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100 Partially Obscured Views

An accumulation of images is a way to track perspectives and changing notions of when and how the border was constructed and what constitutes a monumental image meant to entice tourists to visit these places. The postcards also enabled me to respond, reflect, and interrogate the question of "what and for whom is a monument" and “how can monuments or monumentality also double as memorials?”

20 min. |  USA | Documentary Short

PSCC  April 1, 5 pm

Nicole Antebi

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402 (Road To Riches)

A music video debut for Father & Son hip-hop duo. Ish & Ish

3 min.  |  USA  |  Animation

PSCC April 1, 5:00 pm

Ishma Yusaf Vaelnti I

A Monolingual Nation

A Monolingual Nation

Explore the barriers that dissuade many English-speaking Americans from learning another language as well as the opportunities that await those who try.

13 min. | USA | Documentary Short

PSCC April 3, 2 pm

Pierce Thomas, IBE Engala

A-Hâ's Egg Cake

A-Hâ's Egg Cake

Our heroine finds a wooden box full of memories that have broken in the grandmother's room. Through the process of repairing the wooden box, she goes through the streets and reminds her all memories of the family love, and gradually reveals the unspoken love.

6 min. |  TAIWAN  |  Animation

PSCC April 2, 11:30 am

Raymond Lau

24 Hour Sunset

24 Hour Sunset

L.A. is a hotbed for artists.  Time to be inspired.

91 min. |  FRANCE |  Documentary Feature

PSCC March 31, 2:30 pm

Charles Derenne, Edouard De Luze

A Chocolate Lens

A Chocolate Lens

Steven Cummings’s approach was simple: use the camera lens to find the power amidst the storm. His images are a love letter to Black people across America.

21 min.  |  USA  | Documentary Short

PSCC March 30, 2:30 pm

Gabriel Veras

A Mouth Full Of Petrol

A Mouth Full Of Petrol

Wayne started banger racing in his 20's, just after an accident that took both his legs. Now it's time for his 12 year old son, JayDee, to carry the torch. As his first race draws closer, so does the pressure: to make his dad proud, keep himself from being injured, and to win the race.

35 min. |  UK  |  Documentary Short

PSCC April 2, 12:00 pm

Jess Kohl

26 Seconds

26 Seconds

Every 26 Seconds a child is trafficked globally, even here in the United States.

4 min. |  USA |  Animation

PSCC April 1, 12 pm

Kelly Galindo

A Dream Of Hawai'i

A Dream Of Hawai'i

In a world covered in plastic, Pete leads a nomadic life where he dreams of the pearly white beaches of Hawaii. Will his long journey bring him to a place not covered in plastic waste?

10 min. |  NORWAY  |  Animation

PSCC April 1, 11:30 am

Thomas Smoor Isaksen

A World To Win

A World To Win

Nguyen Dong, a concept artist and hobbyist FPV pilot, reflects on his approach to drone racing as he embarks on his first MultiGP championship.

6 min.  |  USA  | Documentary Short

PSCC April 1, 1:30 pm

Roberto Lazarte

Absolution, Parsin

Absolution, Parsin

A famously unsolved true-crime story describes a woman whose skeleton was found in the hollow of a tree, with no clues as to how she got there except for an ominous graffiti nearby, reading “Who put Bella down the Wych Elm”.

5 min. |  USA  |  Animation

PSCC April 3, 2 pm

Jack Nop

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Ancestral Prototypes

Ancestral Prototypes

A brief journey through the evolution of life and civilization as experienced through the eyes of our own "ancestral prototypes" with animations of actual cave and rock paintings from all over the world dating back over 40,000 years.

3 min. | USA | Animation

PSCC April 1, 5 pm

Jim Warren, Krusou

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Autumn Leaves

Autumn brings bitter sweet memories. A woman, missing her husband, struggles to control the leaves and her emotions in this fully animated hilarious take on the classic song.

