Not a Lot to Fear
Short Films and Mid-Lengths
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Directed by Ari Marcopoulos | 3 mins | 2021
A multi-generational portrait starring skateboarder, rapper, record producer and artist Sage Elsesser, his mother and grandmother, Marcopoulos’s short film bears witness to the bonds between three eras of Black America, with the elder matriarch, regally perched in an oversized leather armchair, serving as the fulcrum for a moment of familial bonding, all clasped hands and warm, tender vibes.
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Ode to Seekers 2012
Directed by Andrew Norman Wilson | 8 mins | 2016
Ode to Seekers 2012 was initially conceived at Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg, New York, which contains the abandoned children’s ward that is navigated through from a mosquito’s point of view. The similarities between human behavior and ... -
On God
Directed by Andrew Theodore Balasia | 10 mins | 2024
Perched on a darker ledge than most, Andrew Theodore Balasia’s "On God" is a kaleidoscope of tones, toxicity and tenderness, both funny and poignant, in which a man (Al Warren, "Dream Scenario") awakens from a gunshot-induced coma, determined t... -
Palmipedarium
Directed by Jérémy Clapin | 10 mins | 2012
Clapin followed up his acclaimed short "Skhizein" (2008) with this wordless and unsettlingly ambiguous fable about a boy who encounters a scraggly avian creature while duck hunting with his father. It’s a short whose placid surfaces belie a latent, buddi...
