ROXFILM | Our Fears (Shorts)

Go To Bed Raymond

Directed by nikki taylor-roberts (USA, 6:52 mins).

On The Run

Directed by Destiny Roman (USA 2023, 7:45 mins).

French Toast

Directed by Tendo Ochola (USA, 8:35 mins). 

A man decides to make french toast for his roommate, but he doesn't take the response too well.

Welcome to Afrotree

Directed by Chase Parker (USA 2023, 20:44 mins).

Steven and Janet are fed up with gentrification, whitewashing, and code switching in the big city. They move to Afrotree, an experimental, gated community populated by only African-American residents. Their dream of living in a cultural oasis suddenly becomes a nightmare when they discover they might not be “Black” enough. 

Sundown

Directed by Cierra Andrea Gladden (USA 2023, 17:00 mins).

Sundown is a coming-of-age thriller short about Mikey, a young boy from Baltimore, and the lifelong consequences of disobeying his mother and staying out too late one night.

Doris

Directed by Edem Dotse (Ghana 2023, 17:34 mins).

In Ghana, a young woman struggles with disruptive fits and a growing jealousy towards her friend.

The Prophecy

Directed by Rehanna Ngom (Senegal 2023, 20:31 mins).

A sleepless woman, victim of rape, embarks on a journey to Senegal in hopes to find treatment for her recurrent nightmares. She will find it in a mystical place, which will open up a path to her inner power, self-acceptance and vengeance.

Q&A to follow.

Host or Publisher The Roxbury International Film Festival