Cindependent Film Festival,
Cindependent Film Festival,
Thu, September 17, 2026
1:00 PM
$19.00
inc. $4 service chargeCindeTicket 3 All in the Family 2026 Cindependent Film Festival
Fathers, sons, and brothers navigate their identities and their relationships to each other in this heartfelt block of dynamic short films.
THE BOYS AND THE BEES
Director: Arielle C. Knight
Runtime: 18:58:00
The Boy and the Bees chronicles the changing seasons in the life of the Ray Family as they pursue their dream of freedom; raising bees on a farm in rural Georgia while teaching their young sons what they need to steward the planet they call home.
FIRECRACKER
Director: Jovan Brooks
Runtime: 13:54:00
On Jareon’s 12th birthday in 2005, a serious thunderstorm threatens his yearly Fourth of July-firework-celebrations. Jaeron holds out hope, but doubt creeps in, and he begins to question whether his family still cares about him now that he’s getting older– intensifying what will become his most defining birthday yet.
EL TIGUERE
Director: Andrew J Rodriguez
Runtime: 19:25
In the face of food insecurity and a harsh legal system in the Bronx, a Dominican immigrant operates his mobile food garden under the radar, determined to rebuild his life and repair his relationship with his estranged son.
OVER THE BOARD
Director: Emiliano Balado
Runtime: 27:00:00
97th Academy Award Qualifying “Over the Board”, a story about twin brothers played by Isaac Bell and Elijah Bell who meet for the first time, under unique circumstances. Before they can come together, however, they must first overcome their differences. Ian is a top collegiate chess player. Eric is an inmate with a gift for the game. Eric and Ian are identical twins who have never met, until today.
When their worlds collide, one thing becomes immediately clear–they both share a passion, and talent, for the game of chess. But will this be enough to make them family? The only way to settle their differences, the only way to understand each other, is over the board.
CindeTicket 3 All in the Family 2026 Cindependent Film Festival
Fathers, sons, and brothers navigate their identities and their relationships to each other in this heartfelt block of dynamic short films.
THE BOYS AND THE BEES
Director: Arielle C. Knight
Runtime: 18:58:00
The Boy and the Bees chronicles the changing seasons in the life of the Ray Family as they pursue their dream of freedom; raising bees on a farm in rural Georgia while teaching their young sons what they need to steward the planet they call home.
FIRECRACKER
Director: Jovan Brooks
Runtime: 13:54:00
On Jareon’s 12th birthday in 2005, a serious thunderstorm threatens his yearly Fourth of July-firework-celebrations. Jaeron holds out hope, but doubt creeps in, and he begins to question whether his family still cares about him now that he’s getting older– intensifying what will become his most defining birthday yet.
EL TIGUERE
Director: Andrew J Rodriguez
Runtime: 19:25
In the face of food insecurity and a harsh legal system in the Bronx, a Dominican immigrant operates his mobile food garden under the radar, determined to rebuild his life and repair his relationship with his estranged son.
OVER THE BOARD
Director: Emiliano Balado
Runtime: 27:00:00
97th Academy Award Qualifying “Over the Board”, a story about twin brothers played by Isaac Bell and Elijah Bell who meet for the first time, under unique circumstances. Before they can come together, however, they must first overcome their differences. Ian is a top collegiate chess player. Eric is an inmate with a gift for the game. Eric and Ian are identical twins who have never met, until today.
When their worlds collide, one thing becomes immediately clear–they both share a passion, and talent, for the game of chess. But will this be enough to make them family? The only way to settle their differences, the only way to understand each other, is over the board.
