15 year-old Milagros' world still revolves around her mother's affection. This summer an unexpected encounter with death will make her question her own existence.

BETWEEN YOU AND MILAGROS

At fifteen, Milagros' world still revolves around her mother's affection.

After losing his best friend, an elderly pug named Henry must depend on his owner for help and companionship. Writer/director Ann Marie Fleming (WINDOW HORSES) makes visible the tender work of caretaking in her new animated short, OLD DOG. All dogs (and people) should be so lucky and so loved.

OLD DOG

After losing his best friend, an elderly pug named Henry must depend on his owner for help in Ann Marie Fleming’s tender ode to aging.

A young girl has an earth-shattering realization that her father is not invincible, after a cricket accident exposes his vulnerability.

PAIN

A young girl has an earth-shattering realization that her father is not invincible, after a cricket accident exposes his vulnerability.

On a hot day in the valley, Safa's car battery dies, leaving her stranded in a strip mall parking lot. As she waits for help to arrive, she's forced to confront her new reality. When her mom finally comes to her rescue that night, the two struggle to jump-start a car for the first time.

ARE YOU STILL THERE?

A dead car battery leaves Safa stranded alone in a strip mall parking lot.

In death. everything. nothing. LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant leans into her newfound role as grieving daughter, and uses maternal loss to capture the heartache, uncertainty, and inevitability of death’s grip on human life. In so doing, she reveals the real but unsettling dynamics of confronting parental death when separated by distance, time, and a global pandemic.

death. everything. nothing.

Separated by distance, time, and a pandemic, a daughter wrestles with her mother’s impending death.

In the voiceover for this animated short, a young woman attempts to describe herself, casting her life in the ideal light that society expects. The film’s imagery, however, tells a different story, poignantly illustrating the intense anxiety that comes with the quest for perfection and the pursuit of happiness. A film that’s both funny and moving, and above all, profoundly human.

THE GREAT MALAISE (LE MAL DU SIÈCLE)

A young woman describes herself and her life in glowing terms, but the visual narrative tells a different story: with heart-rending power it illustrates the heavy burden of anxiety carried by this worried overachiever.

Carina is a real estate agent in Beirut. Finding it hard to reach out to clients, she spends her time in empty apartments that feed her sexually dissatisfied life. After a long day of waiting without clients showing up, Carina decides to rent intimacy for a night.

DROUGHT

Carina, an estate agent attempt to find intimacy within the empty spaces she occupies.

In Brazil, where a trans person is murdered every three days, Marilene searches for her daughter Roberta, a trans woman who went missing. While running out of time, she discovers a hope for the future.

UNLIVEABLE (INABITÁVEL)

Marilene searches for her daughter Roberta, a trans woman who went missing.

Program 06 Q&amp;A with:Mariana Saffon of BETWEEN YOU AND MILAGROSLeRhonda Manigault-Bryant of death.everything.nothingAlix Whittaker of PAINModerated by Anita Tavakol

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