Rhode Island International Film Festival: Shorts Lineup

For the last 5 years, Kayla and her boyfriend Trevor have scraped by working their small weed grow in the isolated forests of Northern California. On the eve of their last sale of the season, Kayla realizes she is pregnant which compels her to confront Trevor's idealism and their way of life.

An old man tells a young boy about what he has learned about how to love.

Father and son 'minutemen' patrol the American/Mexican border near their home in Nogales, Arizona.

Hours before her sister is taken off life support, new mother Dom (Aya Cash) is offered an unexpected opportunity to make a trade.

Viv, a talented genderqueer musician faces late stage Leukemia that threatens the life she's built. Her best hope is a bone marrow transplant from her estranged family, but reconnecting means confronting a difficult past.

Alfie Zimmer, a traveling salesman, pulls into a motel for the night. He settles in and pulls out a revolver, ready to commit suicide. Alfie has a hobby of recording, into a notebook, random bathroom graffiti which he has discovered on his long, lonely travels.

A young, widowed homeowner battles her own ghosts - and a charismatic energy executive who may be her last chance - when she is driven to leave her town after its devastation by coal ash.

Ashley Ashley is a documentary short about siblings, competitive spirit, drive and the ability to succeed in America. Motivated by an unorthodox and accomplished father, Maurice and Alicia Ashley channel their passion, talent and competitive fire into a path out of the drug violence of 1980s Brownsville, Brooklyn. The documentary explores their paths to remarkable success in professional boxing and chess.

The City of Los Angeles is in the grip of a serial killer nicknamed the Butcher who hangs his victims like a hindquarter of beef but butchers them with the precision of Jack the Ripper. About to strike his latest victim, he's lured by the intoxicating smells coming from a neighbor's home and quickly finds out he's not the only one who knows what the best cut is.

A man, who is a gourmet cannibal, secretly loves his neighbor. However, she is a vegetarian. This may be a problem.

On vacation for a friend's wedding, boyfriends Francisco and David get into a trivial argument that quickly escalates.

A young teen with a terrible home life struggles with the everyday difficulties of living in the city, and must pursue his dreams despite the discouragement he receives.

A dark comedy. Three school friends each suffering from a 'quarter-life-crisis' are thrown back together again following a tragedy. Can their friendship re-blossom and in doing so help each of them figure out this life business?

Simon has to leave the island on which he lives to go to boarding school. One day he plays with his sister and finds a beached little wooden boat. Through his attempts to repair it he will accept, or not, to cast off.

Astrid is one of the winners of Generation Mars; a reality show sending the first humans to Mars, never to return.

The only way to love you is becoming who you are.

The Catch is about a tough young girl named Morgan who loves fly fishing in the river near her home. She also likes boys. But boys don't like girls who fish. Will she have to choose one and abandon the other?

China, 1997. An unhappy marriage, a love affair and a child who holds all the secrets.

Code Yellow is a documentary telling the story of the endangered Yellow-Eyed penguin, it's struggle for survival, and the people fighting to save it.

Two people stumble upon the mother lode of movie memorabilia in the most unexpected of places.

Real and imaginary worlds collide when a lonely data entry clerk reaches through his computer screen, in search of a genuine connection.

Transformation begins after a young women wonders through over her mother art studio on day...

A pilgrimage to the annual James Dean Festival in Fairmount, IN as seen through the eyes of the cultural icon's die-hard fans, affectionately known as 'Deaners'.

Inspired by an actual 911 call placed during a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia.