BLOCK: UTTERLY MACABRE - 2021 Jacksonville Film Festival

1996 San Marco Boulevard,Jacksonville FL 32207

06 February, 2021

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BLOCK: UTTERLY MACABRE - 2021 Jacksonville Film Festival Films in Block: Eat Your Heart Out The Doe The Helping Hand Tea Time Well Waffle Stucco Archibald’s Syndrome Film Summary's: Eat Your Heart Out US – Director: Giovanni Tortorici Marceline is vegetarian, kind of lonely, and ready for her date with a cannibal. The Doe France – Director: Jennifer Lumbroso Helene is spending what seems to be a romantic weekend in the French countryside until she has an argument with her lover and gets furious. She decides to flee away and finds herself in rural landscapes, clueless. Nature takes back its rights. The hunt is open. Helen becomes « the doe » while she encounters local characters. The Helping Hand US – Director: Brenden Hubbard The Helping Hand explores the ties between technology and a growing family. With a new baby at home, young parents adopt a hi-tech monitoring system. Will it be an answer to their woes or have they invited a monster into their home? Tea Time US – Director: Tara Price A story about a sweet little girl having an innocent backyard tea party with her toys… or so it seems. When no one else is looking, her toys come to life as real people and it’s revealed that she's actually their mob boss with a score to settle! Meanwhile, her oblivious brother is raining on her parade with his insistence that he and his action figure get to play too! Will the toys escape her bloody wrath? It's Calvin and Hobbes meets Scarface! With a special appearance from WWE Champion Rob Van Dam. Well Spain – Director: Diego Puertas A man wakes up in shock in the bottom of a well. No memories of how he got there. He's cold. It's dark and there's water all around him. He tries to climb the wall with his bare hands, but every time he ends up falling back into the water. Time is ticking away and his anxiety is on the rise. Then, a figure leans in at the top of the well... Waffle US – Director: Carlyn Hudson Kerry is at a sleepover with the socially awkward, mysteriously orphaned heiress Katie. Friendship--in a society that grows ever isolating--is explored as Kerry learns the hard way that Katie always gets what she wants. Stucco US – Directors: Janina Gavankar & Russo Schelling J is trying and failing to move forward as the scars of old relationships keep her trapped inside her new home. While hanging a piece of art, she knocks a hole in her wall that reveals what might be a hidden room. Her mind races to think what could be on the other side as she continues to unravel. Archibald’s Syndrome France – Director: Daniel Perez Archibald was born with some curious curse — he can’t make a move without everyone around him doing the same thing. Now, a grown man, by despair, he robs a bank. There, he meets Indiana, a young woman who always escaped every form of control.