More Than a Roof
In-Person Event: SHOWROOM
2021 | United States | 31 min | Documentary
Director: Colin Havey
Over 350 people and families in Cheshire County have experienced homelessness in the past year. More Than A Roof looks at the challenges of homelessness through the eyes of several local people and a family, as well as commentary from experts in the field. Through interviews with several people who have unique insight into the issues, including Jennifer Alexander, the former homeless coordinator for the Keene School District, the film depicts the many causes of homelessness and its impact on children who experience homelessness on a daily basis.
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1992
Virtual Showing
2021 | United States | 15 min | Narrative
Director: Kuan Cao
Producer: Greena Ell Park, Kennedy Porter, Yun Jeong
SOO-YOUNG goes to check her restaurant after getting a phone call from her employee. She finds her restaurant has been stormed by looters. She calls 911, but no help will be sent. In the dining room, there is a young black man with a mask stealing money. It turns out that he is the employee, JAMAL, who called Soo-Young earlier.
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Alchemy
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2021 | United States | 23 min | Documentary
Director: Bridget Fitzgerald
Alchemy tells the story of glassblower and social entrepreneur, Rebeccah Byer, as she navigates her grief at the loss of her brother from ALS, to create a glass studio for youth. The Olio is a place of healing and growth for Rebeccah and her apprentices. In Alchemy, we witness this transformative power through one of Rebeccah’s apprentices, Lucy McGinnis, who struggles growing up trans in North Carolina.
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All We Knew and Ever Loved: Earthside
Virtual Showing
2021 | France | 9 min | Narrative
Director: Maxime Tiberghien, Sylvain Favre
Producer: Frank Sacramone, Jamie Van Dyck, Ben Shanbrom, Maxime Tiberghien, Sylvain Favre
In a dystopian world, two brothers embark on a surreal journey hoping to confront an ominous force that threatens their kind and the planet they inhabit. As experiences alter their individual understandings of the world and themselves, a far more terrifying foe comes into focus.
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ANNAH LA JAVANAISE
Virtual Showing
2020 | South Asia, India | 6 min
Director: Fatimah Tobing Rony
In 1893, French artist Paul Gaugin painted the controversial portrait of Annah la Javanaise. To some, it represents a foundational example of post-impressionist art, and to others, it offers an undeniable portrait of Western colonialism. In this short, animated film, scholar and artist Fatimah Tobing Rony (dir. ON CANNIBALISM) reimagines the life of this 13-year-old Javanese girl who was sold by her family to the famous French painter.
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Bad Child
In-Person Event: SHOWROOM
2022 | United States | 13 min | Documentary
Director: Nicole Emiliana Mendez
Bad Child is a short documentary about childhood sexual abuse. The film focuses on the outcomes of one survivor while expert interviews place emphasis on the importance of parental support. Multiple layers of images, sounds, and animation overstimulate the viewer, effectively conveying the complexity of living with trauma.
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The Body Is a House of Familiar Rooms
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2021 | United States | 10 min | Documentary
Director: Eloise Sherrid, Lauryn Welch
Sam Geiger suffers from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a painful illness of the connective tissues. The intrusion of this chronic illness into every aspect of his and his partner’s life is explored with whimsical beauty in this gorgeously animated hybrid documentary about love, pain and the private worlds one can conjure with paint and imagination.
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The Candy Tin
Virtual Showing
2022 | United States | 14 min | Narrative
Director: Shane Butler
A grimy, dented candy tin sits in a thrift store. How did it get there? What stories could it tell? Who used it, loved it—and left it? An Irish immigrant picks up a gleaming “Ruth’s Home Run” candy tin in a general store in 1920s America. From the rocking 50s to the dour 2000s to The Future, the candy tin travels through modern America. The Future is The Past.
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Cold Brew
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2022 | United States | 7 min | Narrative
Director: David Kennedy
Producer: Cindy Wathen-Kennedy
A young woman is imprisoned by her inner thoughts in a caffeine-fueled assessment of her co-dependent relationship.
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Disconnected
Virtual Showing
2022 | United States | 15 min | Narrative
Director: Jeanette Godoy
Producer: Meredith Thomas, Jeanette Gody, Jordan Brady, Tom Jenkins
Janine forces her teenage daughter and her two besties to have an actual conversation by confiscating their cellphones for one hour. Meanwhile, she texts her husband she wants a divorce.
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