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Film School Shorts
"I Feel Stupid"
Season 1
Episode 3
An awkward teenage girl reconnects with a quickly maturing childhood friend. Directed by Milena Pastreich (Birdmen) and written by Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night). Made at UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media.
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26:41
Even across oceans and death we never forget the ones we love.
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26:05
Three young women confront prejudice and predation while navigating the adult world.
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21:04
Family is found in unlikely places in these two short films.
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26:41
Two women must choose between their beloved dogs and their futures.
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26:41
No one said life was easy. Two short films look at life as an outsider.
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26:41
Anxiety plagues the protagonists in three short films by student filmmakers.
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26:41
Life on the streets is unpredictable and filled with tough choices in these short films.
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24:29
A surreal mash-up of shorts with reincarnation, boy bands, a frog dance party, and more.
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14:15
Two stories of love. Love for boys and a love for eggs.
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3:26
A young woman returning to her grandmother's finds the house empty but full of memories.