Wisconsin Gone Wild
82 MIN
Filmmakers scheduled to attendCome take a walk on the wild side with us. This group of Wisconsin's Own shorts is for anyone who enjoys a little spice in their cinematic feasts. From an unpleasant family reunion to a hitman's lament and from a not-quite grieving widow to a not so quietly paranoid computer programmer, these seven tales do away with niceties and cut straight to the bone. Consider yourself warned!
Director: Eric J. Nelson
Screenwriter: Eric J. Nelson
Producer: Eric J. Nelson, Kristin Larson
Music: ViBRATiONLAND
Stabacab
animation, experimental • English • 2018 • Digital • USA • 3 MIN
Creepy-crawlies made of putty, fur, tubing, chatter teeth, and googly eyes evolve and decay in this breakneck, stop-motion music video that would make Bruce Conner proud. (ZZ)
section: Wisconsin's Own
Director: Ryan Wolf
Screenwriter: Ryan Wolf & Josh Moss
Producer: Ryan Wolf & Tom Turley
Cast: Monette Magrath, Zane Phillips, Matt Hopkins, Sprague Theobald, Michael Twaine, Lana Gordon
The Cabin
narrative • English • 2018 • USA • 12 MIN
When 3 siblings don’t see eye to eye on an inheritance, their response leads to an intense family reunion. (TI)
section: Wisconsin's Own
Director: Asa Derks
Screenwriter: Asa Derks
Producer: Asa Derks, Jack Whaley
Cast: Colleen Madden, Carey Cannon
Singularity Stories, Vol. I
narrative • English • 2018 • Digital • USA • 11 MIN
What might happen if Alexa decided she’d had enough of your lame-ass taste in music? Colleen Madden finds out in this comedic sci-fi short that feels eerily enough like a real possibility. (BR)
section: Wisconsin's Own
Director: Peter Mackie
Screenwriter: Nick Vitale
Producer: Peter Mackie, Kseniya Yorsh, Dorothea Paschalidou
Cast: Yorgos Karamihos, Ravil Isyanov, Anthony Howes, Hudson Long, Jami Alix, Nick Mutuma
Sergey's Fortune
narrative • English • 2018 • Arri Alexa 2.8K (digital) • USA • 16 MIN
A Ukrainian hitman having a no-good, very bad day meets his match in the form of a gang of obnoxious YouTube vloggers in this acidic, Tarantino-esque comedy-thriller. (BR)
section: Wisconsin's Own
Director: Gabe Reiss
Screenwriter: Gabe Reiss
Producer: Jimmy Morrissey
Cast: Na'Imah Graham, Kamil Borowski, Maurice McNicholas
Husband, Ensured
narrative • English • 2018 • Digital • USA • 16 MIN
Expecting a check after the death of her husband, Joyce's insurance company instead offers her a different sort of payout in this darkly funny, pointedly cynical existential comedy. (BR)
section: Wisconsin's Own
Director: Evan Dale Karg
Screenwriter: Evan Dale Karg
Producer: Leah Chen Baker, Kristian King
Cast: Catherine Curtin, Judith Roberts, Melissa van der Schyff
Divinities
narrative • English • 2018 • Digital • USA • 10 MIN
A Christian woman (Orange Is the New Black's Catherine Curtin) grows suspicious of a friend's claim to speak in tongues, before an overpowering epiphany. (ZZ)
section: Wisconsin's Own
Director: Ben Feldman, Brandon Weisner, Noah Guthman
Screenwriter: Ben Feldman, Daniel Feldman
Producer: Autumn Griffin, Ben Feldman, Willis McCord, Noah Guthman, Jonny Bazelon
Editor:Ben Feldman
Cast: Jack Alberts, Alexandra Ivey, Matthew Rhodes
Cinematographer: Enrique De La Garza
Music: Christian Whittemore
Psychosis
narrative • English • 2019 • Digital • USA • 14 MIN
A neurotic programmer holed up in an isolated workspace begins to suspect a technological entity has taken over the world. As his paranoia grows, this well-crafted short ratchets up the twists, turns, and intensity. (BR)
section: Wisconsin's Own