Documentary Shorts 2025: Program 2
DIRECTOR(S):
Laura Green, Anna Moot-Levin, Besim Ugzmajli, Emily Sheskin, Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, Jeremy S. Levine, Erika Cohn, Loren Waters LANGUAGE:
English, Albanian, Spanish, Gujarati SYNOPSIS:
As an Academy Award®-qualifying festival, RiverRun is proud to present a powerful selection of documentary shorts that shine a light on untold stories, diverse perspectives, and impactful moments from around the globe.
Presented in Multiple Parts
Camp Widow
Camp Widow is a gathering for widowed people by widowed people. Over the course of three days, attendees speak...
15 min | Laura Green, Anna Moot-Levin | English
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Five Seasons of My Childhood
A journey through childhood memories brings nostalgia full of pain and love. Nothing is as it was in childhood...
15 min | Besim Ugzmajli | U.S. Premiere | Albanian
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Livestreams with GrandmaPuzzles
A lifelong hobby becomes a lifeline for an unexpected Twitch streamer.
Screening in "Documentary Shorts, Prog...
6 min | Emily Sheskin | English
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Long Valley, The
A documentary about the hopes and dreams of the people of the Salinas Valley, one of the most productive agric...
13 min | Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck | English
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Return, The
After being apprehended at the US border and separated from his father for six months, 12-year-old Geovanny re...
26 min | Jeremy S. Levine | Guatemala | Spanish
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Shot at History, A
When Dr. Nita Patel was just four years old, her father’s battle with tuberculosis inspired her to make a pr...
24 min | Erika Cohn | India | English, Gujarati
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Tiger
Dana Tiger was just five years old when her father, legendary Muscogee Creek artist Jerome Tiger, passed away....
13 min | Loren Waters | English
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