OCFF 2021: Documentary Shorts

Sun Jun 27 2021 at 01:30 pm to 03:30 pm

The Kessler | Dallas

Oak Cliff Film Festival
Publisher/HostOak Cliff Film Festival
OCFF 2021: Documentary Shorts BUG FARM (USA, 14 mins) - Dir. Lydia Cornett
Four distinct women in Central Florida bond over working with crickets, superworms, and roaches on an insect farm in the small town of LaBelle.
CASUAL WORKERS (South Africa, 12 mins) - Dir. Keagan Afonso
An abstract perspective into two young South African workers in the heart of Johannesburg’s industrial sector during Covid-19.
STILL PROCESSING (Canada, 17 min) - Dir. Sophy Romvari
A box of stunning family photos awakens grief and lost memories as they are viewed for the first time on camera. Filmmaker Sophy Romvari documents her first-hand experience as an exploration into cinema as therapy in this nonfiction short.
HOW TO RUN IN A STRAIGHT LINE WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED (USA, 17 mins) - Dir. Christian Vasquez
A meditation on the protests in June 2020 sparked by police brutality in Dallas, Texas.
TRADE CENTER (USA, 9 mins) - Dir. Adam Baran
The voices of five gay men who cruised for sex at the World Trade Center in the 1980s and 1990s haunt the sanitized, commerce-driven landscape that is the newly rebuilt Freedom Tower campus.
THE UNLIKELY FAN (USA, 10 mins) - Dir. Sai Selvarajan & Jeff Bednarz
She’s a Sri Lankan born, Dallas-based, retired teacher and mother. She’s also crazy about basketball. Meet “The Unlikely Fan” who knows a thing or two about hoops.
Q&A with attending filmmakers following the screening.

Event Venue

The Kessler, 1230 W Davis St, Dallas, United States

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