83 year old Al is on a mission to ride the entire circumference of the world without leaving his neighborhood. But even greater than his mission is the unsuspecting impact he has on everyone who crosses his path.

Around The World In My Neighborhood

FilmSlam Student Choice Award for Best Short

Bike Cleveland

Three dancers with disabilities find freedom through movement. GUEST(S) ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&amp;A

Danceable

Three dancers with disabilities find freedom through movement.

The story of a woman who visits her boyfriend’s flat for the first time and discovers it’s been stripped of all personal belongings. Denied an explanation, she climbs into his head.

Curiosa

Desperately needing a break from the traditional Chinese practice of “Zuo-Yue-Zi,” a woman’s misstep might become her worst nightmare.

A Dire Strait

One man’s friend encourages him to call his mother...repeatedly!

Call Your Mom

After her father leaves her mother for her best friend, a devastated Bobbie embarks on a chaotic campaign of revenge.

Burn It All

Shorts Program 1

General Admission

Allen Theatre

CIFF patrons determine the winners of a variety of short film awards with each winning filmmaker earning a $1000 cash prize. Join us to learn which short films earned top audience honors here at CIFF47 and enjoy an always amazing lineup of audience choice award winners!

An animated true story about gender identity, Little League Baseball, the people who inspire change by trying to be themselves, and the superheroes who allow that change to happen.

Pete

English

The true Ohio based story of a young collegiate woman who tried to find justice for three years while her rape kit sat on a shelf, before becoming a key witness at the Senate hearings aimed at ending the rape kit backlog. GUEST(S) ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&amp;A

Backlog

The true Ohio based story of a young collegiate woman who tried to find justice for three years while her rape kit sat on a shelf, before becoming a key witness at the Senate hearings aimed at ending the rape kit backlog.

A group of friends, spending the weekend at a remote vacation rental in the desert, play a mysterious VHS tape and realize there are too many strange and terrifying coincidences. GUEST(S) ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&amp;A

Get Away

A group of friends, spending the weekend at a remote vacation rental in the desert, play a mysterious VHS tape and realize there are too many strange and terrifying coincidences.

When a Taiwanese-American woman prepares lunches from her childhood, she struggles to forgive herself for pushing away her immigrant mother.

Lunchbox

The Black String Triage Ensemble, an all-African American string orchestra in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, performs at crime scenes in the immediate aftermath of incidents of gun violence, altering the notion of first responders.

Black Strings

A married dairy farmer travels to a gay campground in rural northeastern Pennsylvania to search for the man he fell in love with 30 years before, and discovers the past is not done with him yet.

Campfire

A young girl develops muscles, but finds a different kind of strength.

Hello, Muscles

Questioning his place in the film industry, an aspiring young Mexican filmmaker explores how Hollywood has historically portrayed the Latinx community.

Bad Hombrewood

Spanish

A florist with a stutter is forced to cooperate with a voice- activated car on the way to an important delivery.

Voice Activated

When Brian meets Amy after a night out on the town, things move a little faster than he anticipated.

They Grow Up So Fast

The story of retired food-service worker Ruth Brinker, who at the age of 63 became a pioneer of HIV care in her community and a legend among San Franciscans. GUEST(S) ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&amp;A

The Ruth Brinker Story

The story of retired food-service worker Ruth Brinker, who at the age of 63 became a pioneer of HIV care in her community and a legend among San Franciscans.

After being court-ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous, Alicia (Emily Goss) reluctantly commits to going to 30 meetings in 30 days. GUEST(S) ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&amp;A

30 Meetings/30 Days

After being court-ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous, Alicia (Emily Goss) reluctantly commits to going to 30 meetings in 30 days.

The incredible true story of an immigrant Indian family who unexpectedly passes through the small Midwest hometown of Neil Armstrong in the wake of the ‘69 moon landing and the civil rights movement, ultimately ending up on the doorstep of the Armstrong home. GUEST(S) ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&amp;A

One Small Visit

The incredible true story of an immigrant Indian family who unexpectedly passes through the small Midwest hometown of Neil Armstrong in the wake of the ‘69 moon landing and the civil rights movement, ultimately ending up on the doorstep of the Armstrong home.

Around The World In My Neighborhood

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