Here are the best documentary shorts from the 2018 BendFilm Festival including 2019 Academy Award nominated LIFEBOAT. Enjoy the show!

Little Fiel (directed by Irina Patkanian / 16 min.) – Guns are not killers. They are pieces of metal that can be reassembled into anything, including a little boy, a bird or a rose. Just as they make them, we can unmake them, one by one.

Invisible Oregon (directed by Sam Forencich / 6 min.) – An art time-lapse piece three years in the making and created entirely with infrared converted cameras to reveal a landscape beyond the range of human perception.

The Road Between Us (directed by Joanne Feinberg , Katherine Roselli / 15 min.) – A father and son bicycle 2,701 miles across America on Route 66. They discover that the road between them is the life path that connects them.

Ch’aak’ S’aagi (Eagle Bone) (directed by Tracy Rector / 5 min.) – A journey of remembrance and reflection on the lessons of the old ones — teachings that remind us we are all individual vessels of spirit and change, yet inextricably connected.

Angela Wilson: A Butcher’s Story (directed by Gaby Scott / 7 min.) – An intimate portrayal of Angela Wilson, butcher and owner of Avedano’s Holly Park Market located in San Francisco.

Lifeboat (directed by Skye Fitzgerald / 34 min.) – With few resources, a team of global volunteers risks the waves of the Mediterranean to pluck refugees from sinking rafts, providing a spark of hope for how civilians can intervene in the global refugee crisis in a meaningful way.