
SHORTS 9: when serpents bargain for the right to squirm
Saturday, May 16
10:00pm
Some Southern Country
Michael Paul Lopez
28 min., Video, 2014, USA
“A 13-chapter video comic book, wherein a teenage boy experiences sexual adventures and overcomes obstacles of the heart atop a generic, racially ambiguous, American 80s world determined to perpetuate tribal war in a southern jungle. Green agents blackmail, torture, spy, cry and trash their bedrooms in a private high school while a concurrent narrative in text details the personal development of a cruel and horny teenager overcoming his fear of love. These conflicting narratives are rendered together with gradual color changes, hand-drawn illustrations, sound effects, synth and faux orchestral arrangements.†– Michael Lopez
Night of the Blood Squatch
Kenny Reed
22 min., Video, 2015, USA
“One night a man making a Bigfoot ‘documentary’ encounters a few other intense characters with their own issues to contend with.†– Kenny Reed
The Lingerie Show
Laura Harrison
8 min., Video, 2014, USA
“A drug addict, Lorraine, attempts to entice her bisexual boyfriend Cesar away from his boyfriend, Wade, with a lingerie show she and her friends put together. An animated portrait of characters on the fringes of society.†– Laura Harrison
Bite Radius
Spencer Parsons
30 min., Video, 2015, USA
 “Last night Peyton had such a great time that he can’t even remember the murder he committed. So he tells a friend. Big mistake. Inspired by actual events.†– Spencer Parsons