Complete event listing for
Vimeo Theater
201 Trinity St
Friday, March 7
The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz's help in the development of RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz's groundbre…
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 …
Saturday, March 8
From abject poverty to becoming a ten time boxing world champion and history’s first boxing congressman, international icon Manny Pacquiao is the definition of a Cinderella story. In the Philippines, he first entered the…
**Extended Q&A to follow screening Based on the classic cult film, “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series” is a supernatural crime saga centered on bank robber Seth Gecko (Cotrona) and his violent, unpredictable brother, Rich…
Whit and Drew, film raunchy pranks and stick them online. To try and attract more views they recruit a girl, Rosa, to appear in their videos. They BOTH fall for her and begin a series of insanely embarrassing and outrage…
"Harmontown" is a documentary film starring TV writer and producer Dan Harmon (NBC's "Community", Adult Swim’s “Rick and Morty”) as he takes his popular podcast of the same name on a calamitous cross-country tour. Much …
Sunday, March 9
**Extended Q&A to follow screening "Penny Dreadful" is a chilling psychological thriller, created, written and executive-produced by three-time Oscar® nominee John Logan ("Hugo", "The Aviator", "Gladiator") and Oscar® w…
The Title Design Program will start with a presentation from Art of the Title's Senior Editor Will Perkins and Managing Editor Lola Landekic on the history of title design in Hollywood, the emergence of title's in video …
"PULP" find fame on the world stage in the 1990’s with anthems including ‘Common People’ and ‘Disco 2000’. 25 years (and 10 million album sales) later, they return to Sheffield for their last UK concert. Giving a career …
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…
Monday, March 10
**Extended Q&A to follow screening Richard Hendricks is an introverted computer programmer living in the Hacker Hostel start-up incubator with fellow social misfits Big Head, Gilfoyle and Dinesh. They all live under the…
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our…
Brought to the screen by the creators of the hit doc "The People vs. George Lucas," "Doc of the Dead" delves deep into the evolution of the zombie genre in film and literature, as well as its impact and influence on pop …
Tuesday, March 11
**Extended Q&A to follow screening “Deadbeat", a supernatural comedy, stars Tyler Labine (“Reaper”) as a hapless medium who will do anything to finish New York City ghosts' unfinished business. “Deadbeat” also stars Bran…
The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz's help in the development of RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz's groundbre…
The 78 Project Movie is a road trip across America to make one-of-a-kind 78rpm records with musicians in their hometowns using a 1930s Presto direct-to-disc recorder. With one microphone. One blank disc. In one 3-minute …
"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…
Wednesday, March 12
Seventy highschool students agreed to be locked down for 24 hours to write, shoot, and edit a short film. Come see the product of this madness screened at Vimeo Theater on March 12, 2014 for The Austin School of Film's a…
Do Taiwanese stuntmen make good colleagues? Why make a short about a girl raised by wolves? Find out from the people who’ve been there — Staff Picked film directors Saman Kesh and Riley Stearns, among others. We’re takin…
Crystal is 17 with a bad attitude. She's seen every Britney Spears video 100 times and knows the dances by heart. Unfortunately her small town life lacks the sparkle of a music video and her only escape is the dance-fill…
A lonely and disturbed man wants nothing more than to fit in and find a partner but his self-loathing and violent tendencies prevent that from becoming a reality. Surreal and macabre, sad and funny - "I'm Not Sorry" is a…
A couple fears they are being watched and find it impossible to eat soup. Directed by Ken Lam and written and performed by UCB performers Laura Grey and Jordan Klepper.……
Separated for the summer, the only way for a teenage girl to communicate with her boyfriend is over the Internet.……
Crystal Director: Chell Stephen Cursed with a real crumby attitude and a boring-ass hometown, 17-year-old Crystal relies on her passion for dance to escape the mundane life of rural Ontario and pursues her outsized dream…
"SUNROOF" is the story of a few short minutes in the life of Adam Reed, a boy desperately struggling to keep the girl he loves from his overbearing older brother. To prevent his inevitable heartbreak, Adam attempts every…
Marie and Sally Blue Frankenfrass are your average best friends cum actresses cum detectives. One day, Marie takes a break from her own heartache/horniness to help Sally find her missing boyfriend, Bernard. Their journe…
A jaded lawyer wastes an afternoon trying to figure out if a dim-witted government employee has ever used a photocopier. All the dialogue in this short comes from an actual deposition filed with the Supreme Court of Ohio…
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.……
