Outdoor Shorts Film Festival: 2021
"The New Normal"
STREAMING EDITION
Outdoor Shorts Film Festival 2021: “The New Normal” highlights a diversity of stories and filmmakers. As we optimistically look toward an emergence from the global pandemic and continue striving for greater peace and equity in a changing world, these stories touch upon the kinds of insights and changes, joys and sorrows, adaptations and surprises that the experiences of the last year have wrought.
This year’s curators were Wayne Cobham, a longtime GARNER board member, a Grammy Award-winning musician, and technological innovator; Susanna Styron, a screenwriter, award-winning director, documentary filmmaker, and essayist; and Kristi Zea, an Oscar-nominated production designer, costume designer, and producer and documentary filmmaker. This is Kristi and Susanna’s 3rd year with the festival.
FILM ORDER:
AN INFINITE FEELING by Daniel Aguilar
A mother and son are forced to understand one another while going through the stresses of COVID.
*I'M FREE NOW, YOU ARE FREE by Ash Goh Hua
A reflection on the reunion of a young man and his mother, a formerly incarcerated political prisoner—and a meditation on Black family preservation and the struggle for freedom.
TEACHING IN QUARANTINE by Lydia Cornett
A violist, barre instructor, and chemistry teacher grapple with the realities of teaching in quarantine. A celebration of—and tribute to—women educators in New York City.
ARIA by Christopher Poole
When a young couple install a "smart security system" in their home, they become increasingly paranoid about what might be lurking outside their front door.
I'M NOT TIRED! by Birgit Rathsmann and Tim Platt
A series of animated fables told to a puppet who will not go to sleep without being told stories.
*ALE LIBRE by Maya Cueva
A criminalized organizer and unapologetic immigrant prepares for one of the biggest moments of her life—her deportation case—and the risk of being ripped from her home and family.
CHOIR by Aisha Amin
For the members of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, singing has brought with it friendship, confidence, and a sense of belonging.
FULL PICTURE by Jacob Reed
Actress, comedian, activist, and wheelchair user, Santina Muha is experiencing something new in the age of teleconferencing: choosing when (or if) to disclose her disability.
THIS FOG by Jeff Stern
Shot on the harbor islands of New Hampshire’s seacoast, This Fog attempts to capture our strange and lonely, sometimes terrifying, sometimes beautiful pandemic lives.
* GARNER is proud to present three excellent short films by fellows of the Jacob Burns Film Center’s Creative Culture program.
Outdoor Shorts 2021” “The New Normal” is sponsored by Rockland County Tourism, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. and The Ebanietti Family.
GARNER Arts Center is supported by New York State Council on the Arts, Rockland County Tourism, The Village of West Haverstraw, NY and the Town of Haverstraw, NY.