Schedule
Quick Guide to Individual Films, Panels and Events
Join us for an incredible festival with world class films. Each of these films have been specially selected to give you a glimpse into the marvelous films that will screen this year.
Festival Schedule
Online Series
December 14th - 19th, 2021
Feature Spotlight
Foreign Puzzle
Directed by: Chithra Jeyaram
Running Time: 69m
Country: USA
Foreign Puzzle is an intimate documentary that captures the journey of an inspiring Mexican American dancer as she communicates the impermanence of life through dance while juggling the roles of a recently divorced parent of a 6-year-old, a choreographer and a primary school teacher amidst intensive treatments for breast cancer.
“A Place Among the Dead”
“Egg Party”
Shorts Block
DAME
Directed by: Foster Wilson
Running Time: 7m
Country: USA
A lost and grieving Elizabeth Taylor returns to work
after the tragic death of her husband Mike Todd and courageously delivers one of the greatest performances of her life.
SINGLE
Directed by: Ashley Eakin
Running Time: 14m
Country: USA
A girl born with one arm gets set up with a guy who has one hand - and she is pissed.
IN HOLLYWOODLAND
Directed by: Jessica Sherif
Running Time: 10m
Country: USA
A dark fantasy short film that follows Zodwa, a
struggling actress, as she heads to an exciting,
once-in-a lifetime audition and lands in a strange place reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's most famous work.
DETACH
Directed by: Frankie Ingrassia
Running Time: 14m
Country: USA
Denied a girls' night out, Sophia, a teenage influencer, pushes the limits of the mother-daughter relationship as she attempts to DETACH.
EGG PARTY
Directed by: Kersti Bryan
Running Time: 10m
Country: USA
In late spring, six powerhouse women gather together in
a Brooklyn apartment for a not-so-sober egg decorating party to support one of their own struggling with fertility. As the afternoon unfolds, the strength of their laughter
and friendship creates new birth.
BLACKNESS
Directed by: Khorshid Alami and Negar Najafzadeh
Running Time: 12m
Country: Iran
A little girl is waiting for her grandmother to come after a long time but when the grandmother comes she is not like what she imagined.
ANOTHER WORLD
Directed by: Esther Maloney
Running Time: 5m
Country: Canada
As an unknown force creates a shipwreck, the children who have grown up on that ship work together to build another world.
CHAMPAGNE
Directed by: Elizabeth Schiffler
Running Time: 18m
Country: USA
Champagne explores the experiences of a young chef striving to succeed in her career, stuck somewhere between finding her own way and learning how (and when) to ask for help when she needs it.