TRC Shorts Fest
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"Saverio" Turns a Stranger in the Backseat into a Journey Toward Compassion
At this year's TRC Shorts Fest, Ellen Ancui's "Saverio" follows a self-absorbed influencer who finds an abandoned elderly man in her car, colliding with her identity and the empathy she's long outrun.
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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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"The Ticket" Turns a Lottery Win Into a Full-Contact Comedy
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"Finding JaMia's Spirit" Rewrites What We Tell Children About Death
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Capturing Grief in Motion: Bren Cukier’s "Last Resort" Bridges Memory and Loss
Review by Alden Veyra Oct 31
Inside the Absurdist World of Abby Tozer’s "Muse"
Review by Seren Calloway Oct 30
Breaking the Fantasy: Megan Barker’s Bold Leap from Actor to Filmmaker
Review by Cael Montreaux Oct 30
Dreamweaving Identity: Nicole Dizon’s “Ruya” Threads Heritage and Healing
Review by Liora Pennick Oct 29
Confronting the Unseen: Kamaria Williams Turns Trauma into Psychological Horror
Review by Seren Calloway Oct 29
Fixing the Chaos: Jennifer Gouchoe Turns Leaks into Laughter
Review by Seren Calloway Oct 29
Finding Empathy Through Fury: Daniela Kafshi’s Bold Vision in “Ladybug”
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FilmQuest
"Easy Going" Builds a New Monster from Vietnamese Folklore
At this year's FilmQuest, Alex Derwick and Van Tran Nguyen's "Easy Going" sets a shape-shifting horror story inside a 1997 Vietnamese American family business, where the hunger to belong takes on a body of its own.
FilmQuest"Love in All the Wrong Places" Turns the Hunger to Be Loved Into Inherited Magic
At this year's FilmQuest, John Roche III's "Love in All the Wrong Places" follows a woman denied the right to love in a state-controlled society, trading genre comfort for a raw, funny, unsettling study of intimacy and who gets left out of it.
FilmQuest"Severed" Turns Obedience Into Dark Comedy in a Dystopian World
At this year's FilmQuest, Megan Duffy's "Severed" follows a woman doing her best to follow the rules in a dystopian world, until a discovery forces her to weigh obedience against what she owes the people around her.