There's a few shorts that begin the night and they are centered around life in New York (Rooftop Bees and A Hole in the Fence); plus some Spanish ones, including Terres Noires, which is filmed with 16mm (it's not totally dead yet!).

Following that are the features, one of which, Pardeye Sangi by Sadegh Bagheri, has either the worst description ever on the website, or the filmmakers have mastered the unsung art form known as minimalist tagline writing:

A man is coming back, a biker comes, together they ride across the road.

I'm interested. The second feature, Alex Pacheco's Praxis (2007, 93 minutes) is equally as mysterious. It's about Brian, a struggling writer who, I guess, is trying to write a piece about his own demons. According to the film's description, this quest to write leads him to discover his "true core" and "reflects the classical mythos of Proteus and the human search for meaning in the universe". Not much is revealed about the plot, so since I love being surprised and caught off guard in my film watching experiences, I'm officially curious. Are you?