Complete event listing for
Rollins Theatre at The Long Center
701 W Riverside Dr
Friday, March 7
Sean, a retired literature professor and civic activist, writes a letter to his estranged son, Tennessee, a ranch hand. Tennessee is uncertain how to respond, but knowing he should see his aging father, he decides to go …
Punk-rocker turned suburban mom, Kelly, is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn’t yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal is frustrated at his lack of control over the hand he's been…
Saturday, March 8
Two creatures are trapped together in a swamp. Tension escalates between them when an alligator haunts the waters outside.……
The Alligator Director: Alexandra Barsky Two creatures are trapped together in a swamp. Tension escalates between them when an alligator haunts the waters outside. Caveirão Director: Guilherme Marcondes "Caveirão" imagi…
Not many people know this, but every night at 3:33AM time is frozen for a moment. During what is a fraction of second to mortal eyes, there is a second night, a secret one where the spirits of the city come out to play. …
Clarence is an optimistic boy, who is excited by life. He wants to do everything. Because everything is amazing.……
A lost soul stumbles drunken through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things.……
A nineteen year old kid finds himself alone in a hostile desert, scared as hell and trained to react.……
Eventually everyone runs out of time – but before that happens to you, make some time to go on a journey, a journey through directorial duo Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling’s existentialist universe of temporal confusion, …
"Eager" is a traditional, stop-motion and clay-mation film ballet by painter/animator Allison Schulnik. It is a celebration of the moving painting. Although there is a beginning, middle and end, what it retains in trad…
Marilyn maketh. Marilyn taketh awayeth. Marilyn is trying really hard to create something good. For once, her expectation and reality are going to align. It will be epic. It will be tear jerkingly profound. It will be …
Intricately handmade from paper and cardboard, this stop-motion animated tragicomedy follows Danny, a university Geography tutor, as he and his students stray from the syllabus in order to break new academic ground. Afte…
Sam has stopped taking his medication - he still doesn't think he is ill. His mother found him swimming naked in a freezing river in the middle of the night. The doctor thinks Sam should try a different medication. Three…
His name is Desmondo Ray. He enjoys peeing in the rain, altering offensive graffiti, and listening to sad music while having happy thoughts… This is his video dating tape.……
A man is hired to compile the definitive history of human existence before the planet blows up.……
An eight-year-old girl living on the west side of Chicago finds a neglected toddler and decides to take her home.……
A pitch-black tragicomedy of Steve, a 13 year-old athlete who is secretly being doped by his father and coach Patrick to enhance his performance on the track. Steve is faced with the hard choice between his self-esteem a…
When a man's car breaks down, it sends him on a quest across town that slowly turns into the most fantastically mundane adventure.……
Krisha has not seen her family for many years. When Krisha decides to join her family for a holiday dinner, tensions escalate and Krisha struggles to keep her own demons at bay.……
"Minibar" is an episode of "Little Horribles" -- a darkly comedic web series following the poor decisions of a self-indulgent lesbian named Amy. As it recounts Amy's awkward misadventures and myriad humiliations, "Little…
Montreal, 1999. Like every sunday, a modest Pakistani immigrant family picnics in a dead-end next to the Airport, closely watching planes land. On this special day where the Legendary Concord is expected - a rare treat i…
Men are from Mars, women are from Brazil. A conversation unfolds, and two lovers find themselves on separate wavelengths.……
"Random Stop" is a first-person P.O.V. recreation of events from the life of a highway patrolman. The film is based on the true story of Sheriff's Deputy Kyle Dinkheller who - at the end of a shift - pulled over a speed…
Baby Mary Director: Kris Swanberg An eight-year-old girl living on the west side of Chicago finds a neglected toddler and decides to take her home. CADET Director: Kevin Meul “If it were easy, everyone would do it” FUN…
A Hasidic woman in Brooklyn discovers she has an STD. Although limited by her social standing in a deeply Orthodox community, she seeks the origin of her illness.……
Open the box. Dump out all the pieces. And scramble for your lives. Because this is competitive jigsaw puzzling. And it turns even the mildest of mannered Midwesterners into stone-cold competitors. Every January, the top…
Patrick is a warm, open, twenty-six year old virgin schizophrenic. Pills and his mother’s protection mean he is no threat to himself or anyone else. Until he falls in love. The object of his desire is Karen, a suicidal f…
Jerry is a strange and solitary boy who lives alone with his young neglectful mother in a run down apartment. Behind the bedroom wall he discovers a seductive alien creature with which he has sex. After the creature bec…
Owen never learned about sex or relationships from his parents, since they turned into cats. But today, with the help of a human girl, Owen is going to learn a lot.……
Most of the time it is just a split second, one wrong reaction or decision, that can change a life forever. On this cold, snowy morning, Tobias could not have imagined in his wildest dreams, what would happen to him on h…
