Evanston's Talking Pictures Festival presents an exceptional lineup of independent films from March 8-11.
Time, space and love know no bounds in this program of Oscar-nominated short fiction films. In Peter McDonald’s PENTECOST (English, 11 min), sports analogies shed light on an altar boy’s dilemma concerning an important Mass in his community. In RAJU (German, 24 min), Max Zähle tells of a couple’s travels to India to adopt an orphaned boy and the recognition of their role in his sudden disappearance. Terry George’s THE SHORE (English/Gaelic, 31 min) reunites two boyhood friends from Northern Ireland and uncovers a secret 25-year-old love triangle. Andrew Bowler’s TIME FREAK (English, 11 min) depicts an obsessed inventor who creates a time machine and hopes to ‘do over’ past missteps. TUBA ATLANTIC (Norwegian, 25 min) by Hallvar Witzø stars 70-year-old Oskar, who has only six days left to live, but wants to cross the Atlantic in a giant tuba to put things right with his brother. Program length: 110 min.
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