Short Films of the Week: +81FILM Explores Love in the Time of COVID

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Kensaku Kakimoto 'executive directs' all 3 shorts, with Gravity directed by Chile's Gabriel Díaz Alliende, Snowdrop Flower from Mongolia's Bat-Amgalan Lkhagvajav and Silence from director TJ O'Grady Peyton.

by FilmInk staff

GRAVITY

SNOWDROP FLOWER

SILENCE

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Short Films of the Week: +81FILM Explores Love in the Time of COVID

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