he Blue Drum Producer: Alicia Herder Director/Writer: Angelita Mendoza narrative, 17 min. A woman mourning her father's passing is tormented by memories of a mother she never knew. A presence reveals secrets hidden within her family home. Yae: Blind Samurai Woman Producer: Akiko Izumitani Director: Akiko Izumitani Writers: James Doc Mason and Akiko Izumitani narrative, […]
Journey - Cuba Producer: LisaMcFadden Director: Sean Kim experimental, 3:29 min. Destination deferred is found in imagination as the COVID-19 Pandemic begins to take a downward turn during the Summer of 2021. Millinery collection concept by Lisa McFadden comes to life in this first of many far away daydream destinations that become reality in the […]
More Than Cute Writer: Joshinder K Chaggar Director: Joshinder K Chaggar Producer: Joshinder K Chaggar 15 min., Documentary A seniors Bollywood dance class in Melbourne city, is the perfect intercultural setting, to discover new friendships and to unpack misconceptions about ageing. Through the lens of the traditional costume, stories are uncovered and shared. Simultaneously, underneath […]
Luka Producer/Director/Writer: Shiyue Xu 3 min., narrative On a hot summer afternoon, as various people come and go at the central market, a young boy starts noticing his own shadow. Pocha Writer: Carly Oscar Director: Carly Oscar Producers: Carly Oscar, Rachel Brown, Maite Elias-Nava,Remi Renlib 13 min., Narrative As she nears her fifteenth birthday, Vic struggles to solidify her personal […]
Maternity Writer: Maria Warith Wade Director: Maria Warith Wade Producer: Maria Warith Wade, Rebecca Malaret, Kendra Mitchell, Kim Coleman, CSA 15 min., narrative When a second-time mother gets an unexpected complication postpartum, she must fight to save her life in the fractured American health care system. Nails Director/Writer: Eliana Pipes Producers: Revel Rosa and Eliana Pipes 5 min., animation […]
Joy's Garden Director/Writer: Ngwatilo Mawiyoo Producers: Ngwatilo Mawiyoo, Mungai Kiroga, Hawa Essuman, Firul Maithya 13 min., Narrative Short Edwin is no one's ideal Dad. Can he step up when his estranged daughter Joy needs a home? Blurring the Color Line Writer: Crystal Lee Kwok Director: Crystal Lee Kwok Producer: Daniel Wu, Lisa Ling, W. Kamau Bell 77 min., documentary Digging into […]
Sin Raices Director/Writer: Gabriella Athena Moses Producers: Lissette Feliciano, Charlie Schmidlin, Annalie Gernert, Shruti Rya Ganguly, Polina Buchak Narrative, 15 min. ALMA, a recently adopted 8-year-old refugee from El Salvador, spends a day preparing for her first red carpet appearance at an awards show with her new pop star mother, YAHAIRA. She learns from example […]
Hard Writer: Eboni Price Directed by: Eboni Price Producer: Lauren E. Banks, Kristofer Cross, Dot McDonald, Musau Onwubiko Narrative, 28 min. 12-year-old Javonte is currently struggling with the woes of puberty. She's being bullied, she doesn't think she fits in, her home life's a mess and on top of that, she's still grappling with the […]
Jelly Writer: Anndi Jinelle Liggett Directed by: Anndi Jinelle Liggett Narrative, 10 min. Jelly is a magical-realist coming-of-age about Jelly Johnson, a young, Black girl with a peculiar fascination with death. While trying to solve the mysterious case of a missing neighbor, she comes to terms with a more personal disappearance in the process. Narrated […]
Mind Yours Writer: Rachel Hughes, Tiffaney Robinson Directed by: Rachel Hughes, Tiffaney Robinson, Brittany Simone Daniels Producer: Rachel Hughes, Tiffaney Robinson, Brittany Simone Daniels Narrative, 5:14 min. A short film initially created for the Collaboration Filmmakers Challenge based on the following quote: "Our lives begin to end the moment we stay silent about the things […]
To the End Writer/Producers: Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick Director: Rachel Lears Producer: Sabrina Schmidt Gordon Documentary, 95 minutes Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv2jtKboDi0&t=5s Filmed over four years of hope and crisis, To the End captures the emergence of a new generation of leaders and the movement behind the most sweeping climate change legislation in U.S. history. The […]
A Loving Tribute to Esther Duran Friends and family honor the life of award-winning documentary filmmaker Esther Duran, the director of A Chocolate Conquest. The web series took viewers into the world of cocoa farming as seen through the eyes of fifteen rural communities in 30 videos about Cacao in Venezula. A Chocolate Conquest won Reel Sisters 2018 Best Web Series […]
