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Òran na h-Eala
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A FEAST THAT NEVER COMES
BIG DICK ENERGY

IVALU
Anders Walter’s beautiful Oscar-qualifying short drama Ivalu deals with the most tragic of subjects in a sublime fashion. Although its scope is relatively narrow, it

BURROS
The capital of the Tohono O’odham Nation happens to be 20 miles from the Mexican border. Thousands of migrants travel through the searing-hot Sonoran Desert

NORTH STAR
North Star, an Oscar-qualifying short film written and directed by P.J. Palmer, is a stunningly touching look inside the story of two partners and their

NAKAM
In Hebrew, Nakam means revenge, and from 1939-1945, the Jewish people had ample justification for resorting to the mindset. But even in the face of

APPRAISAL
Appraisal, written and directed by Anna Koukouli Born, depicts the struggle all women face when returning to work from maternity leave. The pressure they feel

Òran na h-Eala
Pursuing your passion versus filling your pocket – it’s a tightrope that every artist has to walk. For our purposes, Moira Shearer (Shannon Davidson) is

SHIRIN EBADI: UNTIL WE ARE FREE
“With all the atrocities committed in Iran, I cannot be silent,” states Shirin Ebadi, the subject of Dawn Gifford Engle’s formidable documentary Shirin Ebadi: Until

A FEAST THAT NEVER COMES
Brooklyn-based composer Sven Britt—under the moniker Ex-Fiancée—and long time collaborator choreographer Chris Masters (his husband), present A Feast That Never Comes. An audio and visual

BIG DICK ENERGY
Big Dick Energy has been around since male Homo sapiens realized that extra endowment could give a leg up in spreading the family genes. But