Schedule:

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

1:30 PM: Documentary A: Who Leads

Joe Barry Carroll
From basketball to quilts.
Runtime: 9 minutes

I Am Kanaka
Return to Hawaiian Culture.
Runtime: 15 minutes

Zambezia: A Well For Change
Building water wells unites villagers and villages.
Runtime: 24 minutes

Radio Dadaab
Becoming a voice for the voiceless.
Runtime: 25 minutes

Mercy
Fighting for an inclusive society.
Runtime: 15 minutes

3:30 PM: Drama A: Problems and Outcomes

Crack Shot
When being the best isn't worth it.
Runtime: 15 minutes

Hyphen
Family communication barriers.
Runtime: 19 minutes

Split Ticket
Bounded by history.
Runtime: 20 minutes

The Casting Couch On Greenwich St
A "Me Too" save.
Runtime: 15 minutes

Tina
A surprising twist to the past.
Runtime: 15 minutes

5:30 PM: International A: Overcoming Tough Situations

Locked Down
Date nights always count.
Runtime: 18 minutes

Never Say Cry
A sweet story about coming out.
Runtime: 17 minutes

Just This
Accepting yourself through other's eyes.
Runtime: 37 minutes

7:30 PM: Drama B: Love & Romance

The Holidaze of Noelle Snow
A wink is worth a thousand words.
Runtime: 11 minutes

7 Minutes
When a stranger changes your life.
Runtime: 10 minutes

What Lies Beneath
When your life dances before your eyes.
Runtime: 18 minutes

Yo Andrea
Sometimes it's hard to see what's in front of you.
Runtime: 8 minutes

One Night Before Sunrise
One night can last a lifetime.
Runtime: 16 minutes

Subtext
What if we really said what we thought.
Runtime: 11 minutes

9:30 PM: Sci-Fi A: Crossing Paths with Other Worlds and Dimensions

Bisected
When alternate dimensions cross.
Runtime: 8 minutes

Foreign Planetary
What will you do to stay
Runtime: 11 minutes

The Shepherd
Size Matters.
Runtime: 10 minutes

Departure
ET for Lovers.
Runtime: 9 minutes

Mars Hill Bait and Ammo
Alien insurance.
Runtime: 17 minutes

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Documentary B: The Arts Inspire

Nine Minutes In a Year
9 words, 9 stories, 9 minutes.
Runtime: 14 minutes

Aris Demetrios: Sculpture From The Heart
Following your own path.
Runtime: 15 minutes

Sydney G. James: How We See Us
A Muralist's tribute to Detroit culture and family.
Runtime: 17 minutes

The Messengers
Telling your message through song.
Runtime: 14 minutes

Diables
Annual fire dance ritual in Catalonia.
Runtime: 11 minutes

Drama C: Not So Golden Years
Not the Same Clarence
Runtime: 15 minutes

The Choice To Love
A tough decision leads to a happy ending.
Runtime: 12 minutes

Far Above The Starry Sky
A last wish fulfilled
Runtime: 20 minutes

Sweepstakes
Preying on the elderly.
Runtime: 12 minutes

Where We Belong
Healing with food for the dead.
Runtime: 16 minutes

Avant Garde: Life Through A Different Angle

Doorway
Stepping through the door.
Runtime: 10 minutes

Scrupus
When architecture and dance collide.
Runtime: 16 minutes

The Garden of Absolute Truths
A colorful vision of design and narrative.
Runtime: 7 minutes

Casual Vignettes of Gilded Vulgarity
Learning through historical satire.
Runtime: 12 minutes

Family Reserve
Sins of the fathers are no more.
Runtime: 19 minutes

International B: Unexpected Surprises

White Lie
This taxi driver might surprise you.
Runtime: 11 minutes

Hearts Desire
Being careful what you wish for is an understatement.
Runtime: 5 minutes

The Middle of the Garage
And he's a winner!
Runtime: 13 minutes

Why Won't You Dance?
Because dancing alone is best.
Runtime: 16 minutes

Fortissimo
"Dueling Pianos" on steroids.
Runtime: 15 minutes

International B: Unexpected Surprises

White Lie
This taxi driver might surprise you.
Runtime: 11 minutes

Hearts Desire
Being careful what you wish for is an understatement.
Runtime: 5 minutes

