Short Films Block F | Sunday 7:30-8:50pm

VOX HUMANA. Directed by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan. In the aftermath of an earthquake, the police find a man in the woods. A zoologist, a sound recorder, and a news team grapple with the truth that he may be the cause of all the natural disasters that devastated this small mountain town. Watch the trailer. Filmmaker in attendance.

FIELD RECORDING. Directed by Quinne Larsen. A meandering joke about three dreams. Recorded in English and chinuk wawa, an Indigenous language of the Columbia River. 

UNHOLY. Directed by Daisy Friedman. Unholy follows Noa, a young adult with a complex gastrointestinal disorder, as she attends her family's Passover Seder for the first time since being put on a feeding tube. There, she is confronted by pushy family members, malfunctioning medical devices, and a room full of food she cannot eat.

GOODNIGHT. Directed by Isabel Pask. A hospice nurse revisits the comfort and fear of childhood when she hires a babysitter to take care of her for the night. Watch the trailer.

AYO, CHECK UP! Directed by Nathan Xia. Two men's internalized struggles manifest in an incredibly toxic 1v1 basketball game. Filmmaker in attendance.