JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 / SESSION FOUR/ LIVE ACTION SHORTS

HOLD — An early morning phone call propels a mother and daughter on a path toward connection and the mysteries held in the act of letting go.

THERE’S SOMETHING I HAVE TO TELL YOU — A daughter, haunted by her past, helps her mom build a house in a small town in the Bahamas while struggling to reveal a devastating secret that’s kept them divided for as long as she can remember.

THE VISIT — Its visiting day in a dementia care home. An old lonely man gets a visit that desperately seeks to bring out emotions and fading family memories. A short story about loneliness, empathy and hope.

CARE — When Ali is ordered to care for James, an elderly prisoner with dementia serving a life sentence, he expects nothing more than another degrading task. Instead, their unlikely relationship reveals the transformative power of compassion—and pushes Ali to reckon with the care he’s withheld from his own life.

MAGAN’S FARE — Magan’s Fare follows a rideshare driver who returns an elderly woman to her nursing home on a cold December day, only to discover her bed has been given away. Forced to improvise, Magan must decide how far he is willing to go to help her.