Social Impact Film Festival 2023: Selected Films

Social Impact Film Festival 2023: Selected Films

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Social Impact Film Festival 2023: Selected Films
  • Wind Phone

    “When you hear the sound of the wind or birds’ singing, convey your feelings to your lost loved ones through the phone.”
    - Itaru Sasaki

    Featuring anonymous conversations with peoples' loved ones, this documentary hopes to educate our audience about a unique way of navigating grief and loss.

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  • La Capa Azul (The Blue Cape)

    Two months after Hurricane Maria makes landfall, Puerto Rico's shores are left without power and infrastructure continues to collapse. A mother calls her 10-year-old son, Junior, to fetch the medicine his grandfather desperately needs. Junior dons a blue cape, made from the tarp that covers the r...

  • Come Back

    The story of a woman who was once again abused by her husband. Like many victims, she is at a loss, because it is difficult for her to make a decision about the final breakup of the relationship.

  • Resurrection under the Ocean

    Resurrection Under the Ocean plasma the resurrection of humanity in the darkest place of the ocean symbolically through a defenseless character. Deep in the ocean, they try to portray death in the dark. Then, the pain of resurrection, which begins with the sound of a whale symbolizing vitality an...

  • Who We Are

    "Who We Are" is a powerful short documentary that intimately portrays the lives of young women who've confronted daunting challenges such as homelessness, addiction, human trafficking, and domestic violence. This poignant film delves into their experiences and highlights the power of resilience a...

  • Monarcas

    Following the migration journey and metamorphosis of the monarch butterflies, the short documentary “Monarcas” tells the story of two Guatemalan undocumented day laborers, Pedro and Alejandro, who migrated from Central America in search of a better future for their families, only to have their wa...

  • '¡Sí Se Puede! - Trade Union Action in Colombia'

    The film highlights the numerous political assassinations of activists and the glaring inequality in Colombia, contrasting with the rise of the new progressive government led by Gustavo Petro. While the union leaders continue their fight for social justice, they constantly experience the looming ...

  • A System on Life Support: Owensboro's Efforts to Save Childcare

    Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, about 50 percent of Kentucky was already considered a “childcare desert,” meaning there is more demand for the service than there are available spots, and many childcare teachers and providers were already earning poverty wages, even as strapped parents struggle...

  • Amuka

    Amuka is journey into the present day of Congo, a challenge for the future. In a country that could feed up to 3 billions people, in which about 13 millions people are starving. Amuka depicts the resistance, the courage, the hope and the struggle of five congolese farmers to keep their families...

  • Migrant Lives in Pandemic Times

    Migrant Lives in Pandemic Times is a digital storytelling project produced by CERC Migration and Migration Matters. Recorded during the summer of 2021, the project presents both personal testimony and expert analysis to explore how the everyday realities of 12 migrants from across the globe have ...

  • Val-e-ree

    Short Film about a first responder suffering from agoraphobia after a sexual assault at work, must walk through the flames of a past trauma to step into a new life.