Shorts Program # 8

La Reina (The Queen)

Short Competition

Memi prepares to become queen of the carnival. Lost in a world of grown-ups and trapped in her routine, she is torn between the glamour of pageant and the social pressure to become a winner.

Mie Nishi

Montana Premiere

A portrait of the only sports complex in Sao Paulo dedicated to Japanese culture. Gateball, sumo and baseball: the daily life of Mie Nishi.

Godka Cirka

Montana Premiere

Young Alifa looks up at the Somali Sky. She thinks about her daily life as a shepherdess. She knows that the day that will change her life forever is about to come.

Dry Season

Montana Premiere

Willits, an eclectic town two hours north of San Francisco, faces an uncertain future during California’s worst drought in 500 years.  With just a 100-day supply of water left, cooperation, conservation, and finger pointing all compete in a community made up of ranchers, back-to-the-landers, and marijuana growers.

Reunions

United States Premiere

The Zoltak family survived WWII with the help of a sympathetic Christian Polish family. REUNIONS tells the story of Sydney Zoltak’s return to Poland with the March of the Living and his emotional reunion with the Polish rescuer who saved his life.

Baja’s Secret Miracle

Montana Premiere

Mario Castro, a fisherman who decided to change the destiny of his community, narrates this wonderful story that takes us on a journey of decades, to understand how the town of Cabo Pulmo created the world’s most robust marine reserve.