Marcus T. Thomas
24 min | 2019 | US
After the election of a fascist, alt-right candidate to the highest office in the land, an interracial couple fights to protect their son in a dystopian nation divided by race.
MOCHITSUKI
Sky Bergman
5 min | 2020 | US
The ancient tradition of preparing Mochi to celebrate the Japanese New Year goes back centuries. Join one close-knit intergenerational community who revels in the ceremonial pounding of the cooked rice, the forming of the warm Mochi cakes, and of course eating the yummy results!! Elders and kids alike reflect on what Mochi means to them, leaving not a cheek untouched by rice flour.
JUST ME AND YOU
Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
22 min | 2019 | Canada | MA Premiere
8-year-old Eva goes on a Montreal-Mexico road trip with her father aboard an 18-wheeler…the trip has another purpose.
PANDEMIA
Yiannis Biliris
4 min | Hong Kong | US Premiere
Messaging. Social media scrolling. Multitasking. Social Distancing. Filmed a year before the Covid-19 outbreak, this short is about how we create distancing among our peers, even when we are free to choose where to go and what to do. What does human experience mean? Are we heading towards a new norm, before we even realize it?
OSLO
Shady Srour
16 min | 2019 | Israel | MA Premiere
A Palestinian day laborer is denied entry into Israel for work that day. Not wanting to return home empty handed after promising his daughter meat for dinner, he needs to get creative. A poetic and tragic reflection on the everyday struggle of Palestinian breadwinners.
SWEET
Leon Oldstrong
7 min | 2019 | UK | US Premiere
The story of TFL station officer Sylvain’s struggles with loneliness after he moved to Europe from Côte d’Ivoire. The subsequent death of his only family member left in his home country died in 2016, and how he tries to make everyone who passes through the station smile.