2019 HBO® Short Film Competition
The following films are the 2019 official selections in the HBO® Short Film Competition, now in its 22nd year. Each film in this category will compete for the ABFF’s HBO® Short Film Award (prize is $10,000 for the winner and $5,000 for each of the finalists). The 22nd Annual HBO Short Film Competition, sponsored by HBO, is on Thursday, June 13, at 6 p.m. Hosted by Bevy Smith (Fashion Queens), the competition will be held in the New World Center Performance Hall. The winner will be announced during the Best of the ABFF Awards Presentation on Saturday, June 15 at 9 p.m.
Thursday, June 13 | 6:00 PM | NEW WORLD CENTER, PERFORMANCE HALL
CAP
2019 USA 16 MINS World Premiere
THU 6/13 | 6:00 PM | NEW WORLD CENTER, PERFORMANCE HALL
15-year-old Manny Bennitt learns the hard way the price of being cool.
Directed by: Marshall Tyler | Produced by: Moira Griffin, Marshall Tyler | Written by: Marshall Tyler | Cast: Medina Senghore, Tunde Adebimpe, Dusan Brown
EVELYN X EVELYN
2018 USA 13 MINS
THU 6/13 | 6:00 PM | NEW WORLD CENTER, PERFORMANCE HALL
Grief can be overwhelming for just us to tackle alone.
Directed by: Eric Pumphrey | Produced by: Angelo Pullen, Tommy Savas, Luke Baybak, Jenna Johnson, Judy Craig | Written by: Eric Pumphrey | Cast: Natalie Paul, Jocko Sims
FLIGHT
2018 JAMAICA 13 MINS
THU 6/13 | 6:00 PM | NEW WORLD CENTER, PERFORMANCE HALL
A Jamaican boy sets out on a dream, ten times his size, to fly to the moon, despite his circumstances and father’s opposition.
Directed by: Kia Moses, Adrian McDonald | Produced by: Tashara-Lee Johnson | Written by: Kia Moses | Cast: Rohiem Phillips, Craig Robinson, Jermaine ‘Zbek’ Nelson, Danielo Reid, Akalia Golding, Christopher McKoy
THE FISHERMAN
2018 GHANA 15 MINS
THU 6/13 | 6:00 PM | NEW WORLD CENTER, PERFORMANCE HALL
An aging fisherman goes out to sea one day and returns with a talking fish.
Directed by: Zoey Martinson | Produced by: Kofi Owusu Afriyie, Zoey Martinson | Written by: Zoey Martinson | Cast: Ziggy Netteyson, Kiki-Romi, Elizabeth Nortey
WEDNESDAY
2018 USA 13 MINS World Premiere
THU 6/13 | 6:00 PM | NEW WORLD CENTER, PERFORMANCE HALL
Recently homeless and living in a car with her mother, a teenage girl commits a reckless act, desperate to rescue a vestige of their former life.
Directed by: Daniel Willis | Produced by: Melina Lizette, Mariyam Mahbub | Written by: Jessica D. Shields | Cast: Mychala Lee, Chene Lawson