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PBIFF:Viko and 4 other short films

VIKO, Former Yugoslavia. 1997. Struggling to find a way out, 17 year-old Viko leaps at a rare opportunity for black market work. But it takes him to a darker place than he could have imagined. One where monsters are not born, but made.//IN THE DARK, FLORIDA PREMIERE, January 31, 1979. After being labeled a traitor by the new revolutionary government in Iran, a double agent agrees to exchange crucial information with the CIA in exchange for safe passage out of the country.//LAND GEWINNEN (GAINING GROUND)A young illegal immigrant couple spends their time furtively avoiding the German authorities, until the wellbeing of their young son dictates that they resolve their untenable situation.//THE EVENING JOURNEY, WORLD PREMIERE, "This is the story of Fishberg. A small, desolate, hard working fishing town. This is the story of those of us who live in Fishberg, of our hopes, our dreams, our beliefs that someday life can get better. This is the story of that night. The night when the train finally did stop."//OPEN AIR, WORLD PREMIERE, Two women, trapped in a brutal civil war, attempt to keep their friendship, daily routines and sanity, all the while an unseen sniper keeps the two within his target through the scope of his rifle.//