On a whim, Lena, a young woman filled with wanderlust, leaves her small Indiana home. With disdain for maps, she hits the road with no illusions about destination. Her mother Josephine, inspired by her daughter’s spontaneity, embarks on a journey of her own – to pursue the artistic career she’s always dreamed about – leaving her eldest daughter August with her partner, Sharon. With mother and sister gone, August is left to find her own definition of home.

Mexico City-based filmmaker Maris Curran shot her ode to small town life (and the desire some of us feel to leave it) entirely on location in
Indiana, lending a sense of local authenticity to this truly American story about the pushes and pulls of small town family life. - Wm. Brian Owens

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EVIDENCE OF LIFE
Steve Marra, US, 16 minutes

A video camera is found in the rubble of the World Trade Center and is identified as the property of a passenger on Flight 175. It’s contents, once revealed, let everyone know what was truly lost on that tragic day in 2001.

HAPPINESS
Duncan Alney, US, 8 minutes

Yats owner, Joe Vuscovich, extrapolates on his definition of happiness in this short, sweet documentary about learning to love the life you live.

PARTIALLY TRUE TALES OF HIGH ADVENTURE!
Murphy Gilson, US, 12 minutes

Charlie McDonough is a guy from Muncie, Indiana trying to make it Hollywood. To keep his dream going, he’ll need to rely on the story-telling gifts granted him by his Irish family growing up in a small Hoosier city (and casting Shannon Elizabeth certainly won’t hurt).

SNOOZER
Jason Affolder, US, 11 minutes
Love, watermelon, and pirates merge in this silent, surreal dream-laden romance inspired by classic cartoons, Jorge Luis Borges, and the Beach Boys.