Culture & Diversity Film Festival presents:

SHORT FILMS on “LOVE, FOOD & FREEDOM”

KosherSoul 
Culinary historian and author Michael Twitty brings together a diverse team of chefs of color to present a historic communal meal rooted in African American, Jewish, and diasporic culinary  traditions in this Silver Telly Award-winning documentary film. 

Mise en Place 
Veteran dramatic filmmaker Andrew Kadikian presents the story of a chef who has lost his passion but finds new inspiration in an unexpected place. 

Variety Club 
Desperate to grow up and leave a camp for kids with disabilities, a young woman with Down syndrome plots her escape with a potential suitor.  

Deepa 
A woman nearing 60 with deep ties to her community in a thriving and active South Asian neighborhood comes to terms with emotions of love and loss. 

Love Will Set You Free 
A group of actors workshop and then present a musical stage play exploring the meaning of the  “Antebellum, Interracial, Intergenerational, Intersectional, Fully Sexual, Unbelievably True Tale of How the Power of Love Will You Free.”

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SHORT DOCUMENTARIES on “SPORTS, DREAMS & SAILING”

Shuttle 
A Thai badminton player takes on the challenges of a sports scholarship in Beijing along with academic and family struggles in passionate pursuit of a dream. 

Grassroots Drifter 
A teenage driver is born to drift. This sport of drifting is gaining traction in China, with drivers of all ages pursuing the exhilarating compe00on of two cars dramatically close to each other on the track. This film gets right in the car with the driver, and off the track with family and friends.

In Search of the Bells of Beijing 
A sound recordist in the Drum Tower in Beijing hears a mysterious operatic voice which leads him on a journey through the city and the history of the bells of Beijing, and eventually to a mountain temple where a giant bell still rings.  

The Digitalized Memories 
A young filmmaker attempts to recreate a childhood pet using AI, and confronts the mysterious intersection of memory, dreams, and imagination. 

The Call of the Ocean 
A farmer from rural China is drawn to the ocean and to sailing, venturing beyond family expectations and embracing the challenges and adventures of achieving his dream.