Something is Wrong. Very Wrong!
“Something is Wrong. Very Wrong” is a program of oddities, films that reach beneath our skin and force us to reckon with the absurdity of modern life. These are films that do not seek to simply ask questions or make statements, rather, to poke and prod at our comfort until we begin to question ourselves. Prompting us to look past the obvious, the program represents the intricate and variable nature of evil in a world that resembles our own, urging us to contemplate our fears and their place amidst our ever-changing reality.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Intuitive Cycles
Director: Mickey Galvin
Synopsis: After signing a lucrative contract with a controversial period tracking app, influencer Sadie begins to unravel. Confined to her apartment to film her sponsorship, she is tortured by the ripple effects of her platform, unsure if she’s empowering women or putting them at risk.
Cinema Village in New York City.
On Parenting and Travel
Director: Tenley Eakin Raj
Synopsis: A confessional short documentary in which a mother, alone with her children at the beach for two weeks, speaks directly to camera about the invisible weight of parenthood.
Cinema Village in New York City.
A Crack in the Screen
Director: Johanormous
Synopsis: Over-rationalization built the interface. The interface replaced pre-rational projection surfaces, demons, gods, floods, fire, with monetized simulations of connection. AI is now completing that process by automating language itself. This film is what remains on the other side.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Gluttony (Full)
Director: Nenad Katic, Chloe Charles
Synopsis: There is a woman who carries her emptiness visibly: a literal hole in her chest where the heart should be. Inside it flickers a restless interior world—static, memory, noise, longing—something raw and bottomless. Her gluttony is a desperate form of self-soothing—an attempt to quiet the unbearable silence beneath modern life.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Bomb
Director: Inés Corina
Synopsis: The story of an exploded second.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Subhuman Services
Director: Dan Schneidkraut
Synopsis: Reflections on personal and systemic failures woven into a thorough archival analysis and interpretation of The Department of Human Services hold music.
Cinema Village in New York City.
In the Background: The Curtain
Director: Erin Naifeh
Synopsis: As a film crew records a dinner party scene, a mystery emerges. From within it, a narrator asks the audience to step away from the screen and return only when prompted.
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