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FILM SCHOOL SHORTS 1
Friday, September 26, 2025 | 9:00 pm
Director present
Short films from student filmmakers around the Caribbean.
Event Details
Films
Evangeline
Inspired by Trinidadian folklore and the haunting character of the Douen, this experimental short film follows a wire figurine named Evangeline—based on the artist’s goddaughter—as she finds herself lost in a mysterious forest. Rooted in wire-bending, a traditional Trinidadian art form associated with carnival, the film brings this local legend to life through a distinctly Caribbean lens. With an “if you know, you know” approach, the film intentionally leaves much unsaid. The story is meant to be understood immediately by Trinidadians and those who know of the folklore, while others may have to dig deeper to uncover the story alluded to within this piece.Evangeline finds herself lost in the forest and encounters a Douen.
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Forget
Tania B. is being questioned, after her loss of memory, about the sudden disappearance of her Ex BF. She must explain the nature and origin of her Super Human Power.
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Drowning in Silence
Drowning in Silence is a hauntingly short dance film that explores the invisible journey of mental illness, how it builds in silence, hides behind joy, and spirals into despair when left unspoken. Through the visceral language of movement, this film follows a single dancer whose body becomes the canvas for the emotional highs and devastating lows of a life unravelling beneath the surface.
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Fragmented
In Bauta, a group of professional dancers revisit the history of the Afro-Cuban community through the mythical figure of Legba, the guardian of the roads, the mediating spirit between the world of humans and that of the gods. Originally from the kingdom of Dahomey, which crossed the Atlantic at the same time as African captives enslaved in the sugar cane fields of America, Legba will guide these bodies-machines, these racialized, dehumanized, disoriented bodies towards emancipation, while turning the Christian narrative on its head.
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Saint Andrews
Coming to terms with her family’s racial prejudice, a Chinese-Jamaican teenager is pushed to carry out a subtle act of defiance – one which may have permanent consequences.
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The Roads We Travel
Tamara must decide which path she’ll follow: the one that leads her home or the one that’ll take her closer to her dreams. One night’s adventure shows her they may not be as different as she thinks.
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Depeyize
Mikael aged ten , a Haitian immigrant, lives with his mother in the municipality of Boca Chica, he practices basketball every day with YEISON(22) and other young people from the neighborhood, but one day when he returns from practice his mother has disappeared. The immigration police have taken his family in “la camiona” back to Haiti. Yeison decides to take Mikael into his home, but this brings family conflicts to Yeison’s home.
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