Sunscreen Film Festival West 2014 Official Selections: Narrative Shorts Block #4
"ROOLI" (Dir. Jenni Kangasniemi/Elli Toivoniemi) -- Lauri Tilkanen is a talented, promising young actor who finds himself among the final candidates vying for the lead role in a high-concept, political feature film. The casting process has already been long and arduous. The director has loaded great expectations on a role that is highly personal and almost too impossible to interpret. In the final audition, Lauri shows just how far he is willing to go for a chance at stardom.
"reCONCEPTION" (Dir. Joe Petrilla) -- A hell-bent bunch of boys break into an abandoned cargo trailer. Their conquest is interrupted by the owner of the vehicle's unexpected return.
"ON THE LOOSE" (Dir. Carlos Oller) -- Young Cody finally gets his hands on a new spy kit and prepares for his first case.
"FOUR TAILS" (Dir. Christopher Villiers) -- Four friends meet to walk their dogs together everyday on Hampstead Heath. They reveal their hopes, dreams and fears in some unusual ways. They are all looking for love but perhaps the perfect man does not exist.... or maybe he goes running on London's Hampstead Heath.
"SUMMER OF TOM" (Dir. David Lueza) -- Tom, english musician arrives in Paris to compose his first film score. But Lola, his neighbor, a french actress whom he fall in love with and Stan, her ex boy-friend who settles in her flat, won't help him a all. A bilingual french and british comedy mixing Rear Windom and Something about Mary.
"FATTY" (Dir. Marina Loos) -- Abby is an adopted, over weight, loser who has accepted her fate as the black sheep in the family, and likes not having to live up to anyones expectations. Her best friend Marty on the other hand, wants more than anything to be in with the cool crowd and convinces a reluctant Abby to crash the party of the most popular girl in school hoping that this will gain them popularity themselves. Unfortunately, the two losers get carjacked along the way and now must figure out how to turn the tables on the car jacker to make this the most epic night of their lives.