Screening #2 – A World After
Screening #2 – A World After
Silver Spot
300 SE 3rd St #100, Miami, FL 33131
Saturday, November 14th / 3:00 PM
A deeply emotional collection of stories about memory, grief, trauma, war, and the things we carry with us after loss. From the quiet confusion of Alzheimer’s to the psychological scars of childhood and the realities of war, these films explore how people confront what cannot be undone. Ultimately, they are stories of resilience, remembrance, and the enduring possibility of human connection.
PURCHASE TICKETS
Dir. By Egor Yatsenko – Narrative – 19:49 Min – Lithuania
Yulia lands in Istanbul to say goodbye to her mother. It’s the last place they were together before the war — a city her mother loved. With Ukraine’s territories occupied by Russian forces, there is no body to retrieve, no grave to visit. Istanbul is the only goodbye available to her. In a city indifferent to her grief, she faces exploitation at every turn, until a taxi driver named Berk recognizes her suffering and stays.
Dir. By Diana Thorneycroft – Animation – 7:31 Min – Canada
A novice priest must make his way from his apartment to the church during the final, chaotic hour of Mardi Gras. As the streets erupt with revelers, music, and celebration, his simple journey becomes an unexpected test of faith, discipline, and determination. With the clock ticking and the festivities reaching their peak, he must navigate the madness of the night to reach the church before it is too late.
Dir. By Zsuzsanna Konrad – Narrative – 21:00 Min – Hungary, UK & USA
In an ordinary Hungarian family home, a straight-A student begins to undergo a strange and unsettling transformation: she is slowly turning into a bear. As her body and behavior change, so too does her relationship with the family and the expectations that have shaped her life. What begins as an inexplicable metamorphosis becomes a quiet struggle between the desire to break free and the pressures of belonging, obedience, and becoming who others expect her to be.
Dir. By Jean-Sébastien Hamel & Alexandra Myotte – Animation – 10:47 Min – Canada
Dan has a gaping hole in his neck that won’t heal. Why? He can’t remember, nor talk about it. Back in the sinister arena of his childhood, he must find the part of himself he once left behind that prevents him, now an adult, from being whole.
Dir. By Ilya Noyabrev – Music Video– 3:33 Min – Ukraine
A Ukrainian woman sees her husband off to war. She prays for her husband’s return and makes a folk amulet (a motanka doll) with her own hands. In her prayer, the woman promises her husband to be with him until the last minute.
Dir. By Isabel María Monge Guerrero – Animation – 5:13 Min – Spain
Eva visits her mother who is suffering from Alzheimer’s. Through her questions, Eva triggers childhood memories in her mother, who confuses the present with the past. During a walk through the nursing home, a moment of clarity moves Eva deeply.
Dir. By Nicole Lipp – Narrative – 7:17 Min – USA
At a suburban pool party, J.R. and his girlfriend Blake escape to the roof, where their playful, intoxicating chemistry gives way to a painful confrontation. As Blake tries to finally be heard, J.R.’s charm, humor, and increasingly chaotic attempts to make things right expose the troubling dynamic beneath their undeniable love for each other, forcing Blake to decide whether loving someone is enough reason to stay.