Centre Film Festival 2025

ALL OF THESE LINES ACROSS MY FACE

Expired November 25, 2025 4:45 AM
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14 films in package
The Owls
Each week, a group of Old Widowed Ladies, known as the OWLS, gathers for dinner, finding friendship, laughter, and a way forward through their shared grief.
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Cascades
A couple walks towards a crossroads on the day of their 30th wedding anniversary.
The Embrace
When the world is crumbling, where to find hope? A 50-year-old Argentine tango teacher, Carolina Pirotta’s precariously-built world is upended by the election of a right wing populist. Offering an intimate lens on a life lived amid economic turmoil, this film dives into a world of tango that refuses to be bound by tradition - examining issues of power, resistance and resilience in the process. Through tracing Carolina’s steps, it also takes the audience on a poetic journey from the neon-drenched dancehalls and protest-packed streets of Buenos Aires to the sunset-bathed mountains of Patagonia.
Closed captions available
Gallina
In rural Spain, ten-year-old Pablo loves spending time at his granny’s countryside home, playing with his younger sister Alba and his best friend Martín.
Until We Meet Again
A warm night among friends slowly unravels as Fahad’s nostalgic illusion of togetherness gives way to the quiet truth that nothing lasts and everything grows.
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Expression of Illness
A filmmaker and their caregiver empower themselves in the labyrinthine healthcare landscape.
Sister Salad Days
When a double dutcher's religious father forces her to get married, she enlists her friends and fiancé to stop the wedding and free her deceased older sister whose soul is trapped on their father's land.
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
Dove, a gender-shifting warrior, uses their Indigenous medicine (Inkwo) to protect their community from an unburied swarm of terrifying creatures.
Closed captions available
Don't Cry for Me All You Drag Queens
Only the Lonely
The search for solitude as an alternative, of life in silence, of calm as a life option in the face of the usual chaos in our way of life.
Soulmate
In a world where giving up on love shrinks your body, a lonely protagonist searches for his destined partner. Repeatedly abandoned, he becomes nearly invisible—until he meets a girl even smaller than him. She gives everything for him, and he, in turn, gives everything for her. This is a hand-drawn traditional animation created directly from storyboards.
Echoes of the Heart
After a disappointing date, a young man crosses paths with an elderly woman, and everything change.
Like A Wandering Cloud
When a maid is left overnight to care for a comatose woman in a vast, silent mansion, her solitude awakens strange echoes of the past, drawing her into an uncanny bond that defies time and reason.
Dobrina
Lotte Reiniger meets Sergio Leone in this animated short, where desire burns as bright as the desert sun. A brand-new animated short that premiered in June 2025, successfully touring the festival circuit now.
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Every line across our face tells a story—we’ve laughed them, cried them, earned them. Inspired by Dolly Parton’s reminder that a life fully lived is nothing to hide, this block brings together films that honor the beauty of aging, love, and the wisdom that comes with both.

When the world is crumbling, where to find hope? A 50-year-old Argentine tango teacher, Carolina Pirotta’s precariously-built world is upended by the election of a right wing populist. Offering an intimate lens on a life lived amid economic turmoil, this film dives into a world of tango that refuses to be bound by tradition - examining issues of power, resistance and resilience in the process. Through tracing Carolina’s steps, it also takes the audience on a poetic journey from the neon-drenched dancehalls and protest-packed streets of Buenos Aires to the sunset-bathed mountains of Patagonia.

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    16:30
  • Language
    Spanish
  • Country
    Argentina
  • Director
    John Owens
  • Producer
    John Owens
  • Cast
    Carolina Pirotti
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