Melancholy
Sunday, July 16th, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
- Twitch (10:00)
- Director: Leah Meyerhoff
- School: New York University, U.S.
- A story of a daughter who copes with her mother's disability brings thought to life in this emotionally driven film.
- Hejira (18:00)
- Director: Baharak Saeid Monir
- School: Simon Fraser University, Canada
- In this drama an Iranian refugee struggles to keep his identity in a forsaken society.
- Twilight (21:00)
- Director: Victoria Gamburg
- School: San Francisco State University, U.S.
- In a Russian city littered with despair and abandoned children, a mother searches desperately for her child. It's a matter of solace through sacrifice in this compelling story.
- Lost Voices (6:00)
- Director: Soraya Umewaka
- School: Princeton University, U.S.
- A concerning document of abused and abandoned Lebanese children at the crossroads of hope and despair.
- Aoi Senaka (19:00)
- Director: Seou Sasaki
- School: Osaka University of Arts, Japan
- A quintessentially Japanese presentation of despondence that couples sentimental storytelling with a gorgeous inlay of cinematic visuals.