From desert wells to urban rooftops, this poignant shorts block traces stories of survival, inheritance and quiet resistance in the face of crisis. In Guardian of the Well (Dir. Bentley Brown & Tahir Ben Mahamat Zene | 6 min), a community in drought-stricken Chad grapples with the devastating impact of climate change; Undercurrent (Dir. Luca Smith | 6 min) follows generational fishermen in the Western Cape as they confront the collapse of their marine ecosystem; Pouring Water on Troubled Oil (Dir. Nariman Massoumi | 26 min) revisits Dylan Thomas’s 1951 trip to Iran, exposing the imperial machinations behind Britain’s oil interests; and Keeper (Dir. Hannah Rafkin | 39 min) tenderly observes a father-daughter beekeeping duo in the Bronx as they navigate illness, inheritance and love.
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