24fps International Short Film Festival

We Celebrate World Artists.

24fps is to celebrate and encourage student and independent filmmakers. Festival public screening programs are designed to highlight the creator as much as the work itself. All exhibited films are introduced by a commentator, and filmmakers in attendance are given the opportunity to speak to the festival audiences at the close of their film’s exhibition.

The films are presented as part of three curated programs. All films are screened in the festival exhibition venue, the landmark Paramount Theatre.

Exhibition Schedule

OPENING NIGHT PROGRAM

Friday, November 1, 2024, 7:00 PM

Simple Truth

“It's time to put aside the pain Then give and watch away the stains And love you with what time remains anyway Who wants the true, soft bruises” —Roo Panes

Festival Opening Film--JUPITER

A cantankerous former soldier turned breeder is furious when he discovers that one of his goats has run away again. Ready to do anything to teach him a lesson, Jean attracts the wrath of Jupiter.

DIRECTOR: Carlos Segundo

Narrative/15 min/France-Brazil

WAN

After a frantic sunset chase in the forest, a fierce-looking hominid confronts an old man and his hyena-dog, with an unexpected result.

DIRECTOR: Victor Monigote

Animation/13 min/Spain

TRAPPED

A high school janitor, investigating voices echoing through the empty halls, is drawn to the gymnasium, where he stumbles into a group of boys in the middle of a senior prank.

DIRECTORS: David Cutler-Kreutz, Sam Cutler-Kreutz

Narrative/15 min/USA

BOB'S FUNERAL

Searching for the root of generational trauma, the director takes a camera into his estranged grandfather’s funeral.

DIRECTOR: Jack Dunphy

Documentary/Narrative/19 min/USA

A CRAB IN THE POOL (Un trou dans la poitrine)

When Zoe and her little brother Theo are left to fend for themselves in a run-down neighborhood, they will have to burst the abscess of their relationship so as not to lose each other.

DIRECTORS: Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel

Animation/11 min/Canada

BASRI and SALMA in a never-ending COMEDY

A husband and wife own an Odong-Odong at the carnival and spend their days taking care of other people's children without having any of their own.

DIRECTOR: Khozy Rizal

Narrative/15 min/Indonesia

VOL 666

During a flight for a dream vacation, Johnny, a compulsive gambler and notorious crook, finds himself propelled to Hell with his wife Monica. To save their souls, they will have to confront and beat the Devil at his own game in Hell's Casino.

DIRECTORS: Julie Corniere, Anselme de Pertat, Killian Derlin, Manon François, Anaïs Lavault, Léo Le Corre, Aliénor Poisson, Lucas Roy

Animation/6 min/France

DISSOLUTION

A woman is forced to confront her elderly husband’s physical deterioration when they meet to sign their divorce papers.

DIRECTOR: Anthony Saxe

Narrative/14 min/USA

SNAKE (Shé)

When pressures mount on a tightly wound violinist in a London youth orchestra, her internal monsters take external form.

DIRECTOR: Rene Zhan

Narrative, Animation/15 min/UK

Opening Night Closing Film--THE COMPANIONS (La CompaÑÍa)

As a young couple walks down the street, they encounter a crowd gathered around a strange event.

DIRECTOR: José María Flores

Narrative/12 min/Spain

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Date: November 1-2, 2024