THE FUTURE OF FILM IS FEMALE
SUMMER SHORTS PROGRAM 2020
JULY 7 THE REWORKS: BELLY (2020).
Directed by Tannis Spencer.
The Reworks: Belly is the first of a 5-part video series of reworked scenes from iconic Black films. Belly is the first installation of the series with the off-screen opening monologue of Hype Williams' 1998 cult classic.
JULY 7 CURTIS (2017). DIRECTED BY TANNIS SPENCER.
Curtis tells the story of a young man struggling to make amends with the harsh family life he left behind, while ensuring the safety of his younger brother Jordan, still there. ONLINE PREMIERE
JULY 14 MEMORY XPERIMENT: KATHY ACKER (2019).
Directed by Aïda Ruilova.
A short film based on the literary work of author Kathy Acker. A young female writer explores her identity through sex and writing. ONLINE PREMIERE
JULY 16 JAZZ IN WAKANDA (2018).
Directed by Djaka Souare.
An otherwise uneventful day for Julie takes a more serious turn when her daughter, Jazz, starts to ask profound questions about slavery, and what she's learned at school. ONLINE PREMIERE
JULY 21WHITE SKATE ROCK (2019).
Directed by Mary Dauterman.
A delusional woman desperately clings to an abandoned skating rink and her memories of it. ONLINE PREMIERE
JULY 24 DEEP TISSUE.
Directed by Meredith Alloway.
A girl orders a special massage. Two strangers meet under mysterious means and discover they share a mutual fetish. ONLINE PREMIERE
JULY 28 THE FOLLOWER.
Directed by Stephanie Szerlip.
A small-town teenage girl, fueled by the hope of leaving her boring surroundings, entertains the increasingly sinister advances of an Internet friend in this beguiling riff on Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” ONLINE PREMIERE
JULY 29 SHORT SHORTS (2018).
Directed by Karina Dandashi.
An American Muslim teenager tries to maintain both her family’s approval and that of her friends. A coming of age about the little ways we divert from our upbringings with the choices we make. ONLINE PREMIERE
AUGUST 4 NO FORKS IN THE ROAD (2019).
Directed by Jessica Le.
At a routine greyhound rest stop, May encounters Annie, a teenage vagabond that offers to read her palm. Through their newly-found friendship and a hungry stomach, May’s struggle with her duality as an Asian American is reignited, leaving her at a crossroads with her cultural identity. ONLINE PREMIERE
AUGUST 5 BLOCKS (2020).
Directed by Bridget Moloney.
Blocks is an existential comedy about the mother of two young children who begins to spontaneously vomit plastic toy blocks.