I doubt that it was thirty seconds before I was having fond memories of my beloved Footloose while watching writer/director David Kobzantsev's 20-minute nostalgic short film Gold Hearts of Hot Rod County. It's a film with an intentionally nostalgic vibe, energized by youthfulness, love, and that overwhelming desire we all feel at some time and point to break out of our routines and do something that makes us fully alive. 

Callie (Shayla Stensby) is a small town farm girl working with fields devotedly alongside her father (Travis Joe Dixon). She's at the age where she's asking herself "What else is there?" 

Then Zack (Noah Fearnley), a local bad boy shows up as that what else. 

There's something glorious about a short film that leans into the joy of being exactly what it is. We all know what's going to happen. Love throws a spark. She resists but can't. He might dig her. He might not. He toys with her emotions. She toys back in the most delightful of ways.