{"id":21986,"date":"2024-02-18T13:42:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T18:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21986"},"modified":"2024-02-18T13:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T18:42:48","slug":"social-relevant-film-festival-announces-2024-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21986","title":{"rendered":"SRFF 2024 &#8211; The 11th Edition Narrative and Documentary Features Have Been Unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>SR Socially Relevant Film Festival NY &#8211; SRFF 2024<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>8 NARRATIVE<\/b><b>S <\/b><b>FEATURES in competition<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Friday &#8211; Sunday, March 15-17 &#8211; Cinema Village\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22074 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/From-Life-to-Life-210x300.png\" alt=\"From Life to Life\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/From-Life-to-Life-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/From-Life-to-Life.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>From Life to Life | New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beka Sikharulidze<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| Georgia | 2022 | 93 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story is set in 1990s Georgia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Luka is a surgical doctor, who saves lives, but struggles to adapt to the ruthless and corrupt new system and by all means tries to stay loyal to his profession. However, he has to make a choice between his family and the lives of others. His choice leads to irreversible consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beka Sikharulidze, Nino Kuratashvili, Ia Shugliashvili<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>TRAILER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22072 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Trust-in-love-200x300.png\" alt=\"Trust in Love\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Trust-in-love-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Trust-in-love-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Trust-in-love-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Trust-in-love-696x1044.png 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Trust-in-love.png 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Trust in Love | New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mick Davis<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| United States | 2023 | 94 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mickey Ferrera&#8217;s recording producing career is going down the tubes, his estranged wife wants a divorce and his son is struggling with the reality that he is gay, but Mickey is a warrior, so he&#8217;s about to get in the trenches and Trust in Love to keep his family together and maybe make one more good record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eric Roberts, Natasha Wilson, Sydney Bullock<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker. Trailer.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22071 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bleecker-210x300.png\" alt=\"Bleecker \" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bleecker-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bleecker-717x1024.png 717w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bleecker-768x1097.png 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bleecker-696x995.png 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bleecker.png 844w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Bleecker | New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edith Hagigi | United States | 2022 | 104 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The intertwining stories of a motley of characters in NYC&#8217;s Village that Maya, who has come to The Big Apple to find her place in this world, meets. A longtime couple who express their affection through bickering; a Texan lass who is forever looking for love in all the wrong places, her want-to-be punk son &amp; delusional mother who thinks she is the Queen of Egypt. A hapless therapist, a psychic, and an assortment of other characters create little distractions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Bob Ari, Alica Crowder, Tovah Feldshuh and Ben Stiller.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker and stars.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>TRAILER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22070 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Valley-of-Exile.Valley-to-Exile-215x300.png\" alt=\"Valley of Exile \" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Valley-of-Exile.Valley-to-Exile-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Valley-of-Exile.Valley-to-Exile.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Valley of Exile | New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anna Fahr | Lebanon | 2023 | 107 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two sisters arrive in Lebanon\u2019s Bekaa Valley at the onset of the Syrian war, embarking on a journey into exile that tests their loyalty to their country, their family and each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria Hassan, Hala Hosni, Michel Hourani<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>TRAILER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22069 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Maya-201x300.png\" alt=\"Maya \" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Maya-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Maya.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Maya | New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Julia Verdin | United States | 2022 | 104 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15-year-old Maya is being raised in a household stricken by her father&#8217;s abandonment. Her mom Camila&#8217;s boyfriend, Diego, is an abuser. Maya is followed on social media by a seemingly nice guy named Ray and they start meeting up in person. Maya begins to realize he has another agenda when he starts using her to set up for appointments with his &#8220;clients&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Patricia Velasquez, Isabella Feliciana, Billy Budinich.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker. <\/b><b>TRAILER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22075 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CITROTOXIC-195x300.png\" alt=\"CITROTOXIC\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CITROTOXIC-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CITROTOXIC.