DECEMBER SHORTS PROGRAM
The Future of Film is Female STREAMING
December 7 - 11, 2020
The role our domestic space and community environment have had on shaping us during this year has been immense. So, as we turn the corner towards the future, our last shorts program of 2020 features five short films that explore monumental relationships unfolding within familial places. Whether it's experiencing a morning with the love of your life before tragedy (Stop Killing Us), existing in a parallel plane (I See Through You), or searching for a missing sibling (It's Him), these incredible shorts examine the dynamics of life's moments as they play out within our familiar spaces.
December 7: STOP KILLING US (2020) / Directed by Kiana Woodson, Written by Terri Abney
December 8: EVENING NEWS (2019) / Directed by Eren Gülfidan
December 9 : THE SEAL (2019) / Directed by Richa Rudola
December 10: I SEE THROUGH YOU (2018) / Directed by Lael Rogers
December 11: IT’S HIM (2017) / Directed by Sophy Romvari
STOP KILLING US by TERRI ABNEY
Streams Monday, December 7
Birthed from the myriad of emotions experienced watching the countless black lives murdered during the pandemic by police, Abney’s film shows how one day for a couple begins with love and ends in loss. It poses the questions: How many more? Will we be next? (2020 / 6 min)
EVENING NEWS by EREN GÜLFIDAN
Streams Tuesday, December 8
The bond between three sisters gets tested while spending an evening with their grandmother who battles with Alzheimer's disease. (2019 / 14 min)
THE SEAL by RICHA RUDOLA
Streams Wednesday, December 9
*FOFIF Funded Short
THE SEAL, starring notable Bollywood crossover actress Shahana Goswami, is a psychological thriller about a woman’s journey of healing from trauma. It’s about the battle between the mind that wants to forget, and the body that remembers. (2019 / 16 min)
I SEE THROUGH YOU by LAEL ROGERS
Streams Thursday, December 10
Two people in an alternate universe experience their relationship deteriorating across decades when one of them finally wonders what's beneath the surface. (2018 / 5 min)
IT’S HIM by SOPHY ROMVARI
Streams Friday, December 11
An unexpected encounter during an afternoon at the cinema catapults a young woman into a confrontation with her own grief. (2017 / 13 min)