deadCENTER Film Festival

US Premiere | Matthew is a 10-year-old British expat living with his mother in a suburban neighborhood in Kuwait. One night after being left alone, Matthew calls on Dalal, a local girl who lives down the street, and seizes an opportunity to sneak away with her hidden in the back of a car. However, what Matthew learns on the trip only alienates him and his relationship with Dalal. Eventually abandoned in the Kuwaiti desert, Matthew is left to... Read More →

Rabbit and Deer are living happily and careless until their friendship is put to the test by Deer's new obsession to find the formula for the 3rd dimension. After an unexpected accident Deer finds himself in a new world, unknown to him. Separated by dimensions the two characters have to find the way back to each other. | | 16 min/Hungary | Director: Péter Vácz | Producer: József Fülöp | Cast: Adrienn... Read More →

When Declan loses his dog and best friend Ralphie, his life starts to unravel. | | 18 mins/NY | Director: Brian Crano | Producers: Brian Crano, Michael Klein | Cast: Amanda Seyfried, David Joseph Craig, Cory Michael Smith

Ravi & Jane is a heart warming story of two class mates who strike up a budding friendship. A shy 10 year old, Ravi, has just moved to Australia from his native land of Sri Lanka. On his first day in a new school, he is befriended by Jane. Whilst their lives are worlds apart the two are inseparable until events beyond their control attempt to divide them. | 14 min/Australia | Director: Stuart O'Rourke | Producer: Leah James | Cast: Katya... Read More →

After Duncan and Delia meet over drinks at a nightclub called Kamp's, their respective ideas about the romantic sparks they feel aren't quite in sync. Meanwhile Jake the bouncer is hotly pursued by party-girl Annabelle, who pushes him to choose between the two relationships he is struggling to balance. They all collide just before last call... | | 11 min/OK | Director: Timothy Fall | Producer: Timothy Fall | Cast: Kevin Keeling, Brett Garrett... Read More →

Albert the Squirrel makes a startling discovery ... an empty space where once his favourite scarf lay. He heads off into the forest only to find everyone else is preoccupied with worries of their own. He helps who he can before moving on but never seems to get any closer to his goal. Ultimately, Albert's problem is put in perspective by the friends he helped and the problems they faced and overcame together. 7 min, Ireland | Director: Eoin Duffy... Read More →