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Shorts 6: Departures

  Various

  Kenya, U.S.     86 minutes

Synopsis

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.

A young doctor has a series of strange experiences in Now, Be Still, a beguiling, unclassifiable and continually surprising film. In Transaction, as a 25th birthday present to herself, a woman decides to hire a male sex worker so she can lose her virginity. In The Non-Actor, a young woman travels to Los Angeles to treat her hearing loss and stays at her ex’s house with his new girlfriend. all the love I could handle tells the story of a mother struggling to balance her artistic career with parenthood.

 English, Kikuyu, Kiswahili 

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Screenings & Events

Screening

Sat, Oct 18 @ 12:00pm

at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01
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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

  Wanjeri Gakuru

  Kenya     20 minutes

Synopsis

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.

 Kikuyu, Kiswahili 

Film Credits

  •   Wanjeri Gakuru, Judy Kibinge, Susan Mbogo, Oluwaseun Babalola
  •   Wanjeri Gakuru
  •   Carla Wanyika, Oprah Oyugi
  •   Geoffrey Mwangi
  •   Gashiki Gashiki, Elsaphan Njora, Fish Chege, Salome Ng’endo
  •   Mawazo Mengi Factory, Docubox East Africa and Kosinima Inc

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