The Chambana Film Festival has one last screening scheduled for 2024, on December 29th at 4pm at the Savoy 16 + IMAX. Tickets are available at https://the-chambana-film-festival.square.site/
December 29
Documentary Short Films
We’re closing out the year with a screening of short documentaries. Well, they aren’t that short, as all three of these films are in the 30 minute range. All three played at this summer’s Indy Shorts International Film Festival in Indianapolis.
The Quilters
The Quilters follows the daily lives of several quilters inside the sewing room at South Central Correctional Center, a Level 5 maximum-security prison in a small town two hours south of St. Louis, MO. From design to completion, the men reveal their struggles, triumphs, and sense of pride in creating something beautiful in this windowless, sacred space deep within the prison walls.
The Quilters won the jury award for Best Short Documentary last month at the Lake County Film Festival. It’s also screened at Indy Shorts, Bend Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, DOCNYC, and many more.
Cycling Without Age
Cycling Without Age is a film about getting outside, no matter where one is on life’s journey. It follows John, a retired teacher, and his merry group of volunteers as they use pedal-powered rickshaws to give adventure and joy to those who have lost the ability to pedal themselves.
Cycling Without Age had its film festival premiere at Indy Shorts, where it won the Lens Of Hope Award.
Facing The Falls
In this 30-minute film we meet Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan, deep in the throes of an aggressive, fatal muscle-wasting disease, who is no long able to walk unassisted.
Cara ventures out on a daring, 12-day rafting expedition through the Grand Canyon. Cara’s journey to live an extraordinary life and shatter stigma against people living with disabilities unexpectedly becomes a deep dive into fear, trust and vulnerability.
