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.
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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.
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Various
Various
2021-2022
Various with English subtitles
Sexual Violence
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Late Fame
Based on a novella by Arthur Schnitzler (Eyes Wide Shut) this is a sly, poignant comedy about vanity and art from director Kent Jones, starring Willem Dafoe as a mailman belatedly acclaimed for a book of poetry he wrote in his youth.
Memory of Princess Mumbi
In 2093, a filmmaker arrives in the African village of Umata, where he meets Princess Mumbi, a woman torn between love, legacy, and the future of storytelling. It's a fabulous genre-blending fable about memory, invention and cinematic resistance.
Lessons of Darkness
Werner Herzog's unforgettable documentary reveals the unfolding disaster of the Kuwaitian oil fields in flames in 1991 as a sweeping inferno of mesmerizing power.
Beau Travail
Inspired by Herman Melville's Billy Budd, Claire Denis' transfixing Beau Travail is set in East Africa. Sgt Galoup (Denis Lavant) reflects on his time in the French Foreign Legion, and the impact of the handsome Sentain (Gregoire Colin).
But I'm a Cheerleader
Megan (Natasha Lyonne) is the perfect All-American Girl, or so she thinks. That is until she’s shipped off to conversion therapy. This pitch black comedy is wrapped in a saccharine bow, featuring the icon herself, RuPaul, as a conversion counsellor.