SHORT BLOCK 6
FEATURING THE FOLLOWING FILMS:
29th OF FEBRUARY
USA Premier
Tomás wants to celebrate his ninetieth birthday but he has no one to invite . . . except his staunchest enemy. A sad comedy, a hopeful drama about the situation of many of our elders.
Starring: Ramon Barea, Zorion Equileor
Directed by: Diego Fandos
Produced by: Maria Vallejo Ilarduya
Runtime (minutes): 23
Language: Spanish
Country: Spain
Rating: GA
Subtitles: YES
AN OLD FRIEND
Iowa Premier
An imaginary friend (Jason Faunt) finds out his sole purpose is to bring happiness to his child, only to discover his child is a 90-year-old man (Tom Skerritt) on his death bed.
Starring: Jason Funt, Tom Skeritt
Directed by: Nuk Suwanchote
Produced by: Kris Flink
Runtime (minutes): 14
Language: English
Country: USA
Rating: F
Subtitles: YES
AREN'T WE HAVIN' A GOOD TIME
Iowa Premier
Peter, a popular singer/stand-up entertainer of the seventies and eighties, resides in a care home in Nottingham as a result of Alzheimer’s dementia. Kezz, his naturally-gifted event host of a grandson, assumed he was all but lost to the condition, until, during a routine visit, he's suddenly shocked and astonished to learn that due to the remarkable effects of music on the minds of those living with dementia—Peter still has the ability to perform his past songs.
Starring: Nicholas Lumley, Kieran Hardcastle
Directed by: Derry Shillitto
Produced by: Chloe Elizabeth Martin
Runtime (minutes): 19
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom
Rating: GA
Subtitles: YES
BUT I'M A SHOE
Iowa Premier
This is the story of a woman who wanted to fly comfortably, so she used a new service called “Objectified Travel†just to be reminded that the grass isn't always greener.
Starring: Janet Varney, Soledad Bautista, Alexander Ferguson
Directed by: Chen Drachman
Produced by: Rachel Jobin, Daniel Beared
Runtime (minutes): 12
Language: English
Country: USA
Rating: F
Subtitles: YES
DERIVE
Iowa Premier
Guided by posthumous instructions to release her ex-wife’s ashes, a reclusive book publisher embarks on a Surrealist odyssey (a drive) across New York City, experiencing a series of spontaneous connections along the way that inspire her to engage the world anew.
Starring: Heather Raffo, Fancis Benhamou
Directed by: Lianne Sonia Walden
Produced by: Ellie Jackson
Runtime (minutes): 19
Language: English
Country: USA
Rating: M
Subtitles: YES
GOODNIGHT DARLING
USA Premier
GOODNIGHT DARLING captures a year in the life of a sunset couple's marriage, set against La France Profonde. An honest portrait of how love can be found whenever you care enough to look, and that you don't stop playing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop playing.
Starring: Marie Lauqué, Albert Crabos
Directed by: Samuel Jean Butler
Produced by: Samuel Jean Butler
Runtime (minutes): 17
Language: French
Country: France
Rating: F
Subtitles: YES
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