Julien Faraut

100 min | 2021 | France/Japan | US Premiere

This film takes us on a journey to meet the former players of the Japanese women’s volleyball team. Now in their 70’s, the players were known as the ‘Witches of the Orient’ because of their seemingly supernational powers on the courts. From the formation of the factory team until their victory at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, memories and legends rise to the surface and blend inextricably…memories and legends recalled by the women at this reunion.

Official Selection:  IFF Rotterdam.

DỌLÁPỌ̀ IS FINE

Ethosheia Hylton

15 min | 2020 | UK | US Premiere

Soon to leave her very British boarding school and apply for a job, DỌLÁPỌ̀ is pressured to conceal her natural hair, and to change her name. Through exploring these suggestions that are being pushed on her, she clarifies who she really is and she owns herself.

Awards: BEST SHORT ~ American Black Film Festival, Miami, FL– World Premiere, HBO Short Film, BEST SHORT DRAMA /BEST ACTRESS- I Will Tell Int’l FF – FL US