KCSFF 2024

August 10, 2024

Bedford Playhouse

Bedford, NY

CONGRATULATIONS

TO OUR WINNERS!

BEST STUDENT SHORT

I’VE BEEN TRAVELING

Amity Doyle

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

MR. JOSEPH

Andrew Ricci

BEST COMEDY SHORT

HAPPY TO HELP YOU

Owen Strock

BEST DRAMA SHORT

AS EASY AS CLOSING YOUR EYES

Parker Croft

What a line-up! It was another terrific year at KCSFF, with extraordinary films from Katonah, Westchester, the tri-state, and the world. Thanks again to the filmmakers and the wonderful audience that attended

Penny

Penny’s story is filled with love and laughter but it is missing one thing. We don’t often look at the women that are “childless NOT by choice”. What does it do to a nurturing soul to be without the thing she always wanted, always assumed would be, where does she fit, will she survive the grief.

Missing Her

When a middle-aged man, coping in a dystopian world, is forced to spread his dead wife’s ashes by a government mandated deadline, a stranger’s kindness is the only lifeline to help him through the sacred ritual before time runs out.

My Name is Oscar

A disgruntled actor whose last role was in a modern spaghetti Western gives an Oscar speech in his bathroom lambasting his agent, producer, co-star and everyone else on his long list of culprits, then gives a much different speech at the Oscar ceremony itself. Ten minute film co-directed and produced by Susan Einhorn and Robert Clem. Written by and starring the late David Little.

The Creature

A couple goes to the forest to sacrifice an animal to the goblins in order for their child to be born healthy, but they are not alone in this forest. The woman considers this a superstition until she believes it herself.

Full Throttle Paradise

A dark farce that explores feminism, materialism, and fetishes. Pat Padula, a seemingly connected man in the neighborhood, expresses his love for the free-spirited Dottie in an atypical family therapy session. But why in a motorcycle garage? Dottie is a bluntly aggressive woman who takes Pat’s need for her as a threat to her independence. Meanwhile, the attractive young female counselor is having her own problems navigating in a man’s world, which sets her on a collision course with Dottie.

Mr. Joseph

Mr. Joseph is a barber and my grandpa. We follow him as he recounts his journey from Italy, the opening of his shop, and the hard work in his garden.

Happy to Help

Depressed and newly unemployed, Nora (Amy Sedaris) seeks help from Arthur (Jeremy Beiler) at the crisis call center Oasis. He is both much less help, and much more, than she expected.

As Easy as Closing Your Eyes

The story of a grieving mother who battles her addiction to a black-market drug that gives her life-like dreams about the son she lost.