2022 Indie Memphis Film Festival Virtual

Documentary Shorts Competition

Expired October 25, 2022 4:59 AM
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8 films in package
WEIDLE'S
A neighborhood butcher in Charlottesville, Virginia prepares the goods. "Weidle's" was a delicatessen in the artist's hometown of Mansfield, Ohio that serviced the Northside community.
THE BODY IS A HOUSE OF FAMILIAR ROOMS
An intimate magical-realist documentary combining paintings with live action footage to open a window on a man's experience living with a painful chronic illness called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
Closed captions available
AMPE: LEAP INTO THE SKY, BLACK GIRL
Set in the sister cities of Accra, Ghana and Columbus, Ohio, “Ampe: Leap into the Sky, Black Girl” is a rhythmic love letter to Black girlhood across the African diaspora. Through the lens of the Ghanaian traditional jumping and clapping game, Ampe, the film takes us on a journey of sisterhood, loyalty, and nostalgia in a space created for us, by us.
BLUE ROOM
Incarcerated participants in a mental health experiment watch videos of sunset-soaked beaches, wildflowers, and forests on loop, prompting them to reflect on isolation and wilderness.
STILL WATERS
A daughter asks her mother a question about her mother’s childhood. Her answer begs them to wade through its rippling effects throughout their lives.
CALL ME ANYTIME, I'M NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE
Two days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Lesya Verba, a Brooklyn-based artist and performer, gets through to her older sister in Odessa, Ukraine via FaceTime.
SANA QUE SANA
Sana Que Sana utilizes both documentary and interpretive elements to illustrate the cyclical nature of forgiveness, while offering the underlying question: who here is seeking the healing?
CHANGE THE NAME
Student activists and educators from Village Leadership Academy campaign to change the name of a park from a slaveholder to abolitionists Anna Murray and Frederick Douglass in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood.
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Sana Que Sana is an exploration of healing as emergence from betrayal. It approaches a family's discovery of their patriarch's biggest secret amid his accelerating dementia; his absolution. This short film navigates death and honor in the context of religion, culture, shame, and devotion. Sana Que Sana utilizes both documentary and interpretive elements to illustrate the cyclical nature of forgiveness, while offering the underlying question: who here is seeking the healing?

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    13 minutes
  • Language
    English, Spanish
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Gabriella E Aguirre
  • Producer
    Brydie O'Connor
  • Cinematographer
    Gabriella Aguirre, Ben Elias
  • Composer
    Taul Katz
  • Sound Design
    Jose Benjamin Escobar
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