Shorts 4: Migration Flows

Name: Shorts 4: Migration Flows
Start: 2024-04-25T17:30:00-07:00
End: 2024-04-25T19:00:00-07:00
Location: Marina Theatre

100 min

Inspired by the flow of people and stories of migration, this shorts program is dedicated to the itinerant. Each film…

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Guests Expected

Directors Esteban Pedraza, Thao Lam, Kjell Boersma, Andrés Lira</strong, James Cutler, and Jacqueline Baylon are expected to attend

Directed by Esteban Pedraza Colombia | Shorts | 16 min
In this sharp, compelling drama, the rise of militarism and organized crime in early 1990s Colombia impacts the lives of a young married couple—and the entire country.

Bogotá Story

Directed by Thao Lam and Kjell Boersma Canada | Shorts | 10 min
A second-generation daughter conceptualizes her parents' journey from Vietnam through the movement of ants.

Boat People

Directed by Andrés Lira USA | Shorts | 17 min
Deep in the Central Valley, undocumented farmworkers share their stories and describe dreams transformed into harsh reality.

Primero, Sueño

Directed by James Cutler South Korea | Shorts | 17 min
A mixed-race Korean man wanders Seoul trying to make sense of his place in the world in a film that considers cultural identities and navigates an in-between space of documentary and narrative.

Confused Blood

Directed by Jacqueline Baylon Morocco | Shorts | 40 min
In this heart-wrenching drama, after a man drowns in the Mediterranean Sea, bureaucracy prevents his family from bringing his body home to Morocco.

Until He’s Back

Program Description

Inspired by the flow of people and stories of migration, this shorts program is dedicated to the itinerant. Each film in this block captures different stages in migration, starting with the circumstances that inspire people to leave their native land, the process of traveling to a new country, questions of returning home, and the potential of never seeing home again. This collection of shorts will take you around the world and back, literally and figuratively.