Portland Film Festival 2021

The Journey - Women's Voices Shorts Block

Expired November 9, 2021 7:45 AM
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8 films in package
At Last
A timid high school girl reveals her truth during the most important night of the year.
Breaking Through
A woman gets stuck in a bathroom and it kinda, sorta changes her life, actually.
Edith Gibson has 3000 Dolls
In the heart of suburban Auckland, New Zealand, a widower began to collect dolls in 2009. Edith Gibson now owns 3000 dolls.
Emily ilaw ng tahanan
"I live inside a box, but one day I will live outside the box." Most people keep their trauma locked up inside but for Emily, opening her "box of trauma" and confronting a painful past is the only chance to break free.
Of Strangers
A hot day casts a dangerous shadow on two travelers trying to make it home.
Open Water
Open Water is about 61-year-old open-water swimmer Marilyn Korzekwa's attempt to be the first person to ever complete a crossing of the eastern end of Lake Superior. It uses experimental underwater photography techniques and immersive sound design to convey the subjective experience of swimming non-stop through a night and a day.
Shadows
During the fragile chapter when a girl faces womanhood, Naya explores her independence on homecoming night away from her watchful family.
Unflinching
Female equestrians traverse a dreamy landscape, powerful figures on horseback driven by animalism and grace.
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Lauren (Katie Burton) is your typical high school senior. She’s learning to come into her own. With the help of her best friend, James, (Zack Gottsagen) she will finally step out of her shell and live her truth. Lauren comes from a deep-rooted Hispanic family with her father Diego, (George Lopez) and her mother Monica, (Marlene Forte). They had hopes and expectations for their only daughter.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    13 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    USA
  • Rating
    PG-13
  • Director
    Lorena Gordon
  • Screenwriter
    Lorena Gordon
  • Producer
    Lorena Gordon, A.J. Gordon, Joseph Channell.
  • Executive Producer
    Julio Lopez Velasquez, Brett Thomas, Toni Armstrong Jr., A.J. Gordon, Jessica Liley
  • Co-Producer
    John Lobato, Kelly Dolan
  • Cast
    George Lopez, Zack Gottsagen, Katie Burton, Marlene Forte, Tricia Brooks
  • Cinematographer
    Dean Cundey
  • Editor
    Brett Thomas
  • Composer
    Benjamin Brody
  • Sound Design
    Diego Jimenez
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