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DIFF 2020 High School Short Films Schedule

4/20: Block 5 (Monday, April 20 @ 6:30pm CST) – WATCH HERE
• DOLENTE – Director: Gaven Dean (Allen)
• TARDY – Director: Caleb Burns (A+ Academy)
• STEEL DREAMS – Director Max Nathan (Alcuin School)
• HAIKU – Director: Katie Baxter (Alcuin School)
• THE PERFECT ASK – Director: Stanley Turner (Alcuin School)
• HOME – Director Anna Prince (Allen)
• 2ND GENERATION – Directors: Caroline Gulledge, Emily Nguyen (Allen)
• THE EMPTINESS INSIDE – Directors: Mason Vaughn, Carah Allen (Cedar Hill)

Q&A with Gaven Dean following Block 5.

Block 1 – WATCH HERE
• CANCER – Director: Meredith Smith (Richardson)
• PRESSURE – Director: Ruben Olano (Richardson)
• IN RETROSPECT – Director: Leila Saidane (Richardson)
• CARPATHIANS – Director: Daria Krachun (Lake Highlands)
• THE ART OF STORY TELLING – Director: Benji Boone (Lake Highlands)
• TIME FOR DINNER – Director: Belinda Kahindo (Lake Highlands)
• GOD’S CHURCH – Director: Ethan Tinsley (Richardson)

Q&A with Meredith Smith following Block 1.

Block 2 – WATCH HERE
• THE IMPACT OF YOUR CLOTHING – Director: Juliana Thompson (Coppell)
• STUCK – Director: Sam Petty (New Tech/Coppel ISD)
• AKIMBO – Director: Connor Tipton (New Tech/Coppell ISD)
• IN OUR BACKYARD – Director: Natalie Adams (Coppell)
• EXPRESSIONS – Directors: Umama Suriya, Khushi Bansal, Rishi Meka (Coppell)
• HYMN – Directors: Ania Mangwiro, Noah Waddell (Denton/Lagrone Tech)
• BRAINMAN – Director: Cooper Clark (Denton/Lagrone Tech)
• KANSAS CITY – Director: Zack Geldersma (Denton/Lagrone Tech)
• EL TAQUERO – Director: Jose Moreno (Denton/Lagrone Tech)

Q&A with Juliana Thompson following Block 2.

Block 3 – WATCH HERE
• THE CHRONICLES OF HARVEY DINGUS – Director: Andrew Orticio (Garland)
• CITIZEN’S ARREST – Director: Jimmy Cassidy (Garland)
• THE TEST – Director: Riley Padon (Garland)
• THE INTRUDER – Directors: Oscar Hernandez, Diego Vasquez, Marcus Weber (Garland)
• ANGEL – Director: Brooke Adams (Hockaday)
• LE CORBEAU (THE CROW) – Director: Abby O’Brien (Hockaday)
• ROSEY FRAMES – Director: Lucy Roberts (Hockaday)
• JACKIE – Director: Haley Coleman (Hockaday)

Q&A with Andrew Orticio following Block 3.

4/19: Block 4 – WATCH HERE
• CONVERSATIO MORUM – Director: Brandon Insensee (Kennedale)
• DOTTY – Director: Oscar Renova (Lake Highlands)
• ARTHROPOD – Director: Simon Pruitt (Lake Highlands)
• COLORBLIND – Director: Myleena Ebron (Lake Highlands)
• SLEEPER AGENT – Director: Jared Miller (Parish Episcopal)
• THE PEN – Director: Kenneth Borders (Parish Episcopal)
• ON THE ROPES – Director: Lauren Chappell (Parish Episcopal)

Q&A with Brandon Insensee following Block 4.

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Dallas International Film Festival

Now in its 18th year, the Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) is the region’s most powerfully inclusive and equitable platform for diverse, emerging and underrepresented voices. Since its founding, DIFF has screened more than 2,500 widely diverse new films from 50 countries, provided more than $1.1 million in awards and hosted more than 100,000 filmgoers and filmmakers. The annual festival is presented by Dallas Film Society, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. www.dallasfilm.org