Mansor extracts the remains of his late wife only to discover her presence forever illuminated in the divine. Like a bird that sings to a flower and a flower that blooms to a singing bird, Rozita and Mansor continue to r…
Inspired by GIF, this video clip is about the clichés of american antagonisms : Christian thought, homeland love and excesses of the USA.……
Box Room Director: Michael lathrop A strange and solitary boy discovers a seductive creature growing in his bedroom wall. Chocolate Heart Director: Harrison Atkins Owen never learned about sex or relationships from his …
Tony Wash's short film "The Muck" is an attempt to recreate the 80s creature flick feel. Influenced by recent "homage" period movies like "House of the Devil" and "The Sleeper", "The Muck" brings a lot of pride to the Sc…
Pumpkin and Bubby, two rapping friends who haven't seen each other in a while, bump into each other out in mother nature, deep in the middle of nowhere. But when Pumpkin bumps into nature itself, the two get into a fight…
A Sammy Davis, Jr. impersonator, hired to visit with a loyal Rat Pack fan, finds himself delivering last rites at the boy's bedside.……
Florence rescues a stray cat from a gang of teenagers. After taking the feline to an isolated building, her true intentions emerge. "Violent Florence" is a depraved tale of love and loss, and the devastating consequence…
A man raps in the mirror, cuts his head off, and has sex with it. There is also a cartoon.……
Sunday, March 9
The sexy story of the iconic British artist David Hockney, who is adamant about living life in the now.……
David Hockney IN THE NOW (in six minutes) Director: Lucy Walker The sexy story of the iconic British artist David Hockney, who is adamant about living life in the now. Eleanor Ambos Interiors Director: Andrew Michael El…
A close-up look at the whimsical life of 86-year-old interior designer Eleanor Ambos. Since her arrival to the U.S. at age 20, Eleanor's strong will and keen eye have transformed her design business into a multi-million …
You've never heard of Jonathan Hoefler or Tobias Frere-Jones but you've seen their work. Together they run the most successful and well respected type design studio in the world, making fonts used by the Wall Street Jour…
"The Home Team" follows the biggest night of the year in tight-knit, all-American Murray, Kentucky – it's the last home game of the season for the Murray State Racers. Murray is a town so small its entire population fits…
In 1983 writer and theologian John Hull went blind. He began keeping an audio diary to make sense of his loss. With exclusive access to these original audio recordings, "Notes on Blindness" is a cinematic documentary en…
10 years ago, Robyn Celia and Linda Krantz moved from NYC to the nearly deserted Pioneertown, CA in hopes of reviving Pappy and Harriet's, one of the last remaining original honky tonks in the country. Today, the venue …
Nothing is comparable to the success of Maureen, the ventriloquist singer, except her belly: it is simply outrageous. But a shadow is hanging over her career and that of her manager husband’s. The entrancing voice that c…
Sven and Gijs are best mates. They do absolutely everything together, whether going clubbing or mucking about or simply pondering life. Their intimacy is such that one of them can even stroll blithely into a room where t…
A mother is hit by an unusual condition and begins to rise gradually into the air. An ambitious short starring double-BAFTA winner Olivia Colman ("Tyrannosaur", "Iron Lady", "Hot Fuzz", "Peep Show") and Shaun Dooley ("…
A 30-year-old scholar, intelligent and beautiful yet socially crippled, is forced to attend a bachelorette party where her quest for authenticity leads to an unavoidable confrontation with old acquaintances.……
216 Months Directors: Valentin Potier, Frédéric Potier A shadow is hanging over Maureen's career the famous ventriloquist singer. The deep voice that comes out of Maureen's insides has a name: Charles. He will soon be 18…
Amidst quarter-life crises, Allie struggles to prepare for the Peace Corps, while Harper awaits checks from her father to fund her artistic dreams. But the two friends quickly shun responsibilities for the day when a pai…
Cody and Virginia start talking while he’s in Brooklyn and she’s in Berlin. It’s a romance that could only happen online, and they’re happy together—except they’ve never really met. But Cody’s questions about Virginia’s …
Barri and Noah, a newly engaged Brooklyn couple, are disheartened by the death of their elderly downstairs neighbor, Sylvia. Though Noah sees nothing unusual about the old woman's death, Barri suspects foul play and sets…
Monday, March 10
A behind-the-scenes look inside the historic case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. The high-profile trial first makes headlines with the unlikely pairing of Ted Olson and David Boies, political foes who…
"Animals" tells the story of Bobbie and Jude, a young couple living in their broken-down car parked alongside Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. Their days are a continuous ritual of theft and scoring until they must confront …
One night in Harlem, sour, aging Mat reunites with his younger brother Alan, just before Alan heads out for a long-planned vacation with his live-in girlfriend Farrah. Only days later, much sooner than expected, Alan ret…
Davina is an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl who escapes often into a beautifully twisted fantasy life. Having grown up quickly as the sole caretaker of her disabled mother, she looks for salvation in a new re…
