25th Annual deadCenter Film Festival

Virtual Shorts Program 12

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Collaborate & Listen Episode 3 "Drag Queens & Secrets"
Besties turned business owners, Judy Durante and Ryan Twaine, run Collaborate and Listen, a little known corporate improv team building company. Along with their rag-tag team of improv facilitators, they compete against the famous goliath 'Third Coast Theater' to win new clients and stay afloat. When tensions rise and friendships are tested, they must improvise at every turn.
I Remember
I remember how I saw the world as a kid
n̓áskan nwálhen ni nskúz7a (i am going to meet my daughter)
Considers the history of Pascal’s mother’s removal from her home by the state, and the later reunion of her mother and grandmother.
Patch
A lone butcher patching a hole in a worn slaughterhouse closet is attacked by an amalgamated farm creature.
Frankenbabes From Beyond the Grave!
Eggs Benedict
A story of love, eggs, and betrayal.
When Shadows Lay Darkest
"It's only a movie... it's only a movie... it's only a movie..." But what if it wasn't ONLY a movie? A young woman fights for her life when a 1970s movie slasher terrorizes her from beyond the tv screen.
Sleep – Rainbows Are Free
The official stop-motion animation for Sleep, the first single from Silver and Gold, Rainbows Are Free’s highly anticipated fourth studio album. Hailing from Norman, Oklahoma, Rainbows Are Free are renowned for their heavy, psychedelic sounds, and dynamic rock performances.
WASKA: The Forest Is My Family
Nina Gualinga, a Kichwa shaman's granddaughter, explores the exploitation of the Amazon and ayahuasca, challenging the cultural appropriation and environmental damage impacting her community and our relationship with Earth.
Chicken Salad
In this Surrealist cinema poem, a woman processes the waves of grief and finds solace in becoming one with her art.
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As commodification and extractivism in the Amazon Rainforest extends to the plant medicine hayakwaska, the granddaughter of a Yachak (shaman) reveals the essence of what it means to live as part of the forest.


Nina Gualinga of the Kichwa People of Sarayaku speaks with the memory of her Apayaya (grandfather) about the ongoing cultural appropriation, environmental destruction, and marginalization of Indigenous Peoples, questioning our very relationship to earth and the quest for healing.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    15 minutes
  • Language
    English, Spanish, Other
  • Country
    Ecuador
  • Genre
    Documentary, Short, Indigenous
  • Subtitle Language
    English
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  • Director
    Nina Gualinga, Daniel Boloh Miranda, Elizabeth Swanson
  • Producer
    Marc Silver
  • Executive Producer
    Lindsay Poulton, Jess Gormley, Tracy Rector
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