Name: Late Night Shorts
Start: 2024-06-21T21:20:00-05:00
Location: The Oak Cliff Assembly

(80 mins) 9:20 PM - FRI June 21 - Oak Cliff Assembly
THE RAINBOW BRIDGE (USA, 13 mins) - Dir. Dimitri Simakis
Tina and her elderly dog visit a mysterious clinic offering human-to-pet communication. However, they soon get more than they bargained for when two sinister doctors uncover a bond between them that transcends time and space. They might just be the key to something greater… but at what cost?
ROGER IS A SERIAL KILLER (USA, 10 mins) - Dir. Don Swaynos
A podcaster implicates her step-father in a series of unsolved murders, which makes for a compelling show but an awkward family reunion.
LIABILITY (USA, 6 mins) - Dir. Travis Aitken
Dr. John Spooks (a puppet) returns home to discover that his lovely wife, Karen (also a puppet), has been brutally attacked. The film savors the couple's final moment together while inviting the audience to surmise the inescapable and unsavory past that brought John and Karen to this point.
ANEMOIA (USA, 13 mins) - Dir. Hannah Alline
In the grips of her own instability, a woman forms a troubling bond with a stationary bike, leading her on a journey into a parallel reality inhabited by seemingly flawless 1950s housewives.
DOUBLES (USA, 10 min) - Dir. Tim Yager, Alyssa Udovitsch
A woman realizes she's committed a violent act during her routine tennis practice, but has this happened before? Will it happen again? She goes about her day, harboring a secret that may ultimately destroy her.
HI, YOU ARE CURRENTLY BEING RECORDED (USA, 8 mins) - Dir. Anna Maguire & Kyle Greenberg
Actress Anna is on a visit to Los Angeles from London to see a new flame. A leisurely wander quickly turns into an anxiety-inducing confrontation with surveillance.

SMOKE CHEYYAKU BRO (DON’T SMOKE BRO) (USA, 13 mins) - Dir.Prithvi Raj Karreddula
It is another quiet night shift at the gas station. The regular clerk on call (Sai Santosh) is cleaning up the aisles and taking out the trash. On his way back from dropping the trash bags, he notices a young male (Anirudh) sitting on the pavement and talking on the phone. Anirudh is worried about having lost his job. Sensing Anirudh’s tension, Sai Santosh offers him some life advice which soon calms Anirudh. Everything looks to end well until a small, seemingly typical habit triggers some wholly unexpected behavior.

VASTI: EASY PREY (USA, 8 mins) - Dir. David Pollock
Two young women head home after dining out only to be targeted by thugs, and their only hope to escape is in one of them revealing a secret that's hard to believe.