Kikuyu Land (Subtitled) Kenya Run Time: 100 minutes
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 10 at 9:15am Saturday, April 11 at 1:00pm Sunday, April 12 at 5:15pm
Directed by: Andrew H. Brown, Bea Wangondu
Synopsis: As a news producer and a local land claimant investigate a dispute linked to a multinational corporation, they uncover buried histories and family secrets that reshape how their community understands its past.
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 10 at 9:30am Thursday, April 16 at 4:30pm
Directed by: Mike Doyle Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Caroline Aaron, Noam Ash, Charlie Barnett
Synopsis: When Nate moves in with his grandparents after a bad breakup with his boyfriend, the two generations' life experiences, values, and philosophies collide in exasperating, funny, and heartbreaking ways.
Dancing with the Bear (Subtitled) Czech Republic Run Time: 110 minutes
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 10 at 11:30am Saturday, April 11 at 3:10pm Sunday, April 12 at 2:10pm
Directed by: Jitka Rudolfová Cast: Pavla Gajdošíková, Kryštof Hádek, Klára Melíšková, Vladimír Javorský, Zuzana Kronerová, Petra Špalková, Petr Pěknic, Eliška Soukupová
Synopsis: Rooted in folk tradition,the bear dance once symbolized fertility during carnival rituals.Inspired by real events, the film weaves past and present to explore the emotional impact of prenatal diagnostics.A young couple is confronted with a life-changing choice after learning their unborn child faces a fifty percent risk of intellectual disability.
Synopsis: The collective experience and raw whiteness account of Ukrainians – a married couple of artists, a priest in Bucha, and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – united by the events in the Kyiv region during the occupation and after the liberation in the spring of 2022.
Synopsis: Filmmaker Colette Ghunim embarks on journeys with her parents to find the ancestral houses they were forced to flee as children in Mexico and Palestine. Colette’s initial desire to heal her disconnect from her cultures and her parents reveals an internal quest to discover home within herself.
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 10 at 1:55pm Saturday, April 11 9:00am Sunday, April 12 at 3:15pm
Directed by: Alice Tomassini
Synopsis: Surrogate mothers imprisoned, women forced into hiding, children conceived in the shadows: Mothers boldly explore the complex reality of surrogacy, free from prejudice.
Synopsis: An unexpected pregnancy compels an Indian immigrant mother to help her adopted twin daughters reconnect with their White birth mother and estranged Native American father, exposing raw class divides while transforming their understanding of identity and belonging.
Waltzing Matilda (Subtitled) Czech Republic Run Time: 115 minutes
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 10 at 3:35pm Saturday, April 11 at 1:05pm Sunday, April 12 at 4:35pm
Directed by: Petr Slavík Cast: Karel Roden, Reginá Rázlová, Zuzana Kanócz, Antonio Šoposki
Synopsis: The film follows Karel Jaroš, his mother Matilda with Alzheimer’s, and his son Pavel. Crisis, care, and old wounds force them together in a tragicomic story inspired by reality, about responsibility, forgiveness, and whether they can withstand this test of life and find their way back to one another.
Synopsis: Gioia has devoted her whole life to her work as a teacher. She’s fifty years old, and her days go by one after the other, unchanged and quiet in the provincial high school where she’s always been teaching.
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez Run Time: 95 minutes
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 10 at 7:00pm
Directed by: David Alvarado Cast: Luis Valdez, Lupe Trujillo-Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Cheech Marin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Dolores Huerta, Linda Ronstadt, Jorge A. Huerta, Luis C. Garza, Taylor Hackford, Rose Portillo, Sal Lopez, Phil Esparza, Socorro Valdez, Daniel Valdez
Synopsis: Against political resistance and industry skepticism, Luis Valdez pushes Chicano storytelling from the fields to the film screen with Zoot Suit and La Bamba, crafting iconic works that challenge, celebrate, and expand America’s story.
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 10 at 1:55pm Saturday, April 11 9:00am Sunday, April 12 at 3:15pm
Directed by: Alice Tomassini
Synopsis: Surrogate mothers imprisoned, women forced into hiding, children conceived in the shadows: Mothers boldly explore the complex reality of surrogacy, free from prejudice.
