Miika | MiniShorts Block 1 & 2 (83m) | 30th Anniversary PAFF Virtual

30th Anniversary PAFF Virtual

MiniShorts Block 1 & 2 (83m)

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Mini-Shorts Block 1 & 2 (83m) contains the following films:

1) Aubrey Paints Faces (5m)

2) Generation Impact: The Coder (7m)

3) Husky (7m)

4) Miika (5m)

5) The Kind of Crime (7m)

6) Black is Black (5m)

7) Two Weeks (5m)

8) Car Therapy: Uncoupling (7m)

9) Grist (5m)

10) Hacking the New Jim Code (3m)

11) I Am A Man (6m)

12) Pressed (6m)

13) Satisfaction (7m)

14) Troubled Waters (5m)

15) Ode to Joy (3m)

For more details scroll thru the package menu on the Right, or visit the Film Guide.

Miika is a 14-year-old girl living in a war torn and ravaged village in Northern Uganda in the late 1970s. Locked in a trance by the horrors she witnesses one night, Miika, with a little help from a mystical Presence, decides to take matters into her own hands and save her family from the wrath of defunct rebel soldiers. After escaping the soldiers attack on her home, she turns back and with her new ghostly ally, returns home to point the gun at the unsuspecting soldiers.

Awards: Best Animated Film, CineOdssey Film Festival, 2021; Best Animation Film Nominee,Best First Time Female Director Nominee, Indie Short Fest, 2021; Finalist Best Animation, Auber International Film Festival, 2021

Year
2020
Runtime
5 minutes
Language
English, Acholi
Country
Uganda
Premiere
World

Director
Nsiimenta Shevon
Screenwriter
Nsiimenta Shevon
Producer
Dianne & Ron Hoge
Executive Producer
Kemiyondo Couthino, Afsa Umutesi, Solomon W. Jagwe
Co-Producer
TIKA SUMPTER, TOBIE WINDHAM, SHINELLE AZORAH
Cinematographer
SOLOMON W JAGWE
Editor
SOLOMON W JAGWE
Animator
SOLOMON JAGWE
Production Design
BRUNO LOUIS SSEKANDI, EDWIN RWOTHOMIO
Sound Design
ABAASA RWEMEREZA
Music
VINI MERCY, LAGUM THE RAPPER

15 films in package

Aubrey Paints Faces

While mom sleeps, a little girl paints her mom’s face using a secret ingredient when she runs out of lipstick.

Generation Impact: The Coder

Jay Jay Patton was only 13 when she designed and built Photo Patch, a mobile app to help kids send photos and letters to incarcerated parents.

A man confronts his lifelong body image struggles now that he has a son of his own.

Inspired by the traumatic fates met by many in Uganda’s violent political past, “Miika” is a haunting tale of desperation birthing courage in a young and passionate heart.

The Kind of Crime

A father must decide if he can trust his son after a neighbor accuses him of stealing.

A much-needed conversation about colorism, a major issue within many communities -- particularly the Black community.

Date night takes a turn for worst when Rachel's husband admires the waitress' butt.

Car Therapy: Uncoupling

A college therapist who moonlights as a ride-sharing app driver meets a too turnt lesbian couple with too much tea (and other things!) to spill in the car.

Hannah ends a three-year on-again/off-again "situationship" with Roman due to irreconcilable world views that have potentially serious ramifications. But it wasn't all a wash.

Hacking the New Jim Code

Can Afrofuturism pave the way for a society free of biased technology? A discussion of the legacies of slavery and underrepresentation envisions an Afrofuturist world where technology is community-driven rather than profit-driven.

Four Black men from different worlds have a heartfelt conversation about manhood, creativity, sex and their place in the world.

When a socially awkward young woman gets the date of her dreams, she finds herself under pressure to change her looks.

An embarrassing incident forces a woman to choose between sheltering her surprise witness and finding her sexual voice.

Troubled Waters

An examination of the relationship between water and the Black community; how water has been used as a tool by Black people but also weaponized against them throughout history.

Ode To Joy: An Introduction

An intimate paean to Mother Earth and to Black women’s generativity.

Mini-Shorts Block 1 & 2 (83m) contains the following films:

1) Aubrey Paints Faces (5m)

2) Generation Impact: The Coder (7m)

3) Husky (7m)

4) Miika (5m)

5) The Kind of Crime (7m)

6) Black is Black (5m)

7) Two Weeks (5m)

8) Car Therapy: Uncoupling (7m)

9) Grist (5m)

10) Hacking the New Jim Code (3m)

11) I Am A Man (6m)

12) Pressed (6m)

13) Satisfaction (7m)

14) Troubled Waters (5m)

15) Ode to Joy (3m)

For more details scroll thru the package menu on the Right, or visit the Film Guide.

Miika is a 14-year-old girl living in a war torn and ravaged village in Northern Uganda in the late 1970s. Locked in a trance by the horrors she witnesses one night, Miika, with a little help from a mystical Presence, decides to take matters into her own hands and save her family from the wrath of defunct rebel soldiers. After escaping the soldiers attack on her home, she turns back and with her new ghostly ally, returns home to point the gun at the unsuspecting soldiers.

Awards: Best Animated Film, CineOdssey Film Festival, 2021; Best Animation Film Nominee,Best First Time Female Director Nominee, Indie Short Fest, 2021; Finalist Best Animation, Auber International Film Festival, 2021

Year
2020
Runtime
5 minutes
Language
English, Acholi
Country
Uganda
Premiere
World

Director
Nsiimenta Shevon
Screenwriter
Nsiimenta Shevon
Producer
Dianne & Ron Hoge
Executive Producer
Kemiyondo Couthino, Afsa Umutesi, Solomon W. Jagwe
Co-Producer
TIKA SUMPTER, TOBIE WINDHAM, SHINELLE AZORAH
Cinematographer
SOLOMON W JAGWE
Editor
SOLOMON W JAGWE
Animator
SOLOMON JAGWE
Production Design
BRUNO LOUIS SSEKANDI, EDWIN RWOTHOMIO
Sound Design
ABAASA RWEMEREZA
Music
VINI MERCY, LAGUM THE RAPPER