SHOWING:
11:30 am, Sun. 9/24 @ Alabama Theatre
BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA (30 min. / Spain)
Directed by Javier Fesser
Binta is a 7 year-old girl who lives in a small village in southern Senegal. Binta admires her father, a humble fisherman who is determined to carry out an idea. French with English subtitles.
SIRAH (17 min. / Florida State University)
Directed by Cristine Spindler
Sirah, a young Muslim girl born in the United States, desperately wants to connect with others in her class. Her traditional dress and religious differences make her an outcast at her private school and she must choose between the world she wants to be a part of, and the one she grew up in.
CROOKED MICK OF THE SPEEWAH (11 min. / Australian Film Television & Radio School)
Directed by Philip Smith
Strong-Arm Sam and his promoter Gus are down on their luck. Tired of hearing about how much stronger Crooked Mick of the Speewah is, they decide to find the Speewah and challenge Crooked Mick.
VACTIONLAND (28 min. / New York University)
Directed by Lance Edmands
In a quest for independence, two young brothers embark on journey across the back roads of Maine on their bicycles.
SWIMMING (18 min. / University of Southern California)
Directed by Diane Lisa Johnson
A shy mail room clerk's life is changed when she takes a co-worker’s discarded love letter from the trash and decides to reply.
Binta And The Great Idea