Making it in America
Alma Velasco, an El Salvadorian immigrant, recounts her transition to the United States.
Alma Velasco, an El Salvadorian immigrant, recounts her transition to the United States.
A 16-year-old school dropout interviews for a job, but when he’s let down by his brother he lashes back and looks to his friend for support.
An unexpected event threatens to undo the job interview preparation of an anxious young man.
A mysterious vinyl single gives a young woman the power to move back and forth through the years of her life.
After losing his job, Toomas, a hot wolf, starts secretly working as a gigolo to support his family. His wife Viivi has a secret too: she’s attending a female empowerment seminar involving male slaves.
Jean Anne Lauer, director of short film programming at Fantastic Fest, joins us to discuss her experiences in the short film arena and what the festival is looking for in a selected film.
"The films that end up in the programme selection are the survivors of a very bloody battle" - Manchester Animation Festival's Steve Henderson is the latest interviewee in our Meet the Gatekeepers series.
A kiosk worker dreams of escaping her restrictive workplace, but her sweet tooth and monotonous life has meant even getting out of the exit is troublesome
By day, she visits morgues, observes autopsies, and studies pictures of crime scenes. By night, she turns nightmarish imaginings into precise, red-splattered miniatures.
The ‘small’ one is, well, small, and the ‘big’ one definitely very very big. They are friends.