LOSS IN LODI, 3min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Brandon Tauszik
Maria Miranda and her family live in Lodi, a small agricultural city in California’s Central Valley. Latinos make up 39% of Lodi’s population, yet account for 75% of all COVID-19 hospitalizations there. As the U.S. passes 500,000 Coronavirus deaths, communities of color continue to see cases and deaths exceed that of white communities. The Latino population bears the brunt of this imbalance and Maria has experienced this ongoing tragedy first hand.
THE SECRET WALLS, 14min,. France, Experimental
Directed by Anne Charrin, Lise Charrin, Aude Charrin, Jean-Marie Gatin
A theatre in the rain, people outside crowding to get in. A tired man comes through the stage door where a child -the master of the place- has been waiting for him. Engulfed in th...
SHOWDOWN, 4min., USA, Animation
Directed by Holly Schroeder
A solitary UFO lands in a ghost town but tension mounts when a more sinister character arrives on the horizon.
IKARUS, 17min., USA, Sci-Fi/Action
Directed by Shaun Escayg
Teenage scavengers, Queen and her older brother, Birdie, are on their usual hustle of hunting down cargo drones. However, unbeknownst to Birdie, Queen has navigated the pair onto new paths, with the hopes of landing the ultimate payloa...