Narrative Short Films

Join us for a collection of comedic and dramatic short films. In André Hayato Saito’s AMARELA a Japanese-Brazilian teenager who rejects her family traditions experiences a violence that seems invisible; in Faek Falak’s HIGH SPIRITS five friends and colleagues experience a turbulent night that tests their friendship and changes their lives; in Sebastian Kwidziński’s MOTHER a woman on parole returns to her hometown to meet her 11-year-old son; in Anissa Daoud’s MRS. FAIZA & DR. LOVE a mother pursues a career that allows her to reconnect with her youthful ambitions and to be unafraid of transgression; and in Sue Ann Pien’s ONCE MORE, LIKE RAIN MAN experience a day in the life of an autistic actress who runs the gambit of stereotypes she has to deal with in a funny, frustrating, painful and sometimes triumphantly sarcastic kind of way. 98mins. FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE

Host or Publisher USA Film Festival