Shorts Program: Discovery – Student Filmmakers

This is a featured presentation of our Discovery program area.

Pam
Director: Amit Lerner
Documentary Short, 2020 [USA] English, 12 minutes
Pam, a 73-year-old retired NYC teacher, defies stereotypes of growing older as she prepares for her annual tap, ballet and jazz recital.

Hallowed Ground
Director: Catherine Rafferty
Documentary Short, 2020 [USA] English, 13 minutes
Hallowed Ground is a short documentary about two Rochester student orators, Tian Stephens and Anastajia Charley, learning the words of Frederick Douglass as they navigate issues of racism that shaped Douglass’s life and work.

Yellow Cards for Equal Pay {New York Premiere}
Director: Maia Vota
Documentary Short, 2020 [USA] English, 11 minutes
Members of the Burlington High School girls soccer team recount the launch of their viral #EqualPay movement, inspired by Megan Rapinoe and the U.S. women’s national soccer team, from its humble beginnings to national media coverage.

Chick Flicks
Directors: Tatiana Jorio & April Carroll
Documentary Short, 2020 [USA] English, 19 minutes
Chick Flicks is a short documentary that explores the experience of women-identifying film students as they navigate a very white male dominated industry, the me-too movement, racism, industry sexism and a film school that perpetuates it all.