NORTHWEST FILM SHORTS PROGRAM 1
Big Touch - An Afro-Surrealist story about a giant woman and a tiny man who --- through the power of touch --- experience an unexpected transformation.
A Wedding To Diego - A spin on the classic marriage film from Miracle Valenzuela Everett about a Latine non-binary sober writer, and their trans-masculine fiancé, who happens to be a hot mess. During their separate bachelorx parties, the two have a dysfunctional phone call that leaves them wondering if they will make it down the aisle.
Pig Tale (??????? ??????) - A pig goes on a date while battling trauma and body dismorphia.
Remembering York - After decades of continued displacement and erasure, a group of Black Portlanders work to build a better future by reclaiming a part of their history: namely, the story of York, the first recorded person of African descent to step foot in what would become Portland.
Controlling the Narrative - Danica Jones, a cutthroat Hollywood producer, develops a "cinematic dissociative disorder” after her estranged mom dies. To avoid getting stuck in a Rom-Com, she must learn the only way to control her narrative is to let go of what she can’t control.
Navidad de Reserva - A South American immigrant struggles to connect with the "American Dream" during Christmas Eve.
Empano Gleasium - A couple uses their love for each other and a magical spell to summon a galactic deity, but when they recite the spell's magic words, they learn there's more to magic than love...
Canoe Connections - An essential element of maintaining culture in First Nations communities is nurturing the practice of knowledge keepers passing on their cultural wisdom. For the Canoe Cultures program in Vancouver Canada, an Indigenous-lead non-profit carving centre, Mike Billy Sr. and Jr. are an example of the transference of knowledge from one generation of Squamish Nation War Canoe builder to the next. In this short film they both share their experiences of passing and receiving the torch and the future they imagine that keeping this legacy alive can bring. Through this age-old tradition the uninterrupted connection between ancestors and the present generation is maintained and flourishes.
Blackberry - When a group of friends sneak out of summer camp, they return to find that everyone has vanished and only a puzzle of mystic markings and blood remain.
Lupe Q and the Galactic Corn Cake - Aliens. Punk rock. Corn cakes. In space, only grandma's Latin cooking can save you.
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A Wedding To Diego - A spin on the classic marriage film from Miracle Valenzuela Everett about a Latine non-binary sober writer, and their trans-masculine fiancé, who happens to be a hot mess. During their separate bachelorx parties, the two have a dysfunctional phone call that leaves them wondering if they will make it down the aisle.
Pig Tale (??????? ??????) - A pig goes on a date while battling trauma and body dismorphia.
Remembering York - After decades of continued displacement and erasure, a group of Black Portlanders work to build a better future by reclaiming a part of their history: namely, the story of York, the first recorded person of African descent to step foot in what would become Portland.
Controlling the Narrative - Danica Jones, a cutthroat Hollywood producer, develops a "cinematic dissociative disorder” after her estranged mom dies. To avoid getting stuck in a Rom-Com, she must learn the only way to control her narrative is to let go of what she can’t control.
Navidad de Reserva - A South American immigrant struggles to connect with the "American Dream" during Christmas Eve.
Empano Gleasium - A couple uses their love for each other and a magical spell to summon a galactic deity, but when they recite the spell's magic words, they learn there's more to magic than love...
Canoe Connections - An essential element of maintaining culture in First Nations communities is nurturing the practice of knowledge keepers passing on their cultural wisdom. For the Canoe Cultures program in Vancouver Canada, an Indigenous-lead non-profit carving centre, Mike Billy Sr. and Jr. are an example of the transference of knowledge from one generation of Squamish Nation War Canoe builder to the next. In this short film they both share their experiences of passing and receiving the torch and the future they imagine that keeping this legacy alive can bring. Through this age-old tradition the uninterrupted connection between ancestors and the present generation is maintained and flourishes.
Blackberry - When a group of friends sneak out of summer camp, they return to find that everyone has vanished and only a puzzle of mystic markings and blood remain.
Lupe Q and the Galactic Corn Cake - Aliens. Punk rock. Corn cakes. In space, only grandma's Latin cooking can save you.
CLICK HERE for tickets.