Shorts: Coming of Age

Event Information

Films:

San Miguel / 2018 / Cris Gris / Mexico / 18 min

In order to heal her grieving mother, Ana, a devout 9-year-old girl, pushes her faith to its limit in hopes of divine intervention.

Foren / 2016 / Sushma Khadepaun / United States, India / 9 min

On a hot summer afternoon, Tanu and her grandma inquire of a world outside the bounds of their home.

Brave Little Army / 2018 / Michelle D’Alessandro Hatt / Canada / 6 min

The bold new girl at school inspires three classmates to follow her down a blissful path of self-realization, where they stumble upon a dark truth that forever galvanizes their friendship. Made with an all-female crew.

Aya / 2017 / Moufida Fedhila / Tunisia / 24 min

In Tunis lives Aya, a smart little girl, with her Salafist parents. But one day a special event disrupts the life of this family.

Skjemt Blod / 2018 / Gwenmarie White / United States / 6 min

In her CalArts thesis, SKJEMT BLOD (which translates to “bad blood” or “tainted blood” in Norwegian), Gwenmarie White uses what she has coined “girl kvlture” as a vehicle for meditation on American brutality. The orchestral black metal adaptation of Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” takes advantage of the tension between the sounds and images of pop culture and metal culture to call attention to larger aspects of violence and pleasure. “My goal is to always straddle the line between critique and complicity,” says White, “because it is a critique…but it’s also a love letter.” The line in SKJEMT BLOD is always moving, digging stubbornly and disturbingly deeper into tropes and stereotypes rather than dismantling them. Suburban whiteness rears its ugly (but also, like, really, really pretty) head, proving that “trve” brutality takes many forms, and moves with an insidious ease throughout the institutions of late-stage capitalism.

Samira / 2018 / Lainey Richardson / United Kingdom / 3 min

A coming of age documentary portrait about 19-year old Samira. From becoming the first female in history to join her University’s all male American football team, to getting the lead in Shakespeare’s Othello, Samira redefines what it means to be a woman in modern day Britain, in this visual exploration of youth, identity and womanhood.

Dressed / Katie Schiller / United States / 12 min

If you’re interested in coming-of-age stories, we recommend you check out our screenings of the feature films The Miseducation of Cameron Post or Boys Who Like Girls!