Join us on the roof of Gowanus’ historic Old American Can Factory for a beguiling night of docu-shorts that explore the depths of the human experience.

Schedule:

8:00 PM - Doors Open
9:00 PM - Films Begin
10:30 PM - Q&A with Filmmakers

Am I the skinniest person you've ever seen?

Eisha Marjara | Canada | 24

WARNING: This film contains imagery of anorexia and eating disorders that may be disturbing to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.

“Hey, let’s go on a diet together.” As kids in a small Quebec town, Eisha and Seema were more than sisters, they were soul mates, and a joint diet offered a shared sense of purpose. But their carefree project would take a dark turn, pushing Eisha to the very brink of death. Consumed by anorexia, she found herself battling her own fragile body—stranded between childhood and adulthood. Decades later, she revisits her past in an exquisitely crafted work of auto-ethnography, evoking her unusual youth with aching lyricism. In addressing a tender love letter to the troubled girl she once was, she reaches contemporary audiences with a timely reflection on body image and self-acceptance.
Entre le Feu et le Clair de Lune (Between the Fire and the Moonlight)

Dominic Yarabe | Côte d'Ivoire, US | 18

An Ivorian father and his American-born daughter set out to continue the book he never finished about a war he experienced as a child. With the help of the children living in his village today, the three generations make a film together and create a mythical tapestry of entwining timelines, nightmares, and memories.
Diena

Jesse Kreitzer | Rwanda, US | 8

In Central Africa, a young domestic worker suffers daily emotional abuse within the confines of her employer’s walled compound. Isolated from her family and community, she finds fleeting refuge in pirated Filipino comedies and holds tight to her dream of opening a boutique for new mothers.
Wouldn't Make It Any Other Way

Hao Zhou | US | 21

Having built a colorful queer life in an American prairie town, an aspiring costume designer visits their island homeland of Guam to make costumes for a children’s theatre while reconnecting with distant parents.

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