WATCH ALL OF THE FILMS
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITES.
If you missed out on the livestream, you still have a chance to see all of the 2020 KINOFest films! You can watch all of the films featured below. Be sure to vote for your favorite by May 13, 2020 before 8pm. Announcements for award winners will be made on May 15.
GROW
BY WYLIE KEELE
After a nationwide "stay-at-home" order is issued due to Covid-19, a frequent party-goer is forced to self-isolate inside his home. After battling the monotony of a prolonged quarantine, he slowly discovers his toxic behaviors. With the help of a plant he steals from a liquor store, the partier learns how his behaviors affect more life than just his own, and he is faced with the challenge of flourishing or withering away.
VACANT HOME
BY MALCOM MERRILL
Walter is starting over in a new apartment after his personal struggles have caused his life to take a devastating turn.
ZEALOT
BY KENDALL YODER
Solomon tries to appease his God, and is willing to go to whatever extent in order to do so. Shot as a modern black and white silent film.
BURNT
BY KAYLA ADDINGTON
Elle is in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend. Then one day the violence and emotions finally reach gravely high levels when someone new moves in next door and befriends Elle.
FLAP
BY JESSICA GALLAHER
Flap is 2D short about a girl named Harper who twitches and shakes her hands in order to engage with her big imagination. For the first time, Harper comes to understand how her hand flapping is seen in the eyes of others.
2:59
BY KODY NEWTON
A 12-year-old boy tries to juggle his daily life with being haunted every night at 2:59.
BABY PACIFIER
BY AUTUMN MYERS
BABY PACIFIER is a suspenseful comedy that peeks into twenty-year-old JOHN BURKE’s life as it unfolds. A mysterious package arrives at his doorstep with no return address, disrupting his average existence and leaves him quite puzzled at the contents. Could this package really be the catalyst that kick starts his world?
THE IN-BETWEEN
BY JACK & THOMAS ISENHART
A kid makes a fatal mistake, and finds himself in an awkward waiting room.
THE BREAKUP
BY EMILY DAVIS
A young woman experiences a massive breakdown as she receives some terrible news that her friends don’t seem to agree on the severity of.
A CONVERSATION
BY CHRISTIAN PANKOPF
A young man struggles with himself before making a critical decision.
CALM PANIC
BY JEREMIAH AGBEKO
A film made from found footage depicting 2020's Pandemic.
HOUSE OF JOY
BY ROBERT UEHLIN
House of Joy was produced as a part of the 2018 Oregon Dance Film Commission. It was made in collaboration with dancer and choreographer Raven Jones of Woflbird Dance in Portland, Oregon. Shot entirely on Kodak Super 8mm film, the piece chronicles one person's struggle to let go of what they thought life would be like.
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE.
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