The year is 1985. Rad Miracle is a shy 13-year-old white kid who's obsessed with two things: ping pong and hip hop. During his family's annual summer vacation to Ocean City, Maryland, Rad makes a new best friend, experie…
Tuesday, March 11
Based on the 2013 Academy Award® winning short film "Curfew." At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his eleven-year old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.…
Alexandra and Sergi make love in their tiny Barcelona apartment. They’ve decided to have a baby, but find their plans dashed when Alex receives an offer for an artistic residency in Los Angeles. Understanding this may be…
Viago (Taika Waititi), Deacon (Jonathan Brugh), and Vladislav (Jemaine Clement) are three flatmates who are just trying to get by and overcome life’s obstacles—like being immortal vampires who must feast on human blood. …
Sean, a retired literature professor and civic activist, writes a letter to his estranged son, Tennessee, a ranch hand. Tennessee is uncertain how to respond, but knowing he should see his aging father, he decides to go …
Wednesday, March 12
On March 5th, 2013, San Francisco’s skyline was transformed by an amazing sight: 25,000 LED lights that, for perhaps the first time save the 1989 earthquake, caused people to consider the Bay Bridge instead of her iconic…
In December 1970, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were interviewed by Rolling Stone's Jann S. Wenner prior to the release of their "Plastic Ono Band" albums. Ten years later, in September 1980, the couple granted their first in…
A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food. Gene banks of the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation inspired rioting, and the…
Looking for work, Aaron (Patrick Brice) comes across a cryptic online ad: $1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated. Low on cash and full of naiveté he drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town w…
On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 137 years of professional baseball, it's the only no-hitter tossed while the pitcher was tripping on LSD. Dock lived the expression “Black is …
Thursday, March 13
We'll Never Have Paris is a clumsy and at once human account of screwing up on a transcontinental level in a noble effort to win back "the one.…
Davina is an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl who escapes often into a beautifully twisted fantasy life. Having grown up quickly as the sole caretaker of her disabled mother, she looks for salvation in a new re…
Cody and Virginia start talking while he’s in Brooklyn and she’s in Berlin. It’s a romance that could only happen online, and they’re happy together—except they’ve never really met. But Cody’s questions about Virginia’s …
Punk-rocker turned suburban mom, Kelly, is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn’t yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal is frustrated at his lack of control over the hand he's been…
Kylie Bucknell is forced to return to the house she grew up in when the court places her on home detention. Her punishment is made all the more unbearable by the fact she has to live there with her mother Miriam – a well…
Friday, March 14
A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food. Gene banks of the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation inspired rioting, and the…
A very lively woman with a very deadly cancer visits a national park with the intention of ending her life there-- but her suicide plans are continually thwarted, not least of all by her family, which finds itself unamus…
Alexandra and Sergi make love in their tiny Barcelona apartment. They’ve decided to have a baby, but find their plans dashed when Alex receives an offer for an artistic residency in Los Angeles. Understanding this may be…
Paranoia forces small-time scam artist, Marty to flee his lousy temp job and hide out in his co-worker's basement. Once the sugar high wears off, the horror metal slacker crashes hard, fleeing to Detroit with nothing but…
"Brighton" is the love story of a young urban couple who abandon their burgeoning careers in order to build a life in community-supported farming. But just as they begin to hit their stride, the grim onset of cancer thre…
"Everything You Wanted" tracks a lead singer, aided by his cohort of musicians, on a mind bending journey down a single road, fulfilling frozen snapshots of moments that are about to occur.……
In "Lesson #16 for Beatmaster V/Fun" we follow a group of rebellious brats who don't care about anyone but themselves. Not until a new and fascinating role model is introduced to dazzle their young, naive eyes.……
This video is a cinematic, loose documentary-style snapshot of our culture. A portrait of where we're at right before the tipping point.……
A geometric stop-motion love story. Two triangular characters find love amongst two warring states.……
Employing an experimental technique using “cinemagraphs”, Ian & Cooper tell a haunting story of a boy trying to bring his father back to life in Joel Compass’s "Back to Me". Akin to an “animated GIF”, the actors were fil…
This is a high concept, narrative-driven music video, starring Michael Kenneth Williams as The Plant Hunter—a new jack thief who commandeers genetically engineered plants and processes them into euphoria-inducing drugs—a…
Alagoas - "Brighton" Director: Jeremiah Zagar A hybrid music video/documentary for the highly-emotional and wholly original debut single BRIGHTON by Alagoas Clubfeet - "Everything You Wanted" Director: Josh Thomas A min…
