2021 Official Selections
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- DirectorCJ HuntStarsCJ HuntMr. HuntMitch LandrieuIn December 2015, the New Orleans City Council voted to remove four Confederate monuments from public grounds. A forceful group of critics protested the decision, and fearing retaliation, no crew would agree to remove the statues.Life + Liberty Spotlight Night
- DirectorAnna AndersenGabriella CanalSHOUT Spotlight Night
- DirectorJennifer D. FodorScott SheppardStarsAerosmithThe BandSara BareillesOne man dance party Howard Mordoh, a longtime fixture of the L.A. concert scene, copes with the canceled concerts and isolation of life during the COVID-19 pandemic.SHOUT Spotlight Night
- DirectorJeff DanielsStarsTom HanksLiza MinnelliPenny MarshallAn archive-based feature documentary viewing the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of the ABC network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, THE DAY AFTER (1983).Opening Night Film
- DirectorJasmine StodelStarsHayden PedigoKid Candidate tells the story of Hayden Pedigo, a 24-year old experimental musician and his unlikely run for city council in Amarillo, Texas after his Harmony Korine inspired spoof campaign video went viral.Boutwell Auditorium Exhibition Hall
- DirectorAnissa LathamCenters on a young poet and activist in Birmingham, Alabama, as he tries to write his way through the complex history of the city.Alabama Documentary Shorts #1
- DirectorLydia CornettStarsMaria MendietaDorinda OrtizPorscha DelacruzFour women in Central Florida establish a unique bond while working with crickets, superworms and roaches on an insect farm in the rural town of LaBelle.Environmental Shorts
- DirectorGeorgia SassoStarsMolly ClearyJosh FlowersErica FulbrightAn exploration of the complicated layers of physical and emotional consent in teen relationships featuring interviews of high school aged students. Offering perspectives on everything from cat calling and rape jokes to sexual assault, consent is a topic that affects everyone.Teen Shorts
- DirectorSamuel J. PuntoStarsAkemi Mercer-NiewöhnerThorben NeuheuserEthan PuntoMasked figures wander through a surrealistic world, their actions influenced by a central screen. Two groups form, the Diamonds and the Lashes, and tensions gradually increase.Teen Shorts
- DirectorEmma Penaz EisnerStarsLeo JergovicTeen Shorts
- DirectorMatt YokaStarsMarika GerrardJamie TurKaty TurSoaring above the chaotic spectacle of '80s and '90s Los Angeles, a young couple revolutionized breaking news with their brazen helicopter reporting.Saturday 10:30 AM Lyric Theatre
- DirectorMolly GillisStarsSophie AmievaEleanore PientaA lonely American faces unrequited love on a farm commune in the south of France.National Narrative Shorts #1
- DirectorMajor DorfmanStarsEliezer GermanGiuliano EscalanteMichael BadiaNational Narrative Shorts #1
- DirectorNeo SoraStarsNuuria BergAlan ChenKarin ElgaiOn an unseasonably hot November afternoon in New York, a young Japanese immigrant and his visiting cousin spontaneously decide to buy a live chicken to cook for dinner.National Narrative Shorts #1
- DirectorLogan LeBlancStarsStevenson JeanBecca BegnaudDavid VallotNational Narrative Shorts #1
- DirectorScott AharoniDennis LatosStarsNadir SaribacakIsabella HaddockGamze CeylanIn present day Queens, New York, a Turkish gravedigger is unable to face a shattering truth, and risks losing the dearest connection left in his life.National Narrative Shorts #1
- DirectorMatteo MostertsStarsMarcelo TubertA Catholic nun decides to break her vows and go back to find the man she fell in love with, twenty years ago.National Narrative Shorts #1
- DirectorChris TenzisStarsAstra Marie VarnadoRaymond EjioforCarly StewartAn Afro-surrealist story about a giant woman and a tiny man who through the power of touch, experience an unexpected transformation.National Narrative Shorts #1
- DirectorSav SouzaLogan ThomasonStarsLeia FigueroaKira CullinanJeremy PitzerIt is a short film about Jax, a non-binary teenager, exhausted by always having to take the high road. In an effort to make space for gender non-conforming kids in high school traditions, Jax makes a bid for homecoming court.National Narrative Shorts #1
- DirectorHannah MarksStarsBen RosenfieldHayley LawNik DodaniYoung newlyweds reluctantly decide to give ethical non-monogamy a try as their lives get increasingly complicated.Boutwell Auditorium Exhibition Hall
- DirectorKelly PikeStarsJohnny SequoyahJasmin Savoy BrownScottie ThompsonFemale high-school athletes become unlikely teammates in the wake of unspoken trauma.Life + Liberty Shorts
- DirectorEric IveyLife + Liberty Shorts
- DirectorJefferson SteinStarsAmaya JuanZuemmy CarrilloVirginia PatricioA young Indigenous girl discovers a Latina migrant her age who has been separated from her father in the beautiful but dangerous Sonoran desert.Life + Liberty Shorts
- DirectorFarbod ArdebiliStarsSarina AmiriAshkan HoorsunBabak KamangirThe frontwoman for an Iranian death metal band risks everything as she plots to call the cops on her own underground concert in the hopes that the raid will help her secure her asylum in another country.Life + Liberty Shorts
- DirectorJoel FendelmanStarsLa Vaughn BelleCampbell CarterDavid Kimba ChristianHistorians, cultural preservationists and artists come together to discuss the event known as the Fireburn - a bloody labor revolt that occurred on the island of St. Croix in 1878.Life + Liberty Shorts