Pilot Picks: Wednesday

Other highlights Wednesday at the Newport Beach Film Festival:

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‘Families of Different Shorts’

A program of short films starring unconventional families and circumstances, including “Honor & Sacrifice,” “Electric Indigo” and “The Boy and The Bus.” 96 minutes.

3 p.m., Island Cinema, 999 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach; $14

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‘Life’s A Breeze’

The festival’s Irish Spotlight stars a family (Kelly Thornton, Pat Shortt and Eva Birthistle) as they search for a mattress in which Nan, played by Fionnula Flanagan, has hidden her life savings. 83 minutes.

7:45 p.m., Regency South Coast Village, 1561 W. Sunflower Ave., Santa Ana; $14

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‘The Summer of Flying Fish’

The festival’s Chilean Spotlight, directed and co-written by Marcela Said, features a young girl who discovers that her landowner father is using explosives to destroy carp in his artificial lagoon. 95 minutes.

8 p.m., Edwards Big Newport 6, 300 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach; $18 for film; $40 for film and after-party