Short of the Week

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    Documentary Omi Zola Gupta & Sparsh Ahuja's

    Birdsong

    Birdsong explores the dying whistling traditions of the Hmong people of northern Laos, whose sonic exchanges straddle the boundary between music and speech. The film follows the personal stories of three individuals from Long Lan village, as they reflect on their experience as practitioners of a vanishing musical language.

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    Action Abdou Cissé

    Festival of Slaps

    A celebratory dinner is flipped on its head, when an enraged Nigerian Mum serves her son a set of slaps so powerful that it will change his life forever.

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    Drama Georgia Goggin

    BEND

    Maggie's daughter has been sexually harassed by a classmate. Maggie thinks she shouldn't make a big deal of it. But then Maggie meets the boy's father.

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    Drama Aziz Zoromba

    سيمو (Simo)

    The usual rivalries and jealousies that exist between the two Egyptian teenage brothers Simo and Emad take a dangerous turn that may seriously impact the future of their family.

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    Fantasy Liam LoPinto

    The Old Young Crow

    Mehrdad, an Iranian boy befriends an old Japanese woman in Tokyo. Many years later, he reflects on Chiyo’s sudden disappearance through his old sketchbook in a combination of animation and live-action techniques.

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    Comedy Isaac Garza

    Call Your Mom

    After a successful business meeting, a man is guilt tripped into calling his mom.

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    Drama Bertil Nilsson

    Alfie's Island

    Karim seeks to free himself from the echoes of his past relationship with Alfie, on a trip to their special island.

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