Posts Tagged ‘Paired Shorts’
Cuban Earth
2020 | USA | 24 MIN | World Premiere Friday, March 27 | 3:30PM Shorts Program: Together is Possible Cuban performing arts often play an important role in engaging citizens with a sense of history and place, and in addressing environmental and cultural challenges. In far Western Cuba, in the city of Pinar del Rio,…
Read MoreB.U.T.T.S.
2020 | USA | 5 MIN | World Premiere Friday, March 27 | 6:30PM Saturday, March 28 | 5:15PM B.U.T.T.S. (Better Understanding Through Trash Service) is an ever growing group of Dentonites who traverse the downtown Denton scene every Monday night to pick up cigarette butts. In this documentary short the audience is introduced to…
Read MoreThe Most Ideal Place
2019 | Spain | 10 MIN | North Texas Premiere Saturday, March 28 | 12:30PM Shorts Program: Opening Doors When preparations were being made for the historic Apollo 11 moon mission, three space stations around the globe were needed to keep track of the spaceflight. One was in California, one in Australia and the third…
Read MoreThe Silence of War: Damascus
2019 | Spain, Syria | 29 MIN | North America Premiere Thursday, March 26 | 1PM Sunday, March 29 | 12:30PM How does Damascus sound? In this 29-minute intimate portrait of the Syrian capital, full of nuances and hidden spots, we enter into the streets and the culture of Damascus with the writer and war…
Read MoreMotherland
2019 | USA | 20 MIN | Texas Premiere Saturday, March 28 | 7:45PM In this eloquently crafted film, women in a disputed territory between Armenia and Azerbaijan courageously work to clear land mines in the wake of a brutal war. Directors – Emily Mkrtichian, Jesse SoursourianExecutive Producers – Fuliane Petikyan, Nazeli Kodjoian, Sebu SimonianLanguage:…
Read MoreOn a Wing and A Prayer: Documenting Louisiana’s Disappearing Wetlands
2019 | USA | 9 MIN | Texas Premiere Friday, March 27 | 9PM Shorts Program: All Around Us Ben Depp, a landscape photographer, has set out to chronicle the wetlands in a series of high-art aerial photographs that he captures with the help of his 21-foot paragliding wing and 200HP motor driven propeller that…
Read MoreKnocking Down the Fences
2019 | USA | 12 MIN | Texas Premiere Thursday, March 26 | 6:30PM Friday, March 27 | 1:30PM This is the story of a superstar athlete- and why the sports industry hasn’t put her on your radar. AJ Andrews is the first woman to win a Rawlings Gold Glove, an award given to the…
Read MoreEdwin
2020 | USA | 8 MIN | World Premiere Thursday, March 26 | 1:30PM Sunday, March 29 | 3:30PM Edwin Debrow, Jr. murdered a cab driver when he was 12. He was sentenced to forty-years in prison. Today he’s walking out. Director – Ya’Ke Smith Cinematographer – Carlos Estrada Principal Cast: Edwin Debrow, Jr. Language:…
Read MoreHe’s Still Fast
2019 | USA | 21 MIN Friday, March 27 | 8:30PM Saturday, March 28 | 1PM Tolassa was an elite runner in Ethiopia before being thrown into prison for speaking out against abuses to his ethnic group. When he was released from prison he fled the country to save his life. 12 years later, he’s…
Read MoreCode Ruth
2018 | USA | 4 MIN | Texas Premiere Sunday, March 29 | 3:30PM A true love story about a Morse code instructor finding her path during WWII. Code Ruth blends stop motion techniques and archival materials to share a family’s history of connecting through technology. Director/Animator/Editor: Caroline Voegen NelsonSound Design: Chris BurkeLanguage: EnglishWebsite: https://www.cvoagen.com/coderuth…
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