jones, and windup toy Mr. Machine!
Holy Moly Meterorite!
Comedy
2:58
Dir. V. Leigh
A meteorite is headed to earth and Patty and Bobby are on their first (and last) official date. What could go wrong?
On the Other Side
Experimental
15:00
Dir. Einy Am-Sparks
A seemingly regular day at work takes a different turn when quiet musings of an alternative reality begin to blue the edges of time and space.
Hand Wringing / In the Wings
Music Video
3:44
Dir. Kelly Mena
Brittain Ashford wrote this song following the closing of the Broadway musical Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 which she started. This song contemplates themes of regret, infidelity, and spiritual ambivalence.
Found: The King of Matsutake Ridge
Documentary
21:00
Dir. Anastasia Esther Forde
FOUND: The King of Matsutake Ridge captures one man’s evolving artistic mission to forage ephemeral ingredients that no restaurant can buy and his innovative cuisine based on the bounty of the natural world.
Jersey Fresh Film Institute
Comedy
3:25
Dir. Melissa Whitely
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An infomercial promoting one of the hottest film schools in the Tri State area.
The Old Guitarist
Experimental
6:43
Dir. Will Nunziata
Award-winning actor Dominic Chianese (“The Sopranos”, “The Godfather: Part II”) stars as an old guitarist who reflects on his past in order to move forward.
