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We’re incredibly proud to share that Magan’s Fare won Best Live Action Short at the OSCAR® Qualifying St. Louis International Film Festival.

To continue our journey, we now need to launch a focused and strategic campaign in order to be selected for the shortlist of 15 films in December 2026, from which the final 5 nominees are ultimately chosen. For a strong Short List Campaign, we must engage a PR firm, build strategic outreach, screenings, press, and visibility—and that takes funding.

We’re asking for your help to fund our PR Campaign. We wouldn’t be here without the generous support of those who believe in our film and its universal message. Every donation, big or small, directly fuels the campaign.

Please help us elevate Magan's Fare to the next stage of its journey.

PS More good newsMagan's Fare just won the Programmer's Award for Best Short Film at the 2026 Cleveland International FF, with more festivals to come.

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"A trip into the best of humanity."

- Cut to the Take

MAGAN'S FARE

A driver (Barkhad Abdi) takes an older woman back to her nursing home, but they have given up her bed. The driver must figure out what to do next.

Magan’s Fare explores themes of moral responsibility through the lens of our treatment of older adults, particularly the egregious, ongoing practice of patient dumping. The film is a “conversation” about the compartmentalization of our compassion for others and how we distinguish who receives our kindness and who does not.

With Magan’s Fare, we wanted to explore the idea of individual moral responsibility; the challenge of true empathy towards those in need outside our familiar “box”. The story centers around two first generation immigrants and former refugees; Magan, a pragmatic, family man, ride-share driver from Somalia, and Jorani, an older nursing home patient from Cambodia. When Magan drives Jorani back to her nursing home only to find that they are kicking her out, he must figure out what to do with her. For Magan, Jorani is a fare, a means to his real monetary needs. As they spend more time together, however, Magan becomes personally invested in her fate. As we the audience identify more and more with Magan’s increasingly difficult situation, we question our communal responsibilities to one another. And through Magan, we are inspired to look more closely at our own capacity for compassion.