Smodcastle Film Festival 2024 - Block 26
Terrestrially Challenged - Terrestrially Challenged is a story about two aliens, Oznit and Yugo, who ran out of fuel and have to make a pitstop on Earth in search of a substance that is radiant enough to fuel their spaceship. The aliens must find this substance quickly and without alerting any of the local life, as they think their encounter will be hostile. Unfortunately , the aliens are led into a gas station on their quest to find this fuel source, and within this shop resides a strange creature known as Dick the Clerk Johnson. Will the aliens be able to fuel their ship unnoticed, or will they get caught and dissected and eaten by the U.S. president? Find out in the short.
Baby Love - A teenage girl desperate for an abortion faces off with a physician assistant.
Clocked - Adolfo Rivera is an 18 year old, undefeated boxer from a conservative catholic family in Miami Florida. His love for his tight-knit family is apparent; not just in their time spent together but in the bruises and broken bones he’s willing to endure time and time again in order to help them pay the bills. Adolfo may be remarkably talented in the ring, but his family’s dreams for his profession are far different from what Adolfo has in mind. Adolfo is secretly saving his winnings for the biggest fight of his life; self acceptance in his desire to transition into a woman.
RUN TIME: 120 min