A Better World – 2026

Friday, April 17, 3:00 PM

Remote Views
Director: Alexis McCrimmon, Experimental, USA, 15 min
A televisual stream of consciousness assembled from archival footage set in the Black media explosion of the 1980s.

Happiness
Director: Firat Yücel, Experimental, Netherlands, 18 min
An urgent desktop diary made at the intersection of a hectic digital landscape and the inner violence of modern colonization.

Adas Falasteen
Directors: Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini, Samar Taher Lulu, Documentary, Palestine, 8 min
The story of a Palestinian chef using his hobby as a shield against the famine caused by the war on Gaza, who preserves the spirit of resilience and hope within his community.

Dear Beloved
Director: Jared Callahan, Documentary, USA, 12 min
A creative cohort of queer & transgender artists build community across prison walls.

Survival Without Rent
Directors: Elana Meyers, Katie Heiserman, Documentary, USA, 22 min
The story of a community of politically-motived New York squatters who took over defaulted city-owned properties in the 1980s and formed a vibrant community of artists and activists.

At Night
Director: Pooya Afzali, Animation, Iran, 5 min
In the midst of war, a man watches his beloved one by lighting the three matches he has left. Then, in the pitch darkness, a forest grows from their lovemaking and protects them from the war.

Grape Maestro
Director: Alla Kovgan, Narrative, Italy, 20 min
In the vineyards of Northern Italy, at harvest time, cultures clash, and a wine commercial shoot goes astray, until dance, music, comedy and the magic of a harlequin intervene.