Join us for Film Feast, a screening of The Minors and S_15 followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Robert Machoian. The Minors received the Short Film Special Jury Award for Directing from Sundance and screens with the 2019 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour.

The Minors, film, 10 minutes
A slice of life film about a Grandpa and his Grandsons, the future and the past.

S_15, film, 6 minutes
This film explores the emotional aspects of filmmaking.

Join us for Film Feast, a screening of the award-winning film, El Desierto, along with sister film, La Sabana followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers Carly & Jared Jakins.

El Desierto, film, 19 minutes
Amid a formidable winter drought, a lone migrant worker struggles with his task of caring for thousands of sheep in the Great Basin desert. El Desierto poetically explores themes of isolation, climate change, and the Sisyphean plight of migrant workers in the United States. Winner of the Artistic Vision Award at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Jury Prize from RiverRun Film Festival, and Best of Show & Utah Short Film of the Year through the Utah Arts Festival, 2019.

La Sabana, film, 11 minutes
The promise of the American Dream is real to one rural Peruvian family as they attempt to send their son to The United States to provide for them. La Sabana meditates on the archetypal movement of people and their dreams of a better life. Nominated for Best Short Documentary at St. Louis International Film Festival, 2017.