Short Term 12
Screening: Saturday, 2:30 pm, April 10th
This is the story of a group of troubled kids in a residence home.
Brad William Henke (Choke, Sherry Baby, World Trade Center) is Denim, the supervisor for a residential facility housing 15 kids who are all affected by child abuse and neglect in unimaginable ways. Inside the gates of Short Term 12, fights and blow-ups happen daily, challenging Denim and the other counselors with how best to respond to help their charges head back to society better equipped than when they arrived. As his life unfolds, Denim realizes he has his own lessons to learn. In this edgy, insightful film, the viewer is placed within the walls of a real facility and experience what it’s like to live and work in a place where hope is often difficult to find. An all-star ensemble cast captures the viewer’s heart in this gritty and honest look at how human beings, no matter the age, inevitably impact each other.
View the trailer at: www.shortterm12.com
Short Term 12 is a short film (22 minutes) that won the 2009 Jury Prize in the U.S. Short Filmmaking category at the Sundance Film Festival. Since then, it has also won The Grand Jury prize at the Seattle International Film Festival, the Jury Prize for Best Short Film at Cinevegas, The Audience Award and Best Short Film at Genart Film Festival in Chicago, the Special Jury Recognition at the Aspen Shortfest, and the Audience Award and Best Short Film at the Boston Independent Film Festival.
Film contains intense strong language and images of drug use. (AT, SL, V, A/D)
Windrider Bay Area presents three short films with conversation following.
"The film portrays the facility as an odd little ecosystem, where individual eccentricities are both policed and indulged, and where unexpected interactions can prove as therapeutic as regimented counseling."
- Destin in Filmmaker Magazine (Summer 2009)
