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Event
Bronx World Film Cycle, Winter 2023 (PROGRAMME 11)
Fairyocious (SCR/DIR Fabien Ara. FRANCE, 2019, 13:21. Fiction.) I want to be a girl, mommy. Alma freezes. She doesnt know how to react: from now on, her 8-year-old son wants to dress up like a fairy to go to school. She asks for help from her neighbors. Soon the whole building is debating on Simons choice for gender. (In French, with Englisb subtitles)
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Shakira (SCR /DIR Noémie Merlant, FRANCE, 2020, color, 24:56. Drama). While trying to save her family from a return to the street, Shakira, a young Romani woman, meets Marius, a member of a robber gang... (In Romanian, with Englisb subtitles)
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Miss (SCR/DIR Amira Géhanne Khalfallah, MOROCCO, 2019, color, 12:41. Drama). A spin-off of a feature film that touches on the French nuclear experiments in Algeria.
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We Are Not There Tomorrow (SCR/DIR Olga Kyszewicz, POLAND, 2022, black and white, 8:00. Animation.) Sometimes we meet someone who is able to change our perception. This is the situation that happens for the films characters when they unexpectedly meet. (US Premiere)
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The Sun and the Wind (SCR/DIR Thanasis Neofotistos, GREECE, 2013, color, 10:00. Dance film). An artistic fairy-tale inspired by Aesop's fable The Sun and the Wind to the poetry of George Drosinis. A woman walks carefree in the fields, collecting flowers and windmills, clueless about what will happen to her when the Sun and Wind fight over who is stronger. They will both attempt to undress her, each using his strongest assets, the first one his force, the second his warmth. (US premiere)
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Lonra (SCR/DIR Marlén Viñayo, EL SALVADOR, 2020, color, 23:00. Experimental). Based on a short story by venerated Salvadoran author Salarrué mixing theater, puppetry and cinema, this work tells the story of Juana, a young peasant girl whose enjoyment of her passage to womanhood gets cruelly taken. Shot in response to an increase in cases of aggression against women during the pandemic by a collective of actors (NYC premiere. In Spanish with Englisb subtitles)
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Before Dawn, Kabul Time (SCR/DIR Tara Motamedi, USA, 2022, color, 14:00). Inspired by true events that took place after the Americans announced their withdrawal from Afghanistan, an Afghan prosecutor fleeing from the Taliban, seeks the help of an American journalist to evacuate from Kabul before the last plane departs.
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LocationLa Nacional (Spanish Benevolent Society) (View)
239 West 14th Street
New York, NY 10011
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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