Global Shorts Forum: Current Events - Block B
Fragile Storm
Director: Dawn Fields
Producers: Dawn Fields, James Popiden, Kelly Raymer, Debbie Rankin, Tina Carbone
Writer: Dawn Fields
Cast: Lance Henriksen, Mackenzie Mason, Jody Jaress
Starring Lance Henriksen. A scared young woman goes to extreme measures to escape the clutches of a terrifying older man only to realize the shocking truth about who she is and why she's really there.
Extremis
Director: Dan Krauss
Producers: Julie Goldman, Bonni Cohen, Lisa Chanoff, Deborah HoffmannDan Krauss
A purely observational non-fiction film that takes viewers into the ethically murky world of end-of-life decision making in a public hospital. A Netflix original short documentary.
A Few Seconds (Quelques Secondes)
Director: Nora el Hourch
Producers: Marie Jardillier, Emma Javaux
Writer: Nora el Hourch
Cast: Marie Tirmont, Charlie Bartocci, Camille Lellouche
The daily life of 5 girls living in a hosting center in Paris. All haunted by their heavy past (rape, violence, abandonment..), they even try to move forward. They all try to progress, except one : Sam.