Synopsis: Filmmaker Colette Ghunim embarks on journeys with her parents to find the ancestral houses they were forced to flee as children in Mexico and Palestine. Colette’s initial desire to heal her disconnect from her cultures and her parents reveals an internal quest to discover home within herself.
Kikuyu Land (Subtitled) Kenya Run Time: 100 minutes
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 10 at 9:15am Saturday, April 11 at 1:00pm Sunday, April 12 at 5:15pm
Directed by: Andrew H. Brown, Bea Wangondu
Synopsis: As a news producer and a local land claimant investigate a dispute linked to a multinational corporation, they uncover buried histories and family secrets that reshape how their community understands its past.
Waltzing Matilda (Subtitled) Czech Republic Run Time: 115 minutes
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 10 at 3:35pm Saturday, April 11 at 1:05pm Sunday, April 12 at 4:35pm
Directed by: Petr Slavík Cast: Karel Roden, Reginá Rázlová, Zuzana Kanócz, Antonio Šoposki
Synopsis: The film follows Karel Jaroš, his mother Matilda with Alzheimer’s, and his son Pavel. Crisis, care, and old wounds force them together in a tragicomic story inspired by reality, about responsibility, forgiveness, and whether they can withstand this test of life and find their way back to one another.
Synopsis: The collective experience and raw whiteness account of Ukrainians – a married couple of artists, a priest in Bucha, and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – united by the events in the Kyiv region during the occupation and after the liberation in the spring of 2022.
Dancing with the Bear (Subtitled) Czech Republic Run Time: 110 minutes
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 10 at 11:30am Saturday, April 11 at 3:10pm Sunday, April 12 at 2:10pm
Directed by: Jitka Rudolfová Cast: Pavla Gajdošíková, Kryštof Hádek, Klára Melíšková, Vladimír Javorský, Zuzana Kronerová, Petra Špalková, Petr Pěknic, Eliška Soukupová
Synopsis: Rooted in folk tradition, the bear dance once symbolized fertility during carnival rituals.Inspired by real events, the film weaves past and present to explore the emotional impact of prenatal diagnostics.A young couple is confronted with a life-changing choice after learning their unborn child faces a fifty percent risk of intellectual disability.
Synopsis: An unexpected pregnancy compels an Indian immigrant mother to help her adopted twin daughters reconnect with their White birth mother and estranged Native American father, exposing raw class divides while transforming their understanding of identity and belonging.
Synopsis: Gioia has devoted her whole life to her work as a teacher. She’s fifty years old, and her days go by one after the other, unchanged and quiet in the provincial high school where she’s always been teaching.
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): Saturday, April 11 at 8:10pm Sunday, April 12 at 9:25am
Directed by: Jacy Mairs Cast: Esther Harrison, Eddie Lee Wollrabe. Chloe Kramer
Synopsis: Trash Baby is a coming-of-age drama that follows 12-year-old Stevie as she navigates growing up, getting out, and the art of finding beauty in the ugliest of places.
Synopsis: Middle-aged coke fiend Luc (Jonathan Lambert, Quentin Dupieux’s REALITY) is having a pretty terrible night. Having gone to confront his ex at the club where she works, determined to somehow win back her love, one thing leads to another and he soon finds himself wedged firmly in a toilet, effectively trapping him in a bathroom stall. Plus he’s got a heap of coke that he stole from the bar’s resident dealer. He’s soon found, setting off an increasingly crazy series of circumstances that veer from the hilarious to the intensely grotesque.
Screening Time(s): Saturday, April 11 at 9:45pm Friday, April 17 at 3:50pm Saturday, April 18 at 1:40pm
Directed by: Luis Calderón Cast: Sandra Escacena, Claudio Portalo, Mala Rodriguez, Kandido Uranga
Synopsis: After witnessing her boyfriend’s fatal fall from a treehouse, Ale returns to the forest one year later, convinced his death was not an accident. As she confronts the place where it happened, an unsettling presence resurfaces, forcing her to face the truth behind that night.
Synopsis: The collective experience and raw whiteness account of Ukrainians – a married couple of artists, a priest in Bucha, and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – united by the events in the Kyiv region during the occupation and after the liberation in the spring of 2022.
