7:00PM
THE BIG PICTURE CINEMA (Formerly the Projection Booth)
1035 Gerrard St E Toronto, ON M4M 1Z6
Prodigy
7:20 (Skaneateles, NY USA)
Dir. Lisa Ford
A mother reconnects with her inner child during a magical moment at her daughter’s violin lesson.
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Keywords: Family, Music, Childhood Memories, Classical Music
American Dream
3:31 (New York, NY USA)
Dir. Jason Eugene Flynn
An acoustic perspective on modern life in the United States of America.
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Keywords: Music Video, Educational, Human Rights, Independent, Rejected, Urban, Reality, Docu-Drama, Culture, Personal Narrative, Social Issue, News
Children Without Parents
1:20:20 (Chicago, IL USA)
Dir. Casey Puccini
This film WILL BE a true story. Children Without Parents is a work of autobiographical fiction, where the filmmaker Casey Puccini explores his relationship with his brazen siblings in the days right after their father’s suicide. The orphaned adults soon enter into a match of emotional destruction, targeting each other’s insecurities, and channeling the worst of their posthumous father’s personality. Puccini plays himself in this heart felt pre-enactment, revealing the destructive underbelly of family dynamics.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/61057152
Keywords: Family Drama, Dark Comedy, Micro cinema, Mumblecore, Independent, Family Issues, Personal Narrative
Programmer Note: Part Mumblecore, Part DIY filmmaking, “Children Without Parents” reminds me of “The Brothers McMullen”, but slyer with quirkier dysfunctional siblings.