AWARDS

Best Short Film, The American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers Showcase at Cannes 2016Jury Prize, Helsinki African Film Festival 2016

Grand Jury Prize, Narrative Short, Nashville Film Festival 2016Best Narrative Short, Boston International Film Festival 2016

Emerging Artist Award, Taos Shortz Film Fest 2016

Best International Short, Foyle Film Festival 2015

Best International Film, Show Me Shorts Film Festival 2015

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

Bermuda International Film Festival 2016

Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival August 2016

Bermuda International Film Festival March 2016

FlickerFest International Short Film Festival November 2016

Athens International Film + Video Festival April 2016

Brooklyn Shorts Film Festival 2016Sun Valley Film Festival March 2016

Newport Beach Film Festival April 2016

Zanzibar Film Festival July 2016

San Luis Obispo International Film Festival March 2016

Gasparilla International Film Festival April 2016

Oxford International Film Festival May 2016

Big Island Film Festival May 2016

deadCenter Film Festival May 2016

Sunscreen Film Festival April 2016

Short Waves Festival March 2016

Beverly Hills Film Festival April 2016

Omaha Film Festival March 2016

Sedona International Film Festival February 2016

Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival November 2015

South Bay Film Festival Jun 2016

World Festival of Emerging Cinema May 2016

Stony Brook Film Festival July 2016

Tlanchana Festival de Cine y Arte Digital 2016

River Film Festival June 2016

Postira Seaside Film Festival 2016

Quarantine Film Festival July 2016

Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival May 2016

Shot in West Africa with a local cast and crew, OUT OF THE VILLAGE explores the social and cultural impact of the Ebola epidemic from the perspective of an orphaned brother and his sister. It stars Abraham Attah (Beasts of No Nation) and is Executive Produced by Bryan Singer (X-Men).

DIRECTED BY - Jonathan Stein

2015 - 17 mins - USA/Ghana

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