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​Un-American Activities
In the 1930s, J. Edward Bromberg and Elia Kazan were friends and members of the Group Theater in New York. By 1940, Bromberg was in Hollywood where his acting career had flourished. Kazan followed him to California, living with Bromberg and his family while he, too, broke into the film industry. Years later, Kazan, by then famous, named Bromberg a communist.
31 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 30, 11:30 am Theatre 2
Anthony Sherin, Geneviève Mathis
Until You Come Home
Follow Michael Ortega's wrongful incarceration and the impact that this unjust physical absence has had on his family.
22 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 30, 4:30 pm Theatre 2
Sophia Jackson, Zella Milfred
Vlog
Cathedral City High School.
2 min.| USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 29, 11:00 am Theatre 1
Melissa Lopez
Walter's World
Fiona Kane moved into a 120-year-old Brooklyn brownstone with 72-year-old Walter Rossi and ended up staying for 2 years. And his house is extraordinary -- he's turned the three story building into his artist studio and gallery of kinetic sculptures, metalwork, handcrafted furniture, paintings, and neon art.
31 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 27, 2:30 pm Theatre 3
Fiona Kane
Undercurrent: Meditations On Power
The civil war in Sierra Leone (1991-2002) not only killed more than 50,000 people, it also led to thousands of innocent civilians having legs, arms or hands forcibly amputated by rebel soldiers. Or removed by landmines.
19 min. | NEW ZEALAND | Documentary Short
PSCC March 30, 11:30 am Theatre 2
Margot Nash
Velasco
A visual scrapbook dedicated to a childhood home of so many years and the memories held within.
3 min.| USA | Music Video
PSCC March 29, 6:30 pm Theatre 1
Cruz Moore
Voting Matters With Carol Anderson
America's youth will be challenged to prove their civic and political engagement in a high-stakes examination of voting rights and democracy.
25 min. | ITALY | Documentary Short
PSCC March 30, 11:30 am Theatre 2
Richard Adler
Until The Last Minute
A Ukrainian woman sees her husband off to war. She prays for her husband's return and makes a folk amulet (a motanka doll) with her own hands. In her prayer, the woman promises her husband to be with him until the last minute.
3.33 min. | UKRAINE | Music Video
PSCC March 29, 6:30 pm Theatre 1
Ilya Noyabrev
VHX
A collection of home movies languish on a shelf, longing to be watched again. Little do they know, there's a fate far worse than being forgotten.
5 min.| USA | Animated Short
PSCC March 29, 2:00 pm Theatre 2
Alisa Stern, Scott Ampleford
Wait
Jeremy Renner's song "Wait" is a heartfelt reflection on resilience and love, inspired by his near-fatal snowplow accident.
4.49 min. | USA | Music Video
PSCC March 29, 6:30 pm Theatre 1
Evan Hara
Warrior
After receiving a large payout from the church to pay back childhood victims of abuse, a Sydney man starts a medieval role play club in a desperate fight to turn his life around.
15 min. | AUSTRALIA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 31, 2:30 pm Theatre
Jemma Craig
Welcome To The Boom Squad
Intergalactic space travel is now a reality. Humans can journey across the galaxy, thanks to "Space Uber". Sounds fantastic, right? Unfortunately, it's not. Our increased presence in space has caught the attention of hostile aliens, and they're on their way.
29 min. | USA | Animated Short
PSCC March 30, 11:00 am Theatre 1
David Marshall
What Happens In Vegas Stays
11 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 30, 2:00 pm Theatre 2
Sulli
(Full Title: What Happpens In Vegas Stays In Vegas)
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Water levels shifts within a local reservoir reveal cloaked Las Vegas mob secrets, cracking open a once dormant murder case in an unexpected tourist location.
What Is Skating To You?
4 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 29, 11:00 am Theatre 1
Marcus Osorio
Cathedral City High School
Where The Deer Sleep
12 min. | USA | Animated Short
PSCC March 29, 4:00 pm, Theatre 1
Matt Udvari
When her mother tragically dies, a girl named Zoe embarks on a physical journey through the five stages of grief. Through encounters with several forest animals that are more than what they seem, she finds her own version of peace in her loss.
