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McMinnville Short Film Festival 2024

Arts and Entertainment

January 22, 2024

From: McMinnville Short Film Festival

February 23, 2024 

11 am - College Showcase

Power, DIR Emma Grosklos, USA 

Hypnosis, DIR Andrew Goodwin, USA 

Singing in the Lifeboat, DIR Grace Wijaya, USA 

Whiskered Away, DIR Gale Smith, USA 

Inside Echo, DIR Grant VU, USA 

Crowe, DIR Alessia Devecchi, USA 

Reagan/Quigley 85', DIR Elijah Kimmel, USA 

Hysteria, DIR Zachary Alturas Spitz, USA 

In Wonderland, DIR Andrea Camacho McCracken, USA 

Total Runtime: 1:38 

1 Pm - Oregon Filmmakers

Sew Into You, DIR Emma Josephson, USA 

That's Not the Real Me, DIR Ashton T Livingston, USA 

"Is It", DIR Adam Patrick Sweeney, USA 

Gamer, DIR Kate Prentiss, USA 

The Mall Man, DIR Dustin Morrow, USA 

Navidad de Reserva, DIR Roberta Cumbianchera, USA/Argentina 

Mother, DIR Anchitta Noowong, USA 

Rent Free, DIR Jordan Satmary, USA 

Where We Goin', DIR Devin D Boss, USA 

Total Runtime: 1:37 

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm - Opening Filmmaker Mixer

Meet your fellow filmmakers! Kick off your festival weekend with complimentary award-winning wine and small bites in a historic, vineyard Barrel Room. 

Note: This event is for MSFF Filmmaker Passholders ONLY 

Location: Laurel Ridge Winery, 13301 NE Kuehne Road, Carlton, OR  97111

7 pm - Drama/Comedy Block #1

The Old Young Crow, DIR Liam LoPinto, JAPAN 

Shut Up & Fish, DIRS Raul Sanchez, Pasqual Gutierrez, USA 

Barefoot, DIRS Julia Knox, Kasey Orthmann, USA 

Unibrow, DIR Nedda Sarshar, CANADA 

The Ballad of Tita and the Machines, DIR Miguel Angel Caballero, USA 

Cycle, DIR Naz Caybasi, TURKEY 

We Were Meant To, DIR Tari Wariebi, USA 

Total Runtime: 1:38 

9 pm - Experimental/A Bit Strange

Eclipsis, DIR Tania Hernandez Velasco, MEXICO 

Toast, DIR Douglas Riggs, USA 

Vibrator Girl, DIR Kara Strait, USA 

Casual Vignettes of Guilded Vulgarity, DIR Paul Kaiser, USA 

Misericorde, DIR Natasa Prosenc Stearns, SLOVENIA 

Anacapa, DIRS Russell Sheaffer, Aaron Michael Smith, USA 

Bubblegum, DIR Celestine Ocean, USA 

Unio Mystica, DIR Katharina Klewinghaus, GERMANY 

Enter the Green Abysss, DIR john Quartaro, USA 

Total Runtime: 1:44 

February 24, 2024 

11:30 am - Drama/Comedy Block #2

Method, DIR Trevor Hembling, USA 

Eid Mubarek, DIR Mahnoor Euceph, USA 

Inganmi, DIR Sara Chung, USA 

Dolly's Room, DIR Mariel Eve Bennett, USA 

Braces 2, DIR Jason Rosenblatt, USA 

Border Line, DIR Hazel McKibbin, USA 

The Concert, DIR Elizabeth Bourgeois, USA 

The Vacation, DIR Jarreau Carrillo, USA 

Full Time, DIR Jon Ryan Sugimoto, USA 

Total Runtime: 1:42 

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Industry Panel "How To Build Career Success from Your Short Film"

Gain insight from our guest industry panelists, Liz Cardenas & Pamela Ribon 

Note: This event is for MSFF Filmmaker Passholders ONLY 

Location: McMinnville Cinema c

3 pm-5 pm - Filmmaker Mixer At Troon Tasting Room

Take a screening break and come mix it up with Troon's award winning Biodynamic wine selections - complimentary for Filmmakers. 

Note: This event is for MSFF Filmmaker Passholders AND is open to the public.  Audience members are encouraged to join in the fun and meet and mingle with our visiting filmmakers! 

