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Nat Sel Still 3A film by Jimmy Evans
Environmentalist Sam Van Leer fights to save Miami from drowning.
9 min | USA | Documentary, Portrait

 

 


This My Favorite Mural

muralA film by Michael Arcos
An amateur German female filmmaker becomes infatuated with a tire shop mural. She decides to find the artist who painted the mural and makes her first documentary film. The more she investigates the mundane subject, the further she gets tangled in a web of tire shop mysteries.
11 min | USA | Documentary, Portrait


The Driver is Red

DriverIsRed_filmstill01A film by Randall Christopher
The Driver is Red is a 15-minute animated true crime documentary that tells the captivating true story of Zvi Aharoni and the Israeli secret service team that brought down one of the most powerful Nazis on the run. Fifteen years after the end of World War II, the team closes in on the murderer in Argentina in their attempt to bring him to justice. Premiering at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, we’re honored to present this film by an FSU Fine Arts alum.
15 min | USA | Documentary, Animation


Jamaica Man

jamaica stillA film by Michael Weatherly
A subjective look at British ex-pat Nigel Pemberton, this biographical picaresque is a highly stylized and unconventional portrait of a raconteur nearing the end of his life. Inspired narratively by Spalding Gray, it’s a controversial look at a man stuck in time.
63 min | Jamaica | Documentary, Portrait