PURPOSE

WE BELIEVE WATCHING A GOOD FILM CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
WE BELIEVE SOME FILMS ARE MADE TO BE DISCUSSED

WE ARE MOVING FORWARD 

We have been bringing people life-changing films for over a decade and we are not going to stop now!

HERE IS THE PLAN

1) Watch Films. Get week-long access to one film every week via Eventbrite Signup

2) Q&A. Join us every Thursday in June for Zoom sessions with the filmmakers.

3) Share. Build community with a watch party, share with your folks, etc.

 

Opening Night June 4th 7pm (PST)

KATU – The Traditional Brazilian Family 

KATU (Brazil), Dir. Rodrigo Sena, 25min
Watch Trailer

Watch Film: May 28 – June 4th
Q&A with filmmaker: June 4th at 7pm (PST)

 

Animation Shorts

Watch Films: June 4 – 11th
Q&A with filmmakers: June 11th at 6pm (PST)

  • Delphine “No Dogs” (United Kingdom), Dir. Anayis Der Hakopian, 3:45min – Watch Trailer
  • Ayacocha (Ecuador, Hong Kong), Dir. Canva Ma, Lorena Sánchez, 8min
  • Migrant (Argentina, Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay), Dir. Ezequiel Dalinger & Daniel Iezzi,  5:38min
  • Pozolli (Mexico), Dir. Mauricio Hernandez Serrano, 3min
  • The Juggler (Brazil), Dir. Luri Moreno, 10:55min
  • Little Giants: An Apple a Day (Cuba, Argentina), Dir. Leandro E. Cerdá,  5:35min
  • Mare Monstrum (Spain), Dir. Lucía Hernández Martínez, Àngel Estois Carrasco, Mercè Sendino García, 5:29min
  • Patricia and the Witch (United Kingdom), Dir. Ben Gardener, Phil Wall, 5:10min
  • The water of the earth (France), Dir. Romain Claris,  4:11min
  • Cabin Fever (United States), Dir. Joseph Wills, 55sec

 

Documentary Shorts Program

Watch Films: June 4 – 11th Fist Up
Q&A with Filmmakers: June 11th at 7pm (PST)

  • Ang Meron Sa Wala (Beyond Nothing) 13:53
  • Stories Happen in Forests 28:33min
  • The Wasted Effort 5min
  • The Land of Thalochians 18:01
  • What If… 7:37min

 

African Diaspora Night

Watch Film: June 4 – 11th
Q&A with filmmakers: June 11th at 8pm (PST)

  • Loyalty 5min
  • My Goddess and I 16:13
  • Buckle Winter 3:14
  • I am Rosa Parks 14:41min
  • 12 Ingredients 13:20

 

Feature Length Documentary Films


Watch Films: June 11-18th
Q&A with filmmakers: June 18th at 7pm (PST)

  • El Viaje – Sonidos que migran – The journey – Sounds that migrate (Colombia), Dir. Ggyyro Quevedo – 60min – Watch Trailer
  • Never Going Back (Mexico), Dir. Janette A. López, 65min – Watch Trailer


Closing Night Films

Watch Films: June 18-25th
Q&A with filmmakers: June 18th at 7pm (PST)

  • Santo Amaro Was a Skateboarder (Brazil), Dir. Felipe Martins, 72min – Watch Trailer
  • Old Dog – Pioneers by Essence (Chile), Dir. Rodrigo Farías Moreno, 50min – Watch Trailer


*THIS FESTIVAL IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF*
 The East Fund For Artists, Greenlining Institute, Sol Collective, Made To Grow, NestalFam