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Film Institute

2016 · Italy · 19mins
The Sleeping Saint by Laura Samani

Giacomina is twelve, chosen as guardian of Saint Achillea for the annual procession. It would be the most beautiful day, but her best friend is founded in a state of seeming death.
1970 · USA · 17mins
Alice Coltrane, Black Journal Segment

The life of Alice Coltrane and her children in the wake of the death of her husband, famed jazz magician John Coltrane.

1944 · USA · 10mins
Jammin’ The Blues by Gjon Mili

This rare short captures the spontaneity of a jazz jam session in 1940s, showcasing iconic musicians such as Lester Young, Harry Edison and Marie Bryant.
2019 · Canada/Quebec · 19mins
Jarvik by Emilie Mannering

As the summer is coming to an end, Léa needs to breath but her brother’s mechanical heart constantly reminds her that life hangs by a thread.
2019 · USA · 29mins
Rodeo Queen by Adrien Cothier

A young rodeo queen from California gets ready to compete for the ultimate pageant, the Miss Rodeo America competition in Las Vegas.
2018 · USA · 23mins
I am My Own Mother by Andrew Zox

An adopted woman on the cusp of childbirth reinserts herself back into the life of her biological mother, unsettling the entire family unit.
2019 · France · 5mins
Atlantis by Julien Pujol

Atlantis is a visual poem about mankind, nature and the passage of time in South Western Africa.
2018 · Belgium · 19mins
Bamboe by Flo Van Deuren

Bamboo plants always bloom simultaneously. The same thing happens to a bunch of teenage girls when a mysterious neighbor arrives.
2019 · USA · 24mins
Briarpatch by Anna Pollack

In order to navigate in the environment their mother (who recently passed) raised them in, two siblings must decide how much of a sacrifice they are willing to make.
2016 · Australia · 15mins
Slapper by Luci Schroder

A broke and rebellious teen navigates a suburban wasteland, hustling money for the morning-after pill—before it’s too late.
2007 · Portugal · 19mins
China, China by João Pedro Rodrigues & João Rui Guerra da Mata

China is going to fly. To escape far away at dawn. She just wants to be happy. But China drinks her own pois
2018 · France · 22mins
Hotaru by William Laboury

A short film about dreams and memories of a girl sent in space forever.
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