Our Afternoon Show ... starts at 2 p.m. and rolls until around 4:30. With intermission. Saturday, July 18, of course. Where? The Registry Theatre, Kitchener. Yes, Ontario. Cash only at the door. Pay what you want? You got it. 
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​Equal ~ Dir. Tom Bessoir ~ New York, USA ~ 3:47
EQUAL is a cinematic exploration of Richard Serra’s sculpture of the same name on display at the Museum of Modern Art.
The sculpture consists of eight forged-steel blocks stacked in pairs. Each rectangular block measures 5 feet by 5 and 1/2 feet by 6 feet and weighs 40 tons. The blocks are rotated and stacked so that the top and bottom blocks align differently. Yet the four stacks are each 11 feet tall.
This simple form makes me think about space, mass, weight, and time. Like the sculpture, Bessoir's film seeks to both overwhelm the viewer and invite contemplation.
​​ All Tied Up ~ Dir. Madeline Toal, Erin Pitt ~ Halifax, Canada ~ 9:00
​Allie goes to extreme lengths while trying to overcome the greatest challenge of all time: accessing reproductive health care as a woman.
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​A Man Explodes ~ Dir. Max Helmueller ~ USA ~ 6:27

​A man just trying to go home & relax after work has a suspicion that something truly terrible will happen to him.

Patient ~ Dir. Taite Koehler ~ Kitchener, Canada ~ 10:13

Sixteen-year-old Dawn hasn't been feeling like herself. It started with feeling a bit dizzy, and now she's constantly exhausted, and fainting out of the blue. But even after tests come back normal and doctors dismiss it as anxiety, Dawn knows something is wrong. Dawn is watching her life, and friends, slip away. Desperate for answers, Dawn begins to research and she comes across a condition that fits her symptoms exactly. She may have finally found answers - and with it, hope for new beginnings.
Final Sale ~ Dir. Olivier Frigon ~ Montreal, Canada ~ 13:00

​​​A young woman tries to grieve by emptying her deceased mother's house.

Intermission

Almost Cupid ~  Dir. Lucas Swangard ~ Kitchener, Canada ~ 7:32

To get his wings, a newly hired cupid must choose between doing the job and honouring free will after being assigned to save a toxic relationship that shouldn't exist.
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The Ballad of a Stolen Fish ~ Dir. Sam Carvazán ~ São Paulo, Brazil ~ 15:00 

​During Holy Week in a Brazilian coastal town, a man steals a fish to feed his pregnant wife. What follows is a pursuit that turns an act of survival into an irreversible confrontation.
Uncomfy ~ Dir. Jessica Hinkson ~ Toronto, Canada ~ 6:15   

​A woman in a comfortable, hetero-normative relationship reaches out to an escort to explore her queer side in a quest to answer the age-old question, "Am I missing out on something?"
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Sit with Me While I Die ~ Dir. Brian Russell ~ Fairfield, USA ~ 19:21

​A priest must reconcile his lifelong dogmatic views on suffering with real life pain, examining how we will die, the intersection of faith and death, and specifically with how we may, or may not, be called to suffer at the inevitable end. Set against the backdrop of medical aid in dying, and death with dignity.