Fine Cut Festival of Films S21 E03 Different Path

Priyanaka, a rebellious American college student, travels to India upon her mother’s sudden death, navigating the inevitable culture clash led by her loveable but insane family in “Unmothered,” a dark comedy from USC. In the American Pavilion short film, “Black Hat,” the secret double life of a pious Hasidic man is uncovered on a night out in L.A. Then meet Paul, a 25-year-old with Down syndrome who bucks expectations while falling in love in “Nothing Down About It,” a documentary from Loyola Marymount University. In “The Kitchlets,” an animated film from CalArts, a lonely woman depends on the company of three little house spirits that feed off her positive emotions and take care of her negative ones. Finally, a girl recalls a formative childhood memory in “Melted,” an animated film from CalArts.