Kenya

Shorts 3: Black Perspectives

Close ties abound in these short films spanning Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, and the U.S. These six shorts explore the complicated relationships between parents and children, aunts and nieces, artists and their craft, and even former lovers.
A woman with intricate braids stands in front of a gate, with a colorful balloon display by her side.

Victoria

We join Victoria during the most hectic week of her year as a helium balloon saleswoman. As we follow her from one children’s birthday party to another, we also get an intimate look at her new beginning in life as a divorced, single mother.

This film screens as part of Shorts Program 3: Black Perspectives.[…]

Shorts 6: Departures

Unique perspectives and fresh stories drive this program of shorts by filmmakers new to the Festival who are reinventing cinema in ways both subtle and overt.
Over the shoulder shot from the point of view of a receptionist who is looking at a woman taking out money from her wallet.

Transaction

As a 25th birthday present to herself, a woman decides to hire a male sex worker so that she can lose her virginity. This short film is a powerful exploration of vulnerability and our ability to overcome the things that haunt us.

This film screens as part of Shorts Program 6: Departures.[…]

Rafiki

A tender tale of forbidden first love told in an electric, colorful Afropop style, Rafiki tells the story of the tender but illegal and taboo romance between Kena, a skateboarding tomboy blessed with great grades and soccer skills, and Ziki, the charismatic daughter of a conservative local politician.[…]

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