2026 Red Rose Film Festival: Global Voices
- Sat, Nov 14
Run Time: 74 min.
A true sampler of international flavor is here, with short documentaries and narratives from China, the Phillippines, Madeira, Brazil and the French Riviera.
Silk Road Echoes: Short documentary. High school student Yifu Xing travels across China to explore the meeting of history and music, seeking what the past can reveal through sound as well as sight. (Subtitles.)
Kaya: Short narrative. An outsider in her own culture, half-Filipina Nia secretly trains with queer outcast Malic to join a popular Filipino martial arts team in Manila, discovering that winning starts with accepting who she is. (Subtitles.)
Mukunan: Aprendiz de Paje: Short documentary. Mukunã meticulously prepares to become the new shaman of the Potiguara Katu village in Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil while navigating an increasingly encroaching modern world. (Subtitles.)
On the Surface: Short narrative. An exploration of beauty, appearance, and acceptance asks how much we change to become ourselves, and how much the world must change to see beyond its preconceptions. (Subtitles.)
Simultane: Short narrative. Set against the colors of the Côte d’Azur, this contemporary story explores the dreams we leave behind and the possibility of imagining who we might have become.