SHORTS: The Neighborhood

Shorts in Program:

Lalito 10

Documentary Short by Jordan Matthew Horowitz • USA • 2022 • 17 mins.

When COVID-19 forced his school to close and remote learning proved impossible, a teacher in Guatemala built a classroom on wheels to bring education directly to his students.

Powers

Documentary Short by Paige Morrow Kimball • USA • 2022 • 24 mins.

When a budding artist in her 60s hangs joyful sculptures on telephone poles, she comes into her own and makes peace with her troubled past.

The Devil Will Run

Dramatic Short by Noah Glenn • USA • 2021 • 11 mins.

A young boy is convinced that the Devil lives in a hole in his backyard. Can he find the courage to face down his fear?

The Originals

Documentary Short by Alfie Koetter, Cristina Costantini • USA • 2022 • 10 mins.

Matty “Square” Ruggiero and his childhood friends, the Union Street Boys, tell their story of what it was like to grow up in South Brooklyn, where money was tight but friendships were tighter.

Where Land Ends

Documentary Short by Grace McNally • USA • 2022 • 28 mins.

There are only 12 full-time residents living on the mile by two-mile island of Cuttyhunk. Gwen Lynch is the only child on the Island and the only student at the last one room schoolhouse in Massachusetts.