By Matt Heywood
WORLD PREMIERE Driving has been promised to lead to freedom and autonomy. But for whom? This experimental documentary delves into Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia — one of the U.S. interstate highways with the most traffic and the highest number of pedestrian fatalities — uncovering the impact of a driver-centric landscape on people’s feelings about Read More...
NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE
SCREENING INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, August 27
Time: 7:15pm
Location: Marquis Main
U.S. PREMIERE
SCREENING INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, August 27
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Twilight Hall
PREMIERE DESIGNATION
United States
SYNOPSIS
6FT is a surreal fever-dream of a short film, in which an isolated creature struggles to break free from the safety and suffocation of its forced seclusion. Created as a collaboration between artists in Brooklyn and London, 6FT. is about loneliness, connection, and our separate-but-shared quarantine experiences.
PREMIERE DESIGNATION
World
SYNOPSIS
Waking up one morning in quiet solitude to a lush Canadian snowfall, everything seemingly pandemic feels torn apart. Flurries converge with the turmoil of motherhood, isolation, aging, identity and change. Inspired by the serendipitous elements, the dancer’s emotions and union with self becomes complicit with finding peace in challenging times.
SYNOPSIS
“Compositions for Understanding Relationships” is a short animated film that takes the shape of a “love letter.” This concept is examined as various forms of relationships are brought on throughout the film. Taken in and out of the romantic context, the viewer gazes upon the dynamic play of the variables of composition such as color, form, balance, proportion, and unity.
PREMIERE DESIGNATION
United States
SYNOPSIS
“Fireflies” is a fabulated ethnography of the night at Flamengo’s Park in Rio de Janeiro, illustrating how the flora and fauna of Roberto Burle Marx’s gardens are inhabited by visitors while the city falls asleep.
PREMIERE DESIGNATION
United States
SYNOPSIS
Machine Age is a visceral experience of the mechanized world of industrial egg production. Using investigative material, this short film immerses us into the sights and sounds of life behind the walls of a factory farm.