Transformations

Thanks to Zip Code East Bay for underwriting this screening.

PROGRAM

Florencia Manovil, FROM X TO Z (Narrative Short, 10:43) A cranky Gen X butch is forced to spend time with a disaffected Zennial who seems to represent everything that bugs her about "kids today."

Yousuke Kiname, MANJI (Documentary Short, 38:56) Reverend TK Nakagaki, a Japanese Buddhist priest living in America for the past thirty-five years, travels the globe on a mission: to reclaim the swastika as a symbol of peace. WINNER, AFF 2022: BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM

Wesley Shrum, BAYOU CIRQUE (Documentary Short, 5:48) Inspired by poet Emily Dickinson, Bayou Cirque is an ethnography of practice where performers seek the original spirit of the circus: to do what others cannot do.

Sanchali Pothuru, A TALE OF TWO COUNTIES (Documentary Short, Youth 13-17, 24:57) How two Indiana counties, one urban and one rural, approach the expansion of mental health and recovery services to combat crime issues outside of “arresting our way out” of these problems. WINNER, AFF 2022: BEST SHORT FILM YOUTH 13-17