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Skating Polly: Ugly Pop

Peyton Bighorse and Kelli Mayo are stepsisters from Oklahoma who founded their band, Skating Polly, in 2009 at the ages of 14 and 9 respectively. They call their style of music "Ugly Pop": building on the sounds of 70s Punk, early Grunge, and Folk, resulting in infectious melodies, but with real-life blemishes still showing. This fascinating in-depth documentary explores the early years of Skating Polly as Peyton and Kelli get their first taste of success, and try to stay true to themselves and their love of music. We see the two grow as people and musicians, and hear how they became the band they are today. Their earnestness throughout is refreshing and inspiring. Featuring Donita Sparks (L7), Kate Nash, SoKo, Lori Barbero (Babes in Toyland), Kat Bjelland (Babes in Toyland), and many more…

Skating Polly: Ugly Pop

10.0 2021
Drawings of My BF

Over the course of their sessions, what began as an artist-model relationship developed into something more. Now officially BFs (boyfriends), Wilfrid continues to draw Theo regularly and has somewhat effortlessly amassed hundreds of drawings that were brought together for an exhibition appropriately titled ‘Drawings of my BF’. As Wilfred studies Theo, and Theo returns his gaze, the two lovers discuss the romantic ideals and human realities of the sketcher-subject dynamic and the role that creating art together has played in their lasting connection.

Drawings of My BF

3.0 2021
Clench Your Fists

A found-footage collage video that explores the process of growing up in an Arab family deeply affected by death and grief. Using footage from the Lebanese film "In the Battlefields," as well as "Candy" and "The 100," and audio from archival recorded Lebanese funeral laments, the video looks at how men and women express grief and anger under the patriarchy, as well as how trauma and childhood experiences can evolve into mental illness and patterns of behaviour as adults. "Clench My Fists" is part of a larger body of work dealing with racial identity and the concept of "inherited grief;" that through biological or behavioural means, trauma is passed down through prospective family generations so that family members might experience the residual effects of trauma they did not personally witness. This body of work explores how the death of the artist’s grandfather, an Arab American, caused ripples of mental illness and skewed racial identity through her paternal family.

Clench Your Fists

NR 2021
After Skid Row

After Skid Row documents the journey of Barbie Carter as she navigates the transition to housed life following the brutal reality of a decade on the streets. The film illuminates the intimate humanity behind homelessness as Barbie rediscovers parts of her identity that she had been forced to stifle in order to survive. Her unique story and compelling character help to both demystify and deeply personalize a homelessness epidemic that continues to swell across Los Angeles.

After Skid Row

NR 2021
Look What You Have Done!

Jacob finds himself confronted with his heinous deeds, while Kendra, a psychologist, tries to make him aware of his actions. Jacob denies his responsibility and claims his innocence. He describes a stranger’s presence who follows him everywhere and who acts on his own. The discussion between Jacob and Kendra will bring up some controversy. Through the rational psychologist’s mind who will enounce the theory of schizophrenia, Jacob will make us doubt ours self and open the question of the exist.

Look What You Have Done!

7.0 2021
Wake Up Dorothy

Dorothy is an Appalachian artist trying to swing a shot at the art scene. Guided by Farrah, a mother-like mentor, she meets fellow creators Gracie, Stone, and Ari. On their road to success, she encounters the charming, suit-clad Johnny Wolfe, a gallery owner, and Raven, a cunning, rival artist. Dorothy and her friends try for a spot in Wolfe's gallery, but ends don't always justify means - Dorothy is talented, but her impulses can often get the better of her. As tensions rise and the artistic climate shifts, Raven and Dorothy find themselves in a struggle to show their talents.

Wake Up Dorothy

9.0 2021
The Tomb Of Weasel

The educated urban youth, led by Hu Bayi, went and worked in the countryside of Northeast China. To rescue the sick villager——Huamei, they, together with the hunter, Uncle Zhao, went to Forest and Snow Bear Cave to collect antidote. However, they were suddenly attacked by a bear, so they had to flee into the underground Weasel Mansion. They witnessed strange things and illusions happen there. Hu Bayi and other youth, not bewitched by superstition and tricks, found the real criminal step by step. And they finally escaped from the underground mansion and saved the villagers.

The Tomb Of Weasel

NR 2021
Hippolyte et Aricie - Rameau

Phèdre loves Hippolyte, but Hippolyte loves Aricie. And wouldn’t you just know it, Hippolyte is the son of Phèdre's husband Thésée. Rameau tells his story with an expressive force that earned him the reputation of a revolutionary at the premiere in 1733. The richness of his harmonies, rhythms and melodies spans an entire cosmos from the underworld to the heavens, which stage director Lorenzo Fioroni, together with baroque specialist Bernhard Forck, captures in spectacular images fusing music, text, film and dance into a new unity.

Hippolyte et Aricie - Rameau

NR 2021