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

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

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

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

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