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.

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CWRU AIDS Clinical Trials Unit

Hunger Network

A nostalgic woman confronts a stranger in her house, one who ultimately reveals their shared history and the love they have for one another.

Talk To Me In Silence

When a global famine strikes, a young woman must rely on others to survive. GUEST(S) ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&amp;A

How To Meal Prep During A Famine

When a global famine strikes, a young woman must rely on others to survive.

An antique music instrument dealer receives a magical vinyl record that reads your mind and plays your lost memories.

The Record

A politician learns just how quickly things can go terribly wrong when a career-defining live TV interview goes off the rails due to a surpise coughing attack.

Choked Up

In a world where Black men have wings and their first flight is
a rite of passage, Akil must defy fears, insecurities, and societal barriers while discovering his perfect launch into manhood.

We Were Meant To

In a world where Black men have wings and their first flight is a rite of passage, Akil must defy fears, insecurities, and societal barriers while discovering his perfect launch into manhood.

Shorts Program 7

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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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Shorts Audience Choice Awards 

Virtual Admission

Passholder Virtual Admission

CIFF is one of a very limited number of festivals worldwide that Oscar® qualifies short films in all three short film categories: Animation, Documentary, and Live-Action. Three film industry guest jurors will join us at CIFF47 to determine this year's Oscar® qualifiers and help announce them at our Jury Awards program. Join us to learn which films impressed our jurors and which three films will have a chance for Oscar® glory. Then, once the winners have been revealed, stay with us to enjoy a lineup of the films our jury has selected.

As he cradles his newborn, a father wonders if his daughter would be better off without him and imagines her life once he is gone.

Rosemary A.D. (After Dad)

Steven Cummings’s photographic journey through a disappearing Black Washington that uses pictures to tell a whole story. GUEST(S) ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&amp;A

A Chocolate Lens

Steven Cummings’s photographic journey through a disappearing Black Washington that uses pictures to tell a whole story.

In a completely gray world, people are terrified when the colorful identity of a conservative young man is accidentally revealed by a playful boy.

Its a Gray, Gray World

Malia Kipp—a member of Blackfeet Nation—broke barriers in 1992 when she became the first female Native American in Montana to earn a Division I full-ride basketball scholarship.

Native Ball: Legacy of a Trailblazer

Reut finds and reads her grandmother’s secret notebook from the Holocaust. Grandma’s story resonates in Reut’s well-developed imagination, and the fun week in Tel Aviv with Grandpa and Grandma turns into something else entirely. - Produced by the Ma’aleh Film School, Israel.

Girl No. 60427

Reut finds and reads her grandmother’s secret notebook from the Holocaust. Grandma’s story resonates in Reut’s well-developed imagination, and the fun week in Tel Aviv with Grandpa and Grandma turns into something else entirely. - Produced by the Ma’aleh Film School, Israel.

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