This week, we bring you a genre-spanning selection of features and shorts from across four continents.
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Curtain Up! (dir. William Cui and Charlotte Wang, USA)
In America, every child of immigrants has an assimilation story, but not all of them involve being actors in a student adaptation of the hit musical Frozen.
In New York City’s Chinatown, the elementary school theater club of PS 124 prepares to stage a production of Frozen Kids. As these Asian American students gear up and rehearse for their big musical production with nervous excitement, they also contend with cultural stereotypes, family expectations, post-graduation uncertainties and the pressures that come with being young and bi-cultural.
The Birth of a Drummer (dir. Nicolás Stefanazzi, Argentina)
In a small town in northwestern Argentina, an old luthier orders his young apprentice, to take his last autochthonous drum to the next town. The young man accepts the challenge and a 125-mile walk awaits him, with no money and a drum to carry.
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The Virtual Guard (dir. Daniela Aguinsky, Argentina)
Girl meets girl … through a security camera. Can Miriam leave the totem and realize her fantasy?
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I Am an Actor (dir. Sara Wilkins and Sam Weeks, Switzerland/UK)
A former actress-turned-therapist heads a global network of self-help therapy groups for dejected and rejected actors.
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The Last Fitness Instructor (dir. Michele Williams, USA)
A vigilante fitness instructor investigates an explosion to save the world from IQ level loss.
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You Are Here (dir. Neo Bryce, Philippines)
As the countdown begins for the end of the world, Lu Araullo tries to make amends with his mother and his ex-boyfriend. With only a few hours left, will he get the closure he needs?
Come Home to a Feminine Woman (dir. Michele Williams, USA)
A woman Liz ‘Bryn Drescher’ is having difficulty saying exactly what she feels sexually.
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