LIMITLESS CREATIVITY “The power of art can break the shackles that bind and divide human beings.” – Daisaku Ikeda SIONS Center Stage Alliance • Saturday 9/9 • 12:30PM - 2:00PM HAPPY OKAY MATE Director: Luke Collins United Kingdom • 2022 • Short Narrative • 0:03:58 Rob arrives to collect the bins at the back door of a theatre before his eyes fall on a ‘cancelled’ theatre production. Spying an open back door Rob slips into the theatre and takes to the stage once more before an unexpected character joins him. SATURATED Directors: David Kernodle & Morgan Paterwich United States • 2023 • Short Documentary • 0:19:40 Matt Moore, an eccentric artist exploding with chaotic creativity and drenched with talent and emotion, brings an intensity that is both inspiring and frightening through his bold expression of style and color. CURTSY Director: Nicole Triche United States • 2023 • Short Documentary • 0:26:56 SHORT FILM SES A small-town dance studio plans to celebrate its 50th year in business. Unfortunately that year is 2020. Follow a dance teacher in her seventies as she faces the challenges of the last three years. OKLAHOMA UNDERGROUND Director: Brea Mullen United States • 2023 • Short Documentary • 0:29:30 Eight artists from Tulsa, Oklahoma travel to Miami, FL to exhibit during one of America’s most prestigious art weeks. Bringing an unheard voice to the coast, these artists band together as a community as they test their limits in a new environment full of possibility. 20
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