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Welcome to the Seventh Annual TIDE Film Festival! Check out this year's slate of shorts,
feature, and p
anel.

TIDEFF 2024 PROGRAM

SHORTS PROGRAM 1
NOVEMBER 16 - 11:00AM @ BRIC

Shorts Program 1

11:00 AM

BRIC

Grace

Natalie Harris

Directed By:

Sixteen-year-old Grace prepares for her baptism in the rural 1950's South. When she learns she must repent before the ritual, Grace contemplates her romantic feelings toward her best friend Louise.

Shorts Program 1

11:00 AM

BRIC

Down the Avenue

Victoria Suyas

Directed By:

Two inner-city kids from the projects have the time of their lives after they befriend an odd young boy with a mystical air about him.

Spirit of TIDE Award Winner

Shorts Program 1

11:00 AM

BRIC

A Short Film About Kids

Ibrahim Handal

Directed By:

Four kids from the refugee camp in Bethlehem decide to visit the sea for the first time in their life.

Shorts Program 1

11:00 AM

BRIC

hope ain't free

Alfonso Johnson

Directed By:

When a street preacher desperate for a cure for his ailing wife, receives the miracle he’s been praying for, he learns that even having “hope” comes at a cost.

Shorts Program 1

11:00 AM

BRIC

Don't F*ck with Ba

Sally Tran

Directed By:

An action drama short following a ragtag group of fems in the streets of Chinatown who band together to fight off a rival gang and protect their community.

Best Director Award Winner

Shorts Program 1

11:00 AM

BRIC

Que Colombianada

Samuel Vargas

Directed By:

A Colombian family is forced to celebrate Thanksgiving for the first time after their eldest son invites his crush to his house for the holiday, causing tension between family members.

Shorts Program 1

11:00 AM

BRIC

Live From the Clouds

Mackie Mallison

Directed By:

Live From the Clouds immerses the viewer in the intimate memories and imaginations of four women in the director's Japanese-American family, where everyday anxieties of shopping, paying the bills, and flying are ruptured by dreams of financial freedom and homecoming.

OPEN TO PUBLIC PANEL

NOVEMBER 16 - 1:00PM @ BRIC

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Ji Young

Moderator

Founder of TIDEFF

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Grace Ann Moss

Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for Warner Bros. Discovery

SHORTS PROGRAM 2
NOVEMBER 16 - 4:00PM @ BRIC

Daly City

Shorts Program 2

4:00 PM

BRIC

Daly City

Nick Hartanto

Directed by:

An Indonesian boy and his mother attend a church potluck and lie about their dish.

The Ballad of Tita and the Machines

Shorts Program 2

4:00 PM

BRIC

The Ballad of Tita and the Machines

Miguel Angel Caballero

Directed by:

When Tita, an elderly fieldworker, reluctantly hires an AI humanoid to fill in for her picking strawberries, she attracts the engineers’ attention because their humanoids cannot do her back-breaking work.

Best Film Award Winner
Fruits and Veggies that Help your Projections

Shorts Program 2

4:00 PM

BRIC

Fruits and Veggies that Help your Projections

Marian Fragoso

Directed by:

A single mother, determined to bond with her teenage daughter through yet another weight-loss juice cleanse, is forced to confront how her own insecurities may be impacting both of their lives.

Terminally Ill

Shorts Program 2

4:00 PM

BRIC

Terminally Ill

Chris Cole

Directed by:

When a struggling rapper is summoned to his grandmother’s deathbed, he engages in a madcap freestyle in a hilarious but heartbreaking attempt to prevent her from dying.

Hiraeth

Shorts Program 2

4:00 PM

BRIC

Hiraeth

Kunga Choephel

Directed by:

Teenage Kunga uses his camera to intimately document his return to a now distant homeland with his father. While reconnecting with their elders, they are forced to reconcile with their idea of home and the people left behind in their absence.

A Family Portrait, Queens

Shorts Program 2

4:00 PM

BRIC

A Family Portrait, Queens

Billy Silva

Directed by:

A single mother struggles with loss and hardship, but through the resilience of her three young sons, she
finds hope and joy once again.

Something Blue

Shorts Program 2

4:00 PM

BRIC

Something Blue

Jinsui Song

Directed by:

A young woman returns home to attend her cousin’s wedding. In this jovial setting, she struggles to confront the source of her past trauma.

AWARDS CEREMONY & CLOSING FEATURE
NOVEMBER 16 - 7:00PM @ BRIC

Closing Feature

7:00 PM

BRIC

Union

Stephen Maing & Brett Story

Directed by:

The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) — a group of current and former Amazon workers in New York City’s Staten Island — takes on one of the world’s largest and most powerful companies in the fight to unionize.

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