February 5th | Friday at 7pm
The Power of Perseverance
at First Woodway Baptist Church, 101 N Ritchie Rd, Woodway, TX 76712
Free
UNDONE
Dotty lives alone in her house, finding comfort in her daily knitting routine. When she knits she enters a world where her memories come to life.
Directors: Sara Laubscher, Saire George
Runtime: 4 min
Category: Student Film
Country: South Africa
TREE #3
After he's been cast (again!) as a background tree in his annual middle school play, an ambitious and imaginative Israeli immigrant boy leads a revolution on stage that his intolerant drama teacher will never forget.
Director: Omer Ben-Shachar
Runtime: 20 min
Category: Student Film
Country: USA
MIRACLE IN THE VALLEY
A 13-year-old girl, born out of wedlock, is scorned by many in her small town. She struggles to find her place in the world and desperately searches for the truth about her real father.
Director: Don Schroeder
Runtime: 1 hr 40min
Category: Feature Film
Country: USA
Black History Month Celebration!
February 6th | Saturday at 7pm
Amazing GRACE
at Toliver Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 1402 Elm Ave, Waco, TX 76704
Free
BETWEEN THE PAGES
Shawn Houston, an adventurous young boy is forced to move to LA and stay at his grandparent’s house for the summer. Left in a new city, with no friends and no Wifi, he discovers his grandfather's magical book which sucks him in on an adventure traveling the world, through space and time.
Director: Nicole L. Thompson
Runtime: 3 min
Category: Animation
Country: USA
FISHBOWL
After moving from California to Virginia because of a military relocation, a young boy named Casey must once again adapt to middle school life in unfamiliar territory but along the way find comfort in a unexpected friend.
Director: Deborah Shearer
Runtime: 11 min
Category: Short Film
Country: USA
SANKOFA
A Poetic Journey of the Black Male's Experience
Director: Princess Garrett
Runtime: 28 min
Category: Student Film
Country: USA
HOW THEY GOT OVER
The story of an art form, gospel quartet music, and how it developed the energy and the beat that evolved into doo-wop, rhythm and blues, soul music and rock and roll.
Director: Robert Clem
Runtime: 1hr 27 min
Category: Feature Film
Country: United States
February 6th | Saturday at 7pm
The Power of The Human Spirit
Free
at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 305 N 30th St, Waco, TX 76710
THE BIRD GOD
A hero, Valvis, wanders through the desert. He hears an echo from afar.
He follows the echo, and sees a giant whale, Midbhar, balanced on top of a crag, surrounded by a flock of birds.
Directors: Nadia Kal, Yoel Simhovitch
Runtime: 3 min
Category: Animation
Country: Israel
SELF DEFENSE
When the only thing a woman can have to defend her self, is her self.
Directors: Hieu Ho , Khanh Bang
Runtime: 3 min
Category: Short Film
Country: Vietnam
FIRE EXTINGUISHER
Milagros is obliged to install a fire extinguisher in her chapel. But first she will have to ask someone's permission...
Directors: Rodrigo Sopeña, Joana Solnado
Runtime: 5 min
Category: Student Film
Country: Spain
MIRACLE ON HIGHWAY 34
A diverse set of characters find themselves together in a old diner in a small town on Christmas eve during a snow-storm. While a young expecting couple tries to make it home on a night that's anything but silent.
Director: Nathan Clarkson
Runtime: 1 hr 12 min
Category: Feature Film
Country: USA
February 6th | Saturday at 7pm
Love Conquers ALL!
at Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 2625 S 18th St, Waco, TX 76706
Free
RENAI DANCE
Integrating different cultures' “inheritance” through an inspiring story, this film braces strong family love and elder culture in a never-ending chain.
Directors: Zhike Yang, Wenjie Wu, Han Chen Chang
Runtime: 4 min
Category: Animation
Country: USA
JERICHO
An amateur boxer must overcome her family's discouragement to seek a career in pro boxing.
Directors: Tiffany Joy Taylor
Runtime: 10 min
Category: Short Film
Country: USA
GIVE IT BACK!
Olivia just moved to Israel from New York. Throughout her first day of school in the 6th grade she tries to survive, navigating through the new country she just landed in, her new school and new peers, unsure where she will end up at the end of the day.
Directors: Ruchama Ehrenhalt
Runtime: 14 min
Category: Student Film
Country: Israel
PASS THE LIGHT
Following a 17 year old H.S student name Steve Bellafiore, who runs for Congress because he is disturbed by the message of hatred and intolerance espoused by the popular candidate Franklin Baumann. Steve and his friends start a campaign called `Pass The Light' in order to unite the community and spread the message of tolerance and love.
Director: Malcolm Goodwin
Runtime: 1 hr 53 min
Category: Feature Film
Country: USA