Shorts Program One
(available in BC)

Is there an opposite side of the track? Check out these shorts to explore the issues in the first of our two shorts programs featured this year.

Director: Amy Grappell
Country: USA
Year: 2021
Runtime: 31 minutes
Language: English
Trailer

KINDERLAND is a half-hour documentary film that tells the story of two secular Jewish summer camps in upstate New York. Both camps were founded by secular working-class Jews on either side of the leftist political divide. Kinderland was communist; Kinder Ring run by The Worker’s Circle) socialist. Despite numerous commonalities, they maintained a legendary feud from opposite ends of Sylvan Lake. 2021, Santa Fe International Film Festival : Winner – Best Documentary Short

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Director: Ruchama Ehrenhalt
Country: Israel
Year: 2022
Runtime: 10 minutes
Language: Hebrew w/English subtitles

From the perspective of Israeli biracial kids, BROWNWHITE explores how skin colour influences the development of identity. Weaving their lived experiences with findings from academic research, the film reveals these kids’ dilemmas around identity in a world that’s more complicated than brown or white.

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Director: Ayelet Vardi
Country: Canada
Year: 2022
Runtime: 7 minutes
Language: English

Based on a short story by Etgar Keret, GOODEED tells the story of a wealthy woman whose life takes a turn when she discovers that giving money to the homeless gives her a purpose.

SPONSORS:
Cyndi & Max Mintzberg