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THE APRICOT
A boy works on his families apricot farm for the summer.
This is a lovely little film. While I never picked peaches I did try to work with my family and I could relate to the issue of trying to get up to speed. It's a film that made me laugh and brought a tear to my eye in the end

FAMILY HARMONY
The story of how a man ended up with a trombone instead of the sax.
This is a brief story taken from Story Corps which collects people's stories. Its a nice little tale

THE GREAT FEAT
A boy needs to rescue his friend, a hen, kidnapped by a shop owner.
This a great and unexpected film. Its a tale that has way more tension then we nbormally get in a NYICFF short. Credit the filmmakers who have made a complete film instead of a film that works from start to finish. It's a great film you need to track down.

JUANA PELOS
Juana wants to shave her legs so the girls don't pick on her.
This is quite wonderful and funny, and I absolutely love that it contains the admonishment that even if you do shave your legs people are going to be jerks. Its something that needs to be said to anyone who desperately want to fit in.
See this.

¡Que Suene La Banda!
A classical musician has to contend with his musical Mexican roots.
It took me a a little bit to connect with this film, I thought it was going to be run of the mill, but it's far from the that. The mix of great characters  and great music pulled me in and resulted in being deeply moved at the soul performance that ends the film.

For give me but this film kicks ass.
Another one you will want to see.