2022 Dakota Film Festival "Reel Local" Selections The Long Hair8 minutes Directed by David Kuznicki Concrete 4911 minutes Directed and Written by Justin Deegan Stella9 minutes Directed by Greg BergerWritten by Renée Eastman Amber8 minutes Directed by Andrew KleinProduced by Andrew Klein & Brandon Veen One-Man Band15 minutes Directed by Kayli StangerWritten by Kamryn Hellman Produced by Marek Dojs Lost Due to Incompetence22 minutes Directed by Greg Berger & Jerry FrankProduced by Greg Berger, Jerry Frank & VeNeita Berger 2022 Dakota Film Festival "Night of Shorts" Selections Shark14 minutes Directed by Nash Edgerton His first girlfriend was hit by a car. His second girlfriend fell off a cliff. His wife has come prepared.Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver10 minutes Directed by Lewie Kloster & Noah Kloster In 1982, the completion of Jim Jarmusch's sophomore film, Stranger Than Paradise, hinged on producer Sara Driver's willingness to smuggle one of the world's rarest and most controversial films across the Atlantic Ocean. Animal Food5 minutes Directed by Jonas Ljung A dark comedy short about a socially awkward man with an abnormal interest in bird food. What's culturally acceptable to eat, and what's not?Tehachapi14 minutes Directed by Tasha Van Zandt & JR A documentary film that follows currently and formerly incarcerated men at California’s level four supermax prison as they collaborate with renowned photographer and artist JR on a project to transform the prison yard into a powerful and participatory work of art. Swipe5 minutes Directed and Written by Anthony Sneed A delinquent teenage boy learns a valuable lesson about growing up.Migrants8 minutes Directed by Hugo Caby, Zoé Devise, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak & Lucas Lermytte Two polar bears are driven into exile due to global warming. They will encounter brown bears along their journey, with whom they will try to cohabitate.Groundhog Night16 minutes Directed by Genevieve Clay-Smith & Rawley Reynolds For carer Gary, moving on and keeping his family together isn’t always easy. Tensions run high when his late wife’s parents arrive unannounced after he brings home a date. Permafrost17 minutes Directed by Aeryn Lee In a world devastated by climate change, a small crew embarks on an impossible mission to find an artifact from before The Frost.Frank & Emmet12 minutes Directed by Carlos F. Puertolas Two life-long friends and show-business partners who, after weeks of drifting apart, sit together to have a much-needed conversation. Their friendly dialogue takes a turn when they address head-on the one thing they’ve never talked about: One of them is a puppet.Big Touch3 minutes Directed and Written by Chris Tenzis An Afro-surrealist story about a giant woman and a tiny man who through the power of touch, experience an unexpected transformation.
