Shutter & Light

SHUTTER BIRD

A Gotham Week selection, award-winning director Réi brings his most personal work to the screen with Shutter Bird. A struggling young photographer (Isabella Ferreira) and a recovering misfit (Dallas Liu) yearn to escape their farm town in Santa Ynez Valley.

“This film will break your heart and remind you to cherish every moment you have with everyone you love.” — Martin Desmond Roe, Academy Award-Winner and Co-Director of Two Distant Strangers

“Shutter Bird is a tour de force coming-of-age tale in California’s farmland margins. With epic cinematography, endearing characters, and propulsive storytelling, it seems unreal this is a short when it forcefully delivers a sensory experience on par with a feature film.” — Maytha Alhassan, Co-Executive Producer of Ramy

“Isabella Ferreira and Dallas Liu jump off the screen.” — Randall Keenan Winston, Director and Executive Producer of Shrinking

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 30 minutes

Language: English, Spanish

Cast: Isabella Ferreira, Dallas Liu, Geoffrey Rivas

Director: Réi

WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS YOU

Aney, a New York–based healthcare worker, returns to rural India after her mother dies from lack of medical care. Driven by grief and resolve, she sets up a clinic for village outcasts, hoping to change the system. There she meets Farida, a wise and resilient teenager from a nomadic tribe.

Aney's work with the village helps her heal from her mother's death, but Farida's life takes a tragic turn when her father dies because he can no longer afford his hospital stay. As Farida's life unravels, Aney discovers that her utopian dreams are no match for harsh reality.

Filmed over seven years, this deeply personal East-meets-West story of mutual healing shows how the sufferings and joys of the human experience blurs borders and boundaries; countries and caste.

More at: wherethelightentersyoufilm.com

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 37 minutes

Language: English, Hindi, Gujarati

Directors: Matt Alesevich, Hemal Trivedi