Life Story. 2024. USA. Directed by Jessica Dunn Rovinelli. 35mm. US Premiere. 10 min.
Philosopher and theorist McKenzie Wark (Hacker Manifesto, Raving) reads excerpts from an original text that intertwines the history of the Left with her own corporeality. The camera delicately traces her nude body, laying bare the marks of her gender transition, as she muses on love, the making of one’s self, and lost futures while the specter of death looms large.
Crushed. 2024. Belgium. Directed by Camille Vigny. North American premiere. In French; English subtitles. 12 min.
The haunting story of a toxic relationship resonates with images of wrecked cars racing in a demolition derby. In Crushed, Camille Vigny captures stock cars as though they were bodies bearing trauma, creating a moving, cathartic experience from memories of a young, abusive love driving around in circles.
Maidenhair. 2025. USA. Directed by Julia Sipowicz. World premiere. 7 min.
Winnie, a preacher’s daughter in Newbury, Ohio, spends her days tending to her horses and assisting with her father’s congregation. When a young Bible salesman pays a visit to her father’s church, a nascent sense of desire is awakened in Winnie that leads her to the edges of her repression.
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World. 2025. Greece/USA. Directed by Kevin Walker, Irene Zahariadis. North American premiere. In Greek; English subtitles. 26 min.
In this intimate, observational work of docu-fiction, the nine remaining inhabitants in the village of Archia on the Greek island of Nisyros must relocate the remains of their ancestors to make room for those of the recently deceased. Steeled away from the confines of death in a timeless town, the spirits of the dead co-mingle with the living as a local priest leads the community’s procession to the top of a mountain to perform the ceremonial re-burial.
What We Ask of a Statue Is That It Doesn’t Move. 2024. Greece/France. Directed by Daphné Hérétakis. North American premiere. In Greek; English subtitles. 31 min.
Inspired by Greek poet Yorgos Makris’s 1944 proclamation that the Parthenon should be blown up, Daphné Hérétakis creatively blends and experiments with various styles—documentary, street interviews, and musical skits—to question the significance of history, cultural heritage, gentrification, and the disruption of local routines in a European capital as it accommodates mass tourism.
Program approx. 86 min.