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FEATURE FILMS & SHORTS PROGRAMS
French teenagers take a summer class trip to Naples, Italy, in this marvelous coming-of-age film that is subtle, mysterious, and intelligent. Marine Atlan’s feature debut garnered the Cannes Critics Week Best Picture award.
MVFF partners with CalArts, UC Santa Cruz, UCLA, California College of the Arts, and CSU Long Beach for a stellar showcase of animated work directed by female and nonbinary filmmakers. This selection features films reflecting family, friendship, life, death, and cultural identity.
SPOTLIGHTS, TRIBUTES & PANELS
SHORT FILMS
Memories of one man’s literal and figurative trip to Chiapas accompanied by his brother and a bag of magic mushrooms soaked in honey.
A beautifully told first-person account of a youthful stowaway who finds solace and companionship with the ship’s cat.
A young man challenges himself to swim across a freezing river, only to discover the error of his ways when he gets to the opposite shore.