Columbia Film Festival

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Feature Films

Student Films

This is a short documentary about my friend Brittany who is a childhood cancer survivor.
5 min | 2020 | United States
Tue Jun 22nd
Brittany Teufel
Eight teenagers capture their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures for a school history project.
2021 | United States
Tue Jun 22nd
Connect/Disconnect
A man has insomnia and is in a rut in his life. He goes for walks around 3 am and discovers a mysterious door.
12 min | 2020 | United States
Tue Jun 22nd
How Can I Dream?
Joy is trying to begin a new chapter in her life after breaking from her comfort zone and moving to a new city for University. The effort is stifled by her commitment as a beauty influencer and the self esteem she feeds off her fans.
26 min | 2020 | Australia
Tue Jun 22nd
Joyful.
A Wife who mourns the loss of her husband plays chess with his ghost everyday....He is pretty good.
2 min | 2020 | United States
Tue Jun 22nd
Opponent
Anna comes back to her childhood home, in a nostalgic search of her past, happier self. Subjected to her mental condition, the thin line between reality and her memories becomes progressively thinner
22 min | 2021 | Italy
Tue Jun 22nd
Reflection
Pavlos, a cynical, racist Airbnb host, spends a night with his new tenant, Fotis, a romantic, insightful blind man seeking human contact after his wife’s death. As the night progresses, however, Fotis begins to shed light on Pavlos’ misconceptions.
2020 | Greece
Tue Jun 22nd
With New Eyes

Short Films

Music & Dance

Following the story of an African-American couple struggling with COVID-19 and their journey from despair to hope, “Cantata for a More Hopeful Tomorrow” is a short music film that beautifully, powerfully weaves together a new choral work by composer Damien Geter with an emotionally evocative and poignant film created by Emmy award winning filmmaker Bob Berg.
United States
Cantana for a More Hopeful Tomorrow
Tue Jun 22nd
Follows three Baltimore based black LGBTQ+ performers as they hustle to bridge the gap between the underground scene and mainstream stardom.
34 min | 2020 | United States
Children of Paris
Tue Jun 22nd
Photographer Dani struggles professionally and personally as the lines between reality and imagination blur. On the eve of a cornerstone birthday, her well-meaning friends and family bombard her with a series of dating app gift cards, leaving Dani in a state of utter shock and despair.
17 min | 2020 | United States
Double Exposure
Tue Jun 22nd
Drawing on inspiration from Martha Graham and longtime Graham drag performer Richard Move, this work picks up where Graham’s famed Lamentation leaves off, asking what can we become if we survive our grief?
2020 | United States
Lamentation Iconic
Tue Jun 22nd
Natyam' is to tell a story through Dance. Set in a fictional town called ‘Natyam’, a century ago the Britishers destroyed our art, culture and dance to weaken the power that binds all Indians culturally together. After India’s freedom In a southern temple, the Lost Sacred Dance Texts are rediscovered and the town became the epicenter for dance and art revival and the town was named Natyam.
2020 | India
Natyam
Tue Jun 22nd
The history, lineage and future progressions of jazz dance. The story of Jazz Dance is a complex one, it goes to the very heart of humanity. It is a story of triumph over adversity, oppression and privilege as well as a celebration, because ultimately, what all people have in common is rhythm and a basic human need to get down.
94 min | 2020 | United States
Uprooted
Tue Jun 22nd

Humanity & Inclusion

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