Stories immersed in setting.&nbsp; Films: Coffin; Red Taxi; Are You Still There?; Lifeblood; The Last Ferry From Grass Island; Your Street; The Better Angels *Note: Audience Choice voting can only be completed via Internet browser.

A man comes home and wants to go to bed. A bunch of noisy roommates. A crowded city in southern China. Student Film: Gobelins, l'école de l'image, France Programming descriptions are generated by participants and are edited for length and clarity, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Heartland Film. Film Contact:Luce Grosjeanfestival@miyu.fr+33984070441

Coffin

A man comes home and wants to go to bed. A bunch of noisy roommates. A crowded city in southern China.

Programming descriptions are generated by participants and are edited for length and clarity, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Heartland Film. In Cantonese/Mandarin, with English subtitles. Film Contact:Field of Visioncontact@fieldofvision.org

Red Taxi

As protests unfold in Hong Kong, “Red Taxi” shows a city in upheaval through the eyes of those who must traverse the streets day and night to make a living. Filmed by a Hong Kong crew, who remain anonymous due to ongoing safety concerns.

On a hot day in the valley, Safa's car battery dies, leaving her stranded in a strip mall parking lot. As she waits for help to arrive, she's forced to confront her new reality. When her mom finally comes to her rescue that night, the two struggle to jump-start a car for the first time. Heartland Film Alumni: Period. End of Sentence (2018), Just Hold On (2020) In English, Arabic, with English subtitles. Programming descriptions are generated by participants and are edited for length and clarity, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Heartland Film. Film Contact:Junk Drawerinfo@junkdrawer.co&nbsp;

Are You Still There?

A dead car battery leaves Safa stranded alone in a strip mall parking lot.

After the Europeans arrived in Australia, Aboriginal people in Bourke Shire were taken away, and others were brought here, to live in the missions. Today there are more than 20 tribes and clans represented in the region, so identity is a problem for a lot of Aboriginal people. In English, with English subtitles. Programming descriptions are generated by participants and are edited for length and clarity, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Heartland Film. Film Contact:Nicholas Torynicholastory@ampleprojects.com

Lifeblood

Lifeblood is a film about the intersection of place, history, and Australian identity. Stop and look. Stay a while, and you will see.

A Hong Kong hitman retires as a fisherman on the peaceful Grass Island. One day, his Chinese apprentice shows up, tasked to kill him before the last ferry departs. In Cantonese/Mandarin, with English subtitles. Programming descriptions are generated by participants and are edited for length and clarity, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Heartland Film. Film Contact:Shortcutsfestival@shortcuts.pro

The Last Ferry From Grass Island

A Hong Kong hitman retires as a fisherman on the peaceful Grass Island. One day, his Chinese apprentice shows up, tasked to kill him before the last ferry departs.

A street in the industrial area of a German city, faceless, unobtrusive, unfinished. Warehouses, construction sites and car washes dominate. But little by little, the grey present of the street is being charged with its past, which is linked to one of the most tragic episodes in the history of reunified Germany. Are public memorials collective remembrance or collective repression? In German, with English subtitles. Programming descriptions are generated by participants and are edited for length and clarity, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Heartland Film. Film Contact:Güzin Karguezinkar@gmx.net

Your Street

How do we commemorate the victims of history whose stories trigger pain and guilt?

A young soldier seeks shelter in an abandoned house and within its walls, the stories of what might have been. Heartland Film Alumni: After All, 2017 Programming descriptions are generated by participants and are edited for length and clarity, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Heartland Film.

The Better Angels

A young soldier trying to escape the horrors of war, finds an abandoned house and within it, the stories that might have been.

Sense of Place

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