Lighten Up!
Sunday, October 27, 2019
4:30 PM
SIFF Film Center
ADULT: $13 | YOUTH: $12 | GROUP: $11
Sunday scaries got you feeling down? Take a load off with some light-hearted fare that'll remind you of when you were young, wild, and free with not a care in the world...except for death and taxes (unless you're a billionaire). From a drag queen's big moment to the meaning of life falling in an unsuspecting restaurant worker's lap, you're guaranteed to smile for a while when this screening is over!
Savannah Rodgers - 23
Kansas
Queen for a Day is a short comedy about drag queens and marriage. This film shows the joy of the LGBTQ+ experience through the lens of a presumably heterosexual married couple from the suburbs.
Lorenzo Tocco - 22, Danila Mazzarelli - 23
Uruguay
It is hard to get to 50 years of marriage, but it’s harder to celebrate it with out any hassle.
Barb Hoffman - 20, Brandon Bassler - 22, Sydney Thun - 22
Washington
A college student goes to write his essay at the last minute when he discovers something strange with his computer
Matthew Marucci - 24, Domenic Porcari - 21, Megan Dumke - 22, Aquia Williams - 21
Pennsylvania
A struggling writer battles her inner monsters when she meets a mysterious, rambunctious little girl who blurs the lines between reality and magic aboard a fateful train ride.
Claire Gostin - 20, Nestor Trujillo - 20, Will Bynan - 20
California
On the eve of her Catholic elementary school graduation, a young girl is pressured by her best friend to take communion for the first time, even though she is not Catholic.
Malibu Taetz - 20, Joshua Vanderlinden - 20, Josh Aries - 20
Canada
When Moira, a clerk in the cosmic mailroom, mistakenly sends the Meaning of Life to earth ahead of schedule, she must choose between helping the person it was sent to, or helping the universe restore order.
Kat Garrido - 18
North Carolina
A man becomes tired of the same mundane job of being a teacher and gets caught up in the idea of what could have been.
Edy Recendez - 23, Lucy Abernathy - 17
Tennessee
Malik John$on is a famous rapper "living the dream."
Everyone would love to have his life except him.