2024 43rd Season of the Thomas Edison Film Festival Program
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DIRECTOR’S<br />
CHOICE AWARDS<br />
Disabled: A Love Story – Animation<br />
13 min. by Sheila M. S<strong>of</strong>ian, Pasadena, CA, USA<br />
An animated documentary that explores <strong>the</strong> relationship and struggles <strong>of</strong><br />
Terry, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, and her husband Jon, who has<br />
cared for her since her diagnosis.<br />
DIRECTOR’S<br />
CHOICE AWARDS<br />
Empty Spaces – Animation<br />
6 min. by Ayan Novruzlu, London, UK<br />
A humanoid creature keeps filling <strong>the</strong> empty spaces in its body with anything<br />
it can to keep noise away. After a series <strong>of</strong> events, it finally discovers <strong>the</strong> initial<br />
missing parts <strong>of</strong> itself in an open-ended conclusion.<br />
Duet – Documentary<br />
30 min. by Lyuwei Chen, NY, NY, USA<br />
Having forged his own path out <strong>of</strong> desperation, MacArthur Genius musician<br />
Bright Sheng describes his experience <strong>of</strong> becoming a musician during <strong>the</strong><br />
Cultural Revolution in China. Being a musician was <strong>the</strong> only way he could<br />
embrace his destiny, but it is a path that his talented 11-year-old daughter<br />
isn’t sure she wants herself.<br />
Fleshwork – Experimental<br />
7 min. by Lydia Cornett, Brooklyn, NY, USA<br />
At a butcher shop in Jeromesville, Ohio, four meat processors situate <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
labor within <strong>the</strong>ir own minds and bodies.<br />
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