In My Bones – 2026

Thursday, April 16, 1:00 PM

Pressing
Director: Stephanie Barber, Experimental, USA, 3 min
A woman washes her hair in the kitchen sink while telling her friend about a memory of sitting in a bathtub and watching her aunt get ready to go out.

Essay No. 2
Director: Dani Wasserman, Experimental, USA, 7 min
A film poem for grief and the fading light of sunset.

Monster in Me
Director: Cecelia Condit, Experimental, USA, 8 min
A feminist cautionary tale told by a woman who asks herself the question, “How did I come out of this unbroken?”

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Director: Jesse McLean, Experimental, USA, 12 min
Amid a pandemic and the breakup of a marriage, loneliness sparks new forms of escapism. A film star becomes a companion and pop culture a way of coping, as the lines between reality and fantasy dissolve.

As I Belong to my Life
Director: Sarah Bliss, Documentary, USA, 4 min
An exploration of the ways older bodies and psyches engage eros, gender, creativity, sexuality and desire. In a culture in which aging bodies are assumed to be sexless and considered neutered, what does it look and feel like to reclaim our erotic power?

Once in a Body
Director: María Cristina Pérez González, Animation, Colombia, 10 min
While dealing with a strange being that lives inside her, a woman seeks to reconcile with her sister over an incident from their adolescence.

All of This Must Be Paid For
Director: Gabi Rudin, Experimental, USA, 12 min
The wellness universe evaluates the spiritual mechanics of the pain-body as it searches for answers.

Phoenix
Director: Marylène Houle, Experimental, Canada, 7 min
Sometimes words aren’t enough to express what’s going on inside. There’s a universal language that only the eyes of the heart can understand.

Koki, Ciao
Director: Quenton Miller, Documentary, Croatia, 11 min
The autobiography of Koki, an immortal parrot, loyal comrade of Marshal Tito, leader of Yugoslavia for 35 years.

As Told by a Corpse
Director: Yace Sula, Experimental, USA, 5 min
At a traditional naming ceremony, family members pray and swoon over the birth of an alleged baby girl, kicking off the demise of an entity resistant to the identity imposed upon them.

Pin
Director: MJ Golzari, Experimental, USA, 5 min
In a peaceful home shadowed by distant chaos, a woman tends to her quiet rituals. As the winds rise, the boundaries between serenity and turmoil begin to blur.

Thick & Sweet
Director: Yinan Wang, Experimental, USA, 15 min
The uprooted, the American dreams, the thick and sweet sauce, and an empty dining hall—too much for one to face and survive. It is far easier to demolish a closed restaurant.