• Public Spaces, Private Lives

How we present ourselves in public isn't always who we are in private. Personal secrets, hidden desires, and public personas clash in this selection of films.

Short Films

ALL THE WORDS ON THE PAGE

Throughout a conservatory audition, clues of Arlo's reading disability become uncomfortably clear.

BEVERLY HEIGHTS

Young actress Marci, who stars as a cheerleader in the hit television series Beverly Heights is seen by everyone as head cheerleader dating the football team captain, but behind closed doors she’s in love with a mysterious girl named Emily…

LOSER

Loser follows 22-year-old Alice, who works at a frozen yogurt shop, on what turns out to be an unforgettable day of her life.

MOTHERLAND

During 1979 at the height of the Iran Hostage crisis, Babak goes on a trip to meet his fiancé’s parents and ends up confronting the realities of what it means to be an Iranian immigrant in a patriotic post-Vietnam America.

THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY

A haunted Ida travels to the liminal site of her partner’s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time, and to say goodbye.

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