First Run Film Festival

Films G - K

G

  • Film Still from get out fast. Image of close up of boys face.

    get out fast, 12:04

    Haley Anderson

    A narrated character portrait about Coyote Boy, a kid who starts hopping trains after growing bored in his small town and disappearing.

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  • Film still from Him. Imageo of two young men, one whose face front to camera, one who is talking in his ear.

    Him, 12:38

    Christian Coppola

    Max, a deaf 12-year-old, becomes infatuated with his big sister's boyfriend during a weekend retreat.

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  • Film still from Hiraeth. Image of man from behind, he has an army backpack and shoulder pads on.

    Hiraeth, 16:00

    Neeraj Jain

    Ten years later, Aidan returns to the battlegrounds where he and his squad once fought a war.

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  • Film still Human Resources.

    Human Resources

    Ryan McGlade

    When a suburban office worker is killed by a hunter's stray bullet during a smoke break, his psychotic and diseased boss takes the freak accident as a sign of his personal messiah's apocalyptic return; as the boss spreads his biological and psychological disease into the office, his staff weighs the consequences of these twin disasters.

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  • Film still from I've Got a Son Called Rock N' Roll. Image of young man lying on bed, face up, from the shoulders up. Shot from above.

    I've Got a Son Called Rock N' Roll, 14:33

    Thomas Byrnes

    A high school musician steals money from his father to put on a school rock show.

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  • Film still from In Our Words. Image of hotel marquee that reads Lorraine Hotel.

    In Our Words, 30:00

    Cameron Harris

    In Our Words explores what African-Americans and Africans in the Diaspora in the U.S., South Africa, and Europe experience being Black.

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  • Film still from In White. Image of women sitting on couch with window bechind them.

    IN WHITE, 15:38

    Dania Bdeir

    Lara, a 24 year old Lebanese artist living in NYC, returns home to Beirut for her father's funeral. Her elegant strong-willed mother, Mona, pushes for Lara to behave in accordance with the social mores of Beirut and the traditional ways of grieving. Lara, in mourning and in need of her family, yields. Her Jewish Canadian fiancee, Noah, shows up to support her - but is surprised to discover that Lara has never told her family about him. Lara can't bring herself to risk losing her family but eventually must find a way to be true to herself.

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  • Film Still from Ina Nyo. Image of two women sharing a bed in a messy room.

    Ina Nyo, 12:00

    Mary Grace Evangelista

    Ina Nyo is day in the life of Ana, a young housemaid in the Philippines. Desperate to send more money to her mother, Ana is caught up in the scruples of the precocious teenage daughter and the older wayward son of the house. She must now decide what she is willing to compromise to maintain her place in the household.

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  • Film Still from Jihadi Street. Image of men dressed in black with masks surrounding a green puppet.

    Jihadi Street, 7:58 pm

    Yulia Fomenko

    Jihadi Street is a Sesame Street parody. It tries to answer the question - "What if ISIS produced a children's television show to recruit kids?"

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  • Film still from Killing the Fiddler. Image of framed photo of an old man.

    Killing the Fiddler, 7:16

    Barak Barkan

    A comedy about Adam, a Jewish man, five minutes before he marries a non-Jewish woman, Vicky Cheung. Just before the ceremony, he is confronted by photographs of his ancestors, who come to life in order to prevent this "unholy" matrimony.

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  • Film still from Kimchi Taco. Black and white photo of woman in a crowd.

    Kimchi Taco, 14:16

    Seran Kim

    Traumatized by the brutal murder of her husband in Spanish Harlem, a Korean shopkeeper finds an unexpected ally in a young Mexican woman with a secret.

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