Best of SOCIETY DOC Shorts Festival
37m
A More Colorful World: The Artistry Behind Rita Winkler, 4min., USA
Directed by Mark Winkler
An intimate short documentary about artist Rita Winkler, whose watercolor world reveals a creative process shaped by instinct, rhythm, repetition, and color.
https://www.instagram.com/ritawinklerart
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Elevator Pitch, 7min., Canada
Directed by Raghav Kumar
Before stepping onto the stage of a high-stakes startup competition, an ambitious founder is pulled into a vivid vision of guiding a lost child through the unknown. Only to discover the child is their younger self reminding them to snap back to reality. With the clock ticking down, presenting the pitch that could define their future, the founder conquers the doubt that once defined them.
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Munkács Miracle, 26min., USA
Directed by Steve Liss
Born days apart in 1930 and raised in Munkács, Czechoslovakia, Holocaust survivors Magda Bader and Ruth Cohen were transported to Auschwitz on the same day from the same spot when they were 14 years old. A chance encounter with an educator visiting the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. brought them together after 81 years.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/munkacs-miracle-audience-feedback