2021 Screenings
The Kid Detective
February 10th, 2021
Dir. Evan Morgan | 97 mins | 2020 | Canada | English
A once-celebrated kid detective, now 32, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first “adult” case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
March 3rd, 2021
Dir. Lili Horvát | 95 mins | 2020 | Hungary | Hungarian, English
Márta is a Hungarian neurosurgeon. After 20 years in the United States, she returns to Budapest for a romantic rendezvous at the Liberty Bridge with János, a fellow doctor she met at a conference in New Jersey. Márta waits in vain, while the love of her life is nowhere to be seen. When she finally tracks him down, the bewildered man claims the two have never met. Hungarian with English subtitles.
Sound of Metal
March 24th, 2021
Dir. Darius Marder | 92 mins | 2019 | USA | English, ASL, French, Persian
During a series of adrenaline-fueled gigs, punk-metal drummer Ruben (Riz Ahmed) begins to experience intermittent hearing loss. When a specialist tells him his condition will rapidly worsen, he thinks his music career—and with it his life—is over. Utilizing startling, innovative sound design techniques, director Darius Marder takes audiences inside Ruben’s experience, vividly recreating his journey into a rarely examined world.
The Reason I Jump
April 24th, 2021
Dir. Jerry Rothwell | 82 mins | 2020 | USA, United Kingdom | English
Based on the best-selling book by Naoki Higashida, THE REASON I JUMP is an immersive cinematic exploration of neuro-diversity through the experiences of nonspeaking autistic people from around the world. The film blends Higashida’s revelatory insights into autism, written when he was just 13, with intimate portraits of five remarkable young people. It opens a window into an intense and overwhelming, but often joyful, sensory universe.
Synonyms
May 5th, 2021
Dir. Nadav Lapid | 123 mins | 2019 | France, Israel, Germany | French, Hebrew, English
In Paris, things do not get off to a good start for Yoav. He knocks on the door of a flat, only to discover the place is empty and, while he is taking a bath there, his things are stolen. Yet this young Israeli had arrived with great expectations. He is determined to get rid of his nationality.
No Ordinary Man
May 26th, 2021
Dir. Chase Joynt and Aisling Chin-Yee | 80 mins | 2020 | Canada | English
For decades, the life of American Jazz musician Billy Tipton was framed as the story of an ambitious woman passing as a man in pursuit of a music career. In NO ORDINARY MAN, Tipton’s story is re-imagined and performed by trans artists as they collectively paint a portrait of an unlikely hero. Together, the filmmakers join Tipton’s son Billy Jr. to reckon with a complicated and contested legacy: How do you tell the story of someone who was hiding in plain sight yet desperate to be seen?