World Views Block

October 29, 2022 • GoggleWorks Boscov Theatre • 7:00pm

ALL OF THE FILMS IN THIS BLOCK ARE SUBTITLED.

MIDDLE EASTERN STORIES: THE FATHER

A father intends to take his infant child away from his war-stricken country. He attempts by hiding in a container to flee and cross the border but with the addition of other refugees, it becomes hard for him to pursue his goal, to the point that unexpected events happen to him and the other refugees.

AU79

Filmmaker: Rafael Hovhannisyan 6:14 minutes Valery is a retiree working as a night watchman in a newly built building. He inherited gold from his grandfather of blessed memory, which neither his daughter nor his son nor even his wife saw except him. After Armine’s death, Valery had to take her gold from home, keep it in a deserted place away from Emma’s and Ashot’s eyes. On that horrible day, he had no idea what could happen to him, that the history of what had happened to his grandfather: the elder Valery could repeat.

SMILE OF THE MASK

Filmmaker: Kiarra Goldberg 10:00minutes This film is about a woman who is a victim of acid attack and her face is not normal. For this reason it is difficult for her to be present in the community. although because of covid, she uses a mask and enters the community. But now its the mask that smiles not her.

WHITE YET BLACK

Filmmaker: Steven Chikosi 60:03 minutes Albinism is a condition associated with systematic discrimination in Africa, Steven Chikosi’s documentary interrogates the attitudes of Africans towards their kin, based on the colour of their skin.

LA MITAD DEL MUNDO/THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD

Filmmaker: Erika Valenciana 20:00 minutes Three brave girls tell their harrowing stories through a combination of experimental camerawork and paper stop-motion animation to protect their identities, including animation created by survivors. Shortly after being rescued, underage survivors are in the process of healing in a safehouse in Mitad del Mundo, Ecuador, a town located at 0 degrees latitude. Far from being throwaways, the girls are but young people searching for their true selves after surviving traumatic events. Years later, they acclimate to life outside of the safehouse. Although robbed of their childhoods, once far along, it becomes apparent they have yet to lose their dreams and hope for the future.