INTERNATIONAL SHORTS 2
Thursday, November 14, 2024
7PM (Rated NC-17, adults only)
This screening session includes 6 short films. All films are in English and/or have English subtitles.​
Address:
500 Park Avenue Screening Room
500 Park Ave (at the SW corner of 59th Street)
New York, NY 10022
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Free tickets:
Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis at the cinema starting 20 minutes before each screening. Reservation is not required, but optional. If you want to be certain of your seat(s), reserve your ticket(s) here.
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Wood Dove (United States) by David Jonathan Orr
Animated video, made entirely from still images of dove feathers for a song by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
Running time: 00:04:48
Say Something (United States) by Agustina Aranda
Say Something is a short experimental documentary where Katie Agustina Aranda explores her relationship with her father, Panfilo Aranda—a Paraguayan immigrant, workaholic, and amateur videographer. Using material that he shot throughout the last forty years, the story follows his journey from passionate filmmaker to distant father. With archival footage and interviews, the film is about family, immigration, and a strained father-daughter relationship.
Running time: 00:09:47
The Middle of the Garage (Canada) by Lisa Bolduc
The mysterious arrival of a huge trunk in the garage of Pierre's house turns his life upside down. At 55, with time passing too slowly and dreams gone, loneliness suddenly seems less burdensome. The strange appearance of the object became Pierre's only obsession, and the discovery of its contents, a new goal in life.
Running time: 00:13:01
Cock (Norway) by Robin Jensen
Two sweaty men end up at odds with each other in a crowded sauna. A short film about prejudice and politics. And cock.
Running time: 00:06:30
The Whole World Blind (or: The Ballad of The Cuck and The Eunuch) (United Kingdom) by Finbar Somers, Seán Mackey
After witnessing his wife's illicit affair, a humiliated businessman flees deep into the countryside where he encounters a reclusive war veteran. Together, they strike a maniacal pact to take revenge on the man who cucked him.
Running time: 00:21:59
A Body Like Mine (Germany) by Maja Classen & Puck
A Body Like Mine is the poetic portrait of a young artist and activist named Puck. Puck is not her legal name, it is a character the artist has created and transforms into during her performances. As co-writer and protagonist of the film, the artist talks about how Puck's existence helps her to feel more grounded in a world she experiences as overwhelming. While Puck dares to do wild things, such as queer post porn and wrestling, Puck's creator herself shares her vulnerability. In the film she contemplates the discrepancy between herself and her character: She talks about how she is often misunderstood, judged, and fetishized. How she is assigned gender stereotypes she doesn’t want to conform to. Puck’s activism consists of her visibility as a proud Black person and of staging herself as part of phantasies and images that bodies like hers traditionally have been banished from.
Running time: 00:34:48