reparations
Logline: His words tell one story, his sketches tell the truth.
REPARATIONS is about a Jewish Holocaust Survivor named Howard who agrees to be interviewed by Michonne, an African-American lesbian doing research for her grad thesis on reparations. Howard relishes his time talking to the younger woman as she questions him about surviving in a concentration camp. However, he cannot grasp any similarity between reparations for descendants of slaves versus those he's received from Germany as a Holocaust survivor. The more they talk, the more his past is revealed.
awards
VENICE SHORTS
MONTREAL INDIE SHORT FILM FEST
VANCOUVER INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
Winner- Best Actor - 2020
VANCOUVER INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
MONTREAL INDIE SHORT FILM FEST
VANCOUVER INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
Winner - Best Director - 2021
MONTREAL INDIE SHORT FILM FEST
MONTREAL INDIE SHORT FILM FEST
MONTREAL INDIE SHORT FILM FEST
Winner - Best Editor - 2020
ANDROMEDA FILM FESTIVAL
IMAGINARY MIND FILM FEST
MONTREAL INDIE SHORT FILM FEST
Winner - Best Actor - 2023
Winner - Best Actress - 2023
IMAGINARY MIND FILM FEST
IMAGINARY MIND FILM FEST
IMAGINARY MIND FILM FEST
Winner - Best Director - 2023
Winner - Best Actor- 2023
FESTIVALS
Cannes Film Festival - American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers - 2020
LeMup Film Festival, Montreal Canada -2020
Riverside Short Film Festival, Missouri - 2020
USA Film Festival, Texas June 24-29, 2020 *Finalist
Montreal Indie Short Film Awards June, 2020 *Award Winner
Venice Shorts Film Awards, California June, 2020 *Award Winner
Independent Shorts Awards, California June, 2020 *Award Winner
Jersey Shore Film Festival, New Jersey June 23-July 23, 2020
Colorado International Activism Film Festival, Colorado July 24-Aug 14, 2020 * Finalist
Global Impact Film Festival, Washington DC Aug 6-9, 2020
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, Aug 2020 *Semi-Finalist
Fargo Moorhead LGBT Festival, North Dakota Sept 13-19, 2-020
Breck Film Festival, Colorado Sept 17-Oct 4, 2020
Port Townsend Film Festival, Washington Sept 24-Oct 4, 2020
Awareness Film Festival, California Oct 1-11, 2020
Queer X, California, Oct 1-31, 2020
SOHO International Film Festival, New York Oct 15-22, 2020
Reel Out Charlotte Film Festival, North Carolina Oct 24-Nov 1, 2020
Lake County Film Festival, Illinois Nov 4-16, 2020
Coronado Island Film Festival, California Nov 11-15,2020
Reel East Texas Film Festival, Texas Nov 12-15, 2020
qFLIX Virtual Edition, Philly Nov 19-30, 2020
New Wave Short Film Festival, Munich Germany Dec 1, 2020 *Award Winner
Seattle Film Festival, December 2020 *Nominee
Niagara Falls Indie Festival, Dec 2020 *Award Winner
Vancouver Independent Film Festival, Canada January 2021 *Award Winner
Oz Indie Film Festival, Australia March 2021
Jellyfest, March 2021 *Finalist
Golden Door Film Festival, New Jersey April 22-24, 2021
StoryMode Short Film Awards, Colorado Aug, 2021
Switzerland International Film Festival Nov 22-25, 2021
Rudis Festival, Italy, February, 2023
Paris World Cinema Festival, France, March, 2023
Andromeda Film Festival, Istanbul Turkey, April, 2023 *Award Winner
Imaginary Mind Film Contest Nov, 2023 *Award Winner
Cineplay International Film Festival Nov, 2023 *Award Winner
Planet Cinema Nov, 2023 *Nominee
Brisbane International Film Union, Australia, Dec, 2023 *Honorable Mention
Deluxe Film Festival Rome, Italy Dec, 2023
Team
Production Team
Production Team
Production Team
Gregory G. Allen: Director/Screenwriter/Producer
Laurie Chock: Produce/Editor
Anthony DiBella: Executive Producer
Larry Goldman: Executive Producer
Marylin Prince: Executive Producer
Paul Segal: Associate Producer
Elissa Strell: Associate Producer
Mark Von der Heide: Associate Producer
Cast
Production Team
Production Team
Ed Delia
Nefertti Warren
Tyler Kachtan
Crew
Production Team
Crew
Jeff Turick: Director of Photography
Jazzmen Lee-Johnson: Visual Artist & Animation
1st Assistant Director: Tannis Spencer
Music Composed by Beth Perry & Chris Doney
Sound Design & Mixing by Max Phillips
Color Grade by Post Pro Gumbo
Colorist: Alan Louis Gordon
DI Producer: Dimitris Althos
1st AC: Carley Eiten
Gaffer: Patrick Mullen
Key Grip: Alejandro Lazare
Swing: Annie Drew Casella
Sound Mixer/Boom Operator: Trevor Hoar
Assistant Editor: Anita H.M. Yu
Makeup: Davisha Dadone
Props/Set Dressing: Leslie Williams
Production Assistant/
Stills Photographer: Tom Schopper
Production Assistant: Allison Davidoff
Production Assistant: Joshua Hudes
Production Manager: Elissa Strell