Not Rated | 68 minutes | Animation, Drama Shorts
Disclaimer: Some films are not rated and may contain language or subject matter that may not be suitable for all ages. Viewer discretion is advised.
Holding On, Letting Go: Shorts
Personal stories of grief, identity, and memory that reveal the emotional worlds we carry within us.
A GRIEVING HEART (12:17) | DIRECTED BY: WENDY CONG ZHAO
An immigrant woman examines her past in the wake of her American ex-boyfriend’s death. The film explores how love and loss impact the ways she confronts her identity, memories, insecurities, and regrets.
I WANTED TO HEAR YOUR VOICE (12:00) | DIRECTED BY: JAMES PELLERITO
After eight years of caring for his mother with severe dementia, a son struggles through their daily care routine. Recorded voicemails document the progression of the disease, underscoring the frustration, isolation and burnout that comes with intensive caregiving.
THE RABBIT BALLET (4:13) | DIRECTED BY: AALIA KHAN, KELSEY PRUDENTE, SAMUEL RODARMEL, LAYNE SOVEREIGN
Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, an eccentric rabbit controls and manipulates a young woman’s dance movements to achieve his ideal ballet.
JASMINE. HOME. MOTHER. (15:00) | DIRECTED BY: UGNE SKONSMANAITE
On a surreal game show where stories are currency, a woman battles a system that censors her every word, fighting to reclaim the memory of her family, her homeland, and the jasmine that once bloomed there.
SORROW DOESN’T SLEEP AT NIGHT (8:42) | DIRECTED BY: JOSEFINA MONTINO, MARTIN ANDRE
A man secludes himself in the forest with his cat. The ghosts of his past begin to torment him, forcing him to face his fears and avoid being consumed by madness.
NIGHT FEEDS (15:56) | DIRECTED BY: RANA ROY
An Arab American mother drowns in postpartum as a night nurse unsettles her and war floods her screens. Her private paranoia bleeds into violence beyond her walls- blurring nightmare and reality… But is the madness in her mind or the world around her?