In the throes of grief after her partner Hugo’s recent passing, Rivka, a pregnant woman with a mysterious wound along her spine, checks into Hotel Acropole. On the evening before Hugo’s ashes are to be scattered, an old friend and former lover helps her explore grief, desire, and her mutating body.
This film screens as part of Shorts Program 1: After Dark.[…]
As eight-year-old Agata boards a full bus from Poland to Belgium by herself, she notices that those around her seem different. The magical realism of Autokar authentically recalls how strange and inscrutable the adult world can seem to children, lending the story a subtle humor and nostalgia.
This film screens as part of Shorts Program 2: Animation.[…]
When a French journalist attempts to interview a Chicago-born blues musician, all of the bitter racial resentment of the 1960s bubbles up to the surface. What starts off as a generic interview becomes a chance for actual truth telling about the music business and society at-large.
This film screens as part of Shorts Program 4: City & State.[…]
