Against the backdrop of the civil war in the Central African Republic, a Chinese construction manager and local African laborer work on opposite ends of the spectrum to construct a sparkling new bank. As deadlines loom, unexpected twists threaten their jobs, relationships, and plans for a better life. An eye-opening drama about these two men in their pursuit of wealth and happiness.
Nominee
Steered Weird Episode 4
Birdman finds a mysterious egg in his nest! Do Twinkyboy and Sheila have what it takes to look after a baby? Betty and Freddy discuss honesty and what it means to be a good friend. Learn a bit about medieval times and see knights joust and duel!
The Trapline
A Yukon trapper in the twilight of his career, passes along his ethos and his trapline to a young woman determined to carry on his work.
And her sleeve wet with tears
Oppression is the first barrier between a woman and her personal desires and meanwhile, “the voice” speaks of suppression. The voice of boredom by which the wetness of their eyes and sleeves can be perceived.
EITR
Grinding away at the inherited family business, Mohamed works tirelessly making sales of knock-off perfume while living as a knock-off version of his true self. Grappling with the recent loss of his father, his mother's anxious attempts to get him married and the shadow of his hidden Queer identity, Mohamed finds solace and connection in a day spent with a beautiful stranger who lives in self-acceptance and sees Mohamed for who he truly is, under the many layers of polo-sport-adjacent cologne.
The voice of water
Healing and poetic essay on our intergenerational relationship with water.