Olivia (Camila Robertson Glennie) gets some rules for their adventure from her mother (Napmi Romo), while Laura (Isabella Patron) listens in the back seat in Passarinho. Photos courtesy Manhattan Short Film Festival
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Full-length features engross you over hours of narrative. Short films are a blast of storytelling: high-intensity in their setting, their appeal and their climax.