2018 Feminist Border Arts Film Festival Program

FEMINIST BORDER ARTS FILM FESTIVAL 2018

Gender & Sexuality Studies at NMSU Gender & Sexuality Studies is located in the Interdisciplinary Studies Department at NMSU. It focuses on the intersectional study of women, gender, race, sexuality, and other categories of identity and difference in national and global contexts.

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About the Feminist Border Arts Film Festival “To me, art is the heart of activism. Without art there is no hope of changing the world.”

-- Angela Davis “I love brief narratives that are rich in texture, saturated with meaning and tell their stories without wasting a moment on filler of any kind. It is widely known that the short film is the poetry of filmmaking.”

-- Richard Raskin

Now in its third year, the Feminist Border Arts Film Festival celebrates the power of cinema as a creative platform for filmmakers and viewers to confront urgent social issues. It emphasizes artistic vision in telling stories in short film (under 15 min.), including live-action narrative, documentary, and animation.

This year, the festival received more than 2,000 submissions from over 100 countries. Many of these films make their World, North American, or New Mexico debuts while others are official selections at major film festivals including Cannes, TIFF, and Sundance.

M. Catherine Jonet (mjonet@nmsu.edu) Festival Director cover illustrations by Lisa Y. Mendez

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Tonight’s selected films are in competition for FBAFF Juried and Audience Awards

Act 1 “They Get Built in People’s Heads” WALLS

FRED’S RAINBOW BAR and Other Stages on the International Border (selections)

English, Spanish with English subtitles Mexico, U.S.A. Dir. Nicole Antebi Germany, Palestine, Croatia A topographical film essay Dir. I Am Here Collective using animation, live action, Three individuals in different countries struggle for freedom and archival imagery to from the walls that surround them. interrogate histories, memories, and imaginings of the border landscapes of El Paso, TX and Ciudad Juárez, MX.

FEE

RABBI (DEAR GOD)

Arabic with English subtitles

U.K. Dir. Guen Murroni Fee is out celebrating with her friends, but a voice from the past keeps plaguing her.

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Sweden Dir. Sosi Chamoun A refugee's child prayer.

THE RISE AND FALL OF KINGDOMS

Canada Dir. Sarah Oneschuk Organ-like objects resembling crowns rest atop mounds of hair, filling and emptying, rising and falling.

HEAT DEATH

U.K. Dir. Ellie Larkin An experimental stop-motion short about climate change deniers, and the consequences of listening to them.

AUJOURD’HUI (NOWADAYS)

French with English subtitles France Dir. Florent Sabatier The reality of living in a world that forbids their love

CONTACT

French with English subtitles France Dir. LĂŠa Bancelin After an unintentional phone call, Marie looks back on her relationship with Anne.

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ARRIVING

WHY HISTORY MATTERS

Spanish with English subtitles Spain Dir. Hermanos Prada A mother struggling to regain custody of her child, a system that doesn't account for complications.

U.K. Dir. Olena Maksymova British Ghanaian director, John Akomfrah’s ideas on the importance of art in relation to global humanitarian crises.

THE ONE YOU WERE BORN IN

MALÁ (THE LITTLE ONE)

U.K. Dir. Ella Bee Glendining A poetic narrative rumination on desire, embodiment, and disability.

Czech, Vietnamese with English subtitles Czech Republic Dir. Diana Cam Van Nguyen A Vietnamese girl questions the notion of home as she grows up in a European town.

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MIND (LESS) BODY

Mexico, Portugal Dir. Ana Falcรณn A woman contemplates the relationship between her mind and body.

RECLAMATION

Venezuela, Germany, U.S.A Dir. Viveka Frost A visual and philosophical rumination on indigenous identity.

BAKA

Serbian with English subtitles Germany Dir. Arvid Klapper In the Serbian countryside, Milica lives with her grandmother, her baka. She must pass as her uncle's son to cross borders.

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10 minute INTERMISSION ST. SNEEZE

Latvia Dir. Monta Andzejevska

BRAINLESS AGENDA: DAILY LIFE OF AN ACTRESS

U.S.A. Dir. Linea Sage

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SISTERS #2

U.S.A. Dir. Stephanie Mann

ACT 2 “What’s going to happen to me after” METAMORPHOSIS

Canada Dir. Melisa Badea

THE WALL WITHIN (EL MURO ADENTRO)

English and Spanish with English subtitles Mexico, U.S.A. Dir. Juan Manuel Ramírez

YOU’RE WELCOME

German with English subtitles Switzerland, Germany Dir. Rebecca Panian Racism. Migration. Antiimmigrant sentiments collide among strangers at a coffee shop.

What if good intentions aren't enough?

CAR PARK BLUES

Thai with English subtitles Thailand Dir. Khomthong Rungsawang Former lovers cross paths in a parking lot.

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TAILOR

Portuguese with English subtitles Brazil Dir. Calí dos Anjos In this creative documentary, a transgender cartoonist animates a diverse variety of trans people’s stories (including his own)

THE PIANIST OF YARMOUK

Arabic with English subtitles U.K., Germany Dir. Vikram Ahluwalia Classically trained Palestinian musician contemplates the refugee’s treacherous journey to Europe 10 #FBAFF18

SHADOWS OF A RADIO IN THE EAST

Spain, Germany Dir. Nacho Recio A playful audiovisual meditation on a Berlin still overshadowed by an uncertain past.

NATALIE D.

French with English subtitles France Dir. Angèle Béraud

DREAMER (SOÑADORA)

English and Spanish with English subtitles U.S.A. Dir. Maria Altamirano

A hard-working high school senior faces circumstances beyond her control that may hinder her path to college.

