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Title: I am a Secret
Runtime: 11 min
Country: USA
Director: Andrew Cantella
Placement: Best Documentary Short
Competition: June, 2024
Synopsis: Both my mother, and my sister, were adopted..but I was not. I made this film to help share the complexities that adoptees and their families face over their lifetime. I never understood what that was like for them. I am a Secret is an intimate short about family history, searching for answers, and the lifelong journey that accompanies of lives of adoptees. I want to know why adoption comes with so many painful secrets? And how it echoes throughout the lives of adoptees, no matter the age.