Our Matinee Two program gives access to fully formed worlds with very personal stories told in sometimes disarmingly relatable ways. Frequently meditative and immersive. The relationships we experience with our environment, ourselves and others are examined alongside cultural insights. The different ways we react and move forward when new experience causes shifts in our perspectives. How we balance emotions and logic. Beautiful visuals and engaging films await in this fantastic program.

Q&A moderated by Shay Filmore, Film Programmer

A Film About Fascism
Paige Levy / U.S. / 2024 / 15 min. / English
On the set of her divisive film about radical indoctrination, a director fights for control as the all-male crew are united by an enemy of their own creation.

Daly City
Nick Hartanto / U.S. / 2024 / 16 min. / English, Indonesian
An Indonesian boy and his mother attend a church potluck and lie about their dish.

The Colour of My Room
Jake Alden Falconer  / U.K., U.S. / 2024 / 16 min. / English
When Sylvie’s best friend comes to visit her on the coast, it exposes just how far the gulf between their lives has grown.

Lucky Charms
Gabriella Cetrulo / U.S. / 2017 – 2024 / 6 min. / English
A teenager is left alone in her family’s mansion while a robber prowls the neighborhood.

A Part of You / Made Me Whole Again
Destyn Fuller-Hope, Andrew Wonder / U.S. / 2023 / 5 min. / English
Two Lives. One Gift. A post-kidney transplant memoir, told as a dream-like prayer to Mom.

Shangri-La
Rhys Raiskin / U.S. / 2024 / 14 min. / English
When Joe discovers his high school crush, Daphne, has moved into his nursing home, he asks his best friend Alma to be his wingman but, she has a little crush of her own.

PAWN SHOP
Amouri Edwards / U.S. / 2024 / 4 min. / English
A magical pawn shop owner trades enchanted objects that alter the state of three unsuspecting customers – an old wise lady, a little boy and a vain man.

Sunkiss
Dice Rose / U.S. / 2024 / 10 min. / English
Teenage best girl friends decide to go on a dangerous joyride with two older men and their lives are changed forever.

Forbidden Pond
Eric Jenkins-Sahlin / U.S. / 2022 / 13 min. / English
It’s a didinium eat paramecium world, and Deb Kapell makes microscopy art of it.