Screenings & Events in Room 403/404 Tampa Convention Center
* Q&A with filmmakers marked with an asterisk

Wed., November 20

3:00 p.m.
Opening Remarks

SVA President, Harjant Gill
SVA Film & Media Festival Director, Jennifer Cool

3:15 – 5:45 p.m.
ETHNOGRAPHERS IN THE FRAME

Untitled Reflections (3 min)
A Letter To Lanka (28 min)
*On Behalf of the Living (105 min)
Filmmaker Q&A (15 min)

6:00 – 7:45 p.m.
IN & OUT OF THE ARTIST’S STUDIO

Bhaskar Chitrakar (11 min)
Alter Ego (17 min)
Beyond Being Silenced (23 min)
*El Taller de Naldi / Naldi’s Workshop (31 min)
Filmmaker Q&A (15 min)

7:45 – 8:45 p.m.
RECLAIMING/DECOLONIZING

*The Bee - A Reflection on Women, Land, and Occupation (29 min)
Producer Q&A (30 min)

Thurs., November 21

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
RITUAL REIMAGINED

Dragon Dance (Reimagined) (11 min)
A Serious Wedding (20 min)
Dragging Chains (30 min), winner Best Student Film

10:15 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
RECLAIMING/DECOLONIZING II

We are the Warriors (72 min)
Black Rio! Black Power! (75 min)
Future Tense: Conversations at Manchester Museum (22 min)
Our Film (49 min)
*Rage Against the Archive #2 (10 min)
Filmmaker Q&A (10 min)

2:30 – 5:30 p.m.
LANDS LOST & FOUND

Deep Time of Latent Space (10 min)
Further and Further Away (24 min), Honorable Mention, Jean Rouch Award
The Last Motorship (92 min)
*A Thousand Years Unfolding (56 min)
Filmmaker Q&A (15 min)

6:00 – 6:50 p.m.
PLAY

*Skate Haven (7 min)
*Pursuing Play (24 min)
Filmmaker Q&A (20 min)

7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
BEST FEATURE

Èṣù and The Universe (80 min), winner Best Feature
Discussion (10 min), Host TBA

Fri., November 22

9:00 – 1:00 p.m.
CROSSING BORDERS

Yoon (81 min)
After the Odyssey (86 min)
Cleaving East Pender (30 min)
#Darien (35 min), winner Best Student Film
Filmmaker Q&A (8 min)

1:00 - 2:10 p.m.
RISING WATERS

*When the Water Goes Down (20 min)
*Baffin Bay Deglacial Experiment (12 min)
*Hannia/Homesick (8 min), Honorable Mention, Best Short
Filmmaker Q&A (30 min)

2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
KINSHIP ACROSS BORDERS

*Decoupling (64 min), Honorable Mention, Best Feature
Filmmaker Q&A (10 min)
*A Part of Us (63 min)
Filmmaker Q&A (10 min)
*Parole (25 min)
TBD Filmmaker Q&A (10 min)

5:45 - 7:00 p.m.
PORTRAITS

Sahan Shakti - Fortitude (21 min), Honorable Mention, Best Student Film
Raja Bro / Raja Bhau (25 min)
*People Call Me Jeff (10 min)
Filmmaker Q&A (10 min)

7:30 -9:00 p.m.
SVA Business Meeting
SVA Film & Media Festival Awards
presented by SVA President, Harjant Gill

Sat., November 23

9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
HOME CARE / HEALTH CARE

A Night Song (45 min)
Leaving Romero (77 min)
Her Plot of Blue Sky (23 min), winner Jean Rouch Award

11:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.
POWERS UNEQUAL

Flickering Lights (90 min)
The Board (19 min)
Hymns from the Dead (13 min)
Center of Life (23 min), winner Best Short
*Shame on You! (11 min)
Filmmaker Q&A (10 min)

2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
RECLAIMING/DECOLONIZING III

El Signo Vacío/The Empty Sign (76 min)
Second of July: Reclaiming Our History (47 min)