Random Acts

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    Drama Antonio Orena-Barlin

    Suburbia

    An ordinary day in suburbia is shattered by the unexpected. Based on true events.

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    Comedy Justine Bateman

    FIVE MINUTES

    A “parenting class” at a progressive elementary school takes an unexpected, dramatic turn. (Film is no longer streaming for free)

  • Filmmaker Update

    Filmmaker Update: September 2021

    Academy members, viral hits and Cannes awards - the latest news from Short of the Week filmmakers.

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    The Viral Experience: What Happens When You Reach The Top

    You’'ve seen the scenario before: some talented, young filmmaker releases his latest short film on Vimeo… and BOOM… practically overnight it goes viral. A few million views and a couple hundred thousand comments later, they garner industry attention, eventually cinching a movie deal with Hollywood.

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    Drama Tony Comley

    Abigail

    Fluid collection of thoughts and moments strung together around the theme of desperately searching for something you've lost—all while on a plane that is nose-diving.

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    Drama Jack Benjamin Gill

    Lambing Season

    Set in the secluded North Yorkshire moors, Lambing Season follows a son who discovers he is the potential victim of a child kidnapping and that his parents may not be who they seem.

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    Documentary Topaz Jones & Rubberband

    Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma

    Winner of a 2021 Sundance Jury Prize, Topaz Jones's visual album is an autobiographical journey into his formative influences. Told in vignettes, it is modeled off the Black ABC's—an invention from 1970, when Black educators in Chicago developed an alphabet flashcard set to provide Black-centered teaching materials to the vastly white educational landscape.

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    Drama Frances Bodomo

    Boneshaker

    Starring "Beasts of the Southern Wild" star Quvenzhané Wallis, a young girl is taken to a Louisiana church in the hopes of banishing the evil spirits her parents believe possess her.

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