Deep in the Heart Film Festival: Grace

Love, marriage, ethics and beliefs...these stories push the envelope and challenge the status quo with dignity and strength.

Shorts Block 7

Location: Cultivate 7Twelve

Rated: "R"

Short films include:

Christine

With the help of her best friend, Christine redefines her perception of strength and what it means to be herself.

Drama

Dragtivists

"I make it a point to make people know that we're still here" . . .  This is the intersection of activism and drag performance.

Documentary

Summer

Two teenage girls in a Hasidic sleep-a-way camp who, despite their every effort to maintain their purity, explore a forbidden book which leads them to a sexual awakening neither of them are prepared to encounter.

Drama

Dinner Guest

Scarlet, a struggling single mom, gets a terrifying visit from a young addict while home alone.

Drama

The Love Trials

With the help of her friends, Avery performs a series of secret tests on her fiance to make sure he's really 'the one'.

Comedy

Wink

A lonely and slightly repressed housewife discovers an unusual way to spice up her afternoon.

Drama

Honeymoon

A man and a woman meet in a bar for the first time.

Drama

Underpressure

With the increasing pressures of daily life, herself-imposed belief systems, and her duties in the clinic suddenly Clara begins to feel her family life is slipping away.

Drama