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Rhonda's Party

Rhonda, a reclusive nursing home resident with a tough exterior, has spent months planning her best friend's 100th birthday party, The band is booked, the cake is ordered, and everyone is invited. But when her friend dies on the eve of the celebration, a young nurse must deliver the crushing news, and Rhonda is forced to overcome her loneliness and decide whether or not the party should go on.

Richard Nixon — Paranoia and Moral Panics

This short film uses the story of Richard Nixon’s paranoia to explore how a similar outlook has been perpetuated on the larger social scale by the new media age. Skimming through the evolution of the mainstream media via television and newspapers, this short film comments on how politics has been paralysed by a media that has taken serious threats and sensationalised them, resulting in political cynicism and disengagement, which in-turn feeds a viscous cycle of nihilism and further sensationalist politics and media.

Documentary

Riding the Tiger: Letters from Capitalist China

A feature-length experimental video based on a 6-week stay in Mainland China in October-November 2006. The result is an intimate and critical look at China today featuring Beijing's workers, streets, stores, and parks, as well as closeup portraits of a number of characters.

River Rock Women's Prison

Life in lockdown. The gates close behind you... You`re stripped of your identity and reality strikes. Who are you? Struggling for identity where there is none. A series of events lead Zerva into the hands of Warden Adams, who teaches her an unforgettable lesson in respect, discipline, and freedom. A lesson in the only freedom she`ll ever know, the ultimate freedom... Surrender!