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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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, 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
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
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
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
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
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