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shareGrief, fear, and loss can consume the mind, but these twelve filmmakers convert adversities into connection, humor, and strength. Come celebrate this year’s Reel Voices films, which reflect on love that survives through memory and the community that surrounds it.
FREE post-screening reception for All-Fest Pass and SHORTS: REEL VOICES ticketholders at UltraStar Cinemas.
Program Start Time: 12:00 PM
Post-Screening Reception: 2:00 PM
In this program
WE LAUGH ALONE
Directed by: Talon Yacoub | 7 mins
A filmmaker finds connection and embarrassment while trying to learn how comedy can be both a part and product of one’s culture.
HONORARY
Directed by: Jasmine Tung-DeVaudreuil | 10 mins
A story of finding community and connection through the unlikely medium of high school badminton.
MESSAGES
Directed by: Brissia Pedraza | 8 mins
A compilation of voice notes from a group of online friends, these messages show the simultaneous limits and possibilities of fandom culture united through the internet.
MY DYSLEXIC MIND
Directed by: Vivienne Lim-Schmid | 6 mins
A journey of acceptance, growth, and confidence within a mind with dyslexia, revealing the cracks of inaccessibility embedded in the education systems.
RAE’S VIDEO DIARY
Directed by: Rae Diego | 8 mins
Through unfiltered diary entries, a growing teenager documents her peculiar growing pains–both heartbreaking and hilarious–that shape who she’s becoming.
ALL SACRIFICES MADE FOR THE LOVE OVER YONDER
Directed by: Marc Guaro | 9 mins
A distorted reflection of yourself in the waves will one day swim its way back to you.
I’M STILL FLYING
Directed by: Sophia Sayre | 8 mins
One grandma’s love for a fairy gave her the strength to go through an immigration journey from Iran to the United States.
CHROMA
Directed by: Lila Verdeflor | 7 mins
Three female artists paint a perfect picture of how art can be a tool for self-expression and healing.
BETWEEN CREASES
Directed by: David Xu | 8 mins
Through his late brother’s love of origami, a teenager discovers how a simple fold can connect memory, science, medicine, and hope.
Dates & Times
UltraStar Cinemas Mission Valley
Sun, Nov 8
12:00 pm
