SF IndieFest: True Stories: Documentary Shorts

Filmmakers in attendance

 

Blossom of Choice: Blossom of Choice is an experimental short film as an offering of change of perception and healing through self-reflection and presence and as a reminder of the way of life and nature: constant change. (7 min, dir. Tuğçe Evirgen Özmen)

Just say no… to Drugs.: Two baristas try to make a last-minute educational short film in their cafe. (9 min, dir. Jessica Limer Flores, Jaime Cardenas)

Kismet: The dissimilar lives of twelve California locals are shown in raw form. (20 min, dir. Lucien Newell)

Meet Me in Chinatown: tells the story of San Francisco Chinatown’s nightclub era through the lived experience of cabaret dancer Cynthia Yee, then and now. (8 min, dir. Jerry Hsiao, Anna Sophie Loewenberg)

Sprouts in Concrete: highlights the critical need for a better food system amidst global challenges like structural racism, poverty, and the climate crisis. It focuses on San Francisco’s Alemany Farm, an urban oasis producing 27,000 pounds of organic produce annually for over 9,000 people. (15 min, Diana McKeage, Divyanka Sharma)

Wipeouts: Wipeouts is about collective power and community for BIPOC girls, women, and gender-expansive people who surf. Inspired by a sentiment heard at programs lead by Oakland organization, Salted Roots, Wipeouts is about creating space for one another to fall, taking up space in the ocean, and building community in an otherwise white-male-dominated sport. (15 min, dir. Nesrine Majzoub)

You and I are a Work of Art: Amy is an artist and hairdresser who befriends and makes art with an unhoused artist, Thomas and his singing dog, Oswald. Amy introduces Thomas to Beth, a housed person who has lost her patience with some of her unhoused neighbors. The three connect through making art and empathetic conversation. (13 min, dir. Andrew Purchin)

Runtime
1h 27m
Format
DCP
First Showing
February 8, 2025