Four short films about transformation — of ideas, of ourselves, of our world. Stay after the films for a Q&A with filmmakers.

Show starts 7:30pm

Thanks to Zip Code East Bay for underwriting this screening.

$15 (or Festival Pass) / $12 senior or student with ID / Tickets: https://albanyfilmfest.org/2022-wednesday-october-12

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. Trailer

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.