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THE LETTER MEN
BAREFOOT EMPRESS
SLOW PULSE
SAME OLD
THE RIGHT WORDS
THE LONE WOLF
LAIKA & NEMO
I MIEI OCCHI (MY EYES)
THE DEPORTATION OF A MODEL CITIZEN
In The Deportation of a Model Citizen, a young girl in Denmark faces deportation back to Syria. Torture and/or execution awaiting, the stakes are never
THE LETTER MEN
Much of piecing together history is the examination of letters. After all, ancient heads of state and business colleagues didn’t have email or tape recorded
BAREFOOT EMPRESS
Barefoot Empress, an Oscar-qualifying short written and directed by Vikas Khanna, follows the extraordinary journey of 96-year-old Karthiyana Amma as she embarks on her lifelong
SLOW PULSE
In the opening of the Oscar-qualifying short Slow Pulse, we quietly enter the home of a father (Jimmie Fails) who’s had his life turned upside
SAME OLD
Same Old, an Oscar-qualifying short written and directed by Canadian film director and screenwriter Lloyd Lee Choi, is a dark and gritty tale of desperation
THE RIGHT WORDS
When high school kids get on the school bus, they immerse themselves into an ecosystem of sorts. Confined to the claustrophobic interior, having no choice
THE LONE WOLF
If you’re having emotional problems, dialing up Dr. Phil or some late night pseudo psychologist on the radio isn’t really a solution. But if listening
LAIKA & NEMO
Laika & Nemo, an Oscar-qualifying short film written and directed by Jan Gadermann, is a heartwarming animation tale of an Astronaut and a Deep Sea
I MIEI OCCHI (MY EYES)
I Miei Occhi (My Eyes) takes viewers on a cryptic ride through an urban Italian setting. A woman (Kseniya Rappoport) sitting in the driver’s seat