Swimming in Your Skin Again Runtime: 15 minutes Director: Terence Nance A film about motherhood, banality, Miami, the water, the divine feminine, and how to sing in church in a way that calls forth your own adulthood.
Beach Week Runtime: 18 minutes Director: David Raboy On their last day there, 20-year-old Natalie awakes to find that her best friend, Laure, has gone missing. Racked with anxiety, Natalie goes on the search - but as the day wears on, and mysterious omens reveal themselves, she suddenly becomes terrified of Laure's return.
The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano Runtime: 26 minutes Director: Joshua Seftel Photographer Phil Toledano has become obsessed with his future. Using DNA tests, fortune tellers, and a prosthetic makeup artist, he begins photographing the many dark possibilities that might await him — despite his wife’s pleas to abandon the project. Over three years, Toledano’s obsession alters him and his family forever.
Displacements Runtime: 9 minutes Director: Manuel Alvarez Diestro Hong-Kong is one of the densest cities in the world. As there is no much space available, new towns are adjacent to the cemeteries. These days in Hong-Kong the world of the living coexists with the one of the dead. Meanwhile, Hong Kong inhabitants move from place to place. They are waiting for a final displacement.
Pequeño bloque de cemento con pelo alborotado conteniendo el mar Runtime: 16 minutes Director: Jorge López Navarrete A dog and a mare embark upon a voyage together. With every step they take, the differences between them become inevitably clearer, and yet the profound mutual knowledge they develop over time shows the potential to suddenly produce a luminous moment between the two.
When I Write Runtime: 4 minutes Director: Colin Wheeler Locked in the cell of a Parisian psychiatric hospital, Antonin Artaud wrestles with a diseases that rewrites his memories with fantasy. To keep the madness away, Artaud must write a magic spell. The Blue Head, an avatar of Artaud's mind, tries in vain to signal the answer from beyond the flames of a fever dream. The two go on a journey through his microcosm, uncovering strange worlds and impossible landscapes. The search for magic is a desperate one and Artaud's sanity will be forfeit if he fails to find the answer behind the written page.
Saturday May 16, 2015 3:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Bill and Margaret Clark Room400 President Clinton Ave, Little Rock, AR 72201