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‘Body of Work’ Review: A Life Reframed

Blending intimate interviews, archival footage and evocative 16mm recreations, Cassidy Rast and Odin Wadleigh’s Body of Work traces artist Eric Anfinson’s extraordinary journey from life-altering injury to creative discovery. The result is a moving and visually accomplished portrait of a man whose relationship with his body, his art and his identity has been continually reshaped.
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Hoj Jomehri Talks ‘The Last Mullet’

In 2010, Iran banned a number of so-called “Western hairstyles,” including the mullet. Iranian-American filmmaker Hoj Jomehri turns that strange but very real chapter into The Last Mullet, a darkly comic short about Shervin (Bobby Naderi), an ordinary man whose beloved hairstyle suddenly makes him an outlaw.
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Hamish Sturgeon on ‘Gossamer’

In Gossamer, writer-director and actor Hamish Sturgeon transforms grief into a quiet process of reinvention. Set within the confines of a single house, the intimate short follows Jack as the boundaries between memory, performance, and identity begin to dissolve, gradually revealing Shirley as an expression of the self he has long kept hidden.
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The Michael J. Fox Foundation Releases “So Your Friend Has Parkinson’s” Awareness Campaign

As part of its commitment to accelerate Parkinson's research breakthroughs and unite a worldwide community of patients, scientists, the biopharmaceutical industry, government and philanthropists, The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) today releases its latest brand awareness campaign, "So…Your Friend Has Parkinson's." The campaign will appear across social media, digital channels, CTV and broadcast television.
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Growing ‘The Farmer’s Daughter’ with Melissa Bloom

With The Farmer’s Daughter, director Melissa Bloom turns regenerative farming into both a family story and a philosophy of filmmaking. The stop-motion short follows a daughter fighting to preserve her family farm by rethinking its relationship with the land, while its production embraces that same principle through natural materials and eco-conscious methods.