SHORTS: IN THIS LIFE
Stories running the gamut of human experience. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 82 MIN)
Patty Are You Bringing Weed in From Jamaica? | Director: Matthew Salton
In 1968, a young flight attendant bought 900 lbs of marijuana in Jamaica and tried to smuggle it out, leading to unexpected consequences. (USA, 9 MIN)
White Nights | Director: Diego Collados V
A megadrought, the consequence of climate change, has emptied a small rural town in Chile of all but the abandoned. (Chile, 15 MIN)
Mizuko | Director: Kira Dane, Katelyn Rebelo
A post-abortion grieving ritual in Japanese Buddhism called “water child memorial” inspires this intimate look at a reexamination of abortion ethics. (USA, 15 MIN)
Shadegan | Director: Ako Salemi
A day in the life of a 12-year-old fisherman on his boat in Shadegan Pond, Iran. (Iran, 15 MIN)
Lions in the Corner | Director: Paul Hairston
In Virginia, Scarface started a fight club in his backyard to combat gun and knife violence in the area but it soon turned into something much more. (USA, 9 MIN)
To Calm the Pig Inside (Ang Pagpakalma sa Unos) | Director: Joanna Vasquez Arong
Myths are woven to try to understand how a small town copes with the devastation and trauma of a natural disaster. (Philippines, 19 MIN)