Synopsis: Filmmaker Colette Ghunim embarks on journeys with her parents to find the ancestral houses they were forced to flee as children in Mexico and Palestine. Colette’s initial desire to heal her disconnect from her cultures and her parents reveals an internal quest to discover home within herself.
Screening Time(s): Saturday, April 11 at 8:10pm Sunday, April 12 at 9:25am
Directed by: Jacy Mairs Cast: Esther Harrison, Eddie Lee Wollrabe. Chloe Kramer
Synopsis: Trash Baby is a coming-of-age drama that follows 12-year-old Stevie as she navigates growing up, getting out, and the art of finding beauty in the ugliest of places.
Synopsis: An unexpected pregnancy compels an Indian immigrant mother to help her adopted twin daughters reconnect with their White birth mother and estranged Native American father, exposing raw class divides while transforming their understanding of identity and belonging.
Synopsis: Gioia has devoted her whole life to her work as a teacher. She’s fifty years old, and her days go by one after the other, unchanged and quiet in the provincial high school where she’s always been teaching.
Dancing with the Bear (Subtitled) Czech Republic Run Time: 110 minutes
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 10 at 11:30am Saturday, April 11 at 3:10pm Sunday, April 12 at 2:10pm
Directed by: Jitka Rudolfová Cast: Pavla Gajdošíková, Kryštof Hádek, Klára Melíšková, Vladimír Javorský, Zuzana Kronerová, Petra Špalková, Petr Pěknic, Eliška Soukupová
Synopsis: Rooted in folk tradition, the bear dance once symbolized fertility during carnival rituals. Inspired by real events, the film weaves past and present to explore the emotional impact of prenatal diagnostics. A young couple is confronted with a life-changing choice after learning their unborn child faces a fifty percent risk of intellectual disability.
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 10 at 1:55pm Saturday, April 11 9:00am Sunday, April 12 at 3:15pm
Directed by: Alice Tomassini
Synopsis: Surrogate mothers imprisoned, women forced into hiding, children conceived in the shadows: Mothers boldly explore the complex reality of surrogacy, free from prejudice.
Waltzing Matilda (Subtitled) Czech Republic Run Time: 115 minutes
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 10 at 3:35pm Saturday, April 11 at 1:05pm Sunday, April 12 at 4:35pm
Directed by: Petr Slavík Cast: Karel Roden, Reginá Rázlová, Zuzana Kanócz, Antonio Šoposki
Synopsis: The film follows Karel Jaroš, his mother Matilda with Alzheimer’s, and his son Pavel. Crisis, care, and old wounds force them together in a tragicomic story inspired by reality, about responsibility, forgiveness, and whether they can withstand this test of life and find their way back to one another.
Kikuyu Land (Subtitled) Kenya Run Time: 100 minutes
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 10 at 9:15am Saturday, April 11 at 1:00pm Sunday, April 12 at 5:15pm
Directed by: Andrew H. Brown, Bea Wangondu
Synopsis: As a news producer and a local land claimant investigate a dispute linked to a multinational corporation, they uncover buried histories and family secrets that reshape how their community understands its past.
Screening Time(s): Sunday, April 12 at 6:10pm Thursday, April 16 at 10:00am
Directed by: Walter Thompson-Hernández Cast: Danielle Brooks, J. Alphonse Nicholson
Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Lil Ant transforms his working-class neighborhood beneath the LAX flight path into a living mythology, where family members become gods and the sky is crowded with endless departures. As he searches for connection with his god-like yet conflicted father, he finds support in his close-knit community that helps him reconcile myth and reality.
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.
Screening Time(s): Tuesday, April 14 at 10:00am Wednesday, April 15 at 4:50pm
Directed by: Alice Douard Cast: Ella Rumpf, Monia Chokri, Noémie Lvovsky, Emy Juretzko, Julien Gaspar-Oliveri
Synopsis: Céline is awaiting the arrival of her first child. But she isn’t pregnant. In three months, it’s her wife, Nadia, who will give birth to their daughter. Under the gaze of her friends, her mother, and facing the law, she searches for her place and legitimacy.
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.
