Challenging Stories: Short Film Program and Q&A with filmmakers

555 11th Street Northwest,Washington DC 20004

05 March, 2023

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7 new excellent short films: Meeting Amy directed by Richard Chen (Canada/ 2022 / 14.28 mins) Two half-siblings, who share the same enigmatic father who’s an absent figure in both of their lives, meet for the first time. Julia Wuz Here ( USA  / 2022 /. 5.52mins.  The Single Horn directed by Mohamad Kamal Alavi (Iran / 2022 / 13.28 mins) A little girl goes to the amusement park to play without the family's permission. Everything has changed when she returns home. Speak in a Whisper directed by Chongyan Liu ( France/ 2022/ 35mins) In the middle of what would have otherwise been a banal evening, everything Céleste has been trying to hide comes to light. Julia Wuz Here directed by Samantha Silvay ( USA / 2022 / 5.52mins) When her junkie parents leave the Julia and her younger brother alone, a day of escapist play is followed by an uncertain future. Boss Blood directed by Shelton R Johnson, Jack Johnson (USA / 2022 / 10.38 mins). A young woman who grew up with a single mother, meets a man who inspires her to strive for more out of life. Waiting directed by R. Stephen Suettinger (USA /2022 /7.56 mins) A man expects news that could change his life forever and when it finally comes, he learns that love is patient...sometimes. Wish directed by Sana Azem (Syrian Arab Republic / 2022 / 5.05 mins) Amongst war and chaos, two best friends celebrate life's simplest joys.