Future Shorts
True Wheel | USA
15th May 2015 | PEN OutWrite
Dir: Nora Mandray Curated by Future Shorts
True Wheel is part of a trilogy of short documentaries filmed in Detroit about DIY movements that have sprouted in our the city’s industrial era.
At first sight, Detroit appears as a … Read More
Umunthu | Malawi
15th May 2015 | PEN OutWriteDir: Mwiza Nyirenda
Curated by Future Shorts
I made the film with the understanding that the issue of homosexuality in Malawi has been divisive, emotional and its debates, Black or White. Rarely did parties, engage in more thoughtful … Read More
Mummy Busi | South Africa
15th May 2015 | PEN OutWrite
Dir: Iris Lebrun
Curated by Future Shorts
Each year in South Africa thousand of women are raped. In the province of Gauteng near Johannesburg, a single mother is trying to raise her four daughters in that tough environment.
James | Ireland
15th May 2015 | PEN OutWriteDir: Connor Clements Curated by Future Shorts
James focuses on a boy in Northern Ireland isolated by his sexuality, alienated from his family due to his parent’s marital troubles, the title character “James” reaches out in desperation to his teacher … Read More
The Goat | South Africa
15th May 2015 | PEN OutWriteDir: John Trengove Curated by Future Shorts
The Goat is a short film that was born out of research I was doing on Ukwaluka, an ancient and widely practiced coming-of-age ritual in South Africa. Xhosa boys between the ages of … Read More
Two Girls Against the Rain | Cambodia
15th May 2015 | PEN OutWriteDir: Sao Sopheak Curated by Future Shorts
After almost 30 years of civil war and the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia is still one of the poorest countries in the world. Traditional values and customs such as arranged … Read More
Pride | Bulgaria
15th May 2015 | PEN OutWriteDir: Pavel G. Vesnakov Curated by Future Shorts
When I was 5, my parents lost their jobs. Bulgaria was in the early throws of transition to democracy and market economy, and many people of my parents’ generation faced a … Read More