Our 15th annual event will be held in-person at the Nordlof Theater on September 16th, 17th, and 18th. Tickets will be available online beginning August 1st here: https://mosaicfilmfest.com/index.php/attend/ Tickets will also be available at the box office on the same days as the screenings. A full fest ticket is $10 or a one day ticket is $5. At the box office we will accept credit or cash.
Filmmakers who have work in the festival receive a full fest VIP pass that allows for them and a guest to attend any session. They may pick those up at the Nordlof Theater box office any day of the fest.
SCREENING SCHEDULE
FRIDAY
11am – 1pm
US and World Narrative Films: Session #1
(Doors and Box Office open at 10:30am)
(Ages 15+)
FILMS:
Amir & Alice
(Narrative – Israel)
Directed by: Gal Gonen
Ho-Ho-Hostage
(Narrative/Student – Canada)
Directed by: Kendra D’silva-King
Monday Mourning
(Narrative/Student – USA)
Directed by: Dustin Kahia
SMALL
(Narrative/Student – UK)
Directed by: Jonathan Payne
Speed Dating
(Narrative – Russia)
Directed by: Maxim Kaplya
Trill
(Narrative – USA)
Directed by: Christy Anna Wu
Vague
(Narrative – Finland)
Directed by: Joni Tuominen
Winter 1941
(Narrative/Student – USA)
Directed by: Mailli Brown
2pm – 4pm
US and World Experimental Films and Music Videos
(Doors and Box Office open at 1:30pm)
(Ages 15+)
FILMS:
Beyond the Broken Bottle
(Experimental/Student – USA)
Directed by: Nicole Tucker
Breathless
(Experimental/Student – Portugal)
Directed by: Christian Schneider
Collage 38.2
(Experimental – Spain)
Directed by: Luis Carlos Rodríguez
Demi-Gods
(Experimental – Germany)
Directed by: Martin Gerigk
Exchanging
(Experimental – Japan)
Directed by: Hiroshi Atobe
FreeWorld – “D-Up (Here’s To Diversity)”
(Music Video – USA)
Directed by: Richard Cushing
icodeYoucodeme;
(Experimental – Singapore)
Directed by: Jie Jie Ng
It’s Getting Bad Again
(Experimental/Student – USA)
Directed by: Sarah Reyes
Luminous 2
(Experimental – UK)
Directed by: Matthew Pell
Operativo
(Music Video – Italy)
Directed by: Giuseppe Lanno
Press Pound to Connect
(Experimental/Student – USA)
Directed by: Alexander Fingrutd
Primate
(Music Video – Canada)
Directed by: Cantiane Breton
PROGedia “Down”
(Music Video – Italy)
Directed by: Alessandro Amaducci
RIP 9-5
(Experimental/Student – USA)
Directed by: Ben Alderman
Ruined World: An AI Elegy
(Experimental – Hong Kong)
Directed by: Zoran Poposki
Something
(Experimental – USA)
Directed by: Barbara Stepansky
Space
(Experimental – USA)
Directed by: Jing Wang and Harvey Goldman
The Body of a Rational Creature
(Experimental – USA)
Directed by: Jordan Skutar
The Dark Forest
(Experimental – USA)
Directed by: Martin Del Carpio
Transparent, I am.
(Experimental – Japan)
Directed by: Yuri Muraoka
Urdimbre
(Experimental – USA)
Directed by: Albina Kim, Pablo Di Prima, and Minzy Li
Warm Hands
(Music Video/Animation – Japan)
Directed by: Tsuneo Goda
6:00pm
2022 MWFF Opening Night reception
Food + Drink, Live Music, Red Carpet and Photos
7pm – 7:15pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks
2022 MWFF Award Winners announced
7:20pm – 9pm
Spotlight Award Film screening – Rockford, IL Premiere!
FILM:
The Justice of Bunny King
(Narrative Feature – New Zealand)
Director: Gaysorn Thavat
Writer: Sophie Henderson
Cast: Essie Davis, Thomasin McKenzie
(Ages 15+)
Bunny King (Essie Davis Game of Thrones, The Babadook), a headstrong mother of two with a sketchy past, earns her keep by washing windows at traffic lights. Using her razor-sharp wit to charm money from gridlocked motorists, she saves every cent to get back the custody of her kids. After promising her daughter a birthday party, Bunny must fight the social services and break the rules to keep her word, but in doing so risks losing her children altogether. Accompanied by her niece Tonya (Thomasin McKenzie JoJo Rabbit, Last Night in Soho), a fierce teenager running away from home, Bunny is in a race against the clock and headed towards an epic showdown with the authorities.
