Tucson Film Festival 2024 Narrative Short Film Program 3

Allure (Arizona Premiere)
Directed by Jerry van de Beek & Betsy De Fries
Little Fluffy Clouds
USA/2024/4 min
www.littlefluffyclouds.com

A junior astronaut fulfills a lifelong dream of going to the moon. Once there, exhilaration gives way to reality. But what has been left behind? Created in a colorful, prismatic, 2D graphic style with a haunting soundtrack that echoes with loneliness.

Birdhouse (Arizona Premiere)
Written and Directed by Jerry Pyle
Produced by Victor Lord, Adam Daue
USA/2023/15:30 min
www.jkpyle.com

A man wants to live in his birdhouse but his troubled child-prodigy daughter is both his only way into it and the only thing keeping him out.

Dia Temido (Arizona Premiere)
Written and Directed by Luis Diaz
Texas State University
USA/2024/11 min
www.theatreanddance.txst.edu

When Valeria, a promising member of her school's Mariachi group, is told that her father has just been deported, she must decide what is best for her and her younger sister, Isabella.

Happy Birthday, Jamie (World Premiere)
Written and Directed by Ryan Clausen
Produced by Amy Crater
USA/2024/14 min
www.theryanclausen.com

An anxious office employee struggles to get anyone to sign a birthday card for a coworker.

Old Times Not Forgotten (Arizona Premiere)
Written and Directed by Brett Jones
Produced by Chloe Pesso, Logan Oesterle & Anna Agosto
University of Arizona, School of Theatre, Film & Television
USA/2023/10 min
brettjonescamera.weebly.com

An orphaned teenage girl struggles to survive as America is ravaged by a grisly civil war.

Summer Break (World Premiere)
Directed by Dan Winerman
Produced by Cary Gitter, Chris Chan Roberson, Dan Winerman
USA/2024/13 min
www.danwinerman.com/film

Top Secret Jazz (Arizona Premiere)
Directed by Tommy Simms & Joe Ludwig
Simwig Studios
USA/2024/6 min
@simwigstudios

A lone stranger rides into a weathered settlement and tussles with the locals. After a lethal encounter, the gunslinger is transported to a mysterious lounge, where he learns secrets of a trade he never imagined.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Screening Room, 127 East Congress Street, Tucson, United States