• The History of Us

From personal to shared histories, this collection of films looks at the stories that shape us — the choices, the moments, the people.

Short Films

& YET HERE WE ARE...

A lifetime passes through a couple as they sit on the deck of a ferry, holding each other in the sea breeze.

AND GRANNY WOULD DANCE

Marmar listens to the stories told by her grandmother’s friends. Based on childhood memories and shared stories, this is a tale of love, grief and resilience, and a tribute to the solidarity of Iranian women.

BITA JOON

On a seemingly prosaic day in the life of Bita, an Iranian woman with terminal cancer comes to grips with her changing relationships with her family as life transforms, evolves and slips away.

THE CAR THAT CAME BACK FROM THE SEA

Six friends drive to the Polish Baltic coast and back in a small, dented car. During their trip, their car and their country fall apart. Nevertheless, life goes on.

IS THIS NOW THE TIME I SHOULD LET YOU GO?

Mixing digital and analog footage with animation, a young woman strives to hold onto the evasive and shifting memories of her late father.

THAT NIGHT

A young writer repeatedly replays the last night he spent with a friend and reflects on whether things could have turned out differently.

WHERE WE STAY

Longtime friends Carry and Daniel have never acknowledged their underlying feelings for each other. Now that Carry is dying, time is running out.

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