BLOCK: Of Mice and men
SCREENING DATE: sunday, february 5, 2023 at 5pm
Location: Jessie Ball duPont Center - Northern Trust Seminar Room
Big Touch
US - Director: Christopher Tenzis
An Afro-Surrealist story about a giant woman and a tiny man who through the power of touch, experience an unexpected transformation.
My Grandmother is an Egg
Taiwan - Director: Wu-Ching Chang
The film is about the fragility and resilience of the director's grandmother who faced oppression from unjust Confucian traditions in Asia. It aims to reflect upon women's oppression and struggle for freedom.
Bead Brothers
Turkey - Director: Aykut Temel
Bekir and Ahmet are two brothers who don’t get along very well with each other. Ahmet lives with the dream of his father's promise of a bicycle to him. However, he soon comes face to face with the fact that this promise will never be kept. Bekir thinks that thanks to this new job opportunity, he can realize his brother's dream of cycling by secretly saving money from his father.
Record Highs
US - Director: Beryl Allee
Frogs compete to reach the ultimate vantage point, where anything is possible and everything can be seen.
New Santa
US - Director: Zanah Thirus
After the North Pole, Inc. undergoes a diversity, equity, and inclusion overhaul, a new person is appointed to the role of Santa Claus.
Dispatchers
Spain - Director: Actor Padilla
Pau, a dispatcher working for the 112 emergency number, is considering quitting her job when a call that she initially mistakes for a prank ends up putting her in a race to save a woman.
Hallelujah
US - Director: Victor Gabriel
After being stuck with the guardianship of their annoying, bookworm nephew, two brothers in Compton, California have to decide if they are willing to take on the responsibility of being caretakers.
Foxglove
Ireland - Director: Michael-David McKernan
Siobhán, left the island many years previous but now when she is beckoned home by her aunt she is forced to face the demons of her past and the crux of her unresolved pain, her relationship with her father.