4 min. |  CANADA  |  Animation

PSCC April 2, 11:00 am

Elizabeth Lewis

Almost Famous

Almost Famous

Follow Julia Baranek, the elected queen of Chicago's 2022 Polish Constitution Day Parade, as she navigates her aspiration of becoming famous

25 min. |  USA |  Documentary Short

PSCC April 2, 4 pm

Kalina Pierga

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Angel Dose

Angel Dose

Tarik, a South Asian-American nurse, races against time to deliver expiring vaccines across Philadelphia to homebound patients before the doses spoil. But with the 2022 midterms looming, the cheerful and ever-optimistic Tarik soon realizes that to actually address systemic biases in healthcare, he will have to change policy. So he decides to run for political office and faces off against an entrenched establishment candidate.

26 min. | USA |  Documentary Short

PSCC March 30, 6:30 pm

Sami Khan

Ave's America

Ave's America

A social commentary of America captured through the unique eye of renowned street
photographer Ave Pildas.

97 min. |  FRANCE, USA  | Documentary Feature

PSCC April 2, 2:30 pm

Patrick Taulère

American Justice In Trial

American Justice On Trial

Huey Newton faced the death penalty for killing a white policeman in a late-night car stop in 1967 Oakland. While Newton and his maverick attorneys boldly indicted racism in the courts and the country, and a groundbreaking jury led by a historic Black foreman deliberated Newton’s fate, the streets of Oakland and the nation were set to explode.

40 min.  | USA | Documentary Short

PSCC March 30, 11 am

Andrew Abrahams, Herb Ferrette

Ana Morphose

Ana Morphose

A little girl reads herself to sleep. As she dozes off, the physical world starts melting into an alternate reality where the contents of a book rule over the laws of physics.
Ana has to escape being swallowed by the overwhelming accumulation of printed knowledge and find her own space in a world where nothing is what it seems.

10 min. |  PORTUGAL  |  Animation

PSCC April 1, 1:30 am

Joao Rodrigues

Apayauq

Apayauq

Apayauq Reitan's journey to become the first out transgender woman to complete the legendary Iditarod sled dog race.

16 min.  |  USA  |  Documentary Short

PSCC March 30, 11:30 am

Zeppelin Zeerip

Bad Hombrewood

Bad Hombreland

A revealing look into the dark side of Hollywood’s history and the challenges Latinx filmmakers face while trying to succeed in the entertainment industry.

24 min. |  MEXICO  |  Documentary Short

PSCC March 30, 1:30 pm

Guillermo Casarin

Ballroom in Guangzhou

Ballroom in Guangzhou

Ballroom events, where LGBTQ+ community members showcase their fashion tastes and dancing skills, are trending in Guangzhou, China, thanks to a gay dancer named Purpo, and his Voguing team Vonders. Purpo introduced and promotes this culture in Guangzhou and to shed light on how the sexual minorities are making themselves seen in Guangzhou.

8 min. |  CHINA  |  Documentary Short

PSCC April 2, 4 pm

Leyi Huang

Below Surface

Below Surface

Aquafit classes can be a reflection of how kindness and caring for others, combined with exercise, can be an antidote for grief, stress, and physical illness, particularly special to seniors.

19 min. |  USA  |  Documentary Short

PSCC April 2, 1:30 pm

Lukas Hauser

Beyond The Summit

Beyond The Summit

After becoming the first person to ski the Seven Summits, team athlete Kit DesLauriers found herself searching for purpose beyond herself. And through an epic adventure of athleticism, survival, and conservation, she found it.

33 min.. |  USA  |  Documentary Short

PSCC March 30, 11:30 a.m.

Natasha Mynhier

Be Our Guest

Be Our Guest

In small-town New Hampshire, a young boy’s family opens their home to strangers in recovery while the opioid crisis rages around them. As he and his sisters enter adolescence, both the family and their guests are faced with difficult decisions about community, independence, and the real nature of altruism.

90 min. | USA  I  |  Documentary Feature

PSCC March 31, 7:30 pm

Dian Tsai

Benny

Benny

An intimate portrait of an aging New York City ticket scalper navigating his way through the Covid 19 pandemic.

