Vail Film Festival

Filmmakers in attendance

Full-Windsor
(USA) RT 6 Mins
Director: Faraday Okoro
Writer: Faraday Okoro
Producers: Oscar Hernandez,  Eric Hsiao
Starring: Dejon Brooks, Carolyn Michelle Smith
Description: A 10 year old boy battles his mother in order to wear his father's tie to school.
CO Premiere

Knives
(USA) RT 15 Mins
Director: Aaron David DeFazio
Writers: T. Sardoni & Aaron David DeFazio
Producers: Larissa Rhodes & Co-Producers: Daniella Kahane, Emma Wang
Starring: Peter Friedman, Paul Castro JR, Marc Menchaca, Chloe Levine
Description: After a string of brutal murders occurs in his suburban town, Ryan, a curious shopping cart collector investigates a suspicious knife sharpening truck and its cagey owner.
World Premiere

Minimum Max
(USA) RT 3 Mins
Director: Josh Ovalle
Writer: Josh Ovalle
Producer: Josh Ovalle
Starring: Josh Ovalle
Description: High school student, Max, shares his inner struggles with ADD.

Scumbag
(USA) RT 15 Mins
Director: Luke Spears
Writer: Luke Spears
Producers: Shana Keegan, Quinlan Orear
Starring:Graham Powell, Lance R. Marshall, Sophia Parra, Brandi Bravo 
Description: An investment banker is forced to desperate action after a chance encounter with a face from his past.
World Premiere

Theme Song Rebel
(USA) RT 20 Mins
Director: Luke Patton
Writers: Gabe Hulbert, Luke Patton
Producers :Emily Ferenbach, Joshua Tate, Jess Dang
Starring: Emily Ferenbach, Joshua Tate, Jess Dang
Description: In a dystopia where a person's social class is determined by their theme song, Louise wants to change her tune.
CO Premiere

Unspoken
(USA) RT 20 Min
Director: Eric Otten
Writer: Eric Otten 
Producer: Natalie Whalen
Starring: Hillary Baack, Holgie Forrester and Zach Alden
Description: Unspoken is a short film that revolves around a young deaf woman dealing with the hardships of moving her mother with Alzheimer's into a senior home. Deaf actress, Hillary Baack (The East), plays Eva who keeps herself closed off to the world. She must learn to connect with others after realizing her mother will not always be by her side.
CO Premiere