On The Edge
The “On The Edge” program presents films that confront social, psychological, and emotional limits — exploring exhaustion, desire, confinement, and transformation. From the blur of urban life and artistic paralysis to surreal meditations on freedom, identity, and mortality, these works capture the fragile space between illusion and reality, where endurance becomes an act of survival.
Saturday, November 15th • | Screening + Artist Q&A
Cinema Village in New York City.
SARDINE
Director: Andrea Dratch
Synopsis: As Henrietta’s spirit craves to escape society’s stifling constructs and expectations, she manifests her truer, freer animal nature amidst the assembly line monotony of her day to day.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Their eyes were moving
Director: Carlos Yamil
Synopsis: Luiza Kons works inviting people to view houses for sale in a new development. Her inner world unfolds around family affections despite being far away. She connects with the memory of her grandmother through the performance of the life cycle of a flower, an act she used to do for her as a child.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Everything is right before
Director: Anna Antsalo and Jenni-Elina von Bagh
Synopsis: This film captures a moment on the verge of beginning. An actor prepares for a shoot while the crew waits. Instead of moving forward, the actor is overwhelmed by an endless array of choices. The film unveils a bodily state where preparation transforms into an endless stretch of time and explores the artist’s freedom in contrast to the still-waiting crew. Who is truly free?
Cinema Village in New York City.
doors of ilusion
Director: Vanessa Perez de Somacarrera
Synopsis: A woman is running in a corridor facing the conditioning of human existence.
Cinema Village in New York City.
HELL
Director: Tom Brett
Synopsis: When a volcano erupts in a medieval town, a nun abandons her holy life at the convent and ventures out into an apocalyptic landscape in search of her love.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Photo Play XX
Director: Zolomon Zelko
Synopsis: A transgender suicide victim is washed ashore the River Styx. While paying the Ferryman’s toll, she must confront the womanhood she tried to leave behind.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Sweet Dreams
Director: Ben Rinehardt
Synopsis: Internal psychosis.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Fairground
Director: Jess Berry
Synopsis: Fed up with family criticism, a stifled farmer’s daughter distances herself from her parents as she navigates her self-identity at the forbidden county fair midway, discovering newfound independence and forming an unexpectedly deep connection.
Cinema Village in New York City.
Cat Eats Bird
Director: Gard Løkke
Synopsis: An old man reflects on a life defined by hunger and desire, and learns that embracing vulnerability brings the love he has longed for.
Cinema Village in New York City.
You Will Fold
Director: R.E. Wolfe
Synopsis: Turning the concept of the ‘Five Love Languages’ on its head, we use a somewhat abstract lens to look through the eyes of a modern couple as we explore the different languages that we use to fight with one another.
Cinema Village in New York City.
