Hayat

Rendah Haj / Australia / 2019 / 14mins

Rahma, an Eritrean migrant, contends with feelings of isolation and disconnect while raising four young children in Melbourne’s inner suburbs.

Waters of March

Chase Johnson / USA / 2019 / 17mins

When a family loses its matriarch, each member must come to terms with her absence.

End / Fin

Lara Sousa / Cuba and Mozambique / 2018 / 15mins

In this arresting cinepoem, a young filmmaker inhabits an unsettled space between Cuba and Mozambique as her aging father recalls filming the revolution and how his vision of independence was at odds with dominating ideologies.

I Cannot Bury My Father

Nana-Jo N'dow / Ghana / 2020 / 28mins

In 2005, Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh murdered 56 West African migrants out of fear they were mercenaries intending to overthrow him. Isaac Mensah, one of the victim's sons, shares the emotional toll of this atrocity and his quest for answers.

Three Blades

Matthieu Maunier-Rossi / France and Haiti / 2019 / 29mins

Three generations in a Haitian family of men are preoccupied with their individual hopes and struggles.

Black Boy Joy

Martina Lee / USA / 2019 / 17mins

With nuance and sensitivity, this film examines intergenerational effects of limiting ideas about Black masculinity.