SDFF 2025

Screening Block: Rewriting Colonization

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Available March 31, 2025 7:00 AM UTC
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4 films in package
Window Treatment
The long-standing American military occupation of Okinawa is poetically explored in this essay film about an elderly man receiving new windows.
Under the Hat: The Complicated History of the Pith Helmet
What shielded some from the sun, still shades the hearts of millions: the dark history of the pith helmet.
The Queen's Flowers
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
When a filmmaker of Palestinian descent based in Scotland unearths a rarely seen film archive of Palestinian wildflowers, he decides to reclaim the footage.
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A magical take on a true story, THE QUEENʻS FLOWERS is an animated short adventure for kids that follows Emma, a native Hawaiian girl in 1915 Honolulu, as she makes a special gift for the last monarch of Hawai`i, Queen Lili`uokalani.


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  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    12 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Awards
    2024 Winner Audience Award Grand Prize Short Film NYICFF 2024 Winner Audience Award, ages 8+ NYICFF 2024 Jury Special Recognition Narrative Short, VC Film Fest 2024 Winner Best 2D Animated Short, Atlanta Children’s Film Festival 2024 Winner Youth Jury Award Special Prize, Singapore International Children’s Film Festival 2024 Winner Audience Award & Jury Runner Up, Best Animated Short, Woods Hole Film Festival 2024 Winner Made in Hawaiʻi Jury Award and Audience Award for Best Short, Hawaiʻi International Film Festival *Oscar Qualifying* 2024 Winner Best Animated Film, Children’s International Film Festival of Wales 2024 Winner Best Animated Film, China India Kids Film Festival 2024 Winner Best Animated Short, Philadelphia Asian American Film
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  • Director
    Ciara Leinaʻala Lacy
  • Screenwriter
    Ciara Leinaʻala Lacy
  • Producer
    Concepcion Saucedo-Trejo
  • Executive Producer
    Auliʻi Cravalho, Linda and Robert Nichols, Dean Hamer, Terry Leonard,
  • Filmmaker
    Ciara Leinaʻala Lacy
  • Animator
    Daniel Sousa
  • Composer
    Jonathan Zalben
  • Sound Design
    Timothy Korn
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