Wednesday, December 4, 2024​, 7PM
Marilyn Monroe Theatre
The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute
7936 Santa Monica Boulevard
West Hollywood, California
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This screening session. features 10 short films (see below). All films are in English and/or have English subtitles.
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Third Wheel (Switzerland) by Kevin Haefelin
Samurai comedy about a three-way relationship with a ghost set in Edo Japan. Following his abrupt death, Gohei, a master carpenter, returns as a ghost to make peace with his wife, Sachi but finds out he is invisible. He must rely on Sakichi, his once-neglected apprentice gifted with psychic abilities.
Running time: 00:04:00
Cyclepaths (Belgium) by Anton Cla
An old woman is carrying her shopping bags. A child with a gun on his back riding a scooter. Birds are flying. A city is falling. A party is lit.
Running time: 00:12:25
Promenade-A-Deux (United States) by Hannah Camarata
A story of the scorpion; and the sting of love. Promenade a deux, meaning ‘walk for two’ is the peculiar mating dance of the scorpion. this pair conducts an improvisation on vulnerability and movement, with you as witness hinging on the question; does my existence depend on your existence.
Running time: 00:07:00
Calf (Belgium) by Tuur Oosterlinck
An adolescent became a victim of senseless violence. He arrives home and is confronted by his mother.
Running time: 00:13:17
Spiraling (United States) by Bea Vischer
An experiment in visual and audio rhythm.
Running time: 00:01:00
A Distant Figure (Germany) by Ramón Durman
An act of violence causes a deep rift between two colleagues who are forced to work together one last time.
Running time: 00:15:00
Stick with You (Belgium) by Victoria Verseau
What do you do when someone you care about, or someone you love, is more committed to their insecurities than to listening? Where do you stop accommodating their feelings or needs and start standing up for yours?
Running time: 00:03:02
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
Fragments 2 (United Kingdom) by Mélodie Roulaud
When we discuss and depict the body, we refer to something both tangible and imagined, with unclear boundaries and a complex relationship to the 'self'.
Running time: 00:03:00
Tidal (United States) by Katrina Lillian Sorrentino (Treen)
In the wake of divorce and alone in a new country, Treen matches with the “one.” Months later, in what seems to be a fairytale romance, she discovers a huge lie. Who really is the man she loves? Isolated from friends and family, in an exclusive relationship with a volatile stranger, she gets pulled deeper and deeper into a toxic cycle. Will she ever get out and how? Treen finally finds the courage to leave and with the support of other survivors of narcissistic abuse, she beings to heal.
Running time: 00:18:06