In a post-apocalyptic world where insects grew big, Bluebell visits places she went in the past to collect fireflies in order to find her friend Willow.
Centered around the community of Kankakee, Illinois, this documentary showcases the humanity surrounding those impacted by the city's reputation for violence.
This thought-provoking exploration unveils the unique challenges, triumphs, and cultural richness of a population often overlooked by the global lens. Join us on a journey to the heart of these Forgotten Shores, where diversity and isolation weave a tapestry of human stories waiting to be discovered. As we navigate through these narratives, the film serves as a poignant reminder that, if left unattended, the distinct identity of this community could potentially be erased, or worse, cease to exist. The film beckons us to contemplate the urgency of preserving cultural nuances and human stories that risk fading away into obscurity.
A collaborative film made after a cyanotype on 16mm film workshop taught by artist and filmmaker Kate Lain, sponsored by the Interbay Cinema Society and Northwest Film Forum. Featuring film by Brenan Chambers, Brenda Burmeister, Caryn Cline, Chris Day, Cindy Stillwell, Devon Damonte, Eileen Roscina, Ellie Kozlowski, Jade Finlinson, Jen Proctor, Jonah Kozlowski, Panteha Abareshi, Paul Siple, Rana San, Ruth Hayes, and Ursula Brookbank. Music by the Greenblatt Generations Band: Dan Greenblatt (sax), Tatum Greenblatt (trumpet), and Ed Fuqua (bass).
Phong grew up in a small town in the center of Vietnam - the youngest of six children. From the time she was young, Phong felt like she was a girl with a mismatched boy's body. Not until she moved to Hanoi to attend university at age 20 did Phong discover that she was not the only one in the world with this predicament. Her dream to 'find herself' by physically changing sex becomes a reality several years later. The movie follows Phong's struggle during these years, with excerpts from an intimate video journal, along with encounters with family, friends and doctors - all of whom must come to terms with Phong determination to become a "complete girl".
After a premonition of an unusual bird, a father loses his voice. His daughter undertakes a search to rediscover him, through an intimate narrative that explores the past, the new facets and the silences of a man who is no longer the same.
In a candid discussion, Bon Jovi reflects on his journey to fronting one of the most successful bands of all time and the challenges he and the band faced along the way.
A poignant documentary about the ideological conflict of generations. The artist Diana opposes the war, but lives with her grandmother, who hates America and proves that Crimea is ours, and special services are on duty at the entrance.
Ten years ago, in order to control the government, the Prime Minister contacted an assassin organization to kill the General. After witnessing her father's murder, the general's daughter, Qing Tian, coincidentally learns that the prime minister who adopted her is the real culprit behind her father's assassination, and that one of the assassins who killed her father, the assassin, Shadow, under the name of Wei Ping, works as a guard in the prime minister's mansion.
The elderly and successful former classmates, Muscovites Igor Breitman and Yevgeny Tikhomirov go to a remote Uzbek village for their ex-wife Shurochka’s funeral. They go, eat, drink, argue about shurochka, fight. but it turns out she’s alive.
Kamatsu is an 80 year old Japanese man who came to Buenos Aires more than five decades ago because he heard that there was a hen that lay green eggs. In a game of expectation and reality, this documentary continually stumbles over its own preconceptions. The initial idea of understanding the migration, identity and tradition of a Japanese migrant derives in the story of some eggs, some notebooks and the authors' search for vision and meaning.
A film about the female gaze and self-acceptance. In spring 2023, a physical illness forced me to re-examine my relationship with my body. Scars, spots, skin, hair, and my unflattering voice, everything belongs to my body.
A community of garden creatures all contribute to the flow of life, using water from a fountain. When a butterfly gets stuck in the fountain, they’re faced with an unfamiliar situation.
Young Sara has been bitten by a dog and needs to go to the doctor for a blood test, but strange things start happening and the doctor doesn't seen very friendly.
