2:30 PM – 4:25 PM · Cinema 9 · 🟡 13+
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One of One
Daniel Kyle Mccartney · USA
Milo “Miles” Williams, a rising fashion designer, is pushed by the mysterious Vee to turn grief and pain into ambition. As his success grows after the death of his best friend, guilt, addiction, and Vee’s increasingly sinister influence begin to consume him, revealing the cost of chasing greatness at any price.
17:31
Eye Contact
Eva L Hoffman · USA
As three strangers make eye contact, we enter their inner worlds in an exploration of recognition, vulnerability, and the fleeting intimacy of being truly seen.
08:12
Cherry
Eftychia Manola · Greece
North America Premiere
On a remote Greek island, Lina moves through slow summer days and starlit nights immersed in nature and fleeting connections, tracing sensory memory and the quiet intimacy of being entirely present.
21:00
Do You Know Who I Am?
Andreea Păduraru Hristescu · Romania
North America Premiere
An elderly man shares a train journey with a woman of similar age, gently courting her with charm and tenderness. As she responds with amusement, emotion, and quiet curiosity, their autumnal flirtation builds toward an unexpected turn at the journey’s end.
20:00
Mr. Benjamin’s Birthday
Crystle Viviana Dorsey · USA
A heartbroken health care provider is forever changed when his patient wants to give up on life.
28:39
The Listeners
Joslyn Rose · USA
David, a once-brilliant jazz musician who can no longer hear music, is drawn into an unconventional therapy that forces him to confront memories of faith, discipline, and unresolved trauma. As he turns inward in search of what silenced him, the possibility of hearing again raises deeper questions about perception, healing, and truth.
14:44
Total runtime: 1:50:06
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