BLOCK: Alone with you -
SCREENING DATE: saturday, february4, 2023 at 4pm
Location: Jessie Ball duPont Center - Northern Trust Seminar Room
Local Middle Schooler
US - Director: Sanjna Bharadwaj
A girl with magic eyelashes is exploited for them by her school, her community, and eventually the government. She battles the weight of the world with the weight of being a middle schooler.
The Madness Store
France - Director: Alex Guéry
Eugène is a theater successful director in full search of a romantic identity who will soon meet his muse.
Big Guy
US - Directors: Hicham Harrag & Samir Harrag
Brahim is the sole caretaker for Mehdi. They live in social housing in a suburban area. Mehdi, wounded at war, is now handicapped, forcing his brother Brahim to take on heavy responsibilities. Between habits, chores and his job as a delivery man to make ends meet, Brahim is exhausted and faced with a major dilemma.
Revelation of John
Slovakia - Director: Andrej Kolencik
To live one’s last days in peace and fulfillment in the company of a loved one. The film shows the rejection of the consumer world, medicine, and eternal rushing and pays homage to peaceful old age with touch of spirituality and intimacy.
Animal Control
US - Director: Vanessa Newel
A short, tense, thriller about a troubled Animal Control Officer who investigates a complaint about a dog hoarder. A touching film about mothers and daughters, grief and the strength of human connection.
Ocultos
Mexico - Director: Mauricio Corredor Buitrago
Laura, a young and innocent woman, meets Emilio, a charming older man who, despite their age difference, seems perfect. She, dazzled, falls madly in love and he wants to involve her in his life. So, he introduces her to his "family" who are actually the members of a gang of kidnappers and Emilio is leader.
Back Home
Spain - Director: Ariadna Pastor
Nit, her mother and younger sister move into her great-grandparents’ house. She doesn’t understand what’s happening. During the hot days of July 1998, Nit will have to face her father’s unexplainable absence and the new reality that sets in: now they live there. Now they’re a family of three.