Short: “Mock Angel” Dir. Tomomichi Nakamura (Japan 2014)

Mock Angel Dir. Tomomichi Nakamura, Japan, 13min, 2014, digital, color, 2D animation drama. (This short film will be shown with "June Bride") A girl wanted a change in her bland and uninteresting daily routine. She keeps a bird as a pet to create some change, and finds herself dreaming of having a child with it. The child of a bird and a woman is called a “mock-angel” and is angelic in [Read more...]

Short: “Semiotics of Islam” Dir. Fouzia Najar (USA 2014)

Semiotics of Islam Dir. Fouzia Najar, US, 2014, 7min. digital, experimental. (This short film will be shown with "Where Should the Birds Fly.") Inspired by Martha Rosler’s “Semiotic of the Kitchen” (1975, a feminist experimental film in which a housewife expresses her frustration by demonstrating the use of various kitchen products that surround her), this film combats Islamophobia. Queens [Read more...]

Short: “Paraíso” Dir. Nadav Kurtz (USA 2012)

Paraíso Dir. Nadav Kurtz, US, 10min. 2012, color, documentary. (This short film will be shown with "Evaporating Borders") Three immigrant window cleaners risk their lives every day rappelling down some of Chicago’s tallest sky-scrapers. Paraíso reveals the danger of their job and what they see on the way down.  Best Documentary Awards at the Tribeca, Chicago, Seattle, Cine Las Americas, [Read more...]