San Francisco Documentary Festival

Shorts: Liminal Strength

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Available May 28, 2026 7:00 AM UTC
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4 films in package
A Way to Be Together
In a New Jersey town divided by unseen borders, a Mexican immigrant community steps into the light. Their festival ignites pride and unity, but as anti-immigrant fear rises, even joy becomes a radical act of hope.
Songs They Buried
A Burmese rock star forced into exile after the 2021 military coup. Now working for Amazon in the United States, he struggles to rebuild his life while carrying the weight of a revolution he can no longer witness. Through family, music, and the quiet ache of displacement, the film reveals the emotional cost of being buried by politics in a place never meant to be home.
Water Cooler
The Trump administration has turned immigration courts into deportation traps. As ICE agents wait to arrest their targets outside of courtrooms, their banal conversations clash with the severity of their actions. This documentary short — filmed in New York's Federal Plaza from November 2025 through January 2026 — captures the virulent callousness of ICE agents detaining migrants who are trying to stay in the country legally. --La administración Trump ha convertido los tribunales de inmigración en trampas de deportación. Mientras los agentes de la migra (ICE) esperan fuera de las salas de audiencias para arrestar a sus "objetivos," sus conversaciones banales contrastan con sus acciones graves.Este documental — filmado en la Federal Plaza de Nueva York entre noviembre de 2025 y enero de 2026 — capta la insensibilidad virulenta de los agentes mientras ellos detienen a migrantes que intentan permanecer en los Estados Unidos de manera legal.(Habrá subtítulos en español disponibles para los festivales.)
The Land We Fight For
A personal telling of the struggles faced by Ukrainian farming families impacted by the Russian war on Ukraine, and their fight to defend their lands.
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The Trump administration has turned immigration courts into deportation traps. As ICE agents wait to arrest their targets outside of courtrooms, their banal conversations clash with the severity of their actions. This documentary short — filmed in New York's Federal Plaza from November 2025 through January 2026 — captures the virulent callousness of ICE agents detaining migrants who are trying to stay in the country legally.


La administración Trump ha convertido los tribunales de inmigración en trampas de deportación. Mientras los agentes de la migra (ICE) esperan fuera de las salas de audiencias para arrestar a sus "objetivos," sus conversaciones banales contrastan con sus acciones graves.Este documental — filmado en la Federal Plaza de Nueva York entre noviembre de 2025 y enero de 2026 — capta la insensibilidad virulenta de los agentes mientras ellos detienen a migrantes que intentan permanecer en los Estados Unidos de manera legal.(Habrá subtítulos en español disponibles para los festivales.)

  • Year
    2026
  • Runtime
    12 minutes
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Emma V.F.
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