World View – 2025

Tuesday, April 8, 3:15 PM

Sheep
Director: Hadi Babaeifar, Narrative, Iran, 14 min
A little girl in Tehran, living with her mother, decides to save sheep from being sacrificed for the traditional ceremony called Eid-e-Ghorban.

Across the Waters
Director: Viv Li, Narrative, China, 15 min
Bandstorm blows, waters scarce. In a remote mining town without any radio signals, a quirky teenage girl gets curious about a passing truck driver.

A Summer’s End Poem
Director: Lam Can-zhao, Narrative, China, 15 min
Shortly before the end of the summer holidays, a country boy spends his savings on his dream of a city hairstyle – with surprising results. A story about bidding farewell to childhood and the poetic end of a summer.

Three Meals
Director: Pelin Keskin Liu, Narrative, USA, 15 min
When her brother’s health worsens, Yasmin returns from living abroad to convince her mother to turn off his life support machine.

Bogotá Story
Director: Esteban Pedraza, Narrative, Colombia, 16 min
Pilar, a young mother in Bogotá, receives an internship opportunity in the U.S. and her husband is unwilling to leave the country. In the year 92, as Colombia faces an era of narco-violence and power outages, Pilar must decide between supporting her family or pursuing her professional dream.

Ebb & Flow
Director: Nay Tabbara, Narrative, Lebanon, 18 min
Determined to have her first kiss, Loulwa defies her tumultuous world in search of normalcy. As she braves the streets of Beirut in pursuit of her sexual awakening, she finds herself taking an instant leap into adulthood when her world erupts into a redefined normal.

Like What Would Sorrow Look
Director: Hao Zhou, Narrative, China, 19 min
An auditor, a propagandist, and a foreign teacher untangle their lives within the confines of a faculty dormitory in China.