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Claydream A modern day Walt Disney, Will Vinton picked up a ball of clay and saw a world of potential. Known as the “Father of Claymation,” Vinton revolutionized the animation business during the 80s and 90s. But after 30 years of being the unheralded king of clay, Will Vinton’s carefully sculpted American dream came crumbling down. Structured around interviews with this charismatic pioneer and his close collaborators, the film charts the rise and fall of the Academy Award and Emmy winning Will Vinton Studios.

Buddy Guy: The Blues Cha... Chicago blues great Buddy Guy never was the same after he heard John Lee Hooker’s seminal “Boogie Chillun’” while growing up in his rural stomping grounds of Lettswork, Louisiana. In 1957 he set out for the Windy City and its vibrant blues scene, where he played his way into the clubs, cut records, befriended and gigged with other greats (Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Otis Rush), forged his skillful, intense, wild persona, hit the road, influenced new generations of musicians (Mick, Keith, Eric, Stevie Ray Vaughan), performed at the Obama White House and collected nine Grammys along the way. Supported by a sumptuous assemblage of performance footage, testimonials from those he’s inspired (including Clapton, Carlos Santana, Gary Clark Jr., and John Mayer) and some classic blues licks, Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away finds Guy (now a young 84) looking back at his life, providing valuable insight into his music while leaving room for some memorable anecdotes.

Sequence To A Dream Sequence to a Dream revolves around one person’s conscience: it is a cross between dream and reality, and a deep look into identity and what it means to subconsciously explore one’s self. The poem featured in the film, created and narrated by artist Yasmin Nicholas, explains the artist’s desire to explore the diaspora through her own heritage. Three ancestral spirits visit the artist, and provide her with an understanding of the identity of an artist, by a process of validation, shown through the granting of gifts. Sequence to a Dream contrasts bright dresses with the dreariness of London’s urban scenes, showing how one can change oneself through knowledge and culture.

Meen Kuriakose engages in a relationship with a woman but later marries someone else. Years later, Rajan, Kuriakose's son, seeks revenge on him for abandoning his mother.

Under The White Mask: Th... Under the White Mask: The Film Haesaerts Could Have Made uses fragments of Under the Black Mask, a 1958 film about Congolese art directed by the Belgian artist Paul Haesaerts, which has been qualified as colonial propaganda. This new film imagines what the masks – now subjects, and not objects – would say. Aimé Césaire’s Discourse on Colonialism is spoken in Lingala for the first time. This speech is still a critical mirror for Europe. Under The White Mask is limited to the elements already existing in 1958.

Terror at the House on G... After a grisly occurrence in the past two weeks, a few friends are anxious to get together and have a movie night. Their fears are brought to life as the house on Glen Street gains an unexpected visitor in the night, one that incurs terror in all of them. Will they survive the night?

Nobody A strange old man lives in an illegally-built suite on top of a building. One day, a girl named Zhen-zhen breaks into the place and finds a way to spy on him through the window. With more frequent visits, neighbors begin to suspect that the old man is hiring prostitutes. Zhen-zhen's mother begubs to worry whether her daughter is with the old man. Misunderstandings and rumors between Zhen-zhen and the old man are intensified, but more scandalous secrets in her family are revealed.

Decalogue An unemployed man opens a Church to live from the tithes. A teenager sells her body to buy the things her mother cannot buy for her. A young girl, sexually abused by her father, cannot accept he has moved out. A bitter man finds a purpose for his empty life in his best friend's wife. An Eastern European immigrant pushes his wife to work in a strip club to pay his debts. Five interlocked stories offer a provocative vision of the Ten Commandments and how nowadays, many people have to break them in order to survive.

Who Am I Bastian, a young religious guy decides to embrace his sexuality and goes on a hook up with a stranger. Soon, he regrets it and does not know how to cope with it. Once his best friend Peter finds him at home crying, he has to go out with the truth. However, Bastian is more than surprised by Peter's reaction.

Positive A gay short film that shows how a relationship can go wrong if partners do not talk about their HIV status and if they do not know, what it even means. Patrick and Alex move in together when suddenly Patrick discovers the HIV diagnosis of his beloved partner. This short educational drama shows how important it is to talk openly about your HIV status. Furthermore, people diagnosed with HIV can have a normal life and do not present any danger to their partner. However, they have to know...