Location: Troon Tasting Room , 620 NE Third Street , McMinnville, OR 97128 

5 pm - Environmental

Fl*shing Injustice, DIR Astrid Malter, USA 

Become a Salmon, DIR Jack Fisher, USA 

To Be Rich, DIR Erika Bolstad, USA 

Just Beneath the Surface, DIR Jimmy John Thaiday, AUSTRALIA 

School of Fish, DIRS Colin Arisman, Oliver Sutro, USA 

Roundup Wine, DIR Carolyn Scott, USA 

Liquid Highway, DIR Kyle LaMontagne, USA 

Puffling, DIR Jessica Bishopp, UNITED KINGDOM 

Total Runtime: 1:30 

7 pm - Drama/Comedy Block #3

TROY, DIR Mike Donahue, USA 

**** Me, Richard, DIRS Lucy Elizabeth McKendrick, Charles Polinger, USA 

Dead Cat, DIR Annie-Claude Caron, Danick Audet, CANADA 

Catherine & Michael, DIR Kathy Fusco, USA 

Blue Hour, DIR J.D. Shields, USA 

Nada De Todo Esto, DIR Patricio Martinez, Francisco Canton, ARGENTINA 

Total Runtime: 1:30 

9 pm - Horror/Thriller

The Mare Above the Thread, DIR Braden Kimble, USA 

Whispers, DIR Derek Willis, USA 

Checkout, DIR Jack Hannan, USA 

Not Him, DIR Sarah Young, USA 

The Demon of Dumbo, DIR Stefanie Sparks, USA 

PortPartum, DIR Tania Notaro, IRELAND 

Now I Hold You Close, DIR Audrey Rachelle, USA 

A Folded Ocean, DIR Ben Brewer, USA 

Foreigners Only, DIR Nuhash Humayun, BANGLADESH 

Get Away, DIR Michael Gabriele, USA 

Total Runtime: 2:00 

February 25, 2024 

9 am - 10:30 am - Breakfast With A Filmmaker

Join us for a lively morning chat with complimentary coffee, croissants and mimosas and our guest screenwriter, Jonathan Raymond. 

Note: This event is for MSFF Filmmaker Passholders AND is open to the public 

Location: The Gallery Theater, 210 NE Ford Street, McMinnville, OR , 97128 

10:30 am - Locals

Oswin Woods, DIR Jacob Bunn, USA 

Just Talk, DIRS L. Hein, Q. Maruna, S. Skalak-Baenziger, USA 

The Diary of Valerie Thompson, DIR John Reddy, USA 

Under the Surface, DIRS F. Bergland, N. Craig, A. Root, C. Moniatte, L. Hein, K. Hitt, USA 

Free Spirit, DIR Galen Flinn, USA 

Dark Green Shirt, DIR Ryan Emerson Canfield, USA 

RE50, DIR Phil Guzzo, USA 

Total Runtime: 1:00 

11:45 am - Animation

Fogtown, DIRS Sean Parker, Austin Hillebrecht, USA 

27, DIR Flora Anna Buda, FRANCE 

Eeva, DIRS Lucija Mrzljek, Morten Tsinakov, ESTONIA 

Dragonfly, DIR Julia Morizawa, USA 

Isabella and the Moon, DIR Secoya Joaquin, USA 

Gorilla Tactics, DIR Michael Long, USA 

Ecosphere, DIR Vito Pistone, BELGIUM 

Rosemary A.D. (After Dad), DIR Ethan Barrett, USA 

Humo (Smoke), DIR Rita Basulto, MEXICO 

Total Runtime: 1:33

1:45 pm - Drama/Comedy Block #4

Father's Day, DIR Tumelo Lekena, SOUTH AFRICA 

Something New, DIR Michelle Bossy, USA 

The Naming of the Things, DIR Gadi Rubin, USA 

Nana Dara is Gay, DIR Andrea Maxwell, USA 

Retreated, DIR Julia Kots, USA 

Slippers, DIR Mark Ryan Walberg, USA 

Hum, DIR Rebecca Tremblay, CANADA 

Salum (Ladder), DIR Noam Argov, USA 

Total Runtime: 1:42 

3:45 pm - Native American

Indigenous Resistance: Now and Then, DIR Waats'asdiyei Joe Yates, USA 

Tiny, DIRS Ritchie Hemphill, Ryan Hache, CANADA 

The Bear Dance, DIR Juanita Plentyholes, USA 

Evermore, DIR Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, USA 

Athegus, DIRS Glen Reid, Maziar Ghaderi, CANADA 

Horse Spirit - A Reflection, DIR Zach Putnam, USA 

Ohskennon:ten Owi:ra (Little Deer), DIR Jonathan Elliott, CANADA 

Total Runtime: 1:26 

6 - 8:30 pm - Awards Dinner and Keynote Speaker

Time to celebrate! We'll wrap up the 13th Annual MSFF with our closing night awards dinner. We will announce the winners of this year's category nominees and feature our 2024 Keynote Speaker, Liz Cardenas. 

Note: This event is for MSFF Filmmaker Passholders AND ticketed members of the public.   

Location: The Bindery , 610 NE Fourth Street, McMinnville, OR 97128 

Date:

February 23, 24, 25, 2024 

Location:

McMinnville Cinema 10, 300 NE Norton Ln

McMinnville, OR 97128

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