The Middle of the Garage
And he's a winner!
Runtime: 13 minutes

Why Won't You Dance?
Because dancing alone is best.
Runtime: 16 minutes

Fortissimo
"Dueling Pianos" on steroids.
Runtime: 15 minutes

Variety A: A Variety of Choices

Bequest
At what cost?
Runtime: 9 minutes

All We Know About IAN
How far is too far?
Runtime: 14 minutes

Mayfly
Coping with Grief.
Runtime: 27 minutes

The Specter of Innocence
Getting a do-over.
Runtime: 14 minutes

I'm Not a Robot
New take on Captcha.
Runtime: 23 minutes

Nevada Filmmaker A: Life in Nevada

Sounds Of The Blue Spaces
The beauty of the sound of nature.
Runtime: 16 minutes

Broadway In the Hood
Building community through theater.
Runtime: 13 minutes

Keghead's Last Ride
Transition of Identity and Community.
Runtime: 37 minutes

Horror: The Kids Are NOT Alright
Mother
Runtime: 3 minutes

The Pencil
Be careful what you wish for.
Runtime: 11 minutes

Paloquemao
It's not always the narcos doing bad things.
Runtime: 20 minutes

It's Not Real
Or is it?
Runtime: 8 minutes

Drawn
Take ALL of the crayons away.
Runtime: 25 minutes

The Specter of Innocence
Getting a do-over.
Runtime: 14 minutes

Friday, February 16, 2024

10:00 AM: Documentary C: Past Frames Present

Young Oak Tree
True origins run deep.
Runtime: 8 minutes

Shifting Tides
The erosion of a way of life.
Runtime: 10 minutes

The Vanishing Strings of the Andes
When quantity threatens the extinction of quality.
Runtime: 13 minutes

Interception: Jayne Kennedy • American Sportscaster
Never easy to be a pioneer.
Runtime: 16 minutes

Red Ribbons of Love
Being inclusive isn't so easy.
Runtime: 16 minutes

David Again
Working to conquer addiction: with help of a friend.
Runtime: 18 minutes

12:00 PM: Drama D: What Would You Do?

The Fourth
Ever wonder what it feels like?
Runtime: 12 minutes

Smoke
Everybody has a boiling point.
Runtime: 15 minutes

In Wonderland
An Adventure far into the rabbit hole.
Runtime: 14 minutes

Young Hot Bloods
Badass women of the movement.
Runtime: 10 minutes

Enemy No More
Surviving with the enemy.
Runtime: 29 minutes

2:15 PM: Drama E: Overcoming

Hangman
It's always there to remind you.
Runtime: 16 minutes

Power
Facing trauma to heal.
Runtime: 17 minutes

Food That Saves You
Healing through a culinary passion.
Runtime: 4 minutes

Tea
A simple act can save a life.
Runtime: 6 minutes

Wider Than The Sky
Never underestimate a child's imagination.
Runtime: 11 minutes

Singing In the Lifeboat
Befriending trees in a pandemic.
Runtime: 15 minutes

Crowdfunding
The power is in the flour.
Runtime: 13 minutes   

4:00 PM: Event: Filmmaker Meet-n-Greet

5:45 PM: Nevada Filmmaker B: Life and Death
Orange Vests and Cigarettes
Transforming through Community Service.
Runtime: 13 minutes

Bottle Service
Tempting propositions versus self-worth.
Runtime: 14 minutes

Every 85 Minutes
Struggling with PTSD and MST.
Runtime: 12 minutes

Triggered
Going above and beyond.
Runtime: 16 minutes

14 Days
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Quarantine and your darkest fears.
Runtime: 18 minutes

Killer Highway
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Danger lurking on the highway.
Runtime: 5 minutes

