L.A. Roll: Members of the dance skaters Sk8 Mafia as they reflect on the closure of their beloved home rink and seek out a new place to roll.
I Want To Make A Film About Women: A queer, speculative, documentary love letter to Russian constructivist women. Northern California Premiere! *SDFF 2021 Jury Award Nominee - Best Short!*
Unforgivable: A ruthless hitman for the 18th Street gang serves his sentence in a Salvadoran evangelical prison, where he is guilty not only of his crimes, but of being gay. *SDFF 2021 Jury Award Nominee - Best Short!*
I Still Breathe: Told via dance and first-hand testimonials, a group of astute young adults speak to their experiences of being black, mixed race and white in London. West Coast Premiere!
(click on titles in column to the right to see individual film details below)
*Jury Awards are decided by a Jury of filmmakers, scholars, programmers, etc. However, all films are up for Audience Awards, so remember to rate the films you watch!
Skate Depot's closure in 2014 felt like a funeral. Sk8, a predominantly African American dance roller-skating community in Los Angeles, searched for a rink beyond the city’s boundaries in areas that did not readily welcome them and experienced tragedy at one of these temporary homes. L.A. Roll features the quiet togetherness of Sk8 Mafia and other dance skaters on their quest to find a permanent home rink.
- Year2020
- Runtime18 mins
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorHelki Frantzen
- ProducerHelki Frantzen
- FilmmakerHelki Frantzen, Frederick Thornton
L.A. Roll: Members of the dance skaters Sk8 Mafia as they reflect on the closure of their beloved home rink and seek out a new place to roll.
I Want To Make A Film About Women: A queer, speculative, documentary love letter to Russian constructivist women. Northern California Premiere! *SDFF 2021 Jury Award Nominee - Best Short!*
Unforgivable: A ruthless hitman for the 18th Street gang serves his sentence in a Salvadoran evangelical prison, where he is guilty not only of his crimes, but of being gay. *SDFF 2021 Jury Award Nominee - Best Short!*
I Still Breathe: Told via dance and first-hand testimonials, a group of astute young adults speak to their experiences of being black, mixed race and white in London. West Coast Premiere!
(click on titles in column to the right to see individual film details below)
*Jury Awards are decided by a Jury of filmmakers, scholars, programmers, etc. However, all films are up for Audience Awards, so remember to rate the films you watch!
Skate Depot's closure in 2014 felt like a funeral. Sk8, a predominantly African American dance roller-skating community in Los Angeles, searched for a rink beyond the city’s boundaries in areas that did not readily welcome them and experienced tragedy at one of these temporary homes. L.A. Roll features the quiet togetherness of Sk8 Mafia and other dance skaters on their quest to find a permanent home rink.
- Year2020
- Runtime18 mins
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorHelki Frantzen
- ProducerHelki Frantzen
- FilmmakerHelki Frantzen, Frederick Thornton