In this Student Academy Award short film, experience a breathtaking fairytale retold in three distinct voices— from Japan, India, and France! When a fair and lovely princess, living in a kingdom of secrets and mistrust, learns that her country’s so called “enemies” from a foreign state are not so different from herself, she will have to make a bold choice in order to reunite with her most beloved sister. Both whimsical and deeply emotional, this award-winning short has screened at the Director’s Guild of America and at a number of prestigious festivals, including international festivals in Tokyo, Japan and Jaipur, India. From the hearts of passionate, emerging filmmakers, “Two Paper Nightingales” is truly an elevated and radiant adventure.

A recently widowed woman who used to take partner dancing classes with her husband must decide whether to remain stifled by her grief or find the courage to dance on her own.

Claudia, a young deaf photographer, is at the height of her relationship with her musician boyfriend, Matthew. However, her extremely strict hearing mother disapproves of the two’s love and continually abuses Claudia both physically and mentally as punishment. The manipulation eventually gets to Claudia and she isolates herself from Matthew. As time passes and both Matthew and Claudia feel the agonizing pain of being apart, Claudia devises a plan to catch her mother’s acts on camera, while Matthew plots his own solution to rid of the mother. When things don’t turn out as planned, Matthew makes a drastic, self-sacrificial decision in order to prove his desire to be a part of Claudia’s world.

Two American ex-spies have left their experiences during the cold war behind them. However, the fragile normality in life that they manage to establish is broken when one of the ex-spies seeks out the other more than 40 years later. Upon reuniting, old feelings resurface and a dark secret from their past is brought to light.