SOTW
Introducing #ShelterShorts
An invitation to join the film community and find an outlet for your creativity, while raising money for a good cause.
Documentary
Esther Niemeier
Tracing Addai
Esther Niemeier's 30-min doc 'Tracing Addai' follows the journey of a young German man and his decision to join the Jihad - told by the people he left behind
Documentary
Derek Knowles
& Lawrence Lerew
Sentinels
Sentinels is an immersive observational film that follows a small group of young environmental activists as they undertake a tree-sitting campaign to stop a large logging company from clear-cutting a northern California forest.
Drama
Adinah Dancyger
Cheer Up Baby
A young woman who has been sexually assaulted by a stranger on the subway is rendered with psychological menace and sensory dislocation in this elliptical tale.
Documentary
Emily Thomas
& Derek Knowles
Last Days at Paradise High
After the most destructive fire in California history destroys the town of Paradise, the end of the school year takes on added meaning for two seniors and their beloved teacher.
Drama
Aningaaq
An Inuit fisherman stationed on a remote fjord in Greenland makes radio contact with a distressed caller. A campion piece to the blockbuster film, Gravity.
Comedy
Adam Baran
Jackpot
It's 1994 and there's no Internet. So 14-year-old Jack Hoffman sets off on a quest to find a stash of gay porn from across town before anyone finds out.
Drama
Hamy Ramezan
& Rungano Nyoni
Kuuntele (Listen)
**VIDEO OPENS IN A NEW WINDOW** - Copenhagen. A police station. A foreign woman in a burqa tries to get help; yet the assigned translator is not willing to report exactly what she is telling.
Drama
Farzaneh Omidvarnia
Song Sparrow
As a group of refugees try to reach a safe place, the freezing temperature of the truck they're hiding in quickly turns their hopes for a better future into a fierce struggle for survival.
Documentary
Nathan Honnold
Thomas Bennett
An intimate portrait of Thomas Bennett, a man who lives on the fringes of society.
