2021 Austin Film Festival & Conference

New Voices in Short Content
3 PM – 4:21 PM
See premiere short films from BIPOC creators!
4:21 PM – 4:41 PM
Filmmaker Q&A session

Cary in Retrograde
(USA, 28)
writers/wirectors: Priya Domfeh, Philipp Yaw
A tale about ALMOST never giving up, "Cary in Retrograde" follows a failed musician as he traverses a surrealist Los Angeles in hopes of a second chance.

HEARTLAND
(USA, 11)
writer/director: Jahmil Eady
A woman attempts to immortalize her dying grandfather using virtual reality technology, but her obsession with
documenting drives a wedge between them.

In the Darkness
(USA, 7)
writer/director: Meko Winbush
A man's life is disrupted when he begins to suffer from sleep paralysis.

Last Bodega in Brooklyn
(USA, 10)
writer: Mosiah Moonsammy
directors: Mosiah Moonsammy, Jared Glenn
An Afro-latino family in Brooklyn runs a local bodega in their neighborhood. A new organic store owner moves across the street with plans of expanding his empire and taking over the bodega. This Brooklynite Tribe must band together to save their business and community from being gentrified.

Metal
(USA, 20)
writer/director: Mischa Webley
A grieving grandfather takes up graffiti to overcome the loss of his grandson, a talented graffiti artist.

When the Sun Sets
(South Africa, 14)
writer/director: Phumi Morare
A young, black nurse living in 1985 apartheid South Africa must face her worst fears when she learns that her activist, younger brother may be in danger when he doesn't return after school.

Witchsters
(USA, 5)
writer/director: Charla Lauriston
A mockumentary that follows sister witches Michelle and Maya as they search for love in LA.