Documentary Shorts 2026: Program 1
DIRECTOR(S):
Shervin Kermani; Freddie Gluck; Ting Su; Catherine Joy White; Yoo Lee; Mathilde Lavenne; Ricki Stern, Jesse Sweet SYNOPSIS:
RiverRun is an Academy Award-qualifying festival in the category of Documentary Shorts. This is one of two shorts blocks in competition, of which the winner may submit for Academy Awards consideration.
The screening on Monday, April 20 will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers.
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Jamie Huss and Gregg Jamback
Presented in Multiple Parts
Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts
After a volcanic eruption, Ramón walks the island of La Palma with his microphone, looking for ghosts....
7 min | Shervin Kermani | Canada | North Carolina | Spanish
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Gatorville
In Colorado’s forgotten valley, two siblings face alligators and the ache of leaving youth behind....
19 min | Freddie Gluck | USA | North Carolina | English
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Daily Worker
Digitizing union newspapers in the quiet of a dark room, a filmmaker reflects on their relationship to labor. ...
10 min | Ting Su | China | North Carolina | Chinese Mandarin
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Swim Sistas
Narrated by Academy Award® nominee Naomie Harris as Mami Wata, Swim Sistas follows four Black British women, ...
11 min | Catherine Joy White | UK | North Carolina | English
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A Man Who Takes Pictures of Flowers
Jung Myung Kim, a photographer who has dedicated over 40 years to capturing wildflowers in Korea, shares his s...
13 min | Yoo Lee | South Korea | North Carolina | Korean
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Totality
A group of people, mostly women, witness a total eclipse of the sun on the roof of a former lodge of the Odds ...
15 min | Mathilde Lavenne | France | U.S. | English
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The Hotline
The Hotline is a haunting, meditative look at opioid users connected through an anonymous phone line that acts...
34 min | Ricki Stern, Jesse Sweet | USA | North Carolina | English
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