CUCKOO’S NEST BLOCK - 2021 Jacksonville Film Festival

1996 San Marco Boulevard,Jacksonville FL 32207

06 February, 2021

Description

CUCKOO’S NEST BLOCK - 2021 Jacksonville Film Festival 4P - BLOCK: CUCKOO’S NEST Films in Block: Small World Discovery Myosotis Love Call on Me Listen Faraway, So Close Ekaant (Sollitude) I Hope They Remember My Name I’m Happy, I Promise The Mirror Summary: Small World US – Director: Jim Ford Two strangers meet in a far away land and realize they are from the same town. Discovery Russia – Director: Mikhail Saburov A father - daughter fishing trip leads to an unexpected discovery. Myosotis Love US – Director: Charlie LaTourette An older woman plants flowers in the garden as she struggles to help her forgetful husband remember how they met. Questions of memory, loss, and love reveal the difference between fantasy and reality. Call on Me US – Director: Pia Cook A lonely old man resorts to chatting with an equally lonely telemarketer. Listen US – Director: Jhanelle Elissa A black woman who feels like a glitch in society decides to speak up. When her outer bubbly persona is met with exhaustive complacency, she resorts to a tragic alternative with a smile. Faraway, So Close US – Director: Gustavo Milan A young man relies on the support of his greatest ally in order to live the excitements of a double life Ekaant (Sollitude) India – Director: Swapnil Pagare Manasi, a poet, and Sudha, a housewife, are deeply in love with each other but the restrictions of society have put chains around their relationship. Ekaant (Solitude) is expression of their secluded extramarital lesbian affair and poetic recital of first moment of closeness. I Hope They Remember My Name Canada – Director: Patrick Weiers Struggling with depression, a famous vlogger travels to Asia and documents his search for dopamine. I’m Happy, I Promise US – Director: Mimi Cave A series of phone calls between Parker and his friends narrate Parker's mission to find true happiness through superficial obsessions. The Mirror Australia – Director: Joel Kohn When a young girl discovers a mysterious antique mirror in the basement of her ailing grandmother’s house, she accidentally opens a window between time that allows her to cross over into war-torn Nazi-occupied Poland.