"Meet the Filmmakers" - LIVE online session 1
Sunday, June 28, 2:00 pm EST
Moderated by:
Nora Armani Actor, filmmaker, film curator. SRFF Founding Artistic Director.
The films in this program stream online for 48 hours from June 27, 5:00 PM to June 29, 5:00 PM
Two Shorts

Song of the Seashell| Anna Bayatyan|Armenia |15:00'| 2019
A poetic short film about a lonely seashell washed ashore. The heart is full of longing, the days are vain, but a bird lives in the heart that breaks free and in
the silence the melody of freedom is heard.
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Old and New Kond| Emma Karapetyan| Armenia|08:41' | 2019
A short documentary about Kond, the oldest neighborhood of Yerevan, its transfiguration
due to modernization and gentrification and the loving portraits of the people who have inhabited it for generations.
Narrative Feature
"Meet the Filmmakers" - LIVE online session 2
Sunday, June 28, 3:00 pm EST
Moderated by Zahra Rasool
Head of AJ Contrast, Al Jazeera Media Network's Emmy-nominated immersive storytelling, and media innovation studio
The films in this program stream online for 48 hours from June 27, 5:00 PM to June 29, 5:00 PM
Documentary

INSIDE/OUTSIDE | New York Premiere
Nandini Sikand | USA | 2019 | 95'
Inside/Outside is a feature-length documentary film about women and mass incarceration in the United States as they struggle with the challenges of sexual assault, substance abuse, and often motherhood. Seen through the lens of a predominantly white county jail in a rapidly gentrifying town in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, this film explores challenges the women face inside and outside jail. Hearing from a chorus of women who share what it is like to be in Northampton County Jail, experts, and correction workers Inside/Outside addresses the hard and cold facts of the prison industrial complex.
Documentary

CAN'T STOP THE SUN FROM SHINING | New York Premiere
Teresa Mular | USA | 2019 | 48'
A documentary about four centenarian women between 94 and 105 years old living in New York who unravel their courage, strength and zest for life in unique and inspiring ways. Conveying a message against ageism, "Can't Stop the Sun from Shining" is an homage to older individuals who, in spite of adversities and life challenges, age without regrets and arrive with dignity and charm to the autumn of their lives.