I Saw You & Did Nothing
Narrative Shorts
Sunday, April 14 @ 12:30 pm
Location: Jessie Ball duPont Center - Lecture Hall
Block will conclude with a Q&A with some of the filmmakers after the screening!
The Purple Glasses
US - Director: Susan Sullivan
Set in the late 80's during middle school, The Purple Glasses explores the fun and newfound freedom that this age brings along with the emotions of it all. A precocious young student, Emily loses her glasses shortly after a fight with her cool-girl classmate Sara. Sara is left with a decision that brings her to a new realization. The story involves a twist of fate that brings the two middle school girls together.
Diell
Albania - Director: Rain Nikolla
A shy schoolgirl, Dielleza, arrives by train to a rural town where she is to stay with her unfriendly aunt. Haunted by nightmares, she constantly worries about her sick grandmother back home. While her aunt is at work, Dielleza is left with a free-spirited teenage girl, Vani. The rebellious Vani and Dielleza develop an unlikely but close friendship.
At a Glance
Netherlands - Director: Ruud Satijn
During his evening shift, pizza delivery guy Izem suspects domestic violence is taking place behind the doors of a wealthy customer. Do the police believe his warning?
Fár
Iceland - Director: Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter
A bird hits a window of a café and disrupts its customers. A woman faces a decision on whether to ignore nature or to react.
The Moisture (Rutubet)
Turkey - Director: Turan Haste
Teacher İshak, who is doing his compulsory duty in Anatolia, on the one hand, trying to solve the child custody problem with his wife, on the other hand, enters into a struggle for authority with Yusuf, the most prankish student in the class, who distanced him from his ideals. When he decides to regain his ideals, which he has become increasingly distant from, he soon realizes that nothing will be the same as before.
Where it Begins
Iran - Directors: Mohsen Asdaghpour & Amirhossein TalebI
Upon the delivery of the lucky buttons, Ebraam‘s life is bewitched. With the company of his cat, Homeira, Ebraam is now an agent of justice.