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2025 Atlanta Documentary Film Festival
Free Time Shorts Program #7
A vibrant and unexpected collection of stories about passion, play, and purpose. From cleaning Cape Cod’s ponds to chasing mermaid dreams, embracing queer subcultures, and retracing historic Antarctic expeditions, these films prove that free time is anything but idle.
Screening Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Shape of the Crocodile
Director Nay Mendl
Documentary Short - Brazil - 9 min.
Three Cuban kids tell the story of a man who went to the sea and never returned. A reality crosses their lives, no longer capable of supporting them.
Pup Perfect
Director Henry Baker
Documentary Short - USA - 17 min.
Explore the world of gay/queer human Pups. This subculture evolved from the gay leather community and now thrives in tandem. Interviews with over a dozen Pups reveal that Pup Play is a way of embodying the spirit of a dog, both physically and mentally. More than just a sexual fetish, Pup Play provides a way for individuals to escape the stresses of everyday life and embrace a mindful existence.
DEARS IN THE HEADLIGHTS
Director Julia Jansch
Documentary Short - South Africa - 16 min.
A young woman taxidermies roadkill in order to restore dignity to their lives.
Walking With Shackleton.
Director Roberto Serrini
Documentary Short - Antarctica - 13 min.
Select quotes from Sir Earnest Shackleton 1909 Antarctic expedition are juxtaposed against recent breathtaking footage to the same journey aboard Quark Expedition's luxury vessel "The Ultramarine". Such a unique and stark contradiction shockingly illustrates how far we have come as travelers, yet inspires us how our spirit to overcome our own limitations has never changed.
*Filmmaker in Attendance
When I'm In The Water
Director Kennedy Laylon
Documentary Short - USA - 12 min.
Susan, the founder of “Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage”, has gathered a group of electrifying old women to battle the growing pollution in the ponds. Life itself can become polluted by loneliness, especially as we age, but through this project these women have unexpectedly revitalized their own lives, not just their environments.
*Filmmaker in Attendance
Unlikely Mermaid
Director Lorraine Portman
in Documentary Short - USA - 18 min.
Lorraine, obsessed with mermaids, invites Peggy, 79, to travel with her to audition to be Mermaid performers at Weeki Wachee after they practice underwater ballet. We learn what it takes to audition to be a world famous mermaid while getting to know Peggy and Lorraine. It’s never too late to dream or drown trying.
*Filmmaker in Attendance
$14 per screening
$25 One Day Pass
$40 Two Day Pass
Venue
Limelight Theater
Parking in Pencil Factory Lofts lot. We validate parking. See front desk for details.
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