BLOCK 2 - FOREIGN NARRATIVES
FRI 9/8 - 7:00 PM - THE MERCHANT ROOM (WALNUT CREEK)
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Women are beautiful and give beauty. Even at the last moment of their lives.
DIR. MEYSAM JAFARINEJADSEDEHI
FAITH THE CONQUEROR
his Saturday is a Turkish wedding day at Espace Venise (France). Huddled in a car in the parling lot, Fatih, 21, wants to get married. He has set his sights on Ipek, Recep’s sister. But neither Murat, his best friend, nor Recep, nor even Ipek are aware of this yet.
DIR. Onur Yagiz
ME. MY ELEVEN YEARS. WAR.
A debut film of a young director (11 yRS), actress, swimmer and dancer from Ukraine, Marusya Shuvalova. The short film shows an ordinary day of a ukrainian girl during the war with the Russian occupiers. Her life is filled with fear, air raids and a great desire to learn, train, develop, and most importantly, stay alive. Ukrainian children now live one day and constantly think about whether the Russian invaders will destroy their houses with rockets or not? Will they have time for training or will they again need to sit in a shelter or a bomb shelter? When will they be able to return to their normal peaceful life?.
DIR. Marusya Shuvalova
FOR CHILDREN NEVER BORN
A girl is seeing the loss of her father and her pregnant mothers effort that faces society problems .the girl is happy for her mothers pregnancy but it seems to be a mirage because she has to make big decisions .
DIR. Afsaneh Aghanezhad, Vali Bagheri
CORRECTION FLUID
Parsa is in love with his student's sister. He finds out that Sara's family is having lunch with someone who might be a serious rival for him.
DIR. Danial Abroushan
FORGOTTEN SONG
A young boy comes to the Friendship Settlement, where the Soviet builders of the Palace of Culture and Science lived in the 1950s, in search of accommodation for his grandparents from Ukraine. Here he meets a girl singing in the choir, who becomes his guide. Seemingly, it is a story about love that cannot happen because of the war in Ukraine, but more deeply it is a story about finding your identity. Music is an integral part of the film. It is not only the background of the events narrated in the film, but its equal protagonist.
DIR. Monika Grzybowska