Shorts from: Canada, France, Jordan, Spain, USA.
Oct 8 & 9: Q&A
This short film program includes the following films:
Budget Paradise
LaTajh Simmons-Weaver, USA (14 min)
Chester, a non-binary artist, wanders the streets of Oakland in search of a spot to paint in peace.
Our Room
Jaume Claret Muxart, Spain (28 min)
Envisioning a fusion of classical and electronic music, Gal-la and Paul start a new radio show.
Father Alphonse and the Fight Between Carnival and Lent
Diana Thorneycroft, Canada (10 min)
A new priest must walk from his apartment to the town church during the last hour of Mardi Gras.
Ambush
Yassmina Karajah, Canada/Jordan (21 min)
An after-hours rooftop party puts self-control, desire, and participation to the test.
There’s a Devil Inside Me
Karina Lomelin Ripper, USA (16 min)
Following a Catholic confirmation class, Teresa snoops in the church’s sacristy and puts on a nun habit. Mistaken for a real sister, an altar boy gives her a collection basket full of cash.
No Skate!
Guil Sela, France (24 min)
A friendship forms between Isaac and Cleo over their shared disdain of skaters.
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2024 & 2025
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Drug & alcohol abuse
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Turner & Constable
Filmed as a supplement to a blockbuster exhibition at Tate Britain happening right now, this doc in the popular Exhibition on Screen series allows us to view these competitive, complementary English landscape artists side by side.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
One of only a handful of live action children's films to capture the imaginations of generations, E.T. has a luminous warmth; it's a suburban symphony of emotion, and it's fascinating to revisit it in the light of The Fabelmans.
The President's Cake
Nine year old Lamia and her friend Saeed venture into the city to scrounge ingredients for a cake to celebrate Sadaam Hussein's birthday — a quest fraught with real peril in precarious times. Winner, Camera d'Or, Cannes.
Antonia's Line
This month's Pantheon selection spotlights the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the Dutch feminist filmmaker Marleen Gorris, and her charming, vibrant tale of an emancipated farmer who refuses to conform.