Saturday

SATURDAY: 10:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Greyland

This powerful documentary follows two young residents struggling to reclaim the identity of their shrinking post-industrial city, Youngstown, Ohio. Filmed over six years, Greyland poetically portrays the conditions in their neighborhoods, their confrontations with city hall, and even the realization that their community might not be able to change in the way they had envisioned. Panel discussion to follow.

SATURDAY: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Six Angry Women

In 1984 in Auckland, New Zealand, six women kidnapped, beat up and chained a university lecturer, who they claimed was a rapist, to a tree. More than 30 years later, this is the bizarre true story of that sensational feminist direct action. From New Zealand.

SATURDAY: 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Nature’s Comforting Companions

Animals and pets can lead us to great things, such as how to heal after a great hurt, how to preserve our natural environment, and even where to find a mysterious underwater relic. Some even know we need them to come home. Of course, other animals are just cute. We need cute right now, okay?

SATURDAY: 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

The Power of Creation

The six films in this block illustrate the power of art and creation. Whether it's finding your unique creative outlet, creating art to get through the pandemic, or using it as an act of rebellion amidst a military coup in Myanmar — art and artists persevere. Panel discussion to follow.

SATURDAY: 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM

Expeditions (Mostly) Unknown

These six sci-fi and fantasy films will take you on a journey to other worlds. Explore the potential of technology. Watch dystopian imaginings of life on earth. Visit Vietnam with an interloper from another planet. And go on an adventure with a 120-year-old trying to find a labyrinth in a mystical library.

SATURDAY: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Living… Even When It’s Hard

This intense but artful block takes you all around the world — from Turkey, Israel, Iran and Myanmar to death row in the United States. These eight short films explore the things that can make life on earth a real-life horror show: trauma, pollution, road rage, state-sanctioned homophobia, and even a pandemic that seems right out of a Hollywood blockbuster script… 

SATURDAY: 8:45 PM - 9:45 PM

Dark & Twisty & Pretty Fun: Fright Night Edition

Yeah, we don’t really know how to categorize all the films in this block, but this is a Fright Night must. You’ll have fun. You might jump up in your chair and spill popcorn everywhere at some point, but you WILL have fun!

SATURDAY: 10:00 PM - 11:15 PM

Fearing the Unknown

Thriller and suspense lovers, here’s a collection of six dark and psychological short films. A woman’s anxiety creates an unsettling world, a gruesome trip to a campground, a Lynchian farmhouse, a grotesque creature, a vampire searching for prey, a man who seeks to absolve himself of the sins of his past, and more — all combining for a tense, twisted nightcap.

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