Spotlight Films

Director: Iyabo Kwayana 1h 10m, NR 2pm Meet the Director reception | 2:30pm Film screening followed by Q&A This screening unfolds through five interrelated works: Practice, Liberation, By Water, and Old Man River. Each piece is grounded in a distinct lesson inherited from my mother and father, articulated through fragmented images, elemental sound, and spatial composition. These works are shaped by a fractal and elemental architecture (both literal and imagined) and by a worldbuilding practice that extends beyond image and sound into environmental design and ephemeral objects.

Join us for a collection of 21 short films centered around cats. Apparently, cats rule the world!

Since 1976, the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival, a flagship program of Banff Centre, has been an industry leader in the celebration of Mountain Culture. Following the festival each fall, our annual World Tour reaches more than 45 countries on 7 continents, making us the largest adventure film tour on the planet. This event is hosted in partnership with Adaptive Sports Partners.

Manhattan Short is not a touring Festival; rather, it is an instantaneous celebration that occurs simultaneously across the globe, bringing great films to great venues and allowing audiences to select their favorites.