Screening Time(s): Wednesday, April 15 at 10:05 am Thursday, April 16 at 4:25 pm
Directed by: Piotr Domalewski Cast: Tobiasz Wajda, Bruno Błach-Baar, Mikołaj Juszczyk, Filip Juszczyk, Daria Kalinchuk, Kamila Urzędowska, Tomasz Schuchardt, Sławomir Orzechowski, Artur Paczesny
Synopsis: A group of teenage altar boys, frustrated by adult hypocrisy and the Church’s indifference to injustice, take moral law into their own hands. Secretly wiretapping confessions, they become self-appointed judges — until their mission spirals into a dangerous game blurring the line between faith, justice, and rebellion.
Screening Time(s): Tuesday, April 14 at 10:00am Wednesday, April 15 at 4:50pm
Directed by: Alice Douard Cast: Ella Rumpf, Monia Chokri, Noémie Lvovsky, Emy Juretzko, Julien Gaspar-Oliveri
Synopsis: Céline is awaiting the arrival of her first child. But she isn’t pregnant. In three months, it’s her wife, Nadia, who will give birth to their daughter. Under the gaze of her friends, her mother, and facing the law, she searches for her place and legitimacy.
Screening Time(s): Sunday, April 12 at 6:10pm Thursday, April 16 at 10:00am
Directed by: Walter Thompson-Hernández Cast: Danielle Brooks, J. Alphonse Nicholson
Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Lil Ant transforms his working-class neighborhood beneath the LAX flight path into a living mythology, where family members become gods and the sky is crowded with endless departures. As he searches for connection with his god-like yet conflicted father, he finds support in his close-knit community that helps him reconcile myth and reality.
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): Wednesday, April 15 at 10:05 am Thursday, April 16 at 4:25 pm
Directed by: Piotr Domalewski Cast: Tobiasz Wajda, Bruno Błach-Baar, Mikołaj Juszczyk, Filip Juszczyk, Daria Kalinchuk, Kamila Urzędowska, Tomasz Schuchardt, Sławomir Orzechowski, Artur Paczesny
Synopsis: A group of teenage altar boys, frustrated by adult hypocrisy and the Church’s indifference to injustice, take moral law into their own hands. Secretly wiretapping confessions, they become self-appointed judges — until their mission spirals into a dangerous game blurring the line between faith, justice, and rebellion.
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 10 at 9:30am Thursday, April 16 at 4:30pm
Directed by: Mike Doyle Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Caroline Aaron, Noam Ash, Charlie Barnett
Synopsis: When Nate moves in with his grandparents after a bad breakup with his boyfriend, the two generations' life experiences, values, and philosophies collide in exasperating, funny, and heartbreaking ways.
Screening Time(s): Thursday, April 16 at 6:50pm Friday, April 17 at 4:55pm Saturday, April 18 at 9:00am
[BLEEP] 'EM! Directed by: Andrés "Flash" Otalora Synopsis: When a deadline approaches, a struggling screenwriter faces their inner perfectionist in an emotional drive to finish the perfect script.
MINT Directed by: Tomasz Grabowski Synopsis: Set in a world without sound, this silent experimental film explores Deaf perception, intimacy, and communication beyond hearing.
Eremos Trilogy Directed by: Sam Arnold Synopsis: The first self-funded Deaf short film anthology: three Deaf protagonists face modern isolation, linked by eremos (“solitude”).
Don't Look Directed by: Danny Murphy Synopsis: A group of friends play ‘Don’t Look,’ unleashing deadly spirits and facing their worst fears to survive.
Dinner Table Syndrome Directed by: Charlie Ainsworth Synopsis: A deaf boy armed with “miracle cure” cochlear implants navigates a Thanksgiving dinner with strangers who call themselves his family.
Directed by: Anders Thomas Jenson Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Sofie Gråbøl, Søren Malling, Bodil Jørgensen, Lars Brygmann, Kardo Razzazi, Nicolas Bro, Peter Düring
Synopsis: Anker is released from prison following a fifteen-year sentence for robbery. The money from the heist was buried by Anker’s brother, Manfred. Only he knows where it is. Unfortunately, Manfred has since developed a mental disorder causing him to forget all. Together, the brothers embark on an unexpected journey to locate the money and discover who they really are.
