Shorts from Belgium, Canada, France, South Korea, Taiwan, and USA.
Oct 1 & 2: Q&A with filmmakers
This short film program includes the following films:
Stuffed
Louise Labrousse, France (11 min)
A woman decides to treat herself to a bowl of noodles in the bath.
Strawberry Shortcake
Deborah Devyn Chuang, Taiwan (21 min)
A teenage girl falls into a Freudian phantasy with her mother.
The Painting
Michèle Lemieux, Canada (11 min)
Using pinscreen animation, an instance of institutionalized incest in art history is examined through the portrait of Queen Mariana of Austria, who was 14 when she married her uncle.
Zanatany, When Soulless Shrouds Whisper
Hachimiya Ahamada, Belgium/France/Qatar (27 min)
Tensions rise in the community, days before the little known 1976 Majunga massacre.
Shadow
Kamell Allaway, USA (12 min)
A young mother’s shadow takes on a life of its own, terrorizing her and her daughter.
Hatch
Alireza Kazemipour & Panta Mosleh, Canada (11 min)
A group of Afghan refugees hide inside a water tanker as they attempt to cross the border to safety.
Time to Dilate
Kim Nayoung, South Korea (22 min)
Two lovers, Myung-ki and Do, break up because of a secret Myung-ki’s been hiding. When they meet again, this secret cannot be ignored.
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2023-2024
Various with English subtitles
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Madonna: Truth or Dare
A year in the life of Madonna at the height of her fame, touring Blonde Ambition through 1990. There's concert footage, but the movie is also daringly truthful about life behind the scenes — not that Madonna is every really off-stage.
Honeyjoon
A mother and her 20-something daughter take a holiday together in the Azores to mark the anniversary of the loss of their husband and father -- but maybe the honeymoon package wasn't the best idea...
Another World
This hit anime from Hong Kong gives us an unpredictable, sometimes darkly karmic tale taking place on either side of the afterlife involving a headstrong princess with bad karma and the spirit guide who tries to help her get on a better path.