15 min. |  USA  |  Documentary Short

PSCC April 3, 11:00 am

David Dominguez, Troy Vetri

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Bill Plympton's Master Class

Join the great Bill Plympton, one of the world's most renowned animators, as he shares highlights of his previous works and a work in progress.  (All those in attendance can get Bill to give you an animated work with his autograph!)

90 min.  |  USA  |  Animation

PSCC March 31, 11:30 am

Bill Plympton

Before Her Body Left

Before Her Body Left

A trans woman scrutinizes her reflection in the mirror, a battle between the self and the allo-self, in a surreal dream occurs. Meanwhile, her desires become an alien, breast floating, tentacles trembling, constantly luring her to the outside world...

7 min. | CHINA  | Animation

PSCC April 1, 4:30 pm

Yuxin Yang

Beyond the Fantasy

Beyond The Fantasy

Kat Savage is an artist, a photographer, a performer - and a stripper. Her art dares to defy patriarchal expectations by depicting sex workers in positions of power. Joined by her sister and girlfriend, Kat shows us how her job and her art are so intertwined.

14 min. | USA | Documentary Short

PSCC April 2, 4:00 pm

Madison Smith, Tara King, Rebecca Shaid

Bird's Eye View

Bird's Eye View

In a dingy factory we find an army of robots banging out bird cages on an assembly line all under the eye of a soulless security camera, until a one-eyed red finch flies in with the power of love and an ass that won’t quit.

5 min. |  USA  |  Animation

PSCC March 31, 2:00 pm

Matthew B.W. Sheehan

Blue

Blue

Former Army Ranger Chris Pesqueira experiences freedom after 33 years at Soledad State Prison in California. He leans into a community of formerly incarcerated veterans for support as he takes his first steps back into society.

7 min.  |  USA |  Animation

PSCC April 2, 11:30 am

Robert Petrie

Bourn Kind

Bourn Kind

Bourn, a Black- Jewish street artist confronts the fear and isolation of the moment through art and creates a street mural project to celebrates kindness and connection in his community.

12 min.  |  USA  | Documentary Short

PSCC March 30, 11:00 a.m.

Rachel S. Myers

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Bring The Salmon Home

The Klamath Salmon Run began in 2003, a year after dams, diversions, and drought led to a traumatizing fish kill that littered the banks of the Klamath with dead salmon for miles.  The event has become an important way for the many small communities along this remote river in far northern California to find solidarity in the struggle to protect their salmon and their way of life.

14 min. | USA | Documentary Short

PSCC April 1, 6:30 pm

Shane Anderson

Blueberry

Blueberry

A determined, practical boy has a change of heart when his favorite food comes to life.

5 min.  |  USA  |  Animation

PSCC April 2, 11:30 am

Stephanie Glover

Bowling For Columbine.

Bowling For Columbine

An alternately humorous and horrifying film about the United States. It is a film about the state of the Union, about the violent soul of America. Why do 11,000 people die in America each year at the hands of gun violence?  Following the film, an in-depth discussion of this seminal Oscar®-winning film with Director Michael Moore and producer Jeff Gibbs on its 20th award. anniversary

120 min.  |  USA  | Documentary Feature

PSCC April 2, 7:00 p.m.

Michael Moore

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Bottle Conditioned

Bottle Conditioned

Explore the small Belgian community where Lambic beer—one of the oldest, rarest styles of beer—is made. A cultural heritage almost lost after WWII, Lambic is on the rise again today.

82 min.  |  USA  | Documentary Feature

PSCC April 2, 6:30 pm

Jerry Franck

Boys Clap, Girls Dance

Boys Clap, Girls Dance

We follow "Girl" as she moves throughout her day, navigating the obstacles, people, and places, that are always in constant flux and that she may learn, are ultimately dictating what she knows about her life and doesn’t.

9 min. |  USA  |  Animation

PSCC April 1, 5 pm

Dena Springer

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