Synopsis: A vibrant portrait of Sonia Manzano (“Maria” from Sesame Street) — the trailblazing actress who transformed television and inspired generations.
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 17 at 3:45pm Saturday, April 18 at 8:00pm Sunday, April 19 at 11:30am
Directed by: Sara Joe Wolansky Cast: Adam Moskowitz, Courtney Johnson, Sam Rollins, Lilith Spencer
Synopsis: America's greatest cheesemongers attempt the impossible: beat the French at their own game and aim for the podium at the Olympics of cheese. The eccentric underdogs of Team USA battle cultural clashes, personal struggles, and melting cheese in pursuit of respect, redemption, and a historic victory.
Screening Time(s): Saturday, April 11 at 9:45pm Friday, April 17 at 3:50pm Saturday, April 18 at 1:40pm
Directed by: Luis Calderón Cast: Sandra Escacena, Claudio Portalo, Mala Rodriguez, Kandido Uranga
Synopsis: After witnessing her boyfriend’s fatal fall from a treehouse, Ale returns to the forest one year later, convinced his death was not an accident. As she confronts the place where it happened, an unsettling presence resurfaces, forcing her to face the truth behind that night.
Synopsis: Three friends head into the wilderness to reconnect. When one vanishes, the journey becomes a test of friendship, trust, and what it means to truly be there for one another.
Screening Time(s): Thursday, April 16 at 6:50pm Friday, April 17 at 4:55pm Saturday, April 18 at 9:00am
[BLEEP] 'EM! Directed by: Andrés "Flash" Otalora Synopsis: When a deadline approaches, a struggling screenwriter faces their inner perfectionist in an emotional drive to finish the perfect script.
MINT Directed by: Tomasz Grabowski Synopsis: Set in a world without sound, this silent experimental film explores Deaf perception, intimacy, and communication beyond hearing.
Eremos Trilogy Directed by: Sam Arnold Synopsis: The first self-funded Deaf short film anthology: three Deaf protagonists face modern isolation, linked by eremos (“solitude”).
Don't Look Directed by: Danny Murphy Synopsis: A group of friends play ‘Don’t Look,’ unleashing deadly spirits and facing their worst fears to survive.
Dinner Table Syndrome Directed by: Charlie Ainsworth Synopsis: A deaf boy armed with “miracle cure” cochlear implants navigates a Thanksgiving dinner with strangers who call themselves his family.
The Eyes of Ghana (Subtitled) Run Time: 90 minutes
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 17 at 6:35pm Saturday, April 18 at 1:55pm Sunday, April 19 at 1:15pm
Directed by: Ben Proudfoot Cast: Chris Hesse, Anita Afonu, Edmund Addo
Synopsis: In this love letter to cinema, 93-year-old Chris Hesse, Kwame Nkrumah’s personal cinematographer, races against blindness and time to save over 1,000 films that reveal the hidden origin story of African independence.
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 17 at 7:05pm Saturday, April 18 at 9:55pm
Directed by: Jack & Yossy Zagha Cast: Macarena Oz, Greta Martí, Aminta Ireta
Synopsis: Two best friends preparing for their quinceañera face desire, cruelty, and social pressure–until one girl’s body begins to transform into something monstrous.
Screening Time(s): Thursday, April 16 at 6:50pm Friday, April 17 at 4:55pm Saturday, April 18 at 9:00am
[BLEEP] 'EM! Directed by: Andrés "Flash" Otalora Synopsis: When a deadline approaches, a struggling screenwriter faces their inner perfectionist in an emotional drive to finish the perfect script.
MINT Directed by: Tomasz Grabowski Synopsis: Set in a world without sound, this silent experimental film explores Deaf perception, intimacy, and communication beyond hearing.
Eremos Trilogy Directed by: Sam Arnold Synopsis: The first self-funded Deaf short film anthology: three Deaf protagonists face modern isolation, linked by eremos (“solitude”).
Don't Look Directed by: Danny Murphy Synopsis: A group of friends play ‘Don’t Look,’ unleashing deadly spirits and facing their worst fears to survive.
Dinner Table Syndrome Directed by: Charlie Ainsworth Synopsis: A deaf boy armed with “miracle cure” cochlear implants navigates a Thanksgiving dinner with strangers who call themselves his family.
