The Festival Returns to PBS and Station Branded Digital Platforms July 11-29
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ARLINGTON, VA; June 29, 2016 - Today, PBS announced that the PBS Online Film Festival will return for a fifth year on July 11-29, 2016, and will feature 25 short-form independent films from a broad spectrum of public media stations and partners.
Beginning July 11, the festival will be available via PBS and station digital platforms, including PBS.org, YouTube and PBS social media channels. The films will also be available via the PBS app on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku and FireTV devices.
This year's lineup features films from the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), Independent Lens, Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP), National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC), Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC), POV, StoryCorps and Vision Maker Media, as well as PBS local member stations Alaska Public Media, CET/ThinkTV (Cincinnati/Dayton),KLRU-TV (Austin), KQED (San Francisco), KTTZ (Texas Tech), Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Twin Cities Public Television, UNC-TV and WPBT (South Florida).
The PBS Online Film Festival showcases powerful and engaging stories from filmmakers across the country. The festival has become a popular annual online event, attracting more than 1.5 million video streams over the first four years, as well as nominations in the Webby Awards.
Viewers are encouraged to watch, vote and share their favorite film by going to pbs.org/filmfestival. The film with most votes will receive the PBS People's Choice award. Additionally, for the first time ever, viewers can vote for their favorite film by logging onto their Facebook or Twitter account and sharing their favorite film titles using the #PBSolff. For updates on the festival, follow #PBSolff on Twitter.
PBS and its member stations are proud to be the home for independent filmmakers and to provide a platform for diverse voices to showcase their unique stories and talent, said Ira Rubenstein, Senior Vice President and General Manager, PBS Digital. Through the PBS Online Film Festival, we are giving a national audience the opportunity to watch 25 engrossing, high-quality independent films on-demand and, for the first time, vote for their favorite film through social voting.
Short films featured in the 2016 PBS Online Film Festival include:
Alaska Public Media
I Am a Winter Cyclist
Winter weather doesn't stop Ellie Mitchell from hitting the road (or the trail) on her bike. She picked up cycling from her dad, and now she regularly competes against him and other cyclists in the Anchorage winter racing circuit.
Unearthing the Old Village
Three miles outside the village of Quinhagak, archeologists and locals are in a race against time to save thousands of artifacts being carried away by erosion.
CAAM
Home Is a Hotel
Recent immigrants from China navigate a new language and culture while living in single room occupancy hotels, a vital but fast disappearing housing option for San Francisco's working class.
Independent Lens
Jose and Mr. Ramos
Meet third-grader Jose Ansaldo and his teacher Oscar Ramos-both sons of migrant farm workers.
In Football We Trust Short - Star Lotulelei
Despite overwhelming obstacles, Polynesians are 28 times more likely than any other ethnic group to make it to the NFL. Many Polynesian families have come to view football as their ticket out of economic hardship and gang life, only to discover bitter disappointment when their expectations fall short of reality.
KLRU-TV Austin PBS
Peppermint
Six-year-old Samantha must convince her father to bring her favorite pet as they leave their farm.
The Scar
Confined by the oppressive summer heat, a single-minded mother and the limits of girlhood, a young girl's outing to the corner store stirs an unexpected self-realization.
The Superlative Light
An uplifting story of an artist's journey from homeless obscurity to prominence and the photographs he made along the way.
KQED
The Life and Death of Tommy Chaos & Stacey Danger
Dinosaurs have invaded Earth, but now that they've met each other, neither Tommy Chaos nor Stacey Danger cares anymore. They escape the war, but whether they dive to the bottom of the ocean or fly to outer space, conflict always seems to find a way into their lives.
Bottle
Animated on location at a beach, in the snow and underwater, this stop-motion short details a transoceanic conversation between two characters via objects in a bottle.
KTTZ
Put Me to Suffering
A profile of Reverend Ted Dotts and his end-of-life decision to forego treatment after being diagnosed with cancer in 2014. A journey through the way a man of unwavering faith stands by his principles up until his final moments on Earth.
Latino Public Broadcasting
GoldStar
When Iliana dedicates a love song to her teacher during an elementary school talent show, the ensuing homophobic reactions from school officials and her mother taint the experience.
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Room 618
A businessman planning to leave town crosses paths with a woman who isn't what she seems.
Greenlight
An actor converses with his agent about the lack of diversity in filmmaking, against the backdrop of potential prejudices in Hollywood South.
NALIP
How Far I Am / Que Lejos Estoy
What happens to the Mexican traditions, identity and the ideologies of one family after three generations of assimilation into American culture? By bringing old photographs to life, the filmmaker attempts to find why things have changed, how traditions were lost and asks what makes him who he is today.
Capoeira
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The Festival Returns to PBS and Station Branded Digital Platforms July 11-29 
