Ingbert, the sock, applies for a position as double bass player at the Vienna State Orchestra. Bad idea.

Lazarus is a short documentary following Lazarus Chigwandali, a street musician with Albinism from Malawi as he teams up with a London-based music producer to record his debut album.

Join us for a compelling conversation for free following the screening of his short film with Academy Award®-nominated and Emmy Award®-winning director, cinematographer, and film editor, David Darg.

100% of ticket sales from each screening will be donated to Kids in the Spotlight.

Best of Film at Mason is a showcase of recent notable and award-winning films. From heartfelt to heartbreaking intermediate and senior fiction films, to poignant intermediate and beginning level documentary shorts, this program captures and celebrates the diversity of cinematic storytelling in Film and Video Studies at George Mason University.

Always Carry a Bible
Rhyan Elliott | Narrative | 6 min
An experimental portrayal of police brutality from the role of a bystander.

Sir
Kaidan Blackmer | Narrative | 10 min
Sir follows the day in the life of Ty, a young transgender man on his journey of embracing life authentically, despite the burdens and expectations of modern American society.

Ana, Myself et Moi
Zeyn Faddoul | Documentary | 9 min
How do languages affect multilinguals’ personalities?

You Can’t Frighten Me Like That!
Valeria Verastegui | Narrative | 10 min
Being the new kid in school, Victoria is relentlessly bullied by snobby Samantha. Will she survive her time at her new school, or will she spend her time living under Sam’s shadow?

Goodies
Jackson Harvey | Narrative | 5 min
A beautiful day at the park is ruined when Maury, a muffin salesman, has to fight dirty and compete with a crafty cupcake salesman.

Close Call
Kauri George | Narrative | 10 min
A disheartened young black woman gets an unexpected visit from her lifelong tormentor, she is forced to face her past and make a life-altering decision.

Love Your Brother
Jasmine Gates | Narrative | 6 min
When Lukas Quinn’s little sister gets sent home from school he learns that some things are a little more serious than they seem.

Disco Head
Lindsey Oblitey | Narrative | 6 min
Carter has a fateful meeting with an unexpected stranger in a bathtub who changes his life.

Bini
Erblin Nushi | Narrative | 20 min
A young boy, thrust into the horrors of war, clings to a piece of candy as he and his family are forced to become refugees.

Filmmakers will participate in a Q&A following the screening.

100% of ticket sales from this screening will be donated to Kids in the Spotlight.

The Neighbors’ Window tells the story of a middle-aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street. It is the first foray into fiction by three-time Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, Marshall Curry.

100% of ticket sales from each screening will be donated to Kids in the Spotlight.

The subjects of these films push past boundaries that have been placed upon them by culture, society, or even their own human bodies.

Filmmakers will participate in a Q&A following each screening.

100% of ticket sales from each screening will be donated to Kids in the Spotlight.

R.A.W. Tuba tells the story of a Baltimore child who experienced intermittent homelessness, but later in life went on to become a world-class symphony musician and professor.

As a child, Richard Antoine White (R.A.W.) slept wherever he could, sometimes in abandoned rowhomes where he was chewed on by rats during his sleep. Despite enormous challenges, R.A.W. went on to become the first African-American in the world to receive a Doctorate in Music for Tuba Performance from one of the most prestigious music programs in the US. Richard is now not only a tenured professor at the University of New Mexico, but he’s also the principal tubist of the New Mexico Philharmonic.

The Baltimore School for the Arts, a rare gem in the education world for it’s extraordinary track record of success, is where his life changed from a self-described “yo boy” with little direction to becoming obsessed with Tuba and ultimately following his dreams out of poverty. The director of the Baltimore School for the Arts met Richard on a chance encounter and after a one-in-a-million audition he set off on a course that changed his life forever.

Darren Durlach (Director) and David Larson (Director) will participate in a Q&A following each screening.

100% of ticket sales from each screening will be donated to Kids in the Spotlight.

Can one photograph change your life forever? History of Memory is a documentary film in four parts, about people spanning from Florida to Beijing whose lives were forever altered by the discovery, creation, or preservation of one photograph.

Ryan Sayward Whittier (Composer) and Heather Martino (Assistant Editor) will participate in a Q&A following the screening.

100% of ticket sales from this screening will be donated to Kids in the Spotlight.

A chef at a fine dining restaurant in New York City asks a Mexican dishwasher to find good tortillas.

100% of ticket sales from each screening will be donated to Kids in the Spotlight.

A colorful cast of characters long for what’s just out of reach.

Filmmakers will participate in a Q&A following each screening.

100% of ticket sales from each screening will be donated to Kids in the Spotlight.

Amaterasu is based on a traditional Japanese story of the sun goddess and her volatile relationship with her brother, Susanowo. The film was shot entirely with marionettes and sets made of found objects, and takes the viewer into an unknown world of strangely beautiful landscapes made of baubles and bells.

This is a family-friendly film.

Christine Papalexis (Director, Writer, Cast) will participate in a Q&A following the screening.