Misadventures, bad choices, and a series of unfortunate events are all present in this program of short films. There is some serious drama and a bit of comedy on display in these exhilarating, thoughtful, and unpredictable tales.
Q&A Oct 5 & Oct 7
This short film program includes the following films:
My Name Is Anti
Andreas Vakalios, Fili Olsefski, Greece (16 min)
On the way to the airport a teen girl jumps from a moving car to flee a sex trafficking abduction; while she escapes, she records it all on a stolen cell phone.
OST
Abhichoke Chandrasen, Thailand (20 min)
A perfectionist scoring assistant on a horror film rush job becomes convinced she is being haunted by a spirit from the movie she’s working on.
Starfuckers
Antonio Marziale, USA (15 min)
An intimate evening between a film director and an escort is disrupted when a familiar face arrives.
Judy, Judy, Judy
Jessica McGaugh, USA (7 min)
A menopausal woman wakes up in the midst of a hot flash, and everything just goes downhill from there.
Marianne
Julien Gaspar-Oliveri, France (17 min)
A woman gets interviewed by a young journalist for her heroic act of saving children, but she’s a moody and reluctant participant.
Censor of Dreams
Léo Berne, Raphaël Rodriguez, France (18 min)
For many nights, The Censor and his team have been moderating a woman’s dreams to keep them in safe territory. Tonight, nothing happens as planned.
Plastic Killer
Jose Pozo, Andorra/Spain (21 min)
Amparo lives in an old abandoned haberdashery in the centre of Madrid. Her only companion is Carmela, a plastic bag whom she considers her daughter.
Community Partner
Various
Various
2021-2022
Various with English subtitles
Sexual Violence
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Hanging by a Wire
The Himalayas, Aug 22, 2023: a cable car bearing 8 passengers (six of them schoolkids) is left dangling 900 feet above the ground when two out of three cables snap. This nailbiting documentary recounts the increasingly frantic rescue attempts.
The Sun Never Sets
At the suggestion of her much older (divorced) boyfriend, Wendy (Dakota Fanning) takes a summer to reevaluate her life and date other people. She's reluctant at first, but then reconnects with an old flame... A gentle indie comedy from Joe Swanberg.
