DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Short Film Programs, Documentary Competition
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Short Film Program | 72 minutes


Featuring an array of powerful subjects, the Short Documentary Competition honors new and distinctive voices in documentary filmmaking. The winner will receive a $1000 cash prize and qualify for consideration at the Academy Awards® for Best Documentary Short Film.

 


Scheduled to attend: Amy Bench (BREAKING SILENCE), Sterling Hampton (MERMAN), Karen Lips (THE WAITING)



Presented in Multiple Parts

BREAKING SILENCE

A portrait of a Deaf activist and his formerly incarcerated daughter, who build new bonds through their experi...
18 min | Amy Bench, Annie Silverstein | | New York Premiere | English/ASL
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MERMAN

A 59-year-old black, queer man speaks his truth about his life as an emergency nurse, leather enthusiast, husb...
11 min | Sterling Hampton IV | | English
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TIERRA DE LECHE

An interrogation of capitalism and the American dream through the lenses of migrant labor, new technologies, a...
12 min | Milton Guillén, Fiona Guy Hall | | Spanish
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THE WAITING

Researcher Karen Lips observes frogs while living in a tiny shack in Costa Rica. When she returns to the cloud...
16 min | Volker Schlecht | | US Premiere | English
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WILD SUMMON

A natural history fantasy film following the dramatic life cycle of the wild salmon in human form. Narrated by...
15 min | Karni Arieli, Saul Freed | | East Coast Premiere | English
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