COLONIAL THEATRE
Belfast, Maine. 6PM. $12 Entry
Tuesday, Aug 12, 2025
International Shorts
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LIVE Director Talkback
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Dos Gatos Afterparty
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International Shorts • LIVE Director Talkback • Dos Gatos Afterparty •
As the winter season begins in Creta, an overly touristic Greek island, a family of locals, owners of a small struggling bed & breakfast, get an unexpected visit from a Nordic family of tourists looking for a tour into the piratic past of the area. The relationship between Manos, the Greek father and Tassos, his son, is being tested as they are struggling to meet the increasingly challenging demands of the tourists looking to live the authentic pirate experience.
comedy. drama.
28 minutes.
An absurdist tragedy set in a repressive society where kissing is punishable by death, and people pay for things by receiving slaps to the face. Angine, an unhappy woman, shops compulsively in a department store. There, she becomes fascinated by an ingenuous salesgirl. Despite the prohibition of kissing, the two become close, raising the suspicions of a jealous colleague
comedy. drama.
36 minutes.
During her chaotic family’s Qingming visit, dead Grandma Nai sneaks away from her peaceful afterlife after overhearing that her queer grandson is about to get engaged to a woman.
comedy. drama.
19 minutes.
In Scott & Zelda at Home, the glamour of the Jazz Age gives way to a much darker truth: Did famed author F. Scott Fitzgerald steal his wife Zelda’s writing? A night in the couple’s home exposes this question and lays bare the oppressive forces Zelda faced behind closed doors. Inspired by true events, Scott and Zelda at Home imagines a pivotal night in the home of the Fitzgeralds after Zelda has discovered that her short story was published in the evening paper under Scott’s name. What unfolds is a harrowing portrait of a woman fighting for personal and artistic freedom against a suffocating force. Mirroring conversations still prevalent today, the audience is left to decide who they believe – her or her husband.
drama.
16 minutes.
As their world is about to end, G7 leaders gather one last time, behind closed doors for a secret, extemporaneous, boozy summit.
comedy. drama.
22 minutes.
During a school trip to Italy, a group of middle school girls stays in a convent. Emma shares a room with her friends Lydia and Alice. She feels attracted to Alice, but as the two girls grow closer, Emma suddenly feels like the religious statues are judging her.
comedy. animation.
4 minutes.
