TRC Shorts Fest
Every film below has a review by a League editor.
"MotherWound" Turns Generational Trauma Into a Creature You Can't Look Away From
At this year's TRC Shorts Fest, Hana Holloway's "MotherWound" gives inherited pain a body and a hunger, following a young woman who tries everything before naming the thing following her.
"Coconut Girl" Turns Childhood Shame Into Belonging
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"MotherWound" Turns Generational Trauma Into a Creature You Can't Look Away From
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"Head Case" Finds the Surreal Inside a Family Dinner
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"Coconut Girl" Turns Childhood Shame Into Belonging
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"You & Me (& Chaz & Rodney)" Finds Tenderness in the Awkward Age
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Grief Goes Off Piste in "The Blue Diamond"
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"You & Me (& Chaz & Rodney)" Finds Tenderness in the Awkward Age
Review by Alden Veyra Oct 8
Grief Goes Off Piste in "The Blue Diamond"
Review by Cael Montreaux Oct 8
"The Ticket" Turns a Lottery Win Into a Full-Contact Comedy
Review by Seren Calloway Oct 8
"Finding JaMia's Spirit" Rewrites What We Tell Children About Death
Review by Alden Veyra Oct 8
"Mind the Gap" Finds Comfort in the Uncertainty of Being Alive
Review by Cael Montreaux Oct 8
Grief Answers the Phone in "May I Put You On Hold?"
Review by Seren Calloway Sep 9
"Tradwife" Stages a Reckoning With Domestic Perfection
Review by Seren Calloway Sep 9
"Intervention!" Turns the Tables on Growing Up
Review by Liora Pennick Sep 9
"Pool Guy" Finds Grace in the Deep End
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