Where The Earth Meets The Sky
21 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 29, 11:30 am, Theatre 2
Rafael Salazar Moreno
Follow artist Charles Ross as he approaches the culmination of "Star Axis," a monumental land artwork engraved in the New Mexico desert, after nearly 50 years of work. Conceived as a gateway for time travel and a means to reconnect with the cosmos.
Whispers Of Colors
4 min. | SOUTH LOREA | Animated Short
PSCC March 29, 5:00 pm, Theatre 3
Sujin Kim
Junho Kim was raised as a mixed-race child in the aftermath of the Korean War. He recounts his feelings of being out of place and his longing for the American soldier father he never knew.
Whose Woods Are These
7 mins. | USA | Animated Short
PSCC March 29, 5:00 pm Theatre 3
Kate Nartker
In 1841, Julianna left her home in northwest Ohio’s Great Black Swamp to gather hickory nuts, never to be seen again.
Wild Creatures
23 mins. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 31, 1:30 pm Theatre 1
Chung Nguyen
Two homeless people navigating life on the streets of L.A. find moments of haunting beauty and unexpected humor. Joe, a handyman who became homeless during the pandemic, builds shelters for other people living on the streets. Krazy, a teenage train hopper, finds therapy and joy in her life riding the rails.
Words Of Her
9 mins. | USA | Animated Short
PSCC March 28, 9 pm Theatre
Charlene Xu
“That woman” comes to her city for a short stay. Inexplicable sensations torment her mind and body like meiyu (the plum rain), so she sinks into the reeds that grow out of the wounds on her finger.
You Will Not Replace Us
23 mins. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC March 31, 12:00 pm Theatre 3
Josh Greene, Luke Harris
Examine the shared tribulations and historical unity between Black and Jewish Americans.
Wild Animal
13 mins. | CHINA | Animated Short
PSCC March 30, 1:30 pm Theatre 2
Tianyun Lyu
In the Mongolian wilds, a hunter's heir,
With his father, a bond so rare. Kindness within, 'midst nature's might, A tale of love, in the wild's wild fight.
William Wyler: Willie Forty Takes
52 mins. | FRANCE | Documentary Feature
PSCC March 29, 1:30 pm Theatre
Bertrand Tessier
Billy Wyler is the all-time record-holder of Best Director Oscar nominations: twelve, including three wins. Born in Mulhouse in 1902, in an Alsace annexed by Germany, During the war joined the American army to fight the Nazi regime. Beyond the evocation of an extraordinary career, a portrait rich in unpublished documents of a man who always fought for freedom.
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​Would You Call Him A Bad Man?
4.51 mins. | USA | Music Video
PSCC March 29, 6:30 pm Theatre 1
Ian Hinden
In a dark neon fantasy world, Ava, a waitress at Big Pittie's Bar is forced into survival sex work. As our story begins, Ava is unfairly fired for trying to protect the tips of her fellow Pittie Party Girls. With the little resources she has, she must face a cruel and unjust world.
Wyld Canopies
4 mins. | USA | Music Video
PSCC March 29, 6:30 pm Theatre 1
Victoria Livingstone
A retro-inspired narrative music video recounting the “Artist’s Hero’s Journey"- of finding one’s passion and then putting passion to good purpose. Music by Leon Rosen.
Wind's Heritage
29 mins. | IRAN | Documentary Short
PSCC March 31, 2:00 pm Theatre 2
Nasim Soheili
Mohammad Wali Gandami is the last miller who knows the techniques of building and repairing of traditional iranian windmills. At the age of 68, he is still responsible for the maintenance of windmills in the city of Nashtifan.
You Don't Know Me
3.32 mins. | PUERTO RICO | Music Video
PSCC March 29, 6:30 pm Theatre 1
Coco Bigles
Cat Serrano's debut single "You Don't Know Me" is about finding the self respect needed to end a relationship.