FUTURE TIMES AND GOOD OL’ DAYS
Block of Short Narrative Films
THERESE – It is 1888 and Therese, a Bavarian botanist, undertakes a four month long expedition to Brazil. Anna Maria Sturm; Plinio Soares; Katharina Leonore Goebel; Raphael Dwinger; Fabiana Serpa, writer/director. Adult themes. Subtitles. Germany
GLASS DARKLY – In 1941 Holland, two Dutch sisters must resort to prostitution to deal with the turmoil of their Nazi-occupied town. Heavenly Reyna; Tori Griffith; Benjamin Schnau; Dillon Ford; Brian Bentz; Dave Penner & Eli Chance, writers/directors. Adult themes, graphic violence. Subtitles. USA
EMBLEM – When a genetically enhanced Latina soldier is dispatched on a mission to retrieve a package, she discovers that she’s been misled. Feeling betrayed she must decide between completing the assignment or following a new path. Katalina Viteri; Cruz Gonzalez – Cadel; Peter Armendáriz; Breck Robinson; Felipe Camacho; Luz M. Letamendi, co-writer; Eduardo Letamendi, co-writer/director. Adult themes; violence and language. USA
A BLOSSOM IN THE NIGHT – When a young woman is on the run from a dystopian government that is selling low-income citizens into slavery, she has to decide whether she has the strength to fight when her brother is kidnapped. Brittany Giles, Junior Nyong’o’; Leonard A. Thomas; Richard Gretsky, writer; Tayo Amos, “story by” and director. Adult themes. USA
RUEFUL WARRIOR – Alien soldier Yalalia finds herself caught up in a conflict of moral and physical standings with a group of soldiers from Earth. Her integrity is tested to the limit as she desperately attempts to maintain peace at all costs. Michelle Fahrenheim; Oliver Park; Claire Cartwright; James Ballanger; Christina Forrest; Simon Pengelly; Mark Owen, writer/director. Adult themes, intense fight action violence. UK
