Short Films Package

Total Duration: 38 min

The best way to overcome any irrational phobia or unreasonable situation is to counter them directly. A mix package of nine short films about fighting the demons of discrimination and hatred in one’s inner, as well as, the outer world.

LET GO

Dir: Hannon Hardy

5 min | 2022 | USA | English | Narrative Short | International Premiere

Let Go shines a light on anti-gay laws, immigration, and the life-threatening identity crisis that derives from being born in a country where sexuality is legally punishable by death.

THE FUGITIVES (Los Cimarrones)

Dir: Dami Sainz Edwards

13 min | 2021 | Cuba | Spanish | Narrative Short | Asian Premiere

The night forest hides the deepest terrors of Orestes-the darkness, the slave spirits, and the homosexuality of his brother.

THE VALLEY OF THE WIND

Dir: Samira Norouznasseri

20 min | 2022 |Islamic Republic of Iran | Persian | Narrative Short | Indian Premiere

Two old friends who haven't seen each other for several years go on a trip to the country. They spend a night at an abandoned house where memories of their childhood begin to haunt them.