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Friday, October 25, 2019
8:30 PM
SIFF Cinema Uptown 1

*This screening may not be suitable for all ages.

ADULT: $13 | YOUTH: $12 | GROUP: $11

Make your way downtown, walking fast, faces pass and I'm NFFTY bound! Friday's featured shorts block takes you on an emotional journey through life, love, and the psychological effects of solitary confinement. You know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see this screening, tonight.

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Aşrı (Distant)

Ecegül Bayram - 22, Crystal Zhang - 21, Konstantin Lyubimov - 21
Turkey

Bahar's simple but happy life changes after her husband buys a second wife, Meryem. After spending a day filled with tension, the women realize that they’re not that different from each other.

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Two Birds

Moira Fett - 22, Kerry Levielle - 23, Lucy Adams - 24
New York

Trapped in a sort of domestic hellscape, on opposite sides of the same wall, Eva and Desiree must find a way to survive. The two characters develop diverging approaches to their circumstances but converge at a point of emotional vulnerability. "Two Birds" explores the psychological effects of solitary confinement and pulls the larger matrix of gender and domesticity into focus.

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Roses Are Yellow

Aviaja Skotte, 21
Denmark

Maybe the one you love isn't the one you need?

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A Three Player Scrum

Danika Vermette - 24
Canada

Olivia and Aude have played rugby sevens together for years. After the new girl's first game, Oli only has eyes for her.

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Everything's Great!

Linnea Ritland - 22, Kyle Vollstaedt - 24, Courtney Verwold - 24
Canada

Everything's Great! is a comedy-drama about an awkward, hapless lesbian who bounces between a messy not-relationship relationship and her alcoholic-dad-soaked home life, trying to find stability in others—and eventually finding it in herself.

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