Two feature films shown at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival this year were made by Carls.
Film: Girl Meets Bike
- Director: Eric Tretbar ’86
- Year made: 2013
- Location: Northfield
- Run time: 105 min.
- Catalyst: a young high school shop teacher buys her first motorcycle with her wedding dress money
- Journey: away from her controlling fiancé and into a new circle of friends
- Discovery: personal and sexual freedom
Film: Men With Arms
- Directors: Matt Spevack ’13 (New York), Joey Fishman ’13 (Chicago), and Gabe Loeb ’11 (Berlin)
- Year made: 2012
- Location: New York City
- Run time: 86 min.
- Catalyst: Lloyd’s free-spirited sister gives him a tape recorder
- Journey: away from his loving yet distant single father and into the outside world
- Discovery: New York City