DIVERSITY International Film Festival - Dec. 7/8 event
Comedy, Drama, Documentary, Independent, Short Films
See the Full Lineup of Films:
THE FATHER, 12min., UK
Directed by Doug Rollins
After 18 years, an estranged father returns to Wales to confront the sudden death of his son. Reuniting with his ex-partner, they grapple with a shocking discovery that challenges their past and present.
https://www.instagram.com/the_father_short_film
ARITHAARAM (Facial Makeover), 13min., India
Directed by B Suresh Kumar
Due to the advanced technological developments in Social media, the future of Therukoothu (Therukoothu in Tamil, is an ancient art, where artists play songs with dance and music in storytelling the epics. It is a folk art originated from the early Tamil country.) slowly started diminishing and the survival of the Therukoothu artists became a question mark? This film captures one such artiste and his mental agony.
https://www.facebook.com/babusureshkumar
https://www.twitter.com/sureshkumardft
https://www.instagram.com/sureshkumar_1971/
CYPRESS SLEEP, 15min., Turkey
Directed by Leila Norouzi Hasanbarough, Eren Uğur
PhD student Zechariah sets off to a historical cemetery in the countryside with his lover Seda for his thesis research. On the way, they bump into something they are not aware of. This creates an enigma between the two characters. Seda will make an important decision on this journey
https://www.instagram.com/cypress_sleep
I WOULD BE WITH YOU, 15min., Spain
Directed by Miguel Ángel Mengó
Ana, an aging drag queen, spends her nights performing in the same old cabaret, navigating between lost, sordid and violent loves.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29257997/?ref_=nm_flmg_unrel_3_edt
HOLESTEPPER, 17min., Peru
Directed by Sergio Fernández Muñoz
Angel (Oswaldo Salas), an enthusiastic high school teacher, discovers a website where his students make fun of him and his disability through some strange videos. Mixing the reality and the digital universe adolescent, Angel will be involved in a world hitherto unknown.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisahueco
https://www.instagram.com/oswaldosalaswilliams/
ZAFI, 24min., Nigeria
Directed by Chloe Coko
Two childhood friends Sakinah (14years) and Binta (15years) were married off to older men (45years and 64years respectively) to settle debts owed by their fathers.
https://www.facebook.com/CHLOECOKO
https://www.twitter.com/CHLOECOKOFILMS
https://www.instagram.com/CHLOECOKOFILMS
MONKEY ENTERS LANKA, 30min., China
Directed by Sale Surendra
The ancient city of Lanka suffers under a tyrant. Concubines are being abducted from all over the world. One special princess disappears and that’s when a legendary folk hero is called for once again, his name, feared throughout the heavens and hells.. the Monkey King.
http://www.hanumovies.com/
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https://twitter.com/Hanumovies
https://instagram.com/hanumovies/
AGOGO, 30min., Nigeria
Directed by Chloe Coko
In an era, where having only girl children or educating girl children was frowned upon by the community, a father defiles culture and religious doctrines to home school his daughters.
https://www.facebook.com/CHLOECOKO
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SUNA, 9min., Turkey
Directed by Irfan Kayas
While Ali is returning home after releasing his cows to the pasture, he hears that foreigners have come to the village for hunting and feels disturbed by this situation.
LISA THE GYPSY, 9min., Turkey
Directed by Irfan Kayas
Ercan is a twenty-two-year-old person who earns his living collecting rubbish to be recycled, sorting them out in the garbage bins.One day, when he's out working with his handcart, he comes across a reproduction of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. He brings it home and hangs it on the wall. However, her mother doesn't like it at all and angry.