ACT 3 “I must always go forward” IRMA

Uruguay Dir. Alejo Schettini & Germán Tejeira Animated short film follows a tenant of a drafty building who turns to quilting.

FLÜCHTLINGSWELLE (REFUGEE WAVE)

Persian with English subtitles Germany Dir. Jane Chow She is many things — an Afghan, a Muslim, a mother, an activist, a refugee — and she refuses to be contained.

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Want to See More Films After Tonight’s Event?

This year’s Feminist Border Arts Film Festival is exhibiting selected films in three different platforms. In addition to the films you are viewing tonight, FBAFF held a showcase of Video Art-- Border Zones, Liminal Bodies—at the University Art Gallery on March 12, 2018. More accepted films will be available online for your viewing through the Gender & Sexuality Studies website (genders.nmsu.edu) until May 16th.

Online Film Festival  “The Invisible Walls of Occupation” (Dir. Osnat Skoblinski U.K.  “Reclamation “ (Dir. Viveka Frost Venezuela, Germany, U.S.A.  “Paula Rego: Making the Real Thing” (Dir. Lina )U.K.  “Walls” (Dir. I Am Here Collective) Germany, Palestine, Croatia  “Escape from the Ghost” (Dir. Xinning ) U.K.  “El Muro Adentro/The Wall Within” (Dir. Juan Manuel Ramírez) Mexico, U.S.A.  “Leave With Me” (Dir. Mel Wong) U.S.A.  “Animated embroideries” (Dir. Camila) Columbia  “Out of the Shadows” (Dir. Andrea Porras-) U.S.A.  “Nutag-Homeland” (Dir. Alisi Telengut) Canada  “Chocolate in the Jungle (Dir. Denise Dragiewicz & Marc Dragiewicz) U.S.A., Ecuador  “Thunderbird Strike” (Dir. Elizabeth) U.S.A.  “Fatima” (Dir. Akreta Saim ) Canada  “The Cabinet” (Dir. Tandis Shoushtary) U.S.A.  “Amy” (Dir. Jo Kidby) U.K.

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 “The Rise and Fall of Kingdoms” (Dir. Sarah Oneschuk) Canada  “Hey, Girl! Teach Me How to Ollie” (Dir.Yuhan Lin) U.S.A.  “Sisters” (Dir.Lea Vidakovic) Belgium  “The Distant Vicinity” (Dir. Madeline Newlin) U.S.A.  “The Bridge” (Dir. Marit Rose Stafstrom) U.S.A.  “Intervención Intervenida” (Dir. Franziska Lisa Wolf) Germany/Spain  Brainless Agenda: "Daily Life of an Actress" (Dir. Linnea Sage) U.S.A.  “Time To Live Again” (Dir. Jacquelyn Lobel) U.S.A. FBAFF Showcases Other official (non-finalist) FBAFF selections are showcased in programs for Gender & Sexuality Studies students. The following is a list of the featured films.

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“She” (Dir. Anthonia Onyejekwe) U.S.A. “Filip” (Dir. Nathalie Alvarez) Sweden “Goddess (Devi)” (Dir. Karishma Dube) India “Cosmetics” (Dir. Francis Peerson) Canada “Stav” (Dir. Michal Hagag) Israel “Despite Your Absence” (Dir. Djail Brown-Cepeda) U.S.A. “Day at Textile Factory (Dir. Mei Liu) U.S.A. “Se Murió Juan Gabriel (Juan Gabriel Is Dead)” (Dir. Tavo Ruiz) Mexico  “Cocoon” (Dir. Mohammad Eskandari) Iran GNDR POP  “Reversed” (Dir. Alexandrina Andre) U.S.A.  “Jabari Keating” (Dir. Stacey Larkins) U.S.A. Check out our website for more info: genders.nmsu.edu/film-festival 13

 “Verge” (Dir. Chingtien Chu) U.S.A.  “Slurred” (Dir. John Morena) U.S.A.  “Nasty Woman” (Dir. Paige Scofield & Hayleyann Evers) U.S.A.  “Sylvie” (Dir. Kristy McLean) U.K.  “Eye Test” (Dir. Sudha Padmaja Francis) India  “The Last Embrace” (Dir. Saman Hosseinpuor) Iran  “Home” (Dir. Milly Wild) U.K.  “Peppermint (Yerba Buena)” (Dir. Estefanía Cortés) Spain Transnational Solidarity  “We Search for Them All (Aquí buscamos a todos)” (Dir. Pedro Omar Garcia) Mexico  “Debris-Escombros” (Dir. Mary-Lyn Chambers) U.S.A.  “Migrant” (Dir. Philippe Roc) U.S.A./Mexico  “La Hoyada” (Dir. Roberto Flores) Peru  “All Together” (Dir. Nejla Osseiran) Turkey/Greece  “arteSana” (María Antonella Cavallone) Argentina  “African Odyssey: Ancestral Memories” (Dir. Emeka Anozie) Benin  “Filipina” (Dir. Maribel Apuya) U.S.A.  “Palante” (Dir. Wesley Rodriguez) U.S.A./Cuba  “Body Stranded” (Dir. Rebecca Akoun) Austria  “About a Wall” (Dir. Hermes Mangialardo) Italy NOTE: Films selected for the “Thriller Chiller” screening are not listed here. Look for this special screening in October 2018!

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FBAFF would like to thank the following people for their support of this year’s event: Minerva Baumann Cynthia Bejarano Manal Hamzeh KVIA-TV Amy Lanasa Diana López Jim Maupin

Lisa Y. Mendez Lisa Montoya JC Navarrete Rob Pickett Alicia Porter Marisa Sage Patti Wojahn

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