"Space Station 76" is a comedic drama about a group of people (and several robots) living on a space station in a 1970’s-version of the future. When a new Assistant Captain arrives, she inadvertently ignites tensions am…
Thursday, March 13
Nothing exciting ever happens to Alice. Living in her father's isolated roadside motel, she passes her time reading glossy magazines and stealing from the occasional guest. But things are about to change. When an enigma…
Sebastian is a wealthy young man. He finds out he has a flat tire and ends up accepting help from a Gypsy passer-by. In return Sebastian will have to give him a ride home... but they won’t reach their expected destinatio…
Everything changes for Alex, a troubled teenage boy, when he is visited one night by someone claiming to be his brother - who disappeared years earlier.……
"Prospect" is the unusual coming-of-age story of a teenage girl on a toxic alien planet. She and her father hunt for precious materials, aiming to strike it rich. When the father is attacked by a roving bandit, the daugh…
Set in 2020. Sonia, a young Iranian journalism student and activist, has recently fled to the US to escape persecution and find a better life. But when an escalating cyber-conflict between the US and Iran puts her at ris…
Blood Pulls A Gun Director: Ben Briand A teenage girl gets a keyhole look into a dangerous and mysterious world when a tattooed stranger checks into her roadside motel. Gypsy Director: David Bonneville Sebastian is a we…
When an innocent tourist travels to LA to put her sister's ashes to rest, time begins to blur and the past and present collide. A series of unexpected events take place overnight at The Standard hotel, Taylor relives her…
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…
"Road To Austin" chronicles how Austin, Texas became the Live Music Capital of the World, dating from 1835 to present. The film highlights 1800s Austin, the psychedelic movement, Armadillo World Headquarters, and numerou…
Speaking about Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters said “When I first heard him, I thought he was one of the greatest blues players in the business.” “LEMMY” co-director/producer Greg Olliver spent two years following Johnny fr…
"Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton" is a feature-length documentary about avant-garde Los Angeles-based record label Stones Throw Records. Under the direction of founder and world-renowned DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, Stones Throw has co…
Friday, March 14
Crystal is 17 with a bad attitude. She's seen every Britney Spears video 100 times and knows the dances by heart. Unfortunately her small town life lacks the sparkle of a music video and her only escape is the dance-fill…
A lonely and disturbed man wants nothing more than to fit in and find a partner but his self-loathing and violent tendencies prevent that from becoming a reality. Surreal and macabre, sad and funny - "I'm Not Sorry" is a…
A couple fears they are being watched and find it impossible to eat soup. Directed by Ken Lam and written and performed by UCB performers Laura Grey and Jordan Klepper.……
Separated for the summer, the only way for a teenage girl to communicate with her boyfriend is over the Internet.……
Crystal Director: Chell Stephen Cursed with a real crumby attitude and a boring-ass hometown, 17-year-old Crystal relies on her passion for dance to escape the mundane life of rural Ontario and pursues her outsized dream…
"SUNROOF" is the story of a few short minutes in the life of Adam Reed, a boy desperately struggling to keep the girl he loves from his overbearing older brother. To prevent his inevitable heartbreak, Adam attempts every…
Marie and Sally Blue Frankenfrass are your average best friends cum actresses cum detectives. One day, Marie takes a break from her own heartache/horniness to help Sally find her missing boyfriend, Bernard. Their journe…
A jaded lawyer wastes an afternoon trying to figure out if a dim-witted government employee has ever used a photocopier. All the dialogue in this short comes from an actual deposition filed with the Supreme Court of Ohio…
"Harmontown" is a documentary film starring TV writer and producer Dan Harmon (NBC's "Community", Adult Swim’s “Rick and Morty”) as he takes his popular podcast of the same name on a calamitous cross-country tour. Much …
Elizabeth Streb is not just a choreographer; she is an extreme action architect. "Born to Fly" traces the evolution of Streb’s movement philosophy – she pushes herself and her company from the ground, to the wall, to the…
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our…
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.……
Saturday, March 15
Jack Hand is a two-bit hustler and bottom-rung music manager with a questionable reputation. His dwindling social circle is made up of his only remaining clients; a hip-hop artist and an indie rock band. Jack's next be…
The 78 Project Movie is a road trip across America to make one-of-a-kind 78rpm records with musicians in their hometowns using a 1930s Presto direct-to-disc recorder. With one microphone. One blank disc. In one 3-minute …
The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz's help in the development of RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz's groundbre…
Thanks to our sponsors
Music sponsor
Interactive sponsors
