Shorts from: Belgium, Canada, China, India, Myanmar, UK.
Oct 11 & 12: Q&A
This short film program includes the following films:
Good Luck to You All
Cordell Barker, Canada (8 min)
Audio interviews with AI experts form the basis of this animated envisioning of what the future may bring.
The Glass Essays
River Yuhao Cao, UK/China (17 min)
Unable to sleep, a young man follows a mysterious sound across the river and through the forest.
My Comrade
Tathagata Ghosh, India (25 min)
A romantic spark between a villager and a wounded Naxalite insurgent emboldens their solidarity and threatens their safety.
A Metamorphosis
Lin Htet Aung, Myanmar (17 min)
Repurposed government propaganda footage and haunting folk lullabies are used to deconstruct Myanmar’s dictatorship and examine the suffering and resilience of the Burmese people.
Thanks to Meet You!
Richard Hunter, UK (14 min)
Five business people walk into a room…
Loynes
Dorian Jespers, Belgium (25 min)
Set in 19th-century Liverpool, a corpse with neither name nor past is on trial.
The 12 Inch Pianist
Lucas Ansel, USA (8 min)
Just a typical night at a NYC bar, where a genie with a hearing problem is granting wishes in the bathroom.
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Street Hassle: Songs by Lou Reed
Guitarist Aram Bajakian takes on the Lou Reed song catalogue in this second concert of the weekend. A ticket to this show includes free admission to Faraway, So Close at 3:30 pm.
How Deep Is Your Love
Filmmaker Eleanor Mortimer tags along with a team of oceanographers and marine biologists as they survey the Clarion-Clipperton fracture, one of the most remote spots on Earth, home to a dazzling array of unknown creatures.
Amrum
Twelve-year-old Nanning (Jasper Billerbeck) sets himself a mission to secure bread and honey for his mother to snap her out of her depression. It is 1945. The war is all but lost, and such luxuries are not easy to find on the remote island of Amrum...
