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Saturday, November 4, 2017
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
LLOYD E. RIGLER Theatre, Egyptian
Short Films Program
including 5 more films:
JONAH, 13 min
MONDAY, 19 min
CHAMPION, 9 min
THE PASSENGER, 12 min
MARIAM’S DAY OFF, 45 min
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WHAT ANA KNEW
Short, Drama
13 min (USA, 2017)
2017 ARPA IFF NOMINEE for Best Short Film
Director: Zoë Smurr
Writers: Zoë Smurr, Nazeli Ekimyan
Producers: Zoë Smurr, Micah Byers
Cast: Mary Apick, Vachik Mangassarian, Adriana Sevahn Nichols, Tess Granfield, Apick Youssefian
In this intergenerational drama about an Armenian American family, a granddaughter is faced with pressure from her mother to keep a secret from her ailing grandmother. Making a pact with her grandmother, the young woman gives the whole family a bit of their own medicine.
Grandma Rose, the surly, misunderstood matriarch of the family, has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. But her middle-aged children – Raffi, Gayane and Lucie – won’t tell her for fear the shock will kill her. Lucie’s daughter, Ana, can’t believe her mother could withhold such consequential information from her grandmother. She then makes up her mind to form a bond with Grandma Rose before it’s too late by recording her oral history. In the process, the two devise a scheme to spite (and ultimately reconcile) the rest of the family, as this is not the only secret this family carries!
Notable screenings, awards and mentions:
Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco
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