Shorts: Observer Effect

Show Me Other Places
Navigating through a multitude of spaces from the natural world to man-made environments as well as virtual planes, traditional relationships between the creator, the tool, and the subject are questioned, shattered and reconstructed.
- Runtime: 11 minutes
- Country: Sri Lanka & United States
- Director: Rajee Samarasinghe
- Premiere: Philadelphia

My Saints Recognize Your Saints (Meus Santos Saúdam Teus Santos)
- Year: 2021
- Runtime: 14 minutes
- Country: Brazil
- Director: Rodrigo Antonio
- Premiere: North America

The Game God(S)
The Game God(S) shows 4 characters: Martina, Frank, Brianna and Craig. They share their experiences as the Goddess of the Crossroads pushes us between the then and the now, connecting The Game God, The Game and Capitalism to the Blackness.
- Runtime: 19 minutes
- Country: United States
- Director: Adrian L. Burrell
- Premiere: Philadelphia

The Fire This Time
A kaleidoscopic trip through the intertwined histories of pandemics, riots, and colonial violence. An archive constantly haunted by its possible collapse.
Featuring the voices of science journalist Sonia Shah, poet and literary scholar Anjuli Raza Kolb, medical anthropologist Christos Lynteris, epidemiologist Keiji Fukuda, economist William A. Darity Jr., and historians Nayan Shah, Kellie Carter Jackson, and Nancy Tomes.
- Runtime: 26 minutes
- Country: United States
- Director: Mariam Ghani
- Premiere: Philadelphia

By Water
By Water, is a documentary that was initiated when my brother left an unexpected message on my phone 3 years after his disappearance. I saved this voicemail for more than a year before I decided to heed its instructions. By weaving both myself and my brother into the film's structure, we met again.
- Runtime: 9 minutes
- Country: USA
- Director: Iyabo Kwayana
- Premiere: World

OUT / SIDE OF TIME
- Year: 2022
- Runtime: 5 minutes
- Country: United States
- Director: Jenn Nkiru