Programs
Celebration Program
CELEBRATION
Screening
| Venue | Schedule | Reservation | |
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| Venue | Online Screening | 2023.04.27 [Thu] – 2023.06.06 [Tue] | |
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A Day Without Prohibition
Two young women decide to defy the dancing prohibition set by the Finnish government by organising a secret graduation dance in war-torn Helsinki in 1944. Before best friends Elvi and Irja take their biggest step yet into adulthood, they must find the courage to say goodbye to one another.
Elisa Kujala / 0:15:00 / Finland / Drama / 2022
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Areola Borealis
An uptight mother tries to upstage her daughter’s untraditional wedding dinner with her own traditionalist principles only to have her plans undermined by a broken bra.
Li Lin Wee / 0:13:03 / Singapore / Comedy / 2017
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Father, Son, and the Beach
Ting-Wei spent his entire summer vacation helping his dad make deliveries, with only one condition- that he will take him to the beach before school starts.Dad never keeps his word; will he actually remember to fulfill his promise this time?
Chieh-Huei Hsu / 0:19:07 / Taiwan / Drama / 2020
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Happy BirthGay
Ronit throws her son Nadav a grandiose surprise party, celebrating a year anniversary of his coming out of the closet. However, he struggles to cooperate. Happy BirthGay is a sad farce about the mother's closet, rather than the son's.
Niv Manzur / 0:16:09 / Israel / Comedy / 2022
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Like the ones I used to know
Christmas 1983. Julie and her cousins ate too much sugar, Santa is late. Denis is anxious at the idea of picking up his children at his ex-in-law’s.
Annie St-Pierre / 0:18:00 / Canada / Drama / 2021
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Tabanca
Dampened by office life during a wet Vancouver winter, a genderqueer Trinidadian woman, Marlinn, misses out on the chance to celebrate Carnival season back home. Until, one night, they discover that the power of masquerade is within them no matter where they are.
Lauren Marsden / 0:11:50 / Canada / Drama / 2022
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tail end of the year
On Chinese New Year Eve, ten-year old Yang Lan anxiously waiting for her singer mother to come home. While the big family is celebrating loudly with Mahjong, fireworks, dinner and laughs, she struggles to reconcile her urge to feel, at least for a brief moment, loved.
Chieh Yang / 0:22:50 / Taiwan / Drama / 2018
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The Bathtub
The brothers, Georg, Alexander and Niklas, are preparing an original present for their mother. But the idea to re-enact an old bathtub picture from their childhood is way too stupid for the oldest one. Little by little they bare all and three brothers remain who have grown apart in the meanwhile.
Tim Ellrich / 0:12:58 / Austria/Germany / Drama / 2015
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Voice Activated
A florist with a stutter is forced to cooperate with a voice activated car on the way to an important delivery.
Steve Anthopoulos / 0:12:19 / Australia / Comedy / 2022
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The Homecomingday
Junoh has graduated from university but is jobless. One night he is invited to a dinner party by his university club. Excited, he goes to the party.
Hoyoon Hwang / 0:19:21 / Korea / Comedy / 2017
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