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CICFF39 AWARD WINNING SHORTS PROGRAM (Ages 11-14)

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Call and Response
Two jazz musicians participate in an audition, and they discover the audition is more than a competition for them.
Slipping Away
An elderly man, recovering from a wound at a sanitarium on a beach, befriends and tames a seagull. After a violent thunderstorm, the elderly man finds his seagull injured and decides to nurse it back to health.
Freedom Swimmer
Ice Merchants
Living in a house perched on the side of a frozen cliff, a father and son make the dangerous parachute plummet to the village below every day to sell ice.
More Than I Want to Remember
After an attack by the Mai Mai militia destroys her home and separates her from loved ones, 14-year-old Mugeni leaves Congo to embark on a journey across the globe in the hopes of finding her lost family. After a miraculous reunion in the United States, Mugeni continues to work hard to support her family and uplift the Banyamulenge people.
Abby
A glimpse into the life of Abby, a young woman with cerebral palsy who loves life, animals, and her family.
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A collection of some of the best award-winning short films from CICFF39! This selection represents a range of animation, live-action, documentary. Includes winners from the Youth, New Dimensions and Professional Juries, along a winner of Milos Stehlik Global Impact Award and Best of Fest Awards!

Freedom Swimmer


A grandfather recounts his swim to freedom away from mainland China to Hong Kong back in the 1950s, escaping political oppression and starvation. Parallels are drawn between the political refugees of the 1950s-1980s and the refugees of today, fleeing Hong Kong's anti-democracy policies, as arrests and government censorship continue to constrict human rights. The grandfather and his granddaughter preserve his story in order to combat the National Security Law active in Hong Kong today and fight for democracy in China.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    15 minutes
  • Language
    Chinese
  • Country
    United Kingdom
  • Rating
    CONTENT DETAILS: Intense Situations, Fatality, Depictions of War, Graphic Violence, Traumatic and/or Triggering Content
  • Note
    THEMES: Asian, Fight for freedom, political refugee experiences
  • Director
    Olivia Martin-McGuire
  • Screenwriter
    Olivia Martin-McGuire
  • Producer
    Ron Dyens
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