SHORTS: FROM THERE TO HERE

Experiences in the melting pot. Satellite Baby (USA, 9 min., Jenny Schweitzer) uncovers the consequences of a Chinese immigrant daycare alternative. A Resident Alien (USA/Spain, 18 min., Naiara Eizaguirre-Paulos) evaded Honduran drug cartels but may be forced back home. The Absentees (UAE, 10 min, Tanya Daud) are stuck in a no-man’s land. A Romanian Olympian turned US yoga teacher recounts escaping Bucharest in Not So Namaste (USA, 8 min, Rita Baghdadi, Jeremiah Hammerling). An undocumented immigrant fulfills a dream to run the NYC Marathon (USA, 9 min, Theo Rigby, Kate McLean), while a lost boy of Sudan works tirelessly in the hope of Going Back Home (USA, 17 min., Tim O’Donnell). Salim reflects on how Jackson Heights has changed in the decades since he moved from Bombay in Looking at Time (USA, 3 min., Brandon Lavoie).