BLOCK: LOST IN TRANSLATION - 2021 Jacksonville Film Festival

1996 San Marco Boulevard,Jacksonville FL 32207

07 February, 2021

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BLOCK: LOST IN TRANSLATION - 2021 Jacksonville Film Festival Films in Block: Misplaced Call Party Busters Love, Death & Tomatoes Exist! Last Day Sentience Give it Back! Film Summary's: Misplaced Call Russia – Director: Elizaveta Pichugina Natasha works in a private dentistry, in which she organizes an illegal business at night with an oriental specialist, Lee. A regular patient, Oksana, comes to them. Lee enters the dental office with her and closes the door. Everything goes according to plan, but Granny suddenly appears. She has a sharp pain in her teeth, but Natasha does not let her in. Granny calls the police and faints. A patrol car arrives, one of them is Oksana's husband. What is going on in this clinic? Party Busters Germany – Director: Patrick Büchting When Finn's parents get home sooner than expected, he must cover up a forbidden party, to save his father from getting a heart attack. Love, Death & Tomatoes Turkey – Director: Balahan Gürel LOVE, DEATH AND TOMATOES is a tender and warm dark comedy short which is full of quick-witted dialogue and comedic tension. The film tells the story of a dying man and his wife, who decide to commit suicide together in a diner. Exist! Belgium – Director: Luca Zuberbühler An old theater is about to be demolished. A construction worker enters the crumbling building to check if there is anyone left inside. In his search, he strays into a mystical, fragile world until he finds himself in the face of the theater's core. Last Day US – Director: Szu-Wei Chen As work continues on the border wall, a Chinese sex worker gets surprising news from her visiting lover. Sentience France – Director: Guillaume Bierry An old lady and a robot, both frustrated by their physical conditions, choose to switch their bodies. Give it Back! Israel – Director: Ruchama Ehrenhalt Olivia just moved to Israel from New York. Throughout her first day of school in the 6th grade she tries to survive, navigating through the new country she just landed in, her new school and new peers, unsure where she will end up at the end of the day.