Shorts from Canada, Hungary, Iran, Japan, Macau, Taiwan, and USA.
Sept 29 & 30: Q&A with filmmakers
This short film program includes the following films:
Jane’s in the Freezer
Caleb Joye, USA (13 min)
A day in the life of Jane, a single middle-aged woman who searches for connection while hiding from the past.
My Dog is Dead
Tasuku Matsunaga & Takehiro Senda, Japan (9 min)
Riko and her boyfriend Yoshiki go visit her mom after the death of their family dog.
Shoes and Hooves
Viktória Traub, Hungary (15 min)
Paula the centaur-girl falls in love with Arnold the crocodile man.
Nemo 1
Albéric Aurtenèche, Canada (12 min)
On the coastline of Chittagong, Bangladesh, cargo ships wait to be recycled.
Tayal Forest Club
Laha Mebow, Taiwan (19 min)
Two teens lose their way during a hike in the dense and mountainous Atayal homelands, crossing paths with a man who at first appears to be the town drunk.
Chuff Chuff Chuff
Chao Koi Wang, Taiwan (7 min)
Asleep on a train, a man awakes in a dream inside his apartment.
Nietzschean Suicide
Payam Kurdistani, Iran (18 min)
A pharmacy owner attempts to delay the suicide of the only midwife in town until after his pregnant wife gives birth.
Darker
Matazi Weathers, USA (19 min)
In a dystopian Los Angeles, a coalition of Black insurgents, trans hackers, and their POC allies prepare for an uprising.
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2023-2024
Various with English subtitles
Sexual violence
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Ali & Ava
Bradford, West Yorkshire. Ali (Adeel Akhtar) is a music nut, and the most sympathetic landlord you will meet in a movie this year. Ava (Claire Rushbrook) is a teacher, a widow, and a grandmother. Clio Barnard's love story has music, humour and hope.
Everybody to Kenmure Street
This rousing documentary (100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) never puts a foot wrong as it recreates a tense, prolonged stand-off between the police and the citizens of Glasgow when an Immigration Enforcement squad attempt to arrest two men from their homes.
The Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) gives FBI serial killer hunter Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) pointers from his maximum security cell. But is he trying to aid the investigation, or just messing with her head?
Thelma & Louise
In this iconic feminist road movie BFF Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon take off for a weekend getaway that turns violent when one of them is attacked. The stakes get higher as they flee the scene. Winner: Best Original Screenplay (Callie Khouri).