2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental When a scientist succeeds in erasing one of their patients from existence, an empty human shadow is imprinted at the beginning of the universe. As the shadow awakens in the distant past, it feels a bitter drive to return to the blue planet from which it was cast. …
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2022 Official Selection: Featurette – Documentary A Time in history that may never happen again. When schools closed a new education began. Director(s): Ari Groobman Writer(s): Ari Groobman Producer(s): Ben O’Keefe, Mitchell Schwartz, Ryan Ramsey Key Cast: Stacy Chu, Ping Liu, Brenda Valencia, Seyi Ayorinde, Hidekun Hah, Heather Turman, Jim Todd Go to 2022 Official …
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2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama Amy is a disenfranchised Chinese American girl working at her local grocery store during the height of the pandemic. As Amy confronts growing racism both in and outside of her home, Amy must come to terms with who she really is and what she really wants. Director(s): Ari …
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2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama In the early 2000s, Los Angeles, introverted and unsociable 65 year-old Wan falls in love with a man who is nearly 30 years his junior and struggles to embrace his homosexuality, which he had suppressed his entire life, while also confronting his guilt towards his deceased wife. Director(s): …
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2022 Official Selection: Web Series A newly woke white woman overcompensating for years of sideline sitting and a tranquil black man who is equal parts hood and good, are on display via a reality tv show to broadcast the complexities of their marriage in a brash, mockumentary style sitcom. Director(s): Asaad Salleh, Sarah Stouffer Writer(s): …
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