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>CITROTOXIC | North American Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Julia Zakia<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| Brazil | 2023 | 80 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citrotoxic is a fiction film about an unlikely encounter. During a weekend in a remote area far from S\u00e3o Paulo, Bianca and her young daughter Serena meet Z\u00e9, a solitary rural pesticide applicator. Uneasiness appears among the mother\u2019s struggle about poison&#8217;s dangers and spontaneous connection between the girl and Z\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bianca Porte, Luiza Leblanc, Jerry Gilli.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker. <\/b><b>TRAILER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22068 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/I-Am-GITOMO-201x300.png\" alt=\"I Am Gitomo \" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/I-Am-GITOMO-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/I-Am-GITOMO.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>I AM GITMO | New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philippe Diaz | United States | 2023 | 115 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the War on Terror started after 9\/11, Gamel Sadek, a Muslim schoolteacher is taken from his home and delivered to Bagram Air Base, a CIA black site, where he is questioned about the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden. Despite relentless beatings, starvation, and torture in Gitmo, Gamel maintains his innocence. As Gamel prepares for a hearing on his status with his lawyer, he realizes he could be held indefinitely, and that a testimony from John, a military interrogator, will be the deciding factor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Sami Sheikh, Eric Pierpoint, Eric St. John, Nora Armani.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker. <\/b><b>TRAILER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22067 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/You-Never-Know-One-Day-You-Too-Might-Become-a-Refugee-236x300.png\" alt=\"you Never Know One Day You Too migjht Become a Refugee\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/You-Never-Know-One-Day-You-Too-Might-Become-a-Refugee-236x300.png 236w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/You-Never-Know-One-Day-You-Too-Might-Become-a-Refugee.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>You Never Know One Day You Too Might Become <\/b><b>A Refugee<\/b><b> | New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teo Nicholas Ormond-Skeaping, Lena Dobrowolska<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| United Kingdom | 2022 | 73 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After their home is destroyed by a climatic disaster in 2043, a family from the Island of Grain embarks on a perilous journey to find a better life. A cli-fy drama co-written with human rights lawyers, climate mobility experts and communities that have experience climate displacement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Kaara benstead, Dominic Farrow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker. <\/b><b>TRAILER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22066 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Return-to-Eden-204x300.png\" alt=\"Return to Eden\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Return-to-Eden-204x300.png 204w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Return-to-Eden.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Return to Eden | <\/b><b>Out of Competition<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeff Gross | United States | 2022 | 87 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After several decades abroad, Josef Klein returns home to the politically polarized town of Eden, Oregon. Ever the outsider, he does his best to fit in, a losing battle until he meets Hope, a brilliant and equally lonely woman, who happens to be a dancer in Eden&#8217;s only strip club. An unlikely and exhilarating friendship with tragic consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gary Kohn, Jade Struck, Claude Duhamel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker. <\/b><b>TRAILER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>SR Socially Relevant Film Festival NY &#8211; SRFF 2024<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>11 Documentary Features in competition<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22085 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Crosses-in-the-Dust.png\" alt=\"Crosses in the dust\" width=\"222\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Crosses In The Dust<\/b> <b>| New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christine Kane<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| United States | 2023 | 52 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the Arizona-Mexico border, the Sonoran Desert has been weaponized as part of the &#8220;Prevention Through Deterrence&#8221; policy, costing the lives of thousands of migrants since its inception in the mid-1990s. A law professor and her students assist organizations fighting the ongoing immigration crisis while honoring those perished on their journey into America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker<\/b><b>.<\/b> <b>TRAILER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22086 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ora.png\" alt=\"Ora\" width=\"222\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Ora | US Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michel Garcia<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| France | 2022 | 53 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00c9ric Dargent, J\u00e9r\u00f4me Bonellli and Beno\u00eet Moreau: three lives, each their own handicap but more importantly one commun passion: surfing. A documentary taking us along the history of three peoples discovering how to overcome theirs obstacles through the ocean. The hunger of constantly moving forward takes the three of them to Tahiti to share their experiences, their knowledge of prostheses fit for the purpose and raise awareness to accessibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker. <\/b><b>TRAILER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22087 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Forgotten-Homeland.png\" alt=\"The forgotten Homeland \" width=\"230\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>The Forgotten Homeland | New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essam Nagy | Egypt | 2022 | 72 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A documentary about life at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, where stories and life accounts of refugees who were uprooted from their historical lands in Artsakh and are currently living in Goris and its suburbs are told.