• A DOSE OF REALITY

Transportive, sobering, and wondrous, these nonfiction accounts from across the globe exemplify the power of narrative in truth.

Showtimes

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Festival Theaters 5

11:00 AM Reserve Now

Short Films

BLACK TIDE

On July 25, 2020, the bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on the reef on the east coast of Mauritius. Twelve days later, oil began to spill, causing the worst ecological disaster ever to occur in the region.

CLEAR SKY

Vova and Roma are spending their last days of vacation in their hometown. Explosions, alarm sirens, and military in the streets cast a shadow over their reality. Childhood, however, happens independently of the war.

LANAWARU

When a local community member disappears in the Amazon, a boy faces an early memory, seeking comfort in the Indigenous traditions, healing rituals, and guidance from his grandfather.

ONE DAY I WILL HUG YOU

When Palestinian father Abou Yousef leaves for Gaza after a decade of living in Norway, his daughter Mai begins to confront the emotional distance shaped by his 20 years of imprisonment in Israel.

THE BUILDING AND BURNING OF A REFUGEE CAMP

Three men seeking sanctuary in Ireland find themselves caught on the streets between a hostile asylum policy and an increasingly militant far-right.

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