PKX Film Showcase 2024
On Friday, April 19 at 6:30 PM the film festival kicks off with incredible short films produced by youth from around the country, as well as from the City of Poughkeepsie. Following the showcase, Poughkeepsie youth who participated in The Art Effect’s winter break workforce training intensive with featured artist Hezues R., filmmaker and media entrepreneur and Poughkeepsie High School alumnus, will debut their collaborative film, The Last String. The evening will culminate with an awards presentation and Q&A with the youth filmmakers.
2024 Film Festival Lineup:
Heart of Pearls (Hati Manek)
Runtime: 4:05
Alessandra Low & Margaret Feliciano
Singapore
A young Peranakan girl rejects the traditional art of Kasut Manek for modern trends, machinery, and industrialization. She only learns the importance of her culture after a fight between her and her mother and takes the first steps to embrace her tradition after apologizing.
Anna McGee’s Wild Ride
Runtime: 1:36
Ava Bounds, Age 18
Leeds, UK
A teenager on the cusp of adulthood flies through her entire future while stuck in a traffic jam.
For All That Was Lost
Runtime: 4:46
Will Hemphill & Nolan Crane, Age 16
Newport Beach, CA
For All That Was Lost follows two brothers and their wives separated by war; examining the power of human connection, love and healing.
The Last Wipe
Runtime: 5:10
Yaseen AlAradi, Age 20
The Last Wipe is a student short film about a struggling university student trying to go through life and washing cars for a living.
The Gouda News
Runtime: 5:14
Chatham Rigsby
Savannah, GA
A little girl in an effort to sell cheese for a school fundraiser stumbles upon an ingenious marketing approach.
DoMi
Runtime: 8:02
Johan Hernandez, Age 18
Poughkeepsie, NY
In a modern-dystopian short film, a new social media app creates a descent into madness for kids, teenagers, and adolescents. This app attracts Friend, an aspiring influencer hoping to reach the top as soon as possible, and the protagonist is brought along for the ride.
Reflection
Runtime: 2:19
Jay Lau
Hong Kong, China
Excoriation
Runtime: 3:22
Eva Iglesias Lorenzo
Vigo, Spain
A series of events envelop Theresa in an emotional journey of descent through the consequences of the OCD she suffers: Excoriation Disorder, leading her to harm her own skin. In this process, Theresa battles her own monsters to regain self-control and return to the world.
Wake Up Call!
Runtime: 3:42
Sarah Gleixner, Age 20
Marysville, PA
A college student gets an unwanted visitor in her dorm.
Dunkin’
Runtime: 8:32
Soly Gutierrez
San Antonio, TX
Determined to match up to his idol, Tim Duncan, an underachieving teen with a Napoleon complex organizes a slam dunk contest.
Chrysalis
Runtime: 5:47
Cherilyn Audelia, Age 20
Tangerang, Indonesia
Being colorblind, a man is now trapped in an unfulfilling job after he failed to become a pilot, searching desperately for unattainable happiness that makes him dependent on psychosis that erases the line between reality and his imagination.
The Man
Runtime: 3:54
Maria Dmitrieva, Age 17
Russian Federation
A fantasy about a cycle where a hunter tracks down a wolf and, after eating it, becomes one himself.
