Intro - Shorts 5 Pure Imagination

A funny and unique exploration of the history of the castor bean, cleverly told with stop-motion. This two minute doc explores the prevalence and nefarious misuses of castor oil and resin throughout history.&nbsp;

Memoirs of Vegetation

As funding for music education dwindles rapidly within the Philadelphia public school system, hundreds of broken instruments sit in storage waiting for another life. In steps a local coalition who introduce Symphony for a Broken Orchestra—a project dedicated to revitalizing the city’s music education programs.

Broken Orchestra

Tā moko, the ancient practice of Maori face tattooing, is a custom that has nearly vanished as consequence of the region’s colonization. Two local community members, Bernard and Sapphire, attempt to inspire healing, unity, and storytelling as they begin to receive moko of their own.

Tā Moko - Behind the Tattooed Face

Streets scattered with bricks framed by fragmented buildings with exposed interiors paints the wretched scene of cities broken down by war or natural disasters. Once the Dust Settles unpacks how people return to these desolate streets and reconstruct what once was. Glimpses of Amatrice, Italy, Chernobyl, Ukraine, and Aleppo, Syria and the people who are restarting and reflecting on what life used to be and what they can make of it now.

Once the Dust Has Settled

Delicately weaving together haunting personal essays, exquisite still photography, and ancient mythological folklore—this poetic film documents a massive typhoon that causes unfathomable devastation and obliterates a small fishing community in the Philippines.&nbsp;&nbsp;

To Calm the Pig Inside (Ang Pagpakalma sa Unos)

This visually ravishing portrait follows Belfast-based dancer and choreographer Oona Doherty offering audiences an emotionally introspective yet cinematically ecstatic look at her singular creative practice and astounding physical prowess while she takes us behind the scenes of her award winning performance piece “Hope Hunt”.&nbsp;

Welcome to a Bright White Limbo

Since 1970, Polar explorer Will Steger has lived off the grid in Minnesota’s wilderness. Every winter Steger and his community cut ice from the surrounding frozen lakes to store for summer refrigeration. The tradition has culminated in an annual gathering of over 50 people celebrating simplicity in life.

Ice Ball

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