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(Philadelphia Premiere)(World Premiere)(Best Short Narrative Nominee)Short NarrativeShorts Program

Jamaa Shorts

A film still from Eternal Kinship shows a Nepali woman with a soft gaze, looking at something off screen. She is wearing a red scarf draped over the crown of her head with a red top and a necklace with red beads and pearls. Coming into frame from the left are a pair of hands. One hand touches the forehead of the woman while the other hand holds a small gold platter.

Dilemmas within the community of blood relations.

Thank you to our screening partners: Laos in the House

Films in this Program

A film still from Eternal Kinship shows a Nepali woman with a soft gaze, looking at something off screen. She is wearing a red scarf draped over the crown of her head with a red top and a necklace with red beads and pearls. Coming into frame from the left are a pair of hands. One hand touches the forehead of the woman while the other hand holds a small gold platter.
World PremiereShort Narrative

Eternal Kinship (अनन्त नाता)

After his sister unforeseeably runs away with her lover, 10-year-old Suresh must deal with the ordeal of life without a ...

A film still from Hatchlings shows a young black girl holding her phone up to her ear. Her gaze is fixed off screen.
Philadelphia PremiereShort Narrative

Hatchlings

A resentful teenager is forced to babysit her turtle-obsessed half-brother; meanwhile, he dives into a vivid fantasy wor...

A film still from Lana shows a young Black woman with a calm gaze fixed off screen. She wears a gray, white, and red flannel with her hair in braids.
Philadelphia PremiereShort Narrative

Lana

In the turmoil of adolescence, Lana does not lead a life completely like the others. As a daily fight goes on in silence...

A film still from Lees Waxul shows a Black man sitting on a step with his back against the wall of an abandoned building. The structure is crumbling, with gaps in the walls and plants growing up from the floor. He looks off to the side at something off screen, holding a phone between his legs.
Philadelphia PremiereShort Narrative

Lees Waxul

In his village where bread is rare, Ousseynou, a former fisherman, finds fragile stability selling stale bread to suppor...

A film still from One Day This Kid shows a young boy standing in a body of water. He looks off into the distance at something off screen with an emotionless face. Everything around the boy is out of focus, including the side profile of a man who stands behind him.
Philadelphia PremiereShort Narrative

One Day This Kid

One day this kid will feel something stir in his heart and throat and mouth. One day this kid will reach a point where h...

Tickets

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4:00PM EDTSuzanne Roberts Theatre
4:00PM EDTSuzanne Roberts Theatre

Virtual

5:00PM EDT

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