Award Ceremony
Sunday 3/15
Invitation Only • 9:00 - 10:30 AM Grand Ely Lodge
Her/Mine
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM State Theater
1hr 22m
At ten, filmmaker Alexandra Shiva lost her mother Susan to cancer – a diagnosis her mother had kept hidden from virtually everyone. 36 years later, as Alexandra is set to outlive her mother, she embarks on a cinematic journey to understand her mother and explore the mother- daughter bond through its absence. As Alexandra dives into the vast collection of her mother’s belongings that her father had kept nearly untouched since her passing, she is unexpectedly diagnosed with breast cancer. Now in the middle of cancer treatment with two young children, she finds herself navigating the very same parenting challenges that her mother once faced.
Battersea
1:30 - 3:15 PM State Theater
1hr 30m
A dialogue-driven, complex character study about estranged siblings that reconvene at their childhood home in small-town Ohio, where they spend a precarious weekend drinking and talking, uncovering the narratives and secrets that have shaped their lives.
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