Annapurna Sriram
Feral
An exploration of the invisibility and masks we put on to face the world, the story is told through the lens of a homeless woman, Yasmine, living in the tunnels beneath Manhattan’s West Side. Surviving on her own terms she is reeling from the loss of her mother who was deported when she was 16 while trying to build a new image of life alone. Along the way, she meets a cast of characters and real New York personalities, each living their own form of loneliness. A lonely piano player who’s never played his music out loud, a mother who regrets the birth of her six-year-old, a lonely grandmother nostalgic for her salsa music past and the Mission who is there to help, but only if she’s willing to go with their rules. Based off real stories of living underground and working with former homeless individuals, the film is an experience that lets you look into Yasmine’s emotional reality, looking her directly in the eyes, as she struggles to carry on.
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America Adrift
For Cecilia Fernandez, moving her family to a beautiful home in the Long Island suburbs feels like she's finally achieved the American Dream. However, when her youngest son, Cameron, starts using heroin, Cecilia feels helpless and unable to juggle the demands of her life. Cecilia's teaching career falters, and her relationships with her husband and other sons suffer. Meanwhile, her second son, Sam, chronicles his brother's descent into heroin addiction, using writing as a coping mechanism to deal with the chaos and stress. Cameron finds himself too deeply entangled in the world of drug trafficking, making a mistake that incites the wrath of one of Long Island's biggest drug kingpins.
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