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>TRAILER<\/b><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22088 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Partings-and-Landings-300x167.png\" alt=\"Partings and Landings\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Partings-and-Landings-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Partings-and-Landings.png 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Partings And Landings | New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kardash Onnig<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| United States | 2022 | 62 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story of the filmmaker\u2019s four generations of Armenian survivor family who migrated from its ancestral home in Turkey to Syria, then Lebanon, and, finally, to the US. The film offers refugees everywhere the hope that they can rebuild their lives by integrating into a new culture. <\/span><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>TRAILER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22084 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phantom-Parrot-207x300.png\" alt=\"Phantom Parrot\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phantom-Parrot-207x300.png 207w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phantom-Parrot.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Phantom Parrot | New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kate Stonehill<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| United States | 2022 | 85 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A human rights activist is prosecuted under terror laws for refusing to hand over the passwords to his electronic devices during a border stop, unveiling unsettling questions about the rule of law, modern espionage and digital privacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker. <\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>TRAILER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22083 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sNOpring.png\" alt=\"sNOprint.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>sNOprint | North American Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simon Andr\u00e9 Kristiansen<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| Norway | 2023 | 50 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five people trek across the mountains of Hardangervidden in Norway, to spark dialogue with fellow adventurers around the climate crisis and the smelting snow, in one of the last places that is guaranteed to have it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker. <\/b><b>TRAILER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22082 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Depot-Reflecting-Boijmans-227x300.png\" alt=\"Depot - Reflecting Boijmans\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Depot-Reflecting-Boijmans-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Depot-Reflecting-Boijmans.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>DEPOT &#8211; Reflecting Boijmans | New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonia Herman Dolz | Netherlands | 2023 | 86 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A happy story of visionary minds around the content and construction process of the world\u2019s first, fully accessible for visitors, Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam and its unique historical parallel: the building of the Museum itself, in never-seen parts of the movie from 1935. Two buildings designed like a very special pair of gloves around an art collection. A symphony of Art and Architecture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker. <\/b><b>TRAILER<\/b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22081 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Son-of-the-Earth-300x202.png\" alt=\"Son of the Earth\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Son-of-the-Earth-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Son-of-the-Earth.png 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>ONLINE ONLY (do not include this title &#8211; just list the films together)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Son of the Earth | North American Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ning Tong Wang | China | 2022 | 60 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There has never been a hospice like this for children in China before. At Daisy House, children with terminal cancer or blood conditions get to stay with their families. They receive palliative care from medical personnel, social workers and volunteers, who support and comfort them and their families right the way through.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>TRAILER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22080 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-mind-Game-246x300.png\" alt=\"The Mind Game \" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-mind-Game-246x300.png 246w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-mind-Game.png 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>The Mind Game | North American Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sajid Khan Nasiri, Eefje Blankevoort, Els Van Driel<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| Netherlands | 2023 | 62 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he was just 14, Sajid Khan Nasiri fled Afghanistan alone. After a two-year journey filled with danger and hardships \u2013 which he minutely documented on his phone camera \u2013 he arrives in Belgium to seek asylum. In clips recorded with his telephone camera, and in messages to filmmakers Eefje Blankevoort and Els van Driel, he keeps track of his progress. Once in Belgium a new game begins: the mind game; about the psychological pressure young refugees face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q&amp;A with the filmmaker. <\/b><b>TRAILER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22079 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Manuscript-dont-Burn-1.png\" alt=\"Manuscript don't Burn\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Manuscripts Don\u2019t Burn | New York Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mariam Ohanyan<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| Armenia | 2023 | 57 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film tells about Armenian heritage of Lviv (Western Ukraine), particularly, writings of Armenian traveler Simeon Lehatsi, who lived in Lviv and history of Armenian church, which was closed during Soviet times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>TRAILER<\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22076 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blockade-206x300.png\" alt=\"Blokade \" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blockade-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blockade.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Blockade | US Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hakob Melkonyan<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">| Armenia | 2021 | 85 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For thirty years, the inhabitants of Chinari, an Armenian village, have been trying to survive the war between Azeris and Armenians and the difficult conditions imposed by a blockade situation. 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