Valle del Silicio (Silicon Valley) United States, 9:10 min Director: James Michael DouglasProducer: Vince WilliamsDirector of Photography: Noah Amedick Silicon Valley follows the story of 12-year-old Wilson Chun who lives on the violent streets of Guatemala’s Zona 13. Wilson’s goal is to become a computer programmer to save his family from poverty. The one of…
Unspeakable BLM United States, 10min 30sec Director / Writer / Producer: Emmai AlaquivaProducers: Ya Momz House, Cydney Cooper, Amy Crawford, Danielle Filip, Greg Pollock “Unspeakable”, a :60 second PSA highlighting the voices of the Deaf community and their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Created by Emmy Award Winning Film Director Emmai Alaquiva. After a…
Tikkun Olam United States, 10min 30sec Director / Writer: Bob AhmedCast: Alexander Fox, Alexander Barnett “Tikkun Olam” (2021) is a short, fiction, film about an eight-year-old boy who encounters a homeless veteran in Washington, D.C. – a city that actually has the highest homelessness rate in all of America.
The Time to Heal United States, 12:35 min Director: Chris BaronProducers: Amanda Stubbert, Julie HubertCast: Steven Mitchell, Raquel (Rocky) Dixon, Bethany Houston, We follow three health care professionals as they strive to heal patients and themselves in the time of COVID. This film follows veteran Emergency Department director Steven Mitchell, and new nurses, Rocky Dixon…
The Seeds of an Uncertain Land United States, 30 min Director / Writer / Producer: Jake PriceWriter: Aris MejíasProducers: Tamara Ramos Crispino, John HernandezCast: Suley Angelica, Ian Pagan-Roig, Gabriel Delgado, Yami Callazo, Ivonna Ariana, Stephanie MonserrateScore: Yaitza Lopez With dirt under their nails, dedication, science and indigenous knowledge young Puerto Rican farmers return to their ancestral lands…
Stand Down United States, 30 min Director / Producer: Paul SteinbronerProducers: Kevin McCoy, David Okimoto Stand Down is a documentary of how homeless Veterans who are homeless and traumatized find meaning behind and purpose through community and connection.
Rahmat Creel Iran, 1:40 min Director / Writer: Behzad AlaziProducer: Souson Salamat Rahmat Bagheri is a retired man that other people called him RAHMAT CREEL… every week he is going near a lake around the ZANJAN city to fish out as other hunters, but his hunt is different with others…
Not Worth Killing United States, 21:16 min Director: Eric M. IveyProducer: Paul Zehrer, John Mutz Not Worth Killing is a documentary short that tells the story of the unlikely friendship between Sister Lillian Oliver, IHM and Mitchell Rutledge, a convicted murderer serving life without parole in an Alabama state penitentiary. It is a story of…
Mural of Brotherhood United States, 3:30 min Director / Writer / Producer / Editor: Eli FénixProducer: Pedro Josué Juárez AtzinCast: Enrique ChiuDrone Pilot: Chris Maisoh Music: Scott Buckley “Mural of Brotherhood” is a short film that showcases the power people have to redefine the space they occupy.
Mountains United States, 14:37 min Director / Writer / Producer: Kavi YuProducer: Sharon Oh, Paul Nguyen, Samuel ChoCast: Lizzy Liu, K. Sidney, Thanh Tran, Tao Tao GillPost Production Supervisor: Kati Rehbeck After her father is deported back to Vietnam, Cam runs the family farm in Georgia and volunteers every weekend to urge local communities to…