The Dryden will screen the 2019 Rochester International Film Festival Program #1 featuring:

• The Traffic Separating Device (Johan Palmgren, Sweden, 15 min.): "Installed in the busy streets of Stockholm, a device meant to keep cars away so buses can pass freely meets mixed results and opinions."
• For A Better Life (Yasmin Mistry, USA, 10 min.): "Sold to a foreigner for $100 at age 5, Fekri suffered abuse and confusion until finding refuge and a way to reconnect with family."
• Moved to Tiers (Avery Herzog, USA, 11 min.): "A couple comes to life in a bakery and finds a way to escape a humdrum existence, creating its own version of happily ever after."
• Tash Kømyr (Evgenii Chistyakov, Kyrgyz Republic, 29 min.): "Two teens earn a living the hard way—selling coal they extract from a nearby mine. Despite rough conditions, they dream of a better life. MA"
• Why We Push (Nathan Sengillo, USA, 22 min.): "Skateboarders from across Rochester, NY, explain how a passion for the sport and a sense of community enriches their lives."
• The Right Choice (Tomisin Adepeju, UK, 10 min.): "With help from The Adviser, a couple answers three seemingly harmless questions in order to create their "perfect" designer baby."
• To Remember Me By (Rahoul Daswani, India, 15 min.): "Young Anand searches Mumbai's historic camera district hoping to revive memories jammed inside an 8mm film camera."

[source: Rochester International Film Festival website, 2019-May-6]