December 6, 9.15PM
THE ENDING
Our journey crescendos in this final act, where stories find closure, collide, or unravel. Here lies resolution, reflection, and the echo of what lingers beyond the credits.
@ the Marilyn Monroe Theatre, The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, 7936 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California. Invites only.
Above the Desert with No Name (United States) by Sonia Sebastián
After arriving illegally in the United States, a young Mexican girl's troubled life gets inspired by spying on an incandescent neighbor.
Running time: 00:17:00
Nøkkelbarn (Norway) by Sindre Mangen Haram
When twelve-year-old Erik is forced to choose which parent should have to move out during an ugly divorce, he struggles in the aftermath of his decision and how it ends up altering his relationships not only with his parents, but his two younger brothers as well.
Running time: 00:21:16
Safari (Italy) by Leonardo Balestrieri
Inspired by real instances of violence against LGBT+ people, Safari follows Elia, a member of a "hunting" group, who serves as an example of the dissonance felt when one is forced to suppress themselves. Emerging from this annihilation will be lacerating, but ineludible.
Running time: 00:15:00
The Loop (Poland) by Antoni Ferency
A young man takes a night bus to meet a girl. He falls asleep. He wakes up in the company of a strange man who turns out to be somewhat similar to him. The sequence of events makes the young man miss his stop and return to the same place from which he set out. He fails to meet the girl, but it's not clear if it's bad or good.
Running time: 00:14:30
Frogs (Turkey) by Vehbi BozdaÄŸ
One morning, a girl, who lives with her mother in a small-town, notices that the rubble is being removed from the field outside her window. This realization prompts her to reassess her life and the environment she lives in, as she spends most of her time in her room.
Running time: 00:13:26