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Indie Boots Film Festival celebrates short film on Thursday, May 9th at 7:30pm at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema. The diverse program of Chicago premieres is filled with hilarious comedies, eye-opening documentaries, adorable animation, and well-crafted dramas, carefully selected from the festival circuit and from hundreds of submissions. After a successful film festival last spring, special programs in the fall, a logo contest this winter, and a theatre festival at Theater Wit scheduled for May 20-22, the annual film festival is back for another thoughtfully curated one-night event featuring independent films with different perspectives on whose stories are worth telling, what's funny, and how the world works.

2013 Screening Location:

Landmark's Century Centre Cinema, located at 2828 N. Clark in Chicago, is walking distance from the Red/Brown/Purple line trains and numerous bus lines. Or arrive early to grab a $5 validated spot in the connected parking ramp.

2013 Official Selections

All Chicago Premieres!

All films are not rated. Listing does not reflect running order.
Running time is approximately 99 minutes.

	The Thing Drama/Comedy . 15 Minutes . USA (California) Director: Rhys Ernst Featuring: Hilt Trollsplinter, Ruthie Doyle Writers: Rhys Ernst, Avery McTaggart . Producers: Cary Cronenwett, Logan Kibens . Director of Photography: Ava Berkofsky . Editor: Eileen Meyer . Production Designer: Erin Smith . Music: Alexis Gideon Zooey spent weeks planning a road trip to a mysterious roadside attraction known as "The Thing" in the hopes that she and Tristan will reconnect. Once on the road, Zooey's plan falls apart, while Tristan, a transgender man, and his fluffy grey cat struggle to find places to comfortably pee, .
	White Space Drama . 8 Minutes . USA (Minnesota) Writer/Director: Maya Washington Featuring: Ryan Lane, CJ Jones, Zendrea Mitchell, Lester Purry, Byron Washington, Tanya Alexander, Ant Black, Maya Washington White Space follows a deaf performance poet, anxious about his debut at an open-mic night for a hearing audience.
	Nudist Beach Drama/Comedy . 11 Minutes . UK Writer/Director: Stephen Trumble Featuring: Alan Devally, Frances Millar Director of Photography/Editor: Adam Azmy . Assistant Director/Art Director: Calum Carpernter . Producer/Casting: David Trumble . Production Assistant: Chloe Dean . Costume: Mags Selvidge . Sound Recordists: Flo Silver, Greg Lock . Post Sound: Jamie Juarez . Music: John Bowen At the edge of a bleak and deserted nudist beach, two strangers find themselves in a awkward, flirtatious, and utterly self-conscious situation.
	2nd Best Comedy . 8 Minutes . USA (Oregon) Director: Sarah Gertrude Shapiro Featuring: Riley Richard, Adrienne Graf Producer: Jordan Hamilton After a long day of shopping, Riley and Adrienne (a real life couple from Portland), come home to an empty fridge and new furniture to assemble. The bickering between the two women is both familiar and hilarious.
	Zack Filmmakers in Attendance Comedy . 7 Minutes . USA (Illinois) Director: Sean Pierce Featuring: Zach Harris Music: Kevin Cline The Story of a Zack. Who is our protagonist, what is he doing in Chicago, why are we following him?
	A Time is a Terrible Thing to Waste Animation/Comedy . 3 Minutes . Canada Director/Animator: Leslie Supnet Featuring: Glen Johnson Writer: Glen Johnson . Editor: Clint Enns . Sound Design: Clint Enns A squirrel ponders the essence of time.
	Living Tiny Documentary . 7 Minutes . USA (California) Directors: Paul Meyers, Paul Donatelli Featuring: jay Shafer, Steve Marshall, Austin Hay A new vision of home is explored in this look at three Californians who seek an alternative to traditional construction, consumerism, waste, energy, success, and comfort.
	The Pigeon Family Filmmakers in Attendance Comedy . 2 Minutes . USA (Illinois) . Out of Competition Director: Cyra K. Polizzi Featuring: Breahan Eve Pautsch, Cyra K. Polizzi, Jaaron Drew, Laura Elleseg, Chad Ryan, Holly McCauley, Joshua Simpson Story by LFP . Director of Photography: Richard Paro . Production Crew: Jessica Dexter, Alexander St. John . Music: Martha Berner A couple's afternoon in the park is interrupted by an unexpected threesome on a stroll. This fun 2 minute film may be a cultural critique of our assumptions and the things we imbue with importance... or it might not mean anything. The two women in this story would certainly debate it.
	Art of Motion Documentary . 4 Minutes . UK Director: Rhodri Williams Featuring: Elishama "Hook" Udarak Exploring parkour from the angle of a few participants in London, this short doc shows there is much more to the art form than just "doing a flip."
	Spam Animation/Comedy . 2 Minutes . UK Director: Arda Uysal Fed up with annoying spam email, a man finally decides to buy the body-enhancing pills everyone seems to be taking. Soon, the whole world is dangerously distracted by these physical "enhancements."
	The Third House Documentary . 11 Minutes . Cambodia/Denmark Directors: Marie Ramhoj, Pernille Gliese Pedersen Crushing stereotypes about relationships between women and men, parents and children, The Third House documents members of the Kreung tribe in the jungle of northeastern Cambodia where hard work and a large family are key. When the daughters of the tribe reach their teens their parents build them a love house, to help them find their one true love.
	Ici Experimental . 1 Minute . Spain Director: Mario Barcellandi Featuring: Mathilde Simone This one minute film questions place, space, distance, reality, and any phone call.
	A Fable About Beauty Filmmaker in Attendance Comedy . 11 Minutes . Canada Director: John Barnard Featuring: Tracy McMahon, Sarah Consitble, Trish Cooper, Jacqueline Guertin, Geoff Banjovich, Michael O'Sullivan Cinematographer: Bruce Claydon . Producers: Kyle Bornais, Chris Charney Socially inept losers Becky and Kimmy foster a crush on notorious cameraman Joel Stone. With the help of an arrogant socialite who has climbed the social ladder through years of festive bum spanking, they attend the biggest party in town. What will this party at the Cowboy Literary Agents' garage reveal to Becky, Kimmy, and Joel about beauty?
	Charlie Documentary . 4 Minutes . USA (Louisiana) Directors: Daneeta Loretta Jackson, Patrick Jackson Charlie's life used to include dead-end fast food jobs, but now she's working to make the world a better place for herself and her children as she builds a career in environmental construction in her native New Orleans.
	The Homogenics Experimental/Comedy . 3 Minutes . Spain Director: Gerard Freixes Ribera The Homogenics recuts the classic family sitcom highlighting standardization and stereotypes in the proliferation of the American dream.

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