AFMX 2023 FESTIVAL – Narrative Shorts: Valkyrie’s Lantern, The Silent Smile, The Faint Goodbye, Little Mouse, No Words, A Life in Technicolor, Earthrise
The event
Get ready for an awesome evening of captivating storytelling as we present a block of mind-blowing narrative short films!
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Valkyries Lantern, Directed by David Grauberger
What does it mean to persevere? Valkyries Lantern follows five interconnected people in a moment of setback. Journey into each character’s world to discover what it takes to dig deep, and make your own future.
The Silent Smile, Directed by Adan Chavez
“Set in a big theater, where a white light shines down on MIME, and his performance starts, from a fetal position stretching his limbs towards two lights that shines next to him representing his parents, he feels happy, secure, hopeful.
The light of his father vanishes leaving him with his mother alone, from then on he starts to question himself and his happiness, trying to find it from his friends, girlfriend, family and at the end his child. Putting a smiling face to everyone but feeling empty until the very end.
This is an homage to the late actor Robin Williams, who battle with depression, and inspired us to the very end. A magnificent human being and an incredible actor, who deserves more than one tribute.
This is ours for him.”
The Faint Goodbye, Directed by Aaron Garcia
Two past lovers meet each other after years apart as old feelings come back in lost memories.
Little Mouse, Directed by Lena Kaminsky
A woman navigates a complicated and unexpected relationship with a mouse in her house.
No Words, Directed by Ryan Sheehy
After roasting the attendees of his sister’s funeral for their lackluster condolences, a curmudgeon struggles to workshop the perfect words of comfort for his grieving friend.
A Life in Technicolor, Directed by Alex Ramirez
A lifelong film lover stuck in her apartment during COVID-19 recreates the movies she idolizes as a mysterious force outside threatens to drain her world of life, sound, and color.
Earthrise, Directed by Shane Joseph Willis
After surviving a black hole, an astronaut returns to earth only to find that the world is slowly being destroyed by a mysterious anomaly.
