4:00 PM - International Shorts
Total Runtime: 1:58:55
Screening Location: Mabel Tainter Theater
Blood on the Risers
Run Time: 00:19:25
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Category: Narrative Short
Type/Genre: Short, Thriller, Drama
It is 1945 and many men & women have returned home from service during World War II. However, for some, the war is not over. This is where we find Charlie Evans, a paratrooper who jumped into Normandy on D-Day. After three years of being gone, he comes home to his wife, Afton, who has no idea about the burdens and trauma that Charles is bringing home with him. The film tells the story of his struggle to reconcile the trauma of war and his peaceful life at home.
Nil difficile volenti
Run Time: 00:14:51
Country of Origin: Italy
Language: Italian
Category: Narrative Short
Type/Genre: Short
A young actor becomes his idol's prompter for a theatrical performance. During the rehearsals they start to make confidence, but The Maestro is very sick...
LAST OF US / The last fishermen of the lake
Run Time: 00:28:20
Country of Origin: Italy
Language: Italian
Category: Documentary Short
Type/Genre: Documentary
The last fishermen of Lake Maggiore, a photograph of a vanishing world. On Lake Maggiore there are 25 remaining, the last professional fishermen who bring among themselves stories and ancient knowledge, almost forgotten. They are a presence that becomes more and more silent. Last of us is a slow portrait of a life totally lived on the water of the lake, far from the noises of the modern world which takes over. Fishing is no longer what it used to be. Fishing is easier, but truly a reality with an uncertain destiny. In a journey of voices and stories, images of the past and photographs of the present, the last fishermen reveal themselves in their intimate secrets that, in the future, it is not known who will keep them again.
The Space Between Us
Run Time: 00:09:00
Country of Origin: Ireland
Language: English
Category: Narrative Short
Type/Genre: Drama
The Space Between Us is a family based drama between three estranged siblings who are forced to reconnect when a tragedy occurs in their family. The story explores the wide range of emotions they have toward each other, present and past, and what their relationships will look like moving forward.
Lost Memories
Run Time: 00:14:55
Country of Origin: Ireland
Language: English
Category: Narrative Short
Type/Genre: Drama
Inspired by a true story. Seán races against the clock to his mother's deathbed while dealing with inter-family politics over the phone.
A Very Irish Family
Run Time: 00:14:06
Country of Origin: Ireland
Language: English
Category: Narrative Short
Type/Genre: Drama
Family Bonds are strained, as Europe is sundered by war in 1914. A well-to-do Irish nationalist family struggles with conflicting loyalties and the politically ambitious family patriarch is forced to re-evaluate his priorities when his idealistic sons volunteer to fight in France and Gallipoli following the outbreak of war.
The Vasectomy Doctor
Run Time: 00:10:47
Country of Origin: Ireland
Language: English
Category: Documentary Short
Type/Genre: Documentary
Dr. Andrew Rynne was the first doctor to perform vasectomies in Ireland; he estimates that he has performed over 35,000. This is a distinction that did not come without controversy in the extremely Catholic Ireland of the nineteen seventies and eighties, but Dr. Rynne persevered in the face of opposition from the church. In the eighties, he challenged the restrictive laws on contraceptives by selling condoms without a prescription. He got his day in court and forced the government to change policy. In 1990, Dr. Rynne was about to perform a vasectomy on a patient, when a gunman entered his surgery and shot him. After surviving the attempt on his life, he would later meet with his assailant and forgive him.
Walls of Limerick
Run Time: 00:07:31
Country of Origin: Ireland
Language: English
Category: Narrative Short
Type/Genre: Experimental, Music Video, Short
Irelands premiere vertical dance film, Walls of Limerick is a statement on the psychological effects that harsh political borders have on people. It offers the viewer a window into the dancers’ internal worlds, where they go to escape from their bleak, oppressive reality. Gravity’s pull is constantly changing planes in this world and they have the freedom to articulate their feelings through movement. Both together and alone, they are able to express themselves and a bond is formed. As the distress and anxiety builds from external forces, their only way out is up the wall that both divides and supports them. With an army at their back and freedom in their hearts, the dancers struggle and fight to overcome the barriers in their way.
7:00 PM - Narrative Feature
Total Runtime: 1:49:26
Screening Location: Mabel Tainter Theater
Kaali Maati
Run Time: 01:49:26
Country of Origin: India
Language: Marathi
Category: Narrative Feature
Type/Genre: Documentary, Feature, Drama, Social Drama, Biopic
This is a biopic of a farmer from Pune District who yields harvest of gold from the black soil. Dnyaneshwar Bodke is the central character of this story. After a basic secondary education and a nine to five job, he was certain that this was not a life that he wanted. He decided to do farming on his own farm land. An office job was any day better, than farming which did not yield anything but losses, was the advice given to him by his parents. But he stayed firm on his decision. Get married before quitting the job… was the advice given by his parents, as no father would want his daughter to get married to a farmer. Dnyaneshwar agreed, though reluctantly. He left his job to do farming full time and surrendered his fate to the soil. With hard labour and complete dedication, he tilled the soil so well that miracle happened. A loss making farmland was thus transformed into a successful enterprise with a turnover of 400 crores. We have all seen the stories of farmers who lost hopes and committed suicides. Now, we want to depict the story of Dnyaneshwar, who could change the course of his life with sheer will and courage. We are sure that this film will encourage the younger generation to look at farming as a good career and will help improve farming’s image in the society’s psyche.
9:30 PM - Narrative Feature
Total Runtime: 1:47:00
Screening Location: Mabel Tainter Theater
That is All
Run Time: 01:47:00
Country of Origin: Canada
Language: English
Category: Narrative Feature
Type/Genre: Feature
While trying to navigate life as he enters his 30s, Ryan slips further into loneliness. A chance meeting with a friend's boyfriend, Sam, changes that trajectory, and as they grow closer, Ryan must come to terms with who he is, and what that means for him and the life he's been living.