LU VON LOSER, 8min., Germany, Web Series

Directed by Alice Gruia

Lu (32) is cynical, passive, angry, silly, a tough nut with a chronically extended middle finger and, in her own eyes, a loser. When she finds out she’s pregnant, she has no choice but to move back to her mother’s place. A dark co...

52 – A TALE OF LONELINESS, 4min., USA, Animation

Directed by Johnny DePalma

Read by Patton Oswalt

Far beneath the beautiful sea, a unique whale sings a song that is all his own. Inspired by the incredible true story of the 52 Hz whale, “52 A Tale of Loneliness,” invites viewers on an underwate...

Performed by Val Cole

POEM:

the dream
the reality
the ghettos
the insanity
the inhumanity
look at the world’s state
poverty
look how power rapes
could I take
dirty water under
the poorest living conditions
still praying, hoping, wishing
dreaming of that new day
dreaming of equal opportunity
h...

Directed by Daniel Gartzke

Without a doubt, the place of animals in our life is now permanent. Their companionship provides us with emotional support, responsibility, and deep bonds found in few other places. Although for many animals, the life of comfort and friendship isn’t the life they are ...

Performed by Val Cole

POEM:

Let’s take a walk
You said.
Okay, I said.
And here we are
High above the East River
On a pedestrian walkway
On the Triboro Bridge
Hiking from Astoria
To Randall’s Island
As rush-hour traffic
Streams by.
I hate my life
You say.
And I know
You’re not joking.
I wonde...

Performed by Val Cole

POEM:

Shame, Shame go away I don’t want you any day
Shamed into Silence…
My spirit was dehumanized
Shamed into Silence…
By the words of my grandma “It's yo’ own fault y’ know mens cain't control theyselves
Shamed into Silence…
By the hands of my grandma beating 'til I cou...

ELIJAH’S DANCE, 7min., USA, Animation

Directed by Cooper Wood

The circumstances of Life can be a tantalizing reflection of Death’s inevitability. Elijah, a soldier who encounters Death itself- will soon learn which he has a stake in, and which he does not.

Type of Story: Fantasy

Performed by Val Cole

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BANSHEE, 6min., USA, Dance

Directed by Sam Casscells

A young woman in a seaside town receives a bizarre message in the middle of the night and goes searching for answers.

WALL TO WALL, 13min., Belgium, Dance

Directed by Styliani Lamprinou

A fantasy made with three walls, two female bodies and only one act: pushing. Pushing as a metaphor of human effort against the walls, barriers, limits that we set for ourselves in the space. A small, ordinary room in a city ap...

CONTINUUM: Bridging the Distance, 27min., Dance

Directed by Henry Wurtz

During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, with shelter-in-place orders underway, Seattle Dance Collective became one of the first companies to produce new dance for digital distribution. In the immediate aftermath o...

LUZ, 8min., France, Animation

Directed by John Banana

Problems can cloud your vision, but the key to Cloudia’s happiness may be right under her nose.

SWEET POTATOES, 30min., Mexico., Drama/History

Directed by Rommel Villa Barriga

1951, Mexico City. After synthesizing the main component of the contraceptive pill, young scientist Luis Miramontes deals with the religious and personal consequences of his groundbreaking invention.

Directed by Ekain Martinez de Lizarduy Stürtze

The scream that comes from the caves. He who listens, feels and sings. A language without words. The one that comes out from the bowels. The echo of our ancestors.But since when is the irrintzi among us? Does it still exist in the 21st century? Thes...

Performed by Val Cole

POEM:

Standing in Line. Eyes front.
No acknowledgment. Robotic recruits
Uniforms pressed. Knife-edge creases.
Summer sunshine. Corona causation.
Shoes shone. Reflective leather. Bows tied.
Tarsal protection. Cobbled, with a mirror image.

No one speaks. Wordless. Mute.
P...

Performed by Val Cole

Directed by Jake Price

With dirt under their nails, dedication, science and indigenous knowledge young Puerto Rican farmers return to their ancestral lands to bring food security to their struggling communities after hurricane Maria left many hungry—and they’re vowing never to see another person...

DARK CLOUD, 15min., UK, Documentary

Directed by Jake Mason & Felix Wilding

The story of a First Nation man who suffered deeply as a result of his abduction and indoctrination by the Canadian government during the sixties scoop.

Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Women in Resistance Shall Not Be Moved. 17min., USA, Dance

Directed by Alicia Diaz

This dance film combines biography, poetry, and ritual with the energy of live performance to bridge stories of resistance and liberation between Puerto Rico and Richmond, VA, honori...

Performed by Val Cole

POEM:

There was a special place at the end of the orchard, where a small clearing with a clump of young trees, hovered just above the creek. The child loved to come here. She loved the joy she felt when she saw the sun filtering through the wattle trees, the green mosses...

Performed by Val Cole

POEM:

I see like the sky sees—
Winding rivers, peaks, small bushes, tall trees…
A reality surrounded by all shades of purples and golds,
Humanity held together by unseen yet powerful bonds.
I hear like the mountain hears—
It feels like the air lent me its ears.
I hear ec...

LITTLE BIG – TACOS, 3min,. Russia, Music

Directed by Alina Pasok, Iliya Prusikin

Music composed and produced by Ilia Prusikin, Sonya Tayurskaya, Viktor Sibrinin, Lyubim Khomchuk

iyouuswe II (I-You-Us-We-Two), 9min., USA, Dance

Directed by Young Soon Kim

Multi-year collaboration by pioneering choreographer, Young Soon Kim, in collaboration with WHITE WAVE DANCE, as they continue to explore the body’s 3 dimensions in space.
Probing the weight of human emotions, “iyouuswe...