American Shorts – in cooperation with the CINEMAFORUM festival
An immigrant mother in Some Still Search, girls on the Mexican-American border in Burros, a security guard reviewing prisoners' correspondence in The Letter Room - all experience personal dilemmas, and all are part of a broader American story. In this section's shorts, filmmakers seek intimate stories with splinters of phenomena that determine the shape of the contemporary United States and the entire world. Or, they just want to know what the effects of a marijuana overdose might be.
The Letter Room
When a corrections officer is transferred to the letter room, he soon finds himself enmeshed in a prisoner's deeply private life.
Program was prepared in cooperation with the CINEMAFORUM Festival in Warsaw.
Comforter
Have you ever gotten so high that you disappeared?
Program was prepared in cooperation with the CINEMAFORUM Festival in Warsaw.
Rachels Don’t Run
While monitoring late-night calls at an AI companionship service, lonely customer support agent Leah impersonates an artificial dream girl to chat with the regular caller for whom she's developed feelings.
Program was prepared in cooperation with the CINEMAFORUM Festival in Warsaw.
Feeling Through
A late-night encounter on a New York City street leads to a profound connection between a teen-in-need and a DeafBlind man.
Program was prepared in cooperation with the CINEMAFORUM Festival in Warsaw.
Burros
A mini epic at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Program was prepared in cooperation with the CINEMAFORUM Festival in Warsaw.
Some Still Search
An immigrant family is torn apart by an ICE raid.
Program was prepared in cooperation with the CINEMAFORUM Festival in Warsaw.
