Jaro Films Showcase: Exploring Visual Stories

Too Late
- - Romance
  - Short Films
- - Short Films
Sita Sings The Blues
- - Musical – F
- - Classics
  - Feature Film
- 15+ U/A
An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.

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First Week Out
- - Documentary
- - Film Festival
  - Shorts Only
- - Film Festival Finalists
  - Short Films
- 9+ U
In 1979, Larry Williams entered prison and was released 42 years later. FIRST WEEK OUT is a short documentary that follows Larry’s pivotal first week of freedom.

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Guilty Until Proven Innocent
- - Drama
- - Film Festival Finalists
  - Short Films
- 15+ U/A
A wrongfully accused man must rely on a public defender to prove his innocence

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Mickey Hardaway
- - Drama
  - Film Festival
- - Film Festival Finalists
  - Short Films
- 11+ U
A Young Sketch Artist visits a well renowned psychiatrist as his life begins sprawling out of control after years of Physical and Verbal Abuse has taken a toll on him.

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I Am A Man
- - Drama
- - Film Festival Finalists
  - Short Films
Four Black men from different worlds have a heartfelt conversation about manhood, creativity, sex and their place in the world…

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Played
- - Drama
  - Mystery
- - Short Films
- 13+ U/A
Markus, Olivia, James and Britney play a game of catch me if you can until the game is not much fun anymore.

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GA 30005
- - Drama
  - Mystery
- - Film Festival Finalists
  - Short Films
- 13+ U/A
GA 30005 is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Jai Srinivasan. This film is about a social ill that is prevailing around the world.

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Conduit
- - Action
  - Mystery
- - Shorts Only
- - Film Festival Finalists
  - Short Films
- 9+ U
Adam, an aerospace engineer who helps pioneer Interstellar space travel through a wormhole is betrayed by his…

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Human Trash
- - Drama
  - Mystery
- - Shorts Only
- - Film Festival Finalists
  - Short Films
- 15+ U/A
A boy is thrown into a trash container from the future. In his frantic search for the exit, he runs into a mysterious man, who will make him doubt the origin of his own existence.

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The Bumbry Encounter
- - Drama
- - Film Festival Finalists
  - Short Films
- 13+ U/A
2nd PLACE WINNER PVIFF 2019 – The year is 1961 – Jackie and Terry Bumbry, a mixed race couple, have a paranormal encounter with a bright light in the sky while driving near Mt. Shasta.

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Russ & Dru
- - Comedy
  - Romance
- - Film Festival
  - Shorts Only
- - Film Festival Finalists
  - Short Films
- 9+ U
Russ’ ex-girlfriend has moved on. Russ has not. At all. He’s obsessed with checking her Instagram and…

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Fig Jam
- - Comedy
  - Romance
- - Film Festival Finalists
  - Short Films
While on lockdown, Brenda invites Teddy over for a late night hookup. One of the two is a bit more apprehensive and paranoid than the other and is keeping more than one secret. Will carnal lust or fear win out?

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The Duo
- - Comedy
  - Musical
- - Short Films
- 2022
- 13+ U/A
A contrasting music duo struggles to find their sound for their sophomore album, dealing with vices and relationships that stem from their previous success

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Translucence
- - Comedy
  - Romance
- - Film Festival Finalists
  - Short Films
- 13+ U/A
When a father meets his son’s girlfriend, he realizes she may be his illegitimate daughter

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Cake
- - Comedy
  - Romance
- - Film Festival Finalists
  - Short Films
- 15+ U/A
After a birthday celebration, a millennial couple’s relationship comes into question when a debate is sparked on sexuality and social norms.

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Sophia
- - Poetry
  - Romance
- - Film Festival Finalists
  - Short Films
- 15+ U/A
Every year, a man writes a love letter to his wife on her birthday, and this year isn’t any different.

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Pass Me By
- - Romance
- - Short Films
- 13+ U/A
The story of a successful financial guru with desires for a special relationship only to be too distracted to recognize a true love connection

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Rose From Concrete
- - Drama
- - Film Festival Finalists
  - Short Films
- 9+ U/A
Follows a 10-year-old girl, Rose, as she maneuvers her way through her Minneapolis hometown in a low-income based neighborhood known as Concrete.

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Valeria
- - Drama
- - Film Festival Finalists
  - Short Films
- 13+ U
Valeria, a 17 year old girl, in the face of bullying and the lack of help from the school and family, faces the decision to continue or not.

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