Grit. Guts. Glory

Fri, Sept 3, PROG – 4

A package of five short films depicting the stories of courage and resilience, reassuring that no matter how the world tries to pull you down, one must gather the courage to confront those challenges, and live up to one’s dreams. After all – When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going!

A POUND OF FLESH
Dir: Oliwia Siem
11 min | 2020 | UK | English

A desperate employee gambles a pound of their own flesh against a large sum of their boss’s cash, with life-altering consequences.

ROCKY
Dir: Dani Seguí
11 min | 2020 | Spain | Catalan

Roc, a high school student with Down Syndrome has decided that his end of the year performance, is the playback of a very special musical number. But the director of his school will not allow it under any circumstances.

DEAD MODEL, LIFE MODEL (Modelo Morto, Modelo Vivo)
Dirs: Luri Bermudes, Leona Jhovs
25 min | 2020 | Brazil | Portuguese

Manuela, a transgender woman, when attending a living model drawing workshop, awakens to her own beauty and power. Modelo Morto, Modelo Vivo builds a positive narrative of affection and self-love for transgender people.

HALWA
Dirs: Gayatri Bajpai, Nirav Bhakta
15 min |2019 | USA | Hindi, English

Sujata, an elderly docile housewife learns about the passing of her childhood companion’s spouse. Having been cut off from her for over 30 years, Sujata musters courage to reach out to send her condolences via Facebook. Their rekindled bond doesn’t really go well with Sujata’s abusive husband.

GOD’S DAUGHTER DANCES
Dir: Sungbin Byun
25 min | 2020 | Republic of Korea | Korean

A transgender female dancer, Shin-mi, gets a call from the Military Manpower Administration, to attend for the Military Service Examination. Shin-mi, with everything in readiness, takes her steps to the Military Manpower Administration.