BLOCK 6 - TWELVE LIONS FILM FESTIVAL

  • A Good Dark Roast
  • Fortunas
  • K'uchu
  • Vita Nova
  • Escaping Gravity

Showings

Kentucky Theatre Fri, Sep 27, 2024 7:45 PM
Kentucky Theatre Fri, Sep 26 3:40 PM

Description

SEP 26 @ 3:40PM | FREE

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A GOOD DARK ROAST: A MR. HENDERSON STORY — Finalist

Dir: Angelika Padberg | Canada | Student Film | 2024 | 13 min

Mr. Henderson is a collector, an observer, and an artist, a creature who takes great pride in everything that he does. By employing his keen eye for detail, he attempts to unearth a path to his enlightenment.

 

FORTUNAS

Dir: Sidarta Senna | Brazil | Student Film | 2024 | 10 min

Dr. Fortuna, a cunning charlatan, makes a living selling miracle potions with the help of Brine Adrenaline, a dazzling circus performer, and Croocked, an outcast branded as a freak. When a public demonstration of his Buona Fortuna Elixir takes a dark turn, Croocked suffers harsh punishment for a minor misstep. Pushed to their limits, siblings Brine and Croocked plot a daring escape from the clutches of the terrible Dr. Fortuna.

 

K'UCHU: A CHILDHOOD PLACE — Finalist

Dir: Alessio Del Pozo Temoche | Peru | Animated Short | 2025 | 12 min

Óscar begins to isolate himself in his playful childhood world. His best friend, Jesús, no longer wants to play after falling in love with Betsa, a schoolmate. Caught between leaving childhood behind and continuing to play alone, Óscar is forced to grow up overnight and abandon his hometown when terrorist violence erupts. Forty years later, he remembers it all as he walks along the highway back to his hometown, searching for food and shelter amid the COVID-19 crisis.

 

VITA NOVA — Finalist

Dir: Dmytro Zavora | Ukraine | Animated Short | 2024 | 7 min

A moving animated drama based on a story by German author Josef Reding. Set in post-war Germany, the film follows a man who visits a pharmacy seeking poison to end his life. As he stands at the counter, his indecision leads him to reflect on his circumstances and the potential reasons to continue living.

 

ESCAPING GRAVITY

Dir: Braedan Luong | United States | Student Film | 2025 | 19 min

When an innocent nine-year-old girl obsessed with space meets a new friend, their brief interaction leaves her life changed…forever.