The Refusers Directed by: Wiep Teeuwisse Synopsis: A mattress laments. An old paper dances.
Tremolo Directed by: Leondard Mink Synopsis: A deaf boy and his father must find common language after a long time apart.
Swimming with Butterflies Directed by: Karl Stetler Synopsis: After missing bronze by 1/100th of a second at the 2016 Paralympic games, Austin-based swimmer Lizzi Smith shares what’s bringing her back to the pool—and bringing hope to the next generation
The Drifting Guitar Directed by: Sophie Roze Synopsis: A tie-selling weasel roams the countryside and decides to take a chance in the forest thanks to the unconditional help of a hedgehog.
Synopsis: Three friends head into the wilderness to reconnect. When one vanishes, the journey becomes a test of friendship, trust, and what it means to truly be there for one another.
Screening Time(s): Saturday, April 11 at 9:45pm Friday, April 17 at 3:50pm Saturday, April 18 at 1:40pm
Directed by: Luis Calderón Cast: Sandra Escacena, Claudio Portalo, Mala Rodriguez, Kandido Uranga
Synopsis: After witnessing her boyfriend’s fatal fall from a treehouse, Ale returns to the forest one year later, convinced his death was not an accident. As she confronts the place where it happened, an unsettling presence resurfaces, forcing her to face the truth behind that night.
The Eyes of Ghana (Subtitled) Run Time: 90 minutes
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 17 at 6:35pm Saturday, April 18 at 1:55pm Sunday, April 19 at 1:15pm
Directed by: Ben Proudfoot Cast: Chris Hesse, Anita Afonu, Edmund Addo
Synopsis: In this love letter to cinema, 93-year-old Chris Hesse, Kwame Nkrumah’s personal cinematographer, races against blindness and time to save over 1,000 films that reveal the hidden origin story of African independence.
Synopsis: A vibrant portrait of Sonia Manzano (“Maria” from Sesame Street) — the trailblazing actress who transformed television and inspired generations.
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 17 at 3:45pm Saturday, April 18 at 8:00pm Sunday, April 19 at 11:30am
Directed by: Sara Joe Wolansky Cast: Adam Moskowitz, Courtney Johnson, Sam Rollins, Lilith Spencer
Synopsis: America's greatest cheesemongers attempt the impossible: beat the French at their own game and aim for the podium at the Olympics of cheese. The eccentric underdogs of Team USA battle cultural clashes, personal struggles, and melting cheese in pursuit of respect, redemption, and a historic victory.
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 17 at 7:05pm Saturday, April 18 at 9:55pm
Directed by: Jack & Yossy Zagha Cast: Macarena Oz, Greta Martí, Aminta Ireta
Synopsis: Two best friends preparing for their quinceañera face desire, cruelty, and social pressure–until one girl’s body begins to transform into something monstrous.
Synopsis: A vibrant portrait of Sonia Manzano (“Maria” from Sesame Street) — the trailblazing actress who transformed television and inspired generations.
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 17 at 3:45pm Saturday, April 18 at 8:00pm Sunday, April 19 at 11:30am
Directed by: Sara Joe Wolansky Cast: Adam Moskowitz, Courtney Johnson, Sam Rollins, Lilith Spencer
Synopsis: America's greatest cheesemongers attempt the impossible: beat the French at their own game and aim for the podium at the Olympics of cheese. The eccentric underdogs of Team USA battle cultural clashes, personal struggles, and melting cheese in pursuit of respect, redemption, and a historic victory.
Synopsis: Three friends head into the wilderness to reconnect. When one vanishes, the journey becomes a test of friendship, trust, and what it means to truly be there for one another.
The Eyes of Ghana (Subtitled) Run Time: 90 minutes
Screening Time(s): Friday, April 17 at 6:35pm Saturday, April 18 at 1:55pm Sunday, April 19 at 1:15pm
Directed by: Ben Proudfoot Cast: Chris Hesse, Anita Afonu, Edmund Addo
Synopsis: In this love letter to cinema, 93-year-old Chris Hesse, Kwame Nkrumah’s personal cinematographer, races against blindness and time to save over 1,000 films that reveal the hidden origin story of African independence.
