Month: September 2019

Four storylines set in the hours before a black hole swallows earth, play out with varying congruence.
Directed by Holly Pilcavage (USA)

This film journeys to the shores of Turkey, Greece, and Croatia, to document architectural projects that have withstood the test of time – not by remaining the same, but rather by continually transforming and continually reinventing themselves to the dynamic conditions of the present. Too often, a building’s preservation is achieved through a complete disconnection from the very cultures that gave it significance. This is the death of the architecture. In contrast, this film celebrates buildings that achieve preservation through a more meaningful connection to the society in which it lives.
Directed by Simon McKenzi and Nigel Goodwin (USA)

This winter tale about a dead girl and her murderer is inspired by Georg Trakl’s poem “De profundis”.
Directed by Chantal Lorang (Luxembourg)

In a country where the only guarantee women have is their own solitude, a woman living in extreme poverty starts the most heart-wrenching journey of her life, where she will have to find out that in order to move forward she will have to bury her past.
Directed by Ronald Hernández (Mexico)

Directed by Yudi Zhang (USA)

A journey of a young aspiring Indian comedian in London, “One Night Stand Up” is a short film portraying the internal conflicts ripened with cultural significance and how Kabir must shed this weight to succeed as a stand-up comedian.
Directed by Dimple Chawla (UK)

A semi-autobiographical film about the writer/director’s experiences of being in a closeted relationship. And of using fishing as a way to avoid sex.
Directed by Emily Jo Sargent (UK)

The Rat is a psychological horror about a ghostwriter, Layton, out of inspiration, slowly loses his sanity under the pressure of living and the influence of the chaotic environment he lives in.
Directed by Kunru Lin (Canada)

A pair of folk musicians in 1960s New York City, encounter each other over three separate years.
Directed by Joshua Fraser (USA)

A middle-aged black woman who writes music during the day and sings blues at a local pub after dark, dedicates her life to raising money to see her elderly mother walk again, and fate opens possibilities as she follows her faith.
Written by Edward Gadrix (USA)