POLITICAL Shorts Festival - April 16/17 event
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A BOY OF MAY, 16min., South Korea, Animation/Documentary
Directed by Seung-il Chon
Jeong Sae-nal, the young boy in Gwang-ju City, receives new sneakers as a 12th birthday gift, but he is shot by martial law forces while playing with his friends in a mountain reservoir in the back of the town. Sae-nal wakes up to the moonlight and the scent of wild roses, and flies to downtown of Gwang-ju City on a sneaker plane. He meets countless people who fought for democracy against the soldier's guns and flies high in a sneaker plane.
https://518animation.tistory.com/
https://www.facebook.com/chon.seungil
THE CHILDREN OF GOD, 32min., India, Documentary
Directed by Parthajit Baruah
This documentary looks at the social taboos prevailing in the social-cultural framework of India. Sanam, a young school girl, begins to feel that she is psychologically transformed from a girl to a boy, and starts to cut her hair, wear, walk and behave like a boy. One day, when she reaches her class late, the class teacher humiliated, bullied and abused her in the classroom. Even the class teacher asked her to take off her panty to check her gender. At such a critical moment, she even thinks of committing suicide. The compassionate principal of her school shows her a way out by giving the mobile number of Kuhi, a member of LGBTQ community. Sanam discovers herself in a new world, and finds a space of her own through her encounter with Kuhi.
THE SWITCH, 4min., Canada, Dance
Directed by Thomas Obewu
Unify "The People" and stand for something
It's time to hit "The Switch" and wake up!!
http://tomxfilm.com/
https://instagram.com/tomxfilm
TRACKS, 11min., Netherlands, Documentary
Directed by Maclovia G Martel
A visual Journey of remembrance in Amsterdam.
ANTISEMITE, 13min., USA, Drama
Directed by Michelle Bossy
Seth, a college senior, is home for winter break. He’s spending a day relaxing and shopping on Fairfax Avenue when he’s suddenly confronted by an Orthodox Jewish man asking Seth if he’s Jewish. Seth’s chance encounter leads to a profound spiritual experience with life-changing implications.
https://www.airebedd.com/antisemite
https://www.instagram.com/mbossydirects/
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