Brandon Roots

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    Drama Grainger David

    The Chair

    2012 Cannes Official Selection, The Chair is the story of a mysterious outbreak of poisonous mold in a small town, and one boy's attempt to understand his mother's death, his grandmother's obsession with their discarded recliner, and the roots of this short-lived, strange, and inexplicable plague.

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    Sci‑Fi Neill Blomkamp

    Tempbot

    A robot is assigned an ordinary office job. An early short from director Neill Blomkamp.

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    Dramedy Kelly Yu

    Plum Town

    A young land developer returns to his childhood home in the Chinese countryside for the first time in years to convince his stubborn father to sell the family plum orchard. When the two struggle to understand each other, they turn to an old karaoke machine to find a common language.

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    Drama Hannah Peterson

    East of the River

    Teonna is unexpectedly suspended from school and is faced with a day on the streets of Washington, DC. Created in collaboration with local high schoolers, the film is an unflinching portrait of the lived experience of teenagers finding their way through an overburdened public school system.

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    Documentary Rayka Zehtabchi & Shaandiin Tome

    Long Line of Ladies

    A girl and her community prepare for her Ihuk, the once-dormant coming of age ceremony of the Karuk tribe of Northern California.

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    Experimental Jonathan Caouette

    All Flowers in Time

    Jonathan Caouette creates a mysterious experimental film about red eyes and Chloe Sevigny making scary faces.

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    Experimental Shahaf Ram
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    This is how it starts

    An experimental animation documenting the journey of an artist, growing up and maturing, through the viewing of old video tapes.

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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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    Annecy 2022: A Shorts-Centric Guide

    With Annecy running from June 13-18 2022, we take a look at the short films you won't want to miss at this year's festival.

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