Shorts Program: Nothing About Us Without Us

This is a featured presentation of our Nothing About Us Without Us program area.

Ava & Bianca
Director: Rachel Fleit
Documentary Short, 2020 [USA] English, 15 minutes
Ava & Bianca is a short documentary film that explores the profound relationship between Ava Benjamin Schorr and Bianca Cline who are both transgender female cinematographers. The film explores who they are beyond their trans identity, what it means to be a female cinematographer and last but certainly not least, what it means to be a woman in this moment in time.

Single
Director and Writer: Ashley Eakin
Narrative Short, 2020 [USA] English, 15 minutes
A girl born with one arm gets set-up on a blind date with a guy who has one hand…and she is pissed.

La Indefinible {World Premiere}
Director: Agustina Biasutto
Documentary Short, 2020 [USA] English, Spanish, Portuguese 10 minutes
La Indefinible is an abstract, documentary-style celebration of the diversity of latin women and a glimpse into the path of dismantling the Latina stereotype.

Material Bodies {US Premiere}
Director: Dorothy Allen-Pickard
Documentary Short, 2020 [UK] English 4 minutes
Through interweaving dance and dialogue, Material Bodies is a sensual and cinematic look at the relationship between amputees and their limbs. This visceral and colourful short film explores how a prosthetic leg can be more like a piece of jewellery, a dance companion, or a part of you.

Borderless (Bedone marz)
Director and Writer: Behrad Sahebgharani
Narrative Short, 2020 [Iran] Persian, 13 minutes
The story is about a teenage girl named Delaram who has Down syndrome, and because of the genetic disorder that has caused her particular appearance and limited verbal expression normal children and society think of her as mentally retarded. Delaram wants their judgments that, in her view, have created a border between them, to be removed.

êmîcêtôcêt (Many Bloodlines)
Director: Theola Ross
Documentary Short, 2020 [Canada] English, 11 minutes
In a relationship, two women decide that the white partner will carry her partner’s Indigenous child.

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.