Yet again, I find myself at another film festival. This time it's in the heat of the desert at the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival. I attended this festival for the first time last year, but was only there for one day. This year, I'm here for more than that so I can see many more films. Here are my highlights: Emergency , directed by Carey Williams A group of black and Latino college-aged men come back to their house to find a girl nobody knows lying on the floor unconscious. Is she high? Is she drunk? Did she overdose? It isn't clear exactly what happened to this young woman, but they know they have to do something about her. Do they call the police? One says yes, the other thinks they need to handle it themselves. They debate back and forth, and even bring in some other friends to figure out what they should do. They know the risks involved with...