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Film Country: Sweden

September 17, 2026

The Revolution Against Death

At a summit for radical life extension, scores of Americans young and old desperately look for any method of stopping death’s inevitable onslaught. Through an observational lens, filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing) takes a simultaneously profound and satirical look at this gathering...

September 17, 2026

Comedy Shorts: Anxious/Attachments

In a beautiful town on the Italian coast, tourists and locals alike find themselves in subtle competitions of masculinity, exposing their fragility in Oh Boys. Two kids connect at a vibrant Nigerian wedding and break free from the adults to go on an adventure of their own in Spray Me. In 32B, a s...

September 17, 2026

Please

Insecurities abound in this depiction of people trying desperately to connect and love one another. Offbeat and absurd, this expertly animated stop-motion dark comedy is deeply human. This film screens as part of the Comedy Shorts: Anxious/Attachments shorts program.

September 17, 2026

Documentary Shorts: Fault Lines

In A Woman’s Place is Everywhere, identical twin sisters battle an eviction suit threatening to displace them from the only home they’ve ever known. In The Revolution Against Death, Joshua Oppenheimer’s (The Act of Killing) critical eye is fixed on the hosts and attendees of a radical life extens...

April 22, 2026

Day by Day

When Malte, a man living in a retirement home, is given a grim medical prognosis, he decides to pile into an RV and road trip from Gothenburg to Switzerland. Along for the ride are four unlikely companions, all hoping to help fulfill Malte’s final wish. Careening across the continent, friendships...

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