{"id":88028,"date":"2020-05-21T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=88028"},"modified":"2020-05-23T09:59:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T14:59:04","slug":"oxford-virtual-film-festival-week-5-short-film-presentation-fest-forward-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/oxford-virtual-film-festival-week-5-short-film-presentation-fest-forward-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Virtual Film Festival Week 5 Short Film Presentation: Fest Forward #3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GET TICKETS HERE<\/strong><\/a>
Live Q&A set for Saturday, May 23 at 3 pm CST<\/strong> – more info<\/em><\/a>
TRT:\u00a0 <\/strong>49:17 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Break Through the Abyss<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BREAK THROUGH THE ABYSS<\/strong>
Director: Shiyen Giselle Chien
Country: USA
Running Time: 6 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phenomenon of digital media affecting the brains of my generation in the way we think, the way we view ourselves, morphing our desires to become the false perfections of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CORNERED<\/strong>
Director: Raquel Salvatella de Prada
Country: USA
Running Time: 8:21 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part sculpture, part light installation and video animation, Cornered<\/em><\/strong> is an immersive visual experience that represents the motivation and struggles of migrants making an attempt to cross the border from Morocco to the Spanish cities of Melilla and Ceuta situated on Africa\u2019s mainland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mu\u00f1e<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

MU\u00d1E<\/strong>
Director: Catalina Jordan Alvarez
Country: USA
Running Time: 15 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mu\u00f1e<\/em><\/strong>, who has recently immigrated to Tennessee, knows how to fix appliances, and looks for parts in a steel salvage yard. She and the family who own it eventually connect by eating insects together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tingle Monsters<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

TINGLE MONSTERS<\/strong>
Director: Alexandra Serio
Country: USA
Running Time: 11 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An ASMR vlogger with a devoted fan base returns from an extended absence with a livestream that spirals out of control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TX_Reverse<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

TX-REVERSE<\/strong>
Directors: Martin Reinhart, Virgil Widrich 
Countries: Austria\/Germany
Running Time: 5 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a way never before shown, TX-Reverse<\/em><\/strong> shows the collision of reality and cinema and draws its viewers into a vortex in which the familiar order of space and time is suspended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You Are Heading for a Land of Sunshine<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

YOU ARE HEADING FOR A LAND OF SUNSHINE<\/strong>
Director: Laura Jean Hocking
Country: USA
Running Time: 2 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A woman just wants to hang out on the beach in peace, but it\u2019s all a lie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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