Film Festival at Hollywood Park - Shorts Program 2: Rituals

Whether through a breakfast routine, an ancient jackfruit tree, or a date that gets... complicated, these films explore how rituals — sacred or mundane — help us make sense of it all.

Zizi (or Praying to a Fabulous Tree)

• Felipe M. Bragança
• Brazil
• A personal story of family in the suburbs of Rio, through the memories of a backyard, a tree, and the indigenous woman who planted it.
• DM Difusão None / [email protected]

The Beguiling

• Ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby
• USA
• A burgeoning romance between two Natives takes a turn as one grows suspicious of the other's heritage, with deceit turning their romantic evening into a darkly comedic nightmare.
• Ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby / [email protected]

Murewa

• Ché Scott-Heron Newton
• UK
• An intimate and deeply personal look at Marlon and Murry, two friends whose choices take each of them down very different paths of life.
• Ché Scott-Heron Newton / [email protected]

Radix

• Anne Breymann
• Germany
• Two creatures meet on a tree. Their encounter goes deep down to the roots and beyond.
• Anne Breymann / [email protected]

Encuentro Americano

• Elizabeth Taide Vazquez
• Los Angeles
• One morning, a bustling American diner sees the lives of strangers collide over greasy breakfasts, black coffee, and tense interactions amidst the 2024 U.S. election cycle.
• Elizabeth Taide Vazquez / [email protected]

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