A decade in the making, a young filmmaker confronts addiction, family, and memory as he chronicles his father‘s journey to recover lost memories following a traumatic brain injury. Using experimental approaches with projected installations, he attempts to find those missing memories in hopes of finding the dad he used to know. As memories return in the form of dreams the family struggles with acceptance of this new version of their father.
Saturday, July 27 through
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Saturday, August 3, 2024
The Falconer
Inspired by true events, two best friends, Tariq, an Omani teenager and Cai, a privileged Westerner, conspire to steal animals from the zoo and sell them on the black market to raise money for Tariq’s sister’s divorce from an abusive marriage. They are forced to wrestle with morally complex choices that reveal the vast distance between their worlds.
The Chisels Are Calling
John Monteleone is one of the world’s greatest guitar builders, and a living artist on permanent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Featuring musical tributes and interviews with Mark Knopfler, Ben Harper, David Grisman, Woody Mann, Julian Lage and others, the film covers the multi-faceted artist whose guitars are known not only for their incredible sound, but also for their visually striking and innovative designs.
The Big Bend
Two families meet for a reunion in the unknowable reaches of the West Texas desert where they explore the visually-striking landscape and reflect on their good lives. When a child goes missing on a hike, a father confronts his mortality and a wife decides to reexamine her marriage. THE BIG BEND follows the survival of these two families in a hauntingly dangerous environment, creating an unforgettable portrait of friendship, parenthood, and marriage.
Sweet Disaster
Frida, a 40-year-old German-Finnish painting therapist unexpectedly falls pregnant, and Felix, the father of her child, breaks up with her to reunite with his ex. Although some serious health problems caused by the pregnancy force Frida to rest, she still tries to get Felix back using methods which are absurd, exaggerated and sometimes hilarious.
SHORTS: Thicker Than Water
Baseball With Dad, Black Maria, Daughter of the Sea, Mandarins, Wok Hei
SHORTS: The Neighborhood
Lalito 10 • Powers • The Devil Will Run • The Originals • Where Land Ends
SHORTS: Moving Forward
Dustlight, Hold Me, Don’t Touch Me, in too deep, Night, Swimming Through, Tart
SHORTS: Modern Problems
Blue Boy, Clam Shack Blues, Goodbye Tango, Misophonia, My Eyes Are Up Here, The Orb, The Quarantine Redemption, Variations on a Theme
SHORTS: Finding Our Way
Foreign Uncle, Give It To Me, Roadmarks, Strings, The Bond, The Social Chameleon, Wheel
SHORTS: Decisions Decisions
EXIT, NAKAM, Picture Day, Safe as Houses, The Tuner of Silences
SHORTS: Conversations
“Quote Me Outside”, Confessions, Jack and Sam, Panda, Rips, The Unreliables, The Vacation
SHORTS: Be The Change
Deciding Vote, Hawawshi, Infraction, Run Amok, Seeds of Change
SHORTS: Art In Many Forms
Big Three, Dragon Poets of Boston, OtroLado [OtherSide], The Mural Master, The Right One , Wabanaki Modern
Route One North w/ The Errand
Sisters Sarah and Bee set off to track down their long-absent father after their mother refuses to give 16-year-old Bee permission to marry her military boyfriend.
Ranger
Set within Kenya’s Maasai homeland, an intimate and contemporary story of self-discovery unfolds, as 12 women become East Africa’s first all-female anti-poaching unit. Upending the male-dominated, reliance upon military-style training to make a wildlife ranger, Virginia, Liz, Momina and Damaris instead undergo a year-long program of deep trauma-release and healing, triggering profound transformation within themselves and sending shockwaves through their communities.
On These Grounds
A video goes viral, showing a white police officer in South Carolina pull a Black teenager from her school desk and throw her across the floor. Healer-Activist Vivian Anderson uproots her life in New York City to support the girl and dismantle the system behind the assault at Spring Valley, including facing the police officer.
Of Medicine and Miracles
At the age of six, Emily Whitehead was diagnosed with leukemia and the lives of her and her parents were suddenly thrust into uncertainty. Through bracingly honest interviews and home videos, Of Medicine and Miracles details her family’s experience bouncing from hospital to hospital, trying to stay hopeful amidst hopelessness, and their fateful correspondence with Dr. Carl June, whose research could hold the key to her survival. But time is of the essence.
