Shorts 5
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Refuge: A Duty to Care
Annie Goldson | 2024 | 40 min | New Zealand
World Premiere
From Doc Edge Superhero (2023), director Anny Goodson's film centres on life and work at a secret pet shelter, allowing victims of family violence to seek safety while knowing their animals are being cared for.
Finding Venus
Mandi Lynn | 2024 | 16 min | New Zealand
New Zealand Premiere
"Auntie Mandi...Am I fat?” These five words changed the trajectory of Master Photographer Mandi Lynn's life. Afraid that the next generation was going to face the same body shame that had impacted her life, she answered her niece as an artist and created a “Golden Breasted Shield Wall”.
Yatra
Hemal Trivedi, Matt Alesevich | 2024 | 27 min | United States
World Premiere
Haunted by her mother’s death, a young Indian-American medical student travels back to India to find closure. While there, an unexpected encounter with a young indigenous girl makes her confront her past and question her future.