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Greetings,WHO: STANDING ROCK CULTURAL ARTS AND THE KENT STAGE
WHAT: THE 22ND ANNUAL STANDING ROCK INTERNATIONAL SHORTS FESTIVAL AND COMPETITION.
-SHORTS FROM BELGIUM, IRELAND, CROATIA, CANADA, INDIA, GERMANY, OHIO, AND MORE!
-FULL LIST OF FILMS AND DESCRIPTIONS PUBLISHED ON WWW.STANDINGROCK.NET
-FEATURED ARTIST: TRISTAN CROWE (WINNER OF LAST YEAR'S PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD FOR “OOT HERE MAE LANE”).
-CASH PRIZE FOR PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD.
-CERTIFICATE AWARD FOR JURIED CHOICE WINNER
WHEN: FEBRUARY 1, 7:30PM, 2025
WHERE: THE HISTORIC KENT STAGE. 175 E. MAIN ST. DOWNTOWN KENT, OH
ADMISSION: $10 GENERAL. $5 STUDENTS/SENIORS
-TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR OR ONLINE @ WWW.KENTSTAGE.ORG
ABOUT THE FEATURED ARTIST, TRISTAN CROWE
Tristan Crowe
Tristan has had a long career in the creative media sector with over 18 years experience creating documentaries, short films, music videos, podcasts, radio shows, and most recently, virtual reality experiences. He is co founder of the production company Negative Waves,
Negative Waves is based in Co. Antrim and works in Belfast and throughout Northern Ireland and beyond. The artists create audio and video content such as documentaries, music videos, short films, radio shows, podcasts and 360 video experiences.
Oot Here Mae Lane 5:17
Director: Tristan Crowe. Ireland
Based around an Ulster-Scots poem by Charlie Gillen, this horse ploughing drama follows an old farmer and his old mare as they both struggle with old age.
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FILM FEST
2025 FILMS
(taylor’s version) 5:42
by Pranav Bhasin India
- Two men realize they're grappling with their love lives by posing to understand Taylor Swift.
'What started as an actual conversation with a close friend, the grimmest man I know, blurting the words - 'I love Taylor Swift', left me contemplating about the Anthropocene.'
Man in the Orange Jacket 14:55
by James Joseph Vallyakulhatil Canada/Ohio
- Mark, an aging African American factory worker, meets a group of illegal immigrants during his daily arduous walk to work.
Torii 12:30
by Martin Gerigk Germany
-Torii 鳥居 is a short film in the form of an audiovisual composition about the traditional Shinto gates of the same name in Japan. The film uses these gates which symbolically mark the transition from the mundane to the sacred, traveling from existentialism to metaphysics, abstraction, and the Shinto deities called Kami, culminating in a final transition that weaves together these diverse philosophical threads.
Cowboy Boots 12:33
by Eric K. Delehoy Oregon
- Jack, a gay cowboy from Nebraska, finds anything but the promised land he envisioned when he visits a San Francisco gay club for the first time.
Wander to Wonder 13:20
by Nina Gantz Belgium
- Mary, Billybud and Fumbleton are three miniature, human actors who perform in an eighties kids TV series called “Wander to Wonder”. After the creator of the series has died, they are left alone in the studio. With their slowly decaying costumes and growing hunger, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.
Bully 12:40
by Sarah Willgrube Ohio
- When sixteen-year-old Avery is sentenced to do community service at the library she discovers that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.
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The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent 13:00
by Nebosja Slljepcevic Croatia
-February 27, 1993, Strpci, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A passenger train from Belgrade to Bar is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 passengers dares to stand up to them. This is the true story of a man who could not remain silent.
One: The Animated Filmmaker 11:00
by Thomas Richner Ohio
-As an escape for some, confidence builder and competitive outlet, social networking or other reasons, sports play an important role in many lives. This animated film takes a look at one person’s escape and triumph and explores the emotions/feelings of mid life physical and emotional challenges.
Sparks 14:49
by Jacqueline Ratliff Montana & Ohio
-One man’s trash is another woman’s treasure. Brenda Stredwick began welding at eight and started her business at age sixteen. She found her artistic dream early on, which resulted in her long career as an artistic welder. As a mother and mentor, she uses her skills and experiences to help teach and empower generations of women through her lifelong hobby, welding.
Orange Blues 24 4:54
by Alyssa Dann Brooklyn New York
-One man seeks refuge from the world's crazy in the arms of his muse -- the love of his life! Alyssa Dann has taken this tongue-in-cheek Blues piece and brought it to life in a charming manner.
The Old Young Crow 12:00
by Liam LoPinto New York
-An Iranian boy befriends an old Japanese woman at a graveyard in Tokyo.
Bertha Waits 10:17
by Chris Youngless Los Angeles
- BERTHA WAITS is a quirky sci-fi dark comedy about a young woman named Bertha who is waiting for aliens to end the world to get out of her mundane existence. For Bertha, the world can't end fast enough.
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Standing Rock Cultural Arts
300 N. Water St., Suite H
Kent, OH 44240
330-673-4970
www.standingrock.net
Thank you for supporting the Arts!
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Kent Stage, 175 E Main St, Kent, OH 44240-1405, United States,Kent, Ohio
