A still from I See You

In 2014, Manjari Makijany had been shooting a short film with Tom Alter, called The Corner Table. The location that the Los Angeles-based filmmaker had chosen was The Pantry, which she describes as a "charming" SoBo cafe. And in the process of completing the film, she hit upon an idea — why not take things one step forward and use the space as a venue for screening short films?