Ryan Turner

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    Documentary Ryan Peterson

    The Super Salmon

    A salmon in Alaska makes an unlikely journey on "the Mount Everest of rivers" - the Susitna - as residents consider the costs/benefits of a government-proposed mega-dam. An infectiously funny and enjoyable environmental documentary.

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    Experimental Ryan Powell & Vadim Gershman

    Phaseone - Sugar

    Overlaid on top of images of hyperkinetic traffic, a familiar narrative is told in a novel way—through text messages.

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    Drama Justin Giddings & Ryan Welsh

    This Is Normal

    A young Deaf woman undergoes an experimental medical procedure that is supposed to “cure” her of her deafness and give her the ability to hear.

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    Retro Short Films: Tribeca 2011 Film Festival

    Tribeca's (Online) Film Festival this year is quite extensive: 6 feature films, 9 in-competition shorts and these—9 "retro" shorts from the festival's past, all available for free! We'll cover this year's competition shorts in a series of forthcoming posts, but remember that Tribeca has their own spin on this online thing, so make sure to reserve a 24-hour screening window for each film in advance. These 9 retro shorts are a bit easier to manage, rather than signing up for specific 24-hour screening periods, they are available to view at any time between now and May 1st.

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    Dark Comedy Matt Kazman

    Father Figurine

    When the wealthy patriarch of a family dies, his bereaved family discover an unusual request in his will—he demands to be stuffed and kept on constant display in their home.

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    Oscars Short Films 2025: A Voter's Guide

    With Oscar voting now open, S/W’s Senior Programmers - Rob Munday, Céline Roustan, and Jason Sondhi - step into the voters' shoes to narrow down the 45-title shortlists to their picks for the 15 short films that deserve to advance to the nominations round.

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    Dark Comedy Mikey Alfred

    The Dispute

    Two best friends, from South Central Los Angeles, fantasize about living lavishly when a pre-approval letter for a credit card with no set spending limit suddenly arrives in the mail.

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    Experimental Dominic Bisignano

    From Burger it Came

    Bisignanoanimation uses a multitude of techniques to illustrate a humorous narrative account of one boy's fear of AIDS circa 80's America.—A Sundance 10/10 film: now online

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