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Us Being Epic
Enmeshed within the panoramic history of photography, an epic memoir unfolds - pictorializing the cultural and political imprint of an American Chinese family and tracing their diasporic journey through time.
18 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 25, 2:00 pm Theatre 2
Jeannette Louie
Vietnam: After The Fire
Thousands of veterans returned home intact in spirit and body, transformed not into victims but into builders, leaders, mentors, and innovators. These veterans turned the harshest crucible of their lives into a catalyst for extraordinary families, careers, and community impact. Their stories are not exceptions; they are simply stories America has overlooked for too long.
59 min.| USA | Documentary Feature
PSCC March 29, 1:30 pm Theatre 1
Phillip Large
Van Gogh And The Hospital Garden
On May 8, 1889, Vincent van Gogh entered a psychiatric hospital near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. The next day he wrote to his brother Theo that he had begun painting “violet irises.” The hospital garden offered solace and inspiration to Van Gogh during his stay. That tradition continues today, as hospital patients engage in artistic practice as a key part of their recovery.
8 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 25, 2:30 pm Theatre 3
Mustafa Eck
Voices From The Abyss
La Quebrada Cliff Divers in Acapulco, Guerrero, are a diverse group—including boys, girls, youths, elders, Afro-Mexicans, and natives—who earn their living by diving 100 feet into the sea from a dangerous cliff as part of a thrilling show at La Quebrada.
23 min.| MEXICO | Documentary Short
PSCC March 25, 11:00 am Theatre 1
Irving Serrano, Victor Rejón
Welcome To Tool Shed
A dive into the colorful community of queer senior citizens who congregate at the Tool Shed, a long-standing gay bar and sanctuary for queer people in Palm Springs, CA. Many of its denizens are the oldest survivors of the AIDS epidemic.
22 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 27, 4:00 pm Theatre 1
Daniel Talbott, Andrew Klaus-Vineyard
Where Sunflowers Grow
Since the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, one school in Chicago has become a place of refuge for over 200 Ukrainian children. For many, the classroom is their first point of stability as they navigate learning a new language and understanding a new culture, while coping with the uncertainty of loved ones left behind. With the support of the school, students are able to maintain their Ukrainian identity and carry a quiet resilience in the face of immense challenges.
4 min. | SWEDEN | Documentary Short
PSCC March 28, 4:30 pm Theatre 2
Rebecka Eriksdotter Pieder
White Belt
19 min. | POLAND | Documentary Short
PSCC March 26, 4:30 pm Theatre 2
Branislav Jankic
After a lifetime in front of the camera, Monika chose a different stage. With guidance from 3x World Champion Gregor Gracie, she trained with relentless discipline for eight months, preparing not as a model but as a fighter.
Wild Hope: Building For Birds
16 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 25, 11:30 am, Theatre 2
Sam LeGrys
Millions of birds pass through our yards during their bi-annual migrations, but they face an invisible killer along the way: glass windows. In the US alone, an estimated one billion birds die each year when they collide with windows. Now, two organizations help pave the way to a bird-friendly future.
Wild Hope: Cougar Crossing
14 mins. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 25, 11:30 am Theatre 2
Sarah Arnoff, Geoff Luck
Los Angeles is well known for its celebrities, so when the fearless cougar P-22 gained fame for making its home in the midst of the city, he inspired an effort to build the world’s largest wildlife crossing and helped spark a national campaign to support crossings and corridors everywhere.
Wild Horses At The Door
40 mins. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 26, 4:00 pm Theatre 1
Carrie Lederer
Coloradoan John Wayne Smith was homeless for eight years working through recovery when he resettled himself off-grid on a high desert mesa where wild horses roamed. A wounded pregnant mare showed up at his door and John nursed her back to health, later delivering her foal he affectionately named Blizzard.
Wishes: Windows & Nests
8 mins. | COLOMBIA | Animated Short
PSCC March 29, 11:00 am Theatre 1
Ana Maria Mendez Salgado
One rainy day, when Lulú notices that birds can’t make their nests in the city because of the spikes that line the buildings, she conjures her magical and slightly clumsy, Guardian-creature Kino. Together, they explore solutions in her surreal inner-world.
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Worn And Reborn
9 mins. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 25, 12:00 pm Theatre 3
Mykhailo Bogdanov
Follow a vibrant woman named Shelly who brings new life to secondhand clothes through bold colors, playful shapes, and handmade jewelry. As she reflects on her journey as a teenage mother and the joyful bond she shared with her son Lyndale, she reveals how creativity has helped her transform grief into joy
Wild Hope: Reclaiming Bear River
17 mins. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 27, 12:00 pm Theatre 3
Sam LeGrys
Over 150 years after suffering the worst massacre in U.S. history, the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation has purchased their ancestral homeland — called Wuda Ogwa, or Bear River — with a vision to return it back to nature.
Wild Hope: Significant Otter
15 mins. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 27, 11:30 am Theatre 2
Katie Schuler
In the heart of Monterey Bay California sits a nature-lover's paradise called Elkhorn Slough. This 7-mile estuary is one of the state's last great coastal wetlands and home to over 100 sea otters, but it wasn't always this way. In the 1800's and 1900’s, sea otters were on the brink of extinction from excessive hunting for their fur, and Elkhorn Slough was falling apart from coastal development.
Witness: Arctic Indigenous Voices
21 mins. | NORWAY | Documentary Short
PSCC March 26, 5:00 pm Theatre 2
A. Qilavaq-Savard, C. Kuptana, E. Lugt, J. Kilabuk, J. Vang, M. Fussing Rosbach, P. Daazhraii Johnson
Five powerful stories from the frontlines of climate change, where Arctic Indigenous communities fight for survival and the future they want to see.
You Are Special
4 mins. | UKRAINE | Music Video
PSCC March 27, 6:30 pm Theatre 1
Ilia Noyabrov
A little boy, fascinated by the legend that the white keys on the old Steinway piano, which "lives" in his parents' house, are made of elephant tusks, dreams every night of meeting the gray giants one day and never being separated from them…































