Lighthouse International Film Festival Executive Director Christine Rooney loves to say, “Don’t short the shorts.”

Well said. So many directors, actors, producers, cimetographers, etc. start off making short films. Take Stanley Kubrik, best known for “Spartacus,” “Lolita,” “Dr. Strangelove,” “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “A Clockwork Orange,” “The Shining” and “Full Metal Jacket” among others. He began by making documentary shorts, one just 12 minutes long and the other a mere nine.