Shot on Super 16mm Film, "Opening Brace" follows a heightened and fictional day in the life of My Panda Shall Fly frontman, Suren Seneviratne. It makes for very kitsch and awkward viewing.……
John wants what every man wants. The Promotion, The Girl, The Recognition. There's only one problem: HE'S A GOBLIN!……
DANIELS crafted a narrative surrounding one girl’s self-destructive behavior. Torn between lovers and in danger of spiraling out of control, the directors invented a visual language to augment her story by employing a co…
Vincent Haycock’s monochrome beauty for London composer/producer Raffertie AKA Bejamin Stefanski is the stirring ‘Build Me Up”. Shot in the South Central district of Los Angeles, Vince has documented the lives of the th…
Sandra wakes up in the middle of abandoned and pale eerie fields, to find herself unconscious about a big and bloody wound on her chest. A screaming affliction that locks her in the state of gloom. Through a clinical and…
The video follows a guy as he struts his long blonde ponytail and 49ers jacket around town. As the percolating "Itchy" comes to a close the video rolls into "Corner Boy," a space-age hip-hop cut.……
In his film for Tame Impala's "Mind Mischief", David Wilson updates the age-old young male student/hot female teacher fantasy, viewing it through a nostalgic and psychedelic lens. The film marries Tame Impala's opulent a…
A journey through surreal, topographical landscapes of paint, mountains and faces: "Magma" is a visual, mind-bending adventure where moulten liquids and colours fuse together.……
"Fade Away" is the official music video for electro french artist Vitalic. It follows a manhunt between professional killers, who want to get their hands on a mysterious suitcase. Each killer may be a victim of one of hi…
Saturday, March 15
In the latest film from Red Bull Music Academy, we turn our attention to DFA: the iconic NYC record label that got the indie kids to dance. Narrated by Marc Maron, it features music and appearances from James Murphy, LCD…
For some reason, Trent and Chris spend their Friday night in the middle of a kitchen.……
Best Sound Director: Josh Polon Trent and Chris go on a sonic journey. The High Five Director: Michael Jacobs The story behind the classic celebratory gesture and its unsung originator. Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Gra…
On October 2nd, 1977 Dusty Baker hit his 30th homerun of the season, making history as the 4th player on the Dodgers to hit 30 or more home runs. As Baker rounded the bases, an excited rookie named Glenn Burke met him at…
Known for his vibrant reinterpretations of classical portraits featuring African-American men, New York-based painter Kehinde Wiley has turned the practice of portraiture on its head and in the process has taken the art …
OBEY THE ARTIST travels deep inside Shepard Fairey’s creative process, exploring how politics and music inform his iconographic work. Tracing his punk rock roots from his early days of rigging copy machines and tagging t…
"That B.E.A.T" is one of six films shot in a variety of American cities, showcasing the new guard of young talent and unique sounds of American music today. Showcasing diverse genres: the strip clubs of Atlanta, the ind…
There is a particular moment right before fame strikes a young musician – between the full flowering of talent and believing in a dream so pure and strong as to feel bulletproof – which at the same time is almost imperce…
The sexy story of the iconic British artist David Hockney, who is adamant about living life in the now.……
David Hockney IN THE NOW (in six minutes) Director: Lucy Walker The sexy story of the iconic British artist David Hockney, who is adamant about living life in the now. Eleanor Ambos Interiors Director: Andrew Michael El…
A close-up look at the whimsical life of 86-year-old interior designer Eleanor Ambos. Since her arrival to the U.S. at age 20, Eleanor's strong will and keen eye have transformed her design business into a multi-million …
You've never heard of Jonathan Hoefler or Tobias Frere-Jones but you've seen their work. Together they run the most successful and well respected type design studio in the world, making fonts used by the Wall Street Jour…
"The Home Team" follows the biggest night of the year in tight-knit, all-American Murray, Kentucky – it's the last home game of the season for the Murray State Racers. Murray is a town so small its entire population fits…
In 1983 writer and theologian John Hull went blind. He began keeping an audio diary to make sense of his loss. With exclusive access to these original audio recordings, "Notes on Blindness" is a cinematic documentary en…
10 years ago, Robyn Celia and Linda Krantz moved from NYC to the nearly deserted Pioneertown, CA in hopes of reviving Pappy and Harriet's, one of the last remaining original honky tonks in the country. Today, the venue …
"SVDDXNLY" features never-before-seen footage detailing the ascension of one of raps brightest young stars. From home videos and interviews with friends and family, to the very first seminal moments of his career caught …
From the Producer of ‘Searching for Sugarman’, The Legend of Shorty goes after the leader of the biggest drugs cartel in history. Spurred on by specially composed songs by Jackson Scott, and Tyrone Power as Zorro, the …
"Deep City" is an inspirational story that explores the early days of soul music in Florida, the era’s pioneers and their lasting contributions to the broader American musical landscape. During the mid-1960s, producers…
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