LG tags: Family, Relationships, Justice, Documentary, Narrative

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Shorts Program
(80 min.)
Relationships are a central aspect of how we are formed and become who we are. Whether familial or romantic, friend or mentor, longstanding or a chance encounter, each of the five films in this year’s shorts program include diverse and complex relationships that offer to challenge, provoke, and heal us.

As we begin to talk about gender, sexuality, and faith it is perhaps obvious that almost, if not all of our experiences are contoured and shaped by relationships — for good and for ill. How much of your own experiences and understanding of the world is shaped in and through your relationships with others? What relationships matter most? Could you forgive? What are you willing to risk in order to protect and be with the people you love? (J.K.)

Facing Fear
(2013, Directed by Jason Cohen, 23 min.)
*Academy Award nominated documentary 2014

Aban+ Khorshid
(2014, Directed by Dawn Serink, 14 min.)
*Winner of The Bobby (Ridell) Award for Excellence in Cinematography Edmonton International Film Festival 2014, Jury Award Rochester ImageOut 2014 for best short, Short Film Competition Special Jury Award Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) 2014

Shattercane
(2008, Directed by Michael Tringe, 18 min.)

My Mother’s Orphan
(2014, Directed by Melissa Perez, 10.5 min.)

A Long Walk
(2013, Directed by Chinonye Chukwu, 14 min.)