Kurt GardnerTHE FESTIVAL WRAPS ITS 26TH ANNIVERSARY WITH DECEMBER MINI-FEST STREAMING ONLINE DEC 9-13
SAFILM-San Antonio Film Festival wraps the 2020 (pandemic) season of online mini-fests with the final run of its official December selections, streaming Wednesday, Dec. 9 through Sunday, Dec. 13.
This group includes films from independent, local and global filmmakers, including four blocks of shorts:
- Feast Your Eyes. A pair of culinary films from Spain and Canada.
- Growing Pains. Films exploring the years before adulthood.
- It’s All Relative. Shorts about family dynamics.
- Subtitle Sessions. Foreign language shorts.
These short films are recommended by SAFILM director Adam Rocha:
- Skaros (Subtitle Sessions)
An impoverished goat herder scrambles up a haunted mountain in search of a transcendental treasure buried at its peak. - Eilbek Boys (Subtitle Sessions)
When a German teenager joins a predominantly immigrant soccer team, he struggles to come part of the team and find friendship. - Rabbits (It’s All Relative)
In late 1960s Australia, Henry and his father George are two different kinds of men, yet the pressures of an overbearing father divert both their futures. - Furthest From {Growing Pains}
In Novato, California, in 1999, an eight-year-old girl named Jessie is enjoying what little time she has left with her best friend, Lucas. - Salting the Fly (It’s All Relative)
With a precarious fate approaching, Danny, an autistic teenager, and his older brother, David, perform a familiar childhood ritual to lighten the gravity of their plight. - Circus Sam (Growing Pains)
Starring Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride). In an American coastal town, Alice Featherston is having a hard time asking her crush, Dave, to be her high school prom date. That changes, however, when she meets a traveling circus clown, Sam. The two strike up a unique rapport.
Five feature films will also be presented.
- Passport Preachers. Directed by Alejandro Dehoyos from San Antonio.
- Blinders. Directed by Tyler Savage from Los Angeles.
- Letters from Antarctica. Directed by Stanislav Donchev from Bulgaria.
- My Dearest Enemy. Directed by Tzipi Trope from New York.
- Wisper. Directed by Russ Emmanuel from Huntington Beach, CA.
Those who wish to view all the films can purchase a Mini Fest pass for $29, which includes an SAFILM 2020 commemorative t-shirt. Individual tickets can be purchased for $5.
Virtual screenings are available to view anytime during the December Mini-Fest. More information can be found at www.SAFILM.com or on the Festival channel home page.
Pauline Adamek