SATURDAY
11am – 1pm
US and World Animated Films
(Doors and Box Office open at 11:30am)
(Ages 15+)
FILMS:
Fly Fishing
(Animation – USA)
Directed by: David Richardson
Fortress
(Animation – Poland)
Directed by: Slawek Zalewski
Girl in the Water
(Animation/Student – Taiwan)
Directed by: Shi-Rou Huang
Gyoro Goes to the Theater
(Animation – Japan)
Directed by: Shoichi “DAVID” Haruyama
Laundry
(Animation/Student – USA)
Directed by: Zoe Neely
Limelight
(Animation/Student – USA)
Siobhan Gannon and Eryk White
Moonlit Rendezvous
(Animation/Student – USA)
Directed by: Yu-Chieh Liu
Mr. Catman Bring Me a Dream
(Animation/Student – Taiwan)
Directed by: Tzu-Yu Pan
Musimatics
(Animation/Student – USA)
Directed by: Sung Min Park
My Name is Maalum
(Animation – Brazil)
Directed by: Luísa Copetti
O’o: The Last Voice of Kauai
(Animation/Student – USA)
Directed by: Hanah Cincotta
Outsider
(Animation – China)
Directed by: Shuo Liu
The Frolic
(Animation/Student – Taiwan)
Directed by: Yi-Han Jhao
The Reincarnated Giant
(Animation – China)
Directed by: Han Yang
Us
(Animation – Portugal)
Directed by: Nelson Fernandes
Warmth
(Animation – USA)
Directed by: Nathania Zaini
2pm – 4pm
US and World Narrative Films: Session #2
(Doors and Box Office open at 1:30pm)
(Ages 15+)
FILMS:
All In
(Narrative/Student – Canada)
Directed by: Philippe Vanasse-Paquet and Rosalie Rémillard
Hum
(Narrative/Student – Russia)
Directed by: Daur Ladariya
I.Brotsky
(Narrative/Student – Russia)
Directed by: Asha Shovgan
Radio Freedom
(Narrative – Netherlands)
Directed by: Ismar Vejzovic and Bafl Sarhang
Regret
(Narrative/Student – Japan)
Directed by: Ryoji Hattori
Sins Of The Father
(Narrative – Trinidad and Tobago)
Directed by: Azriel Bahadoor
6pm-7pm
2022 MWFF Filmmakers Reception
Meet and Greet for all Filmmakers of the 2022 MWFF
Food + Drink, Live Music, Red Carpet and Photos
7pm – 8:45pm
Regional Filmmakers Screening
FILMS:
A Psychogeography of Mourning
(Documentary – USA)
Directed by: Shayna Connelly
Avoesis
(Documentary/Student – USA)
Directed by: Mykhailo Bogdanov
From One to Another
(Narrative – USA)
Directed by: Rachel Del Valle
Landays
(Experimental – USA)
Directed by: Inna Dmitrieva
Level One
(Animation/Student – USA)
Directed by: Christopher Bennett
May
(Music Video – USA)
Directed by: Hart Ginsburg
Seizure the Day
(Narrative/Student – USA)
Directed by: Mackenzie Hopfauf
Skyglow
(Music Video/Student – USA)
Directed by Leo Majors
The Giant
(Animation/Student – USA)
Directed by: Brendan Sullivan and Noah Kentwortz
To You, Deary
(Music Video/Student – USA)
Directed by: Seth Anderson
We Demand
(Documentary – USA)
Directed by: Nicholas Stange
SUNDAY
11am – 1pm
US and World Documentary Films
(Doors and Box Office open at 10:30am)
(Ages 15+)
FILMS:
A Little Bit of Paradise
(Documentary – Poland)
Directed by: Andrzej Cichocki
Between Two Worlds
(Documentary – USA)
Directed by: Jax Weiner
Essential
(Documentary/Student – USA)
Directed by: Camille Dianand
Moombaki
(Documentary/Student – Australia)
Directed by: Ayo Busari
Papa
(Documentary – USA)
Directed by: Claiborne Martell
Quinn
(Documentary – Canada)
Directd by: Eva Colmers
Sound of Memories
(Documentary – United Arab Emirates)
Directed by: Gargi Chakrabarti
The Girl with the Accent
(Documentary – United Arab Emirates)
Directed by: Nadia Durry
Why is My Grandfather’s Bed in My Living Room?
(Documentary – United Arab Emirates)
Directed by: Sarah Alhashimi
1:15pm – 2:45
Feature Screening #1
Amuka
(Documentary – Belgium)
Directed by: Antonio Spano
SYNOPSIS:
The Democratic Republic of Congo could feed almost 1 in 2 people on Earth.
Yet one in six Congolese people suffer from hunger.
Yet one in two Congolese suffers from moderate acute malnutrition.
Yet agriculture accounts for 70% of the population there.
Faced with this paradox, the peasants regroup in agricultural cooperatives. A handful of them share their daily lives with us, that of all those they represent.
Even if they don’t know each other, live thousands of hundreds of kilometers from each other, participate in different agricultural sectors, their voices resonate in this powerful, sensitive and sincere documentary.
3pm – 4:30pm
Feature Screening #2
Sweet Disaster
(Narrative – Germany)
Directed by: Laura Lehmus
SYNOPSIS:
SWEET DISASTER tells the story of FRIDA. German-Finnish, painting therapist and 40-y.o. Two events change the usual course of her life. She gets unexpectedly pregnant and FELIX, the father
of her child breaks up with her to re-unite with his ex who is suddenly back. FELIX admits that it is not the best timing, however it does not prevent him from leaving. FRIDA cannot accept FELIX’ decision. Although some serious health problems caused by the late pregnancy force her to rest, she tries to get FELIX back with the help of absurd, exaggerated and sometimes absolutely comic actions.
4:45pm – 6pm
Feature Screening #3
Musher
(Documentary – USA)
Directed by: Anuradha Rana and Laurie Little
SYNOPSIS:
Musher peels back the veil behind the bond that four women have between their dogs and the world of sled-dog racing. As each woman prepares for the Copperdog annual race, we reveal the intimate insight into the mushing community, devotion to that lifestyle, and how women influence the sport.
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Feature Screening #4
The Long Weekend
(Narrative – USA)
Directed by: David Matthew Dawson
SYNOPSIS:
Two brothers, Mike and Nick, go on their annual camping trip while grappling with the death of a close friend. The grieving process forces them to confront obstacles in their personal lives and the isolation tests their relationship like never before.
We hope to see you at the #2022MWFF!