The Love That Remains
A dreamy, tragicomic chronicle of one year in the life of an Icelandic family of five as the parents navigate their separation.
Swedish
Shorts 1: After Dark
Unfulfilled dreams, dark obsessions, and illicit desires take center stage in this program that transports viewers into the bold and blood-curdling world of genre film. From ventriloquist dummies to unrequited love, these shorts expose our darkest fears… and create new ones.
Earworm
Ulph has been plagued by an earworm for weeks, fixating on the chorus of “Cotton Eye Joe” and bursting into song at the most inappropriate of times. When he finally seeks medical attention for his strange affliction, he feels a glimmer of hope, but can he be cured before the song plunges him into madness?
This film screens as part of Shorts Program 1: After Dark.[…]
Swoon
A timeless tale of bitter family rivalries and forbidden love takes new form in this wondrous musical fantasy. 1940 Stockholm. John and Ninni—both heirs to their families’ competing amusement parks—fall hard for each other amidst the whirling world they inhabit. Can their love survive generations of animosity, nasty pranks, and an encroaching war?
Short Film Showcase: The Wonderfully Weird World of Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Over the past decade sculptor and animator Niki Lindroth von Bahr has utilized stop motion animation to breathe life into anthropomorphised animal puppets. From pigeons singing in a zoo to a pedantic spa manager to the delightful rabbit and fox neighbors to an existential marketplace musical, this showcase of her work conjures hilarious, bizarre, and even profoundly moving worlds where human and animal merge.