7:45 PM: Comedy A: People Are People

Linda
Co-workers say the most amazing things.
Runtime: 8 minutes

40 Minutes
Beware the early morning.
Runtime: 13 minutes

Sharps
When opportunity presents itself.
Runtime: 8 minutes

Goodbye Tango
Small things matter.
Runtime: 15 minutes

Interracial Couple In a Cheerios Ad
Is more better?
Runtime: 4 minutes

The Sharkey
Strange things to hear at a bus stop.
Runtime: 7 minutes

Cantata
The music in our life.
Runtime: 12 minutes

Starving
The fast pace of modern life.
Runtime: 13 minutes

10:00 PM: Underground: What Lies Deep Within Us

Brutus
When taking a chance pays off.
Runtime: 15 minutes

Stalking The Bogeyman
Confronting abuse.
Runtime: 10 minutes

Woman Meets Girl
Being a late bloomer can be electric.
Runtime: 18 minutes

Why Dogs Howl
Being too truthful.
Runtime: 5 minutes

Cages
When protecting your charges turns dark.
Runtime: 19 minutes

Mouse
Be careful who you stalk.
Runtime: 10 minutes

Saturday, February 17, 2023

10:00 AM: Animation A: Dreams, Fantasies & Adventures

The Little Rat
Being the "bigger" rodent.
Runtime: 3 minutes

Llamas at the Laundromat
Laundry day for Llamas.
Runtime: 2 minutes

Homecoming
When past and present collide.
Runtime: 3 minutes

A Poor Blue-Footed Booby Goes toTokyo
To walk in blue shoes.
Runtime: 4 minutes

Afterimage
Practice makes perfect.
Runtime: 8 minutes

Nubbinwood(DC)
A Beaver's Hollywood dream.
Runtime: 8 minutes

Chocolate and Flowers
One dream ends so another can begin.
Runtime: 2 minutes

The Star and the Scribe
A Scribe travels to new heights.
Runtime: 5 minutes

Head in the Clouds
Daydreaming in class.
Runtime: 3 minutes

Circtopolis
Circuit life is wired better.
Runtime: 3 minutes

Why The Dogs and Wolves Fear Each Other
A Native American folktale.
Runtime: 4 minutes

Smush
Squish, Squash and Crush.
Runtime: 7 minutes

11:30 AM: International C: Living Through Nightmares

The Apple
A lovely tradition wasted.
Runtime:
16 minutes

Such a Lovely Day
Sins of the father, exposed.
Runtime: 18 minutes

The Nightingale
A miserable experience leads to art and freedom.
Runtime: 38 minutes

1:15 PM: Drama F: SiblingsDrama

Seasalter Road
Estranged no more.
Runtime: 15 minutes

Nisei
To prove your loyalty.
Runtime: 22 minutes

ManMade
Are you man enough...to cry.
Runtime: 16 minutes

Chipper
Don't let things go unsaid.
Runtime: 21 minutes

Bedtime
Does brotherly love have limits?
Runtime: 10 minutes

3:30 PM: Sci-Fi B: What Does the Future Promise

Iris
Be careful of what you run away from.
Runtime: 15 minutes

When Unfettered
What is an AI to do?
Runtime: 13 minutes

The Hereafter
Social media for the dead.
Runtime: 22 minutes

Kin
Surviving a lawless future.
Runtime: 9 minutes

Dragon Fruit
Rare fruit for money.
Runtime: 28 minutes

5:15 PM: 20th Annual Dam Short Mixer

7:30 PM: Comedy B: Families Can Be Funny

Career Day
The past comes alive.
Runtime: 12 minutes

Still Scattered
It can be hard to go home.
Runtime: 17 minutes

Period Drama
Fantasy and reality collide.
Runtime: 14 minutes

They Grow Up So Fast
Try to savor the moments.
Runtime: 10 minutes

Pickled Herring
You can take the man out of the USSR, but...
Runtime: 18 minutes

9:30 PM: Variety B: A Variety of Relationship Stories

Dragon Poets of Boston
Fish out of water.
Runtime: 9 minutes

Close
When a couch is more than a couch.
Runtime: 16 minutes

Wake Up
It's not always what it seems.
Runtime: 13 minutes

Ghost Town
Don't mess with a curse.
Runtime: 15 minutes

Good Boy
The Grizzly Bear Trainer.
Runtime: 35 minutes

Unrest In Peace
The perfect threesome?
Runtime: 13 minutes

Sunday, February 18, 2024

12:30 PM: Animation B: Overcoming and Moving On

The Space Between Us
The loneliness of space.
Runtime: 3 minutes

Always & Forever
A friendship that goes beyond life.
Runtime: 6 minutes

Ethel
Skating with the dead.
Runtime: 8 minutes

Paper
A boy fights an unexpected foe.
Runtime: 8 minutes

Requiem
Overcoming stage fright.
Runtime: 6 minutes

AIK?NE
A warrior's love story.
Runtime: 14 minutes

Dear Stranger
Remembering the strength of your love.
Runtime: 6 minutes

Flashbacker
The dangers of living in your memories.
Runtime: 6 minutes

Chihuahua Drama
The trials and tribulations of a chihuahua.
Runtime: 4 minutes

The Tower of the Eagle
Ninja warrior to the rescue.
Runtime: 9 minutes

2:30 PM: Drama G - Our Great Regrets

Mama Love
The love we left behind.
Runtime: 15 minutes

Green Eyes
Regretting things not said.
Runtime: 3 minutes

Eternal Hourglass
The hourglass of time.
Runtime: 11 minutes

I See Her
Recognizing the signs.
Runtime: 7 minutes

Broken Gargoyles
The casualties of our actions.
Runtime: 15 minutes

Past Prologue
A chance meeting brings up past regrets.
Runtime: 14 minutes

7:00 PM: Awards Presentation & Best of the Fest Screening

9:30 PM: Event: DSFF Best of the Fest After Party

Monday, February 19, 2024

12:00 PM: Best of the Fest Program A

2:00 PM: Best of the Fest Program B

Date: February 14 - 19, 2024

Location:

Elaine K. Smith Center
700 Wyoming Street
Boulder City, NV 89005

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