AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
BEST FILM: AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID
BEST PERFORMANCE: ENGLISH LESSONS performers
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST
BEST MUSIC: THE RIVER
Theme of night: Resiliance
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The 9th event in Los Angeles in 2019.
3 more festival events in 2019.
See you at the festivals.
– Matthew Toffolo
AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID, 40min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Almudena Toral & Andrea Patiño Contreras
It’s been a decade since Postville, a small town in Iowa, suffered the largest immigration raid at a worksite in U.S. history: 389 immigrants were arrested in the biggest kosher meatpacking plant in the country. As Donald Trump revives some aspects of George W. Bush’s immigration enforcement policies, the Postville experience sheds light on the impact, efficiency and repercussions of massive worksite raids.
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TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST, 8min., Documentary
Directed by Hayley Thom
Tony McClean’s life was tragically cut short when he died in the canyoning disaster at Mangatepopo, New Zealand on 15 April 2008. Later, the details of an ambitious vision for helping the people of Nepal was found on his laptop. We follow Tony’s sister, Hannah, as she heads back to Nepal 10 years later to connect with the people Tony wanted to help. The Tony McClean Nepal Trust is working to make his vision a reality.
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THE RIVER, 10min, USA, Drama/Family
Directed by Julie Lipson
A young piano student with a difficult life makes a meaningful connection with the mother of one of her peers.
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SUNSET GLORY, 9min., USA, Drama/Family
Directed by Jingyi Wang
Reese is trapped in a seemingly peaceful and quiet room but trying to tell an incredible horrendous story again and again.
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NINA SAIZA, 6min., USA, Drama/Family
Directed by Yangfang (Frances) Chen
Rachel March, a 12 year old girl, suspects that her piano teacher, Nina Saiza, has had an affair with her father. Things become more complicated after she finds out that her piano teacher actually has a wedding ring…
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ENGLISH LESSONS, 16min., USA, Drama/Family
Directed by Yimin Gu
An American woman haunted by the past has to overcome her trauma to save her 8-year-old Chinese student from the student’s abusive father
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AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID, 40min., USA, Documentary
NINA SAIZA, 6min., USA, Drama/Family
SUNSET GLORY, 9min., USA, Drama/Family
ENGLISH LESSONS, 16min., USA, Drama/Family
THE RIVER, 10min, USA, Drama/Family
TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST, 8min., Documentary