6pm THICKER THAN WATER

Aisha, the American
Emily Abt UK 35mm on DVD 21'
A Muslim American girl is visiting her devout cousin in London for the summer, but she's having a hard time navigating her teenage desires with her faith and her family's desires.

Waiting for Spring
Sue-Yeon Jung Korea/Chicago miniDV 21'
A languid documentary of two Korean sisters knowing better the distance that exists between them than the life of the other. As they shuffle into the twilight of their lives they find lost time is harder to make up for than a phone call. This video aptly demonstrates the casualties of one woman's exodus.

Thicker Than Water
Danielle Montalbano 35mm on beta 15'
A gentle narrative about a daughter's need to become and heal in the midst of a family crisis.

hand-some
Giovanna Chesler 16mm on beta 12'
Part of a series on beauty, this film began as an exploration of the filmmaker's sister and the role that beauty plays in her life The movie becomes instead a documentary about the sister's relationship with her partner and about the conflict between art and respect for personal privacy.

Homage to Ourselves
Stacy Barton beta 5'
A contemplative and beautiful film that consists of reflections in black and white on connections between female family members and their ancestors.

Tokyo Equinox
Yuri Makino US/Japan miniDV 11'
This uniquely elegant video follows two sisters who travel to Japan during festival season in search of their estranged father. A pictoral documentary about reconciliation and resemblance.

Adam in Heels
Kit Ying Yan Singapore beta 19'
Adam in Heels follows a diverse sampling of transvestite and transsexual men in Singapore and explores the different reasons they do what they do, feel how they feel and love who they love.

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Refuse & Refashion
Katrina Fullman & Denise Conca Chicago miniDV 8'
A queer take on capitalism, waste, and the joys of thrifting.

Untitled Affair
Chi-Jang Yin Chicago beta 7'
This performative video addresses a conflict of spectatorship and dialectics in the relationship between memory, interpretation and reality.

Baby Makes Three
Beth Austin Chicago beta '18
This poignant, bleakly funny and utterly original video is an unapologetic record of death, love and the overlapping nature of the transcendent and the banal in everyday life.

Round
Daniele Wilmouth and Hiroshi Mori Chicago miniDV 11'
A visually rich take on analogue and digital myths of creation.

The Story of My Life
Monica Long Ross Chicago beta 7'
Part of a larger work examining myth and subjectivity, this hilarious, smart and scandalous found footage piece parallels the life of Greek mythological figure Clytemnestra- Queen of Mycenae, wife of Trojan war hero Agamemnon, and mother of Electra- with a war bride in American home movies from the 1940's and 50's. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

The Invalids
Mary Billyou Chicago 16mm 10'
A mostly silent film recreating the plight of women consigned Victorian insane asylums. This short film prompts consideration of the maladies once ascribed to women, such as hysteria, and the belief that too much intellectual or physical stimulation might prove harmful to the fairer sex.

It Was A Really Good Muffin
Hillary Leben Chicago miniDV 5'
An animated day in the life of a Chicago art school student who encounters muffins, jazz and giant bugs.

Cut & Dry
Jennifer Gerber-Rinaldo Chicago miniDV 3'
A woman cooking the evening meal creates rhythm through repetition, with silent breaks at a shared table.

Curious About Existence
Emily Vey Duke & Cooper Battersby Chicago/Canada beta 11'
Imagine your college professor lecturing on the thermodynamic principles of love and pain -- what happens when a love affair falls apart?

I Wonder What You Will Remember of September Cecilia Cornejo Chicago/Chile miniDV 27'
A video artist tries to reconstruct the Chilean coup of September 11, 1973 from her parents' stories and posits questions to her young daughter in contrast with the events of September 11, 2001 in the US in this beautiful and bittersweet documentary.

10pm LET ME HEAR YOUR BODY TALK
Co-sponsored by LCCP

Hello Kitty Gets A Mouth
Jaime Scholnick Japan/US beta 15'
This empowered cat know's what she wants and she'll do whatever it takes to get off.

The Goddess of Isla Mujeres
Mary Feidt Mexico/US beta 10'
An unconventional American beauty bares all at the beach despite vacationers' stares.

Mammogram
Lisa Hayes Canada 16mm 7'
Upon her first mammogram exam, a young woman discovers a network of female support among her fellow patients at the doctor's office.

Xylitol
Seema Kapur 16mm 4'
A long look at a platinum blonde's sugar-substitute-fueled ecstasy reveals hidden shapes and movements and all is not what it seems to be.

Wet Dreams & False Images
Jesse Epstein miniDV 12'
What happens when a group of Brooklyn barbers realize that their beloved pin-ups aren't real?

One in Eight: Janice's Journey
Cindy McKeown beta 56'
With hilarity and intelligence, Janice takes us on the journey of her fight with breast cancer. As she navigates the medical establishment and finds support and challenges in this battle, we learn from her discoveries and appreciate her authenticity and humor. Entertaining, real, funny, illuminating, important, touching and smart