Screened Oct. 23-25 “A film about community (on San Francisco’s infamous bus lines) made by community (78 animators in 17 different countries ).” – F3 Film Magazine USA, Global collaboration Animation Metro6 Today is an important day for Zak, but everything is going horribly wrong. (When his car won’t start), he has no choice but…
Screened Oct. 23-25 “Hold your breath. Youthful infatuation shifts to a shattering of innocence.” – F3 Film Magazine Italy Narrative Aquarium (Acquario) Two human beings, far from the other, meet: the first and carefree day at the swimming pool, the last and dramatic step of a massacre’s plan. Director Profile Lorenzo Puntoni Director Bio :…
Screened Oct. 23-25 “A nuanced and provocative observation of an ironic gazing.” – F3 Film Magazine Belgium Narrative After Laughter A man who feels like the things of life are coming to an end after his sister passes, gets unexpected news… He inherits his sister’s pet: her parrot, Coco. The attraction between the animal and…
Screened Oct. 23-25 “Thought provoking. Fetish? punishment? contemporary humanity’s yearning for purpose and the boundaries of functional roles. A metaphor for how we treat each other, or what we’re willing to sacrifice to support a relationship or a complex of martyrdom? or just bad furniture.” – F3 Film Magazine USA Narrative Bad Furniture A man…
Screened Oct. 23-25 “At what age do we become responsible for the indirect repercussions of our actions?” – F3 Film Magazine Norway, Poland Narrative Ballast Family meeting. Lack of adult attention, upbringing mistakes, as well as unstable emotional ties and disrupted relationships, lead a young neglected child to destructive behavior from which there is no…
Screened Oct. 23-25 “To maintain the visual complexity of painterly composition throughout an evolving animation is a remarkable accomplishment.” – F3 Film Magazine Japan Animation Creative Evolution The film is based on Bergson’s book ‘Creative Evolution’ and the modern art history related to the birth of Delaunay’s abstract art works. The creative worlds of…
Screened Oct. 23-25 “A singer runs away to the end of the world and comforts people at the only open bar.” – F3 Film Magazine USA Documentary Let the Blonde Sing An intimate look into a small community in Alaska through the eyes of Beverly Sue Waltz, the bartender of the only bar open all-year-round.…
Screened Oct. 23-25 “Carl Jung postulated that a boy cannot become a man until he severs his mother archetype. The comic vulnerability of this rite-of-passage is performed pitch-perfect.” – F3 Film Magazine USA Comedy Peter Has to Go to the Doctor Peter is 19 years-old and has a doctor’s appointment today to discuss an embarrassing…
Screened Oct. 23-25 “On a tightrope, juggling cultural and personal identities.” – F3 Film Magazine Canada, Switzerland Narrative Days of Rage In December 2017, as Trump officially recognizes Jerusalem the capital of Israel, Walid, a 27 year old Palestinian finds out that his uncle who raised him, is suffering from terminal cancer. The disturbing news…
Screened Oct. 23-25 “Profoundly inspirational.” – F3 Film Magazine Palestine, State of Experimental Wall Piano Wall Piano takes us into a daydream of a child who lives under the shadow of a separation wall. Artists Asma Ghanem (Palestine), Christopher Marianetti (USA), and Alexia Webster (South Africa) worked with a group of children living near the…
