Cucalorus Film Festival- Day 3

Day 3- 11-15-13
What better way than to start the day with a latte, croissant and really good film?!

Short Term 12- Sometimes I hate that I can't seem to write down how I feel. I'm more expressive visually, yet I'm not an artist in that sense. What I'm trying to say is that I really really loved Short Term 12. It's indie in the truest sense, so much so, I think it's become a genre. Subtle, quirky, and easy are the words I can think of to describe it. Brie Larson and John Gallagher had cute chemistry. Both, workers at an under privileged community. The kids in the community are all distinct characters as well that move the story along while being completely unpredictable. I cried maybe 5 solid times. It was such a great film all around.

With "Robot" from Death and the Robot

 2nd screenings of Sundarban shorts:

Blue
A fearful balloon must learn to put his fragile life in the hands of an unlikely friend. 

Voice Over
I-won't-tell-you-whose voice over guides us through three extreme situations which are actually the same. Will you survive?

Death and the Robot
Two lonely souls, bored of their safe havens, venture into new worlds and share an encounter that will nurture a friendship and an everlasting legacy.  

Bajo la Almohada (Under the Pillow)
Animated documentary which uses the voices and drawings of a group of children who live in a clinic in India. The guitar, the dances, a trip out to sea, the cats Sweety and Kitty, and the sisters who look after them are just some of the treasures and dreams which the children keep hidden under the pillow. 

Helpless
Trapped in the school library, two teens try to keep each other calm. 

After
After is a film about contemporary life in Auschwitz. In an observation from dusk till dawn, it portrays the theatre of everyday life around the grim confines and captures the energies and activities of a world fascinated by this former concentration camp.

America 6.1
A frame-by-frame crowd-sourced meditation on environmental media pollution. The film is about our relationship with time and the desire to capture experience. It is Sam's attempt to depict herself standing still while time flows around her. 

Building a Better Wilmington: Giving and Volunteering in the Port City
Volunteers from local nonprofit organizations, musicians, activists, and community leaders discuss topics such as the personal rewards of involvement, how to get involved, and the importance of giving and volunteering in Wilmington. The film aims to encourage student film making and to inspire participation in the community. 

Aqua!(Water!)
Guille and Alex don't know each other. Each of them leads their lives in their own way. They live according to how they have been taught and raised. Although they come from different worlds, they are united by something - their passion for swimming. And today, there's a competition.

How to Lose Your Virginity- A documentary exposing the ambiguity of the word virginity and virgin. It was interesting and provoking with interviews by 30 year old virgins and porn producers. It left me trying to answer what is virginity? It is lost at the first impure thought or the first moment of intercourse? Intercourse where? Think about it.

The Visual/Sound/Walls Comedy Hour was very unique. The comedians incorporated projections on screen to help in their story telling. The emcee shared photos of his roommate's cat and her asshole.
Good time!