Casting the Runes

Mossoul, aprs la guerre... ISIS forces were driven out of Mosul in July 2017. How to rebuild the city after more than 3 years of occupation?

House Pieces "Years ago, my mother sold her house in Woodstock, Ontario. Hundreds of high dynamic range digital photos were taken to provide to the real estate agent for the online sale listing. The images were left on an SD card that was strangely stored and subject to firmware incompatibility (or some other manner of environmental degradation). Disassembling each damaged, barely-there high dynamic range photo into its light and dark component parts, I built a VHS cascade of house pieces (never quite reconstituting what was). " –C.L.L.

Film Again Yeri goes to film again for her film shot last year with her mother and father just before their divorce.

Amara terra mia

Her Winning Way Ann Annington (Minter) writes book reviews for a newspaper and when a reporter fails his assignment to get an interview with the noted author Harold Hargrave (Glass), she undertakes to meet the young man. She rents the room next door to his work shop and by impersonating a maid soon wins his good graces.

Pastiche After a home invasion, a depressed father must save his family, or they'll be premiered in the prime time news.

Ick und die Berliner The film reports on the development of the Berlin zoo. A sparrow tells the story of Berliners' love of animals. Many visitors seek joy and relaxation in the zoo every day. Above all, Berliners are happy that they created the park themselves.

Transference When her estranged father dies, a trauma therapist's haunted memories manifest as she finds the courage to face her demons and lay them to rest.

Captain Alvarez A melodrama about an American who becomes a revolutionary leader battling evil government spies in Argentina.

Forever Jalal, a retired philosophy student, finds out that his sister, who suffers from bipolar disorder, is married to a rich man named Shahrokh, who is addicted to betting on football. Jalal angrily leaves the house to go to the house of his friend, Bahman, an underground composer. On the way to Jalal, he meets a taxi driver named "Nasser" and the two spend a strange night together.