- Film Screening
- Short Film Screening
Date: February 21, 2025
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Location:
LOOK Cinemas Theater 4
657 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 8:40 PM.
These films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children.
- Animated Film Competition
Our Uniform
Directed by: Yegane Moghaddam
Country: Iran
Minutes: 7
An Iranian girl unfolds her school memories by going through the folds and fabrics of her old uniform. This film is a social satire about the clothing conventions imposed on young children.
- Short Film Competition
The Dawn
Directed by: Alicia Mendy
Country: Switzerland / Senegal
Minutes: 30
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
When a parasite contaminates all the drinking water of Dakar, pills are created to neutralize it. Alioune, can no longer afford his pills and is exposed to the symptoms of the parasite – madness and dementia. As the days go by, he realizes that he has never been so lucid, and he begins a journey of political and spiritual awakening.- Short Film Competition
Children of Light
Directed by: Minkyu Kang
Country: United States / Korea
Minutes: 21
Warning:
In the 1960s, a Korean boy (16), kidnapped and assaulted at a juvenile center on a remote island, must escape with his rival to survive.
- Short Film Competition
Right to Privacy
Directed by: Julie Herlocker
Country: United States
Minutes: 12
Two women on opposing sides of society’s most divisive issue face off, testing their values. Dr. Jen is determined to provide safe access to abortion as long as the law allows. Melanie stands outside her clinic daily, pleading with all who enter to consider the lives of the unborn. As the two clash, hypocrisies come to light, and we are asked to consider whose rights are being sacrificed.- Music Video Competition
Listen Not
Directed by: Hao Li
Country: United States
Minutes: 5
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
This music video portrays a couple deeply in love amidst a tumultuous world. The man promises to take the woman away to a better place, but various obstacles prevent him from fulfilling his promise, causing the woman’s love to turn into resentment. In her desperation to escape, she resorts to extreme measures, leading the man to view her actions as a fall from grace. Eventually, the man finds a way to escape with her, and they reconcile. However, as they are about to leave, he is assassinated. Heartbroken, the woman chooses to die with him. As gunshots ring out, she is transported to another era, where she reunites with the man she longs for.- Short Film Competition
Two Breaths
Directed by: Kateryna Kurganska
Country: United States
Minutes: 20
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
After a man-made disaster decimates an evergreen island, a stranded 11-year-old girl must find the tenacity to leave behind her home with the help of an unlikely friend.- Short Film Competition
The Genie
Directed by: Enricka M.H
Country: France
Minutes: 15
Premiere:
US Premiere
Adam and Lina are brother and sister, but they fight like cats and dogs. One day, Lina purposely escapes her older brother’s supervision. He goes looking for her in the city and finds her with a strange man named Seydou, who offers to grant each of them a wish.- Web Series Competition
Girls Aren’t Funny
Directed by: Jasia Ka
Country: United States
Minutes: 20
Created and directed by Jasia Ka, GIRLS AREN’T FUNNY is a ground-breaking drama-comedy series that interweaves the hilarious, powerful stories of three incredible young women and non-binary comedians in NYC as they take on the male-dominated comedy industry. The series is based on real experiences and features an all star cast of real-life comedians. The pilot episode introduces Amamah as she attempts to balance her blossoming comedy career and her conservative Muslim Pakistani family’s expectations back at home on Long Island.
