Izzy Mana & Enrico Bellenghi 10/18/22 Izzy Mana & Enrico Bellenghi 10/18/22

Familiar Traces

Directed by Izzy Mana and Enrico Bellenghi, Familiar Traces is a fashion film narrative which explores the internal pressure that second generation Black British youth face from a young age

Harsh Hudda 7/25/22 Harsh Hudda 7/25/22

कहीं एक मौसम (Kahin Ek Mausam) | Somewhere A Season

The short film 'कहीं एक मौसम' (Somewhere A Season), directed by Harsh Hudda, is about लय (the rhythm) of change within the continuity of life in a distant forest and the lingering of the past in the present

Robert Harrison 10/28/21 Robert Harrison 10/28/21

Tea with Lemon

TEA WITH LEMON (dir. Robert Harrison) is a quirky indie comedy film about a clueless poet/café regular who attempts to charm a waitress by learning her mother tongue. But she is too preoccupied by her failing marriage to notice his futile efforts

Zihan Ye 9/13/21 Zihan Ye 9/13/21

When the park is sick

Chinese artist Zihan Ye’s short film is a quirky, miniature and stop-motion filled narrative of going through change

Helen Rose Driscoll 9/13/21 Helen Rose Driscoll 9/13/21

Treatment

A short film on outdated scoliosis treatment

Garreth Chan 12/7/20 Garreth Chan 12/7/20

Okuribito: A Dignified Portrayal of the Beautiful Dead

How do we care for the dead? Garreth Chan explores the intersections of beauty, mundanity, death, and family through his exploration of the film Okuribito and its soundtrack

Jasmine Li 9/7/20 Jasmine Li 9/7/20

“Nobody Knows”: Childhood on the Margins

Jasmine Li unpacks the 2004 Japanese film “Nobody Knows” as a case for society's responsibilities towards marginalized children

Vamika Sinha 8/4/20 Vamika Sinha 8/4/20

Sorry to Bother You: Reflecting on Modern Capitalism and Satirical Black Cinema

As part of our new "b-roll" film column, Vamika Sinha revisits Boots Riley's Afro-surrealist Sorry to Bother You, and why it offers important commentary on the intersections of race and late-stage capitalism in 2020.