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Dancing as Ourselves features shorts from Canada, Hong Kong, Germany, Switzerland, Czechia, Spain, Japan, the U.K. and the US, and will remind you how similar we all are as humans across the globe, yet how different we can be. This collection explores the various aspects of being human as reflected by the body and movement. Through a multitude of film styles including narrative, experimental, animation, and screendance, this program illustrates that the range of humanity’s expression is as vast…
Thursday, October 29 at 3 p.m. In this mindboggling true story, an unsung hero has a chance encounter with fate that inspires an historic act of daring. Michel Cojot, a French businessman tormented by his father’s murder at Auschwitz, is bent on revenge but fails to act when he has his chance. But one year later, he finds himself aboard a plane hijacked by terrorists who force the pilot to land at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. There, he uses his wits, cool resolve and negotiating skills, playing a…
Oct 28-Nov 1 On a remote Scottish isle, siblings Isla and Sandy spend their days hunting seabirds and retelling the stories of their ancestors. They follow the strict rules inherited from their late father — protect the island, allow no incomer, survive — until one day, Daniel, an awkward and socially inept council official, arrives to evacuate them. Bringing with him the strange mainland ways of laws, paperwork, veganism and internet wizardry, he turns their world upside down. As long-held beli…
The enduring strength of a French Moroccan mother’s love makes her a zealous advocate for her disabled son in this high-spirited story of determination and faith. Recently selected by Jewish film festival directors across the world as their favorite film of the year, this heartwarming French drama also won more audience awards than any other title this year. Based on a true story that begins in 1960s Paris and spans decades of challenges and miracles, this big-hearted, exuberant crowd-pleaser wa…
Oct 28-Nov 1 Black Zombie digs beneath the blood-soaked spectacle of modern horror to uncover the zombie’s buried and unsettling origins. Long before it became associated with flesh-eating ghouls, the zombie was a living metaphor for slavery: not a monster, but the ultimate victim of colonial power. A symbol of stolen agency was recast as an object of fear, while Black spiritual traditions were distorted, sensationalized, and erased. Director Maya Annik Bedward traces the evolution of the zombie…
