- Film Screening
- Short Film Screening
Date: February 21, 2025
Time: 5:25 pm – 7:30 pm
Cost:
Location:
LOOK Cinemas Theater 5
657 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 7:10 PM.
These films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children.
- Animated Film Competition
The Roaring of the Carabao
Directed by: Angeline Meitzler
Country: United States / Philippines
Minutes: 8
Born in the United States, a daughter visits the Philippines for the first time. On the night of her arrival to her mother’s homeland, a volcano erupts. Mesmerized by the land’s turbulence, she wanders through the past, the present, and the hereafter following the glow of an ember. Activating the Taal volcano as a dynamic character reconciling with the land’s history, the film narrates a story of a night of the volcano’s eruption, intergenerational anger and a desire for heat.
- Short Film Competition
Chocolate With Sprinkles
Directed by: Huriyyah Muhammad
Country: United States
Minutes: 19
On their 25th wedding anniversary, a bickering couple is given one day to do something they haven’t done in 25 years – work on their marriage.- Short Film Competition
What Are You Supposed To Do With Your Hands?
Directed by: Larissa Thompson
Country: Canada
Minutes: 13
Premiere:
US Premiere
Warning:
Kendra struggles to fit in at a noisy party, much to the chagrin of her guardian angel, a sharp-beaked and sharp-witted harpy, who really wants her to stop staring at her shoes. Inspired by classic 80’s puppet films like THE DARK CRYSTAL and LABYRINTH, the film explores the unique experience of living as a late-diagnosed autistic woman.- Short Film Competition
Grace
Directed by: Natalie Jasmine Harris
Country: United States
Minutes: 14
1950s, USA. Grace and her older sister spend every summer at their grandparents’ house down south. Now that she’s 16, she’s made to follow her family’s religious tradition and get baptized. When Grace learns that a repentance is required before the ritual, she begins to question the budding romantic feelings she has for her best friend, Louise.Shot on 16mm film and set within a fleeting Summer in the Black American South, Grace exists in conversation with many works of art created in the Black Southern Gothic genre. This time though, through a queer lens that explores the interiority of a Black queer girlhood.- Music Video Competition
Albina Dream Survey
Directed by: Spencer Garland
Country: United States
Minutes: 3
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
A mystical being receives the dreams of Black children via a mysterious phone number. The Dream Collector, the dashing “Honk-Shoo Hero,” does what he can to protect them from the forces that seek to destroy them. If you have a dream worth sharing, please call the Dream Collector’s hotline at 971-266-0341 to share it anonymously.
This film is supported by a grant by Oregon Film. Visit https://oregonfilm.org/ for more information.
- Short Film Competition
Steps
Directed by: Dan Bricker, Eytan Millstone
Country: Canada / United States
Minutes: 19
Warning:
Tanner Slade, an extremely unlikable bro, is obsessed with counting his steps. On his way to a tropical, solo drug-filled getaway, he is kidnapped, and wakes up in a room with a shock collar on. A voice over a loudspeaker explains that he can only take 50 steps every 24 hours or he will be punished. He embarks on a journey where he must adapt his lifestyle, and conserve every step in order to adhere to his captor’s demands. As this dark comedy unfolds, Tanner is forced to confront his own demons and ultimately decide what matters more… attaining a bunch of trivial steps that no one in the world cares about, or not being a pile of human garbage.- Short Film Competition
The Constructor
Directed by: Scott Morris
Country: United States
Minutes: 10
Elizabeth, an impossibly precocious seven year old Lego constructor, struggles with “imagination blur” as her three year old sister attempts to free her from her rigid thinking.- Short Film Competition
The Canon
Directed by: Martín Seeger
Country: Chile
Minutes: 20
Premiere:
US Premiere
Jean, a Haitian migrant in Chile, is admired everywhere he goes. His body represents all the classical values of the academy. However, in the anonymity of his existence, he is also a canon of marginality.
