Weyauwega International Film Festival

Schedule of Events

1:00 PM - My Motherland

A moving tale of welcome and cohabitation between a Parisian woman and a young Afghan refugee. Starring Fanny Ardant. A woman in her sixties, decides to welcome an Afghan refugee, Reza, into her large Parisian apartment, which seems very empty since the death of her husband. These two protagonists, who are complete opposites, will learn to live together and appreciate each other.

Director: Benoit Cohen
Runtime: 91 minutes

2:45 PM - The Strangers' Case

In Sir Thomas More, Shakespeare wrote a speech in which More makes a passionate defence for refugees, pleading for empathy from his fellow countrymen and culminating in a poignant description of the plight of refugees - "The Stranger's Case" - which persists today.

A doctor and her daughter come home following a chaotic shift at an Aleppo hospital. In the midst of a birthday celebration the two women are forced to make a difficult decision that will forever change their lives and their relationship.

A soldier witnesses heinous crimes towards men, women and children in service of the Syrian regime. As the violence and corruption escalate, he finds himself reevaluating his own humanity.

A smuggler in Turkey tries desperately to make ends meet for his young son. In an effort to save enough money to afford their own escape, he arranges for passage to Greece on inflatable liferafts to refugees in a nearby camp for a steep price.

A poet who has made it to the safety of a Turkish refugee camp with his young family barters for space on an overcrowded boat, which is pushed out into rough seas, bound for Greece.

A Greek coastguard captain spends his days and nights rescuing sinking lifeboats full of migrants off the coast of Lesvos, constantly haunted by those he wasn't able to save.

Director: Brandt Andersen
Runtime: 104 minutes

4:45 PM - Short Films Group One

The Easy Way
Runtime: 25 minutes
Director: Luca Senoner, Martin Loos

The Minotaur's Strike
Runtime: 14 minutes
Director: Raphaël Lozano

Orange Vests and Cigarettes
Runtime: 13 minutes
Director: Kyle Ensrude

The Third Skin
Runtime: 5 minutes
Director: Maja Johanna Bühler

It's For You: Ephemeral Art & The Death of the Public Phone
Runtime: 29 minutes
Director: Ryan Steven Green

Allure
Runtime: 12 minutes
Director: Tasso Feldman

#WAY_Aurelio
Runtime: 32 minutes
Director: Alan Rexroth

7:00 PM - Psycho

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother. Based on the novel by Weyauwega's Robert Bloch.

The screening will be introduced by Robert Bloch expert Bill Gillard. Robert Bloch was living in Weyauwega when he published his novel Psycho which was inspired by the nearby Ed Gein murders of Plainfield, Wisconsin.

Runtime: 109 minutes
Director: Alfred Hitchcock

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