JAMILA
USA 14 MIN
DIRECTOR Julia Freij
SCREENWRITER Julia Freij, Meg Dudley
PRODUCER Peri Michael
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Pascale Williams
EDITOR Ivanka Lawrence
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Camila Rodriguez
The morning of a wedding, a Palestinian American teenager begrudgingly accompanies her aunts to a salon. She is overwhelmed by her eclectic family who challenge her assumptions about culture and femininity.
THE LAST BUTTERFLY
USA 15 MIN
DIRECTOR Sizhuo Suzy Li
SCREENWRITER Seamus Bearhart, Sizhuo Suzy Li
PRODUCER Zhuoran Rita Xiao
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Daniel Miramontes
EDITOR Abraham Chen
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Yingjie Jin
Novelist Xiaodie returns to the home where she lost her mother years ago. As her sister lays dying, she comforts Lei, her niece, with stories of the Hmong deity “Mother Butterfly.”
THE ONLY SON
USA 14 MIN
DIRECTOR Piotr Matyja
SCREENWRITER Piotr Matyja
PRODUCER Zofia Sablinska
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Sika Stanton
EDITOR Xin Sui
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Jose Herrera
John gets a call from the principal – his only son is suspected of doing drugs on school property. John will have to decide between his values or his son’s future.
LITTLE BIRD
USA 16 MIN
DIRECTOR Oanh-Nhi Nguyen
SCREENWRITER Oanh-Nhi Nguyen, Ysabeaux Ng
PRODUCER Eva Zheng
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Timothy Shin
EDITOR Adhyaksh Amarnath
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Bala Kumar
Linh, a disillusioned Vietnamese woman carrying out evictions for a landlord, is instructed to evict Vietnamese refugees. She must decide whether to follow through with their eviction or reject it in solidarity.
FRANCIS
USA 15 MIN
DIRECTOR Kim Caicedo
SCREENWRITER Kim Caicedo, Raquel Trujillo
PRODUCER Kerisa Lin
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Jessica Arzate
EDITOR Xueer Cai
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Camila Pons Del Toro
In the aftermath of their father’s death, the youngest of three siblings fights to prevent her older siblings from selling the family’s legacy—a once-thriving but now-failing movie theater.
IN FOREIGN
USA 11 MIN
DIRECTOR Didi Beck
SCREENWRITER Didi Beck
PRODUCER Deonta Moss
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Allysa Lisbon
EDITOR Sophie Becker
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Mikaela Mosley
In 1962 California, a pregnant Jamaican psychic realizes she’s being forcibly admitted to a psychiatric ward by her husband. Seeing the future won’t help her here…but looking to the past might.
