Spotlight Program
Saturday, April 22, 6 PM, at The Minor Theatre
Cal Poly Humboldt Students get in free!
General Admission: $12
By Water
By Water, was initiated through an unexpected voicemail message my brother left me 3 years after his disappearance. I saved this voicemail for more than three years before I decided to heed its instructions.
Dir. Iyabo E Kwayana
12:30 minutes
USA
Rain in the bathroom
Priya, a housemaid's daughter, wants to bathe in her mistress' bathroom and plans to request the mistress the same. Nanda, Priya's mother, scolds Priya after hearing Priya's bizarre wish and asks her to make peace with what they have. Priya proceeds to make her wish come true without overruling her mother's command.
Dir. Rohit Relan
6:50 minutes
India
Six feet of seperation
March 2020. Dina and Noah can’t see each other anymore. How long is the separation going to last and will their relationship survive it?
Dir. Toni Nordli
18:00 minutes
Norway
Out of body
A young woman grapples with her sense of self in the aftermath of a breakup.
Dir. Tiffany Lin
6:06 minutes
USA
Psilocybin Woman
James, a socially anxious college boy, planned to do shrooms with his outgoing friend, Kai. Unknown to James, Kai invited many more people than James anticipated, leading him to have a bad trip and trigger thoughts of self harm. James ends up being soothed by a mysterious woman, who may perhaps be a figment of his imagination.
Dir. Shayne Jarvie
4:35 minutes
USA
This is not a film
Two deaf people are busy talking in a café. The world around them is kinder in the silence of judgments.
Dir. Mahdi Hassanieh
4:28 minutes
Iran
haven
Carmel is a lonely sheep farmer in her 70's & a survivor of a Mothers and Baby's Home. She strikes up an unlikely friendship with Tanaka, a young girl living in Direct Provision (an asylum seeker refuge) who wants to learn how to be a farmer.
Dir. Maureen OConnell
15 minutes
Ireland
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