#BraveFutures Collection

#BraveFutures Collection

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Brave Futures is OTV’s global filmmaking initiative, challenging emerging filmmakers to create bold, intersectional short films within a limited timeframe. Through film races, artist commissions, and screenings, the program creates space for experimentation, collaboration, and new ways of storytelling.

Since 2019, Brave Futures has supported more than 400 artists across seven countries and four continents to create over 50 original short films exploring identity, culture, and our collective futures.

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3 Episodes

  • Memory As Medicine
    03:25
    Memory As Medicine
    Episode 1

    Memory As Medicine

    Episode 1

    Created by: Jabu Nadia Newman
    Starring: Kutlo Rantlhane

    Memory as Medicine is a short film about character development through a singular chamber piece. It follows a man discovering himself via repetition, exploration, and understanding his performance and storytelling process. The film shows hi...

  • Sweat It Out
    05:02
    Sweat It Out
    Episode 2

    Sweat It Out

    Episode 2

    A young trans man has made himself sick. He was doing way too much, not listening to his body, ignoring his intuition and now he is in bed with a flu. But we don’t know that yet. The film takes place inside his fever dream. In the dream, his ancestors make an appearance to offer him some lessons ...

  • I Miss Her
    05:49
    I Miss Her
    Episode 3

    I Miss Her

    Episode 3

    Short film created by Kin Marie as a part of Brave Futures: Memory As Medicine.

    Through the noise of work, memorial planning, distractions from her younger sister Zeniyah and an unexpected visit from her cousins - Maia discovers she's not meant to grieve alone.

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