Through these creative and unexpected stories, explore how we connect despite heartbreak, caste, injustice, and a heritage of loss.

In a future world where memories are handled like computer files, two lovers decide to undergo a procedure and have their entire relationship wiped from their brains. Director Bio: Kryzz Gautier is a queer, Afro-Latina writer/director born and raised in the Dominican Republic. Since transitioning from undocumented to documented, she's landed on The Black List 2021, been a writer on an HBO series, on 2K Games’ BioShock 4, and has sold shows and features to studios, some of which have her attached as director. Kryzz has also been a fellow in prestigious programs like Ryan Murphy's "Half Initiative", Joey Soloway's "Disruptors", the Sundance Institute, and The Academy's Nicholl Fellowship, among others.

Keep/Delete

In a future world where memories are handled like computer files, two lovers decide to undergo a procedure and have their entire relationship wiped from their brains.

Set in the 90s in South LA, a family grieving the loss of their beloved mother and wife pack up their home in hopes of putting the past behind them. Tanisha, a young, artistic rap fan, tries to hold onto the last pieces of her mother the only way she knows how – a camera she once owned. Meanwhile, Nate, unable to come to terms with the death of his wife, buries them in work in hopes of numbing the pain. While Nate might think he’s doing God’s work by keeping the family afloat, he’s actually stifling his daughter and the two are constantly at odds. Soon, the breaking death of a musical icon Tanisha and her mother once held dear, sparks a confrontation between the two. Tanisha’s need to feel closer to her mother by attending the rapper’s vigil is challenged by Nate, who must learn that people grieve in different ways. Tanisha and Nate are forced to confront the ways they’ve been hurting each other, before taking the first steps to heal. Director's Bio: <a href="https://www.winterdunn.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Winter Dunn</a> is an award-winning filmmaker with a passion for depicting rich stories with Black people at the center. She is the producer of the feature film Jezebel which premiered at SXSW 2019 and is currently streaming on Netflix via Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY. Her directorial debut and award winning short film Junebug has screened at several festivals including HollyShorts Film Festival, American Black Film Festival &amp; Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival. She directed the first season of the documentary series, All Her with Angela Rye for Quibi, produced by Overbrook Entertainment. She is a former video producer and director for global media company Condé Nast Entertainment. Her celebrity video features for Vanity Fair, Vogue, Architectural Digest, GQ and other media brands have garnered over 60 million views. She is also the recipient of the Amazon Studios Fellowship grant, awarded yearly to a visionary filmmaker.

Dear Mama...

The death of a musical icon draws different reactions from a father and his young, artistic daughter, forcing them to confront the emotional aftermath of their own tragedy as they begin to heal.

Incarcerated participants in a mental health experiment watch videos of sunset-soaked beaches, wildflowers and forests on loop, prompting them to reflect on isolation and wilderness. Equal parts meditation and provocation, Blue Room identifies the damage done by withholding access to the outdoors and how we are all prisoners when the essential human need for communion with nature is denied. Director’s Bio: Merete Mueller is a writer and documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work explores our relationships with built and natural environments, and has included in-depth reporting on climate change and infrastructure, as well as intimate stories about body image, homes, and belonging. Merete's short and feature-length films have screened at SXSW, Hot Docs, DOC NYC, The Brooklyn Museum, and via Netflix, The New York Times' Op-Docs series, and The New Yorker.

Blue Room

Incarcerated participants in a mental health experiment watch videos of sunset-soaked beaches, wildflowers, and forests on loop, prompting them to reflect on isolation and wilderness.

Through revitalizing old sheep and livestock trails on his grandparents’ land, 17-yr-old Nigel James and his friends prepare to host the first Enduro bike race in the Navajo Nation. Director’s Bio: Based in Oakland, California, Fritz Bitsoie is a Diné Director from Gallup, New Mexico and a graduate of the film program at the University of New Mexico. In his first short film, <a href="https://www.mountainfilm.org/films/the-trails-before-us/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Trails Before Us</a> (Mountainfilm 2022), Bitsoie aims to reclaim the Western film genre as a way to share contemporary stories about the Native American experience.

The Trails Before Us

The Trails Before Us follows 17-year-old mountain biker, Nigel James, as he hosts the first Enduro race in the Navajo Nation.

In 1995, an aspiring artist and college sophomore, took a semester off to live in a cabin in Northern Maine. He sat by the edge of a lake and asked the universe to send him a “story worth telling”. Two month later, he was admitted to Bellevue Hospital, while searching for Ani DiFranco. Was this a vision quest? A mental health issue? Was this all an elaborate art project? For twenty years Keith Wasserman has made and delivered elaborate art mail packages - all in the hopes of befriending his muse. Dear Ani explores what can happen when you present your truest self, and risk total failure. It is an intimate account of psychotic mania, personal mastery, and creative triumph. Director’s Bio: Micah Levin is a filmmaker from Los Angeles, CA. His award-winning content includes: “The ‘S’ Word” (ABC/Participant), “Funded In America'' (T-Mobile/ Participant), “Scott Hamilton: Today” (People / SoulPancake),”Skrrt w/ Offset” (Quibi/STX), “Actors’ Roundtable” (Hollywood Reporter), and “The Terry Kath Experience” (Tiff ‘16). In 2006, Micah founded the creative content studio, Movie Magic Media, where he and Keith have collaborated on dozens of short films, music videos and feature films. Together they made their Tribeca Film Festival debut in 2015 with the climate themed sci-fi short film, “Grow”.&nbsp;

Dear Ani

More than 20 years ago, an aspiring songwriter began a creatively obsessive correspondence with music icon Ani DiFranco, believing her reply letters were encoded in the lyrics of her songs. Dear Ani is an odyssey of music, art, and mania.

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