Are You Still There? | Sense of Place | Indy Shorts Film Festival 2021

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Stories immersed in setting.

Films: Coffin; Red Taxi; Are You Still There?; Lifeblood; The Last Ferry From Grass Island; Your Street; The Better Angels

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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.

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Year
2020
Runtime
15 minutes
Language
English, Arabic
Country
United States
Rating
Suitable for All Ages
Note
Narrative Short

Director
Rayka Zehtabchi, Sam Davis
Screenwriter
Rayka Zehtabchi, Sam Davis
Producer
Reef Oldberg
Executive Producer
Derek Tonks, Darren Gealta
Cast
Safa Tarifi, Rima Haddad, Mardy Ma

7 films in package

Coffin

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

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.

Closed captions available

Are You Still There?

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

Lifeblood

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

Closed captions available

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.

Your Street

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

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.