33rd Shortsfest 2024 Making Movies Matter

Aspen FilmEducates: Making Movies Matter — MIDDLE SCHOOL (5th - 8th)

Expired April 30, 2024 9:00 PM
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12 films in package
BORDER HOPPER
When a Latinx filmmaker is offered a dream job abroad, she discovers a supernatural way to navigate the U.S. immigration system and get the coveted travel permit she needs. But what seems like a magic solution soon shows unexpected consequences.
CARTOON OF A CAT SLEEPING
As the story gets more and more chaotic, one big question looms: Will the cat ever wake up?
FRATELLI CARBONAI
As Italy lurches to the far right, a Malian migrant finds a place amongst a family of charcoal burners in the remote Calabrian mountains.
HEART OF WATER
Aspen Film Camp documentary.
I CHOOSE YOU
A film about international and transracial adoption and how one young adoptee, after surviving a life-threatening congenital condition, is redefining what family means in America.
I NEED IT YESTERDAY
When his boss insists that he needs a report "yesterday", Chris embarks on an epic quest to send a message back in time.
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MUNA
A British-Somali teen must navigate a confusing mourning period for a family member she never met.
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PRIMETIME MOTHER
The audition process for a game show becomes the latest test of a long-suffering mother’s fortitude and tenacity.
THE TORNADO OUTSIDE
Embracing the chaos of life.
WE EXIST IN MEMORY
How do you rebuild “home” from memories for a new generation growing up in displacement?
WIRE & CLOTH
Anika accompanies her mercurial mother to a wealthy friend’s home, where they connect over fantasy – and doomed longing.
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YUCK!
Yuck! Kissing on the mouth is disgusting. But secretly, little Léo really wants to try it…

WIRE & CLOTH

When opportunity comes knocking for mercurial Indian immigrant Hema, she fantasizes about becoming a sophisticated career woman. But her young daughter Anika has other transformations in mind for Hema: to be the kind of mother she was never destined to be. Woven with early 90s American TV, heartbreaking psychology experiments, and neuroscience poetics, Wire & Cloth is an encounter with all the diverse factors that teach us how to show love.

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    15 minutes
  • Language
    English, Tamil
  • Country
    United States
  • Rating
    Middle
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Director
    Swetha Regunathan