Faced with unimaginable circumstances, the characters at the heart of these stories confront the internal dilemmas that are activated by external demons. A blend of drama and comedy. Accessibility: Closed captions available Thank you to our screening partners: SIFTMedia215 Collective and <a href target="_blank">cinéSPEAK</a>

Rushing from the chaos of her student job, up the never-ending staircase of her apartment building, Danielle, a West African-French student, calculates that she has enough time to change from her work clothes before her final sociology exam in 20 minutes. Her under-maintained shoebox apartment has other plans. Yanis, a young concierge, comes to help and tries to fix the ancient door lock that has trapped her. As time trickles past, the two strangers find an unexpected solidarity, with only a door to separate them.

Beyond the Door

Hassan is an airport customs officer who needs a salary advance to buy his mother’s medication. While dealing with various passengers, the dark side of his job becomes clear. Ultimately Hassan must decide what matters to him the most, and at what cost.

Empty Your Pockets

Zé carries a burden. Why keep on mending all these things that are not worth it anymore?

Mend

An Indigenous man takes a “Happy Thanksgiving” wish very, very personally.

Happy Thanksgiving

Keesha and Toya are Black sisters whose house is being infiltrated by the undead. Keesha and Toya couldn’t be more different. Keesha’s hardened to the world because of everything she’s experienced as a Black woman in America and has no desire to fight to escape. Toya, an open-hearted optimist, believes that if they survive this zombie attack, maybe they can live to see a better world. All they have to do is kill a couple of zombies, not murder each other in the process, and maybe they’ll survive. . . . Maybe.

The Flacalta Effect

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