Dreaming of Lions (Subtitled) Run Time: 90 minutes
Screening Time(s): Saturday, April 11 at 7:55pm Monday, April 13 at 10:05am
Directed by: Paolo Marinou-Blanco Cast: Denise Fraga, Asun Planas, Dinarte Freitas, António Durães, Alexander Tuji, Victoria Guerra, Sandra Faleiro, Joana Ribeiro, Joāo Nunes Monteiro, Roberto Bomtempo
Synopsis: Dreaming of Lions is an absurdist tragicomedy about euthanasia and assisted suicide. Gilda and Amadeu meet at an underground organisation that helps the terminally ill kill themselves painlessly. When they discover it’s a scam, they escape to Spain to finalize their plans.
Screening Time(s): Monday, April 13 at 2:25pm Thursday, April 16 at 2:20pm
Directed by: Miwako Van Weyenberg Cast: Lill Berteloot, Geert Van Rampelberg, Masako Tomita
Synopsis: Eleven year old Yuna lives in Belgium with her father, who ends up in a coma after an accident. When Yuna’s mother rushes back from Japan to Belgium, along with Yuna’s little half-sister, the broken family reunites. Yuna is forced to face a new journey in her role as a big sister and her mother’s daughter.
Screening Time(s): Monday, April 13 at 6:55pm Tuesday, April 14 at 12:10pm
Directed by: Paige Bethmann
Synopsis: Remaining Native is a coming-of-age documentary told from the perspective of Kutoven (Ku) Stevens, a 17-year-old Native American runner, struggling to navigate his dream of becoming a collegiate athlete as the memory of his great-grandfather’s escape from an Indian boarding school begins to connect past, present, and future.
