For Group Tickets <a href="https://facets.formstack.com/forms/cicff39_group_screening_reservation_request" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> Experience stories from the past that tell us about who we are and where we have been. This collection focuses on memories of war, bravery, exodus, honor and maintaining a sense of self and culture with the knowledge of the very birth of form.&nbsp; For Ages Teen 14+ | 84 minutes | Presented in nonverbal and original languages with English subtitles This program contains: Mature themes, depiction of war

Thanks Again! Each character symbolizes a tone and appears in front of the vending machines common in the Showa era, forming a melody from memory. As the music ends and people leave, the lone owner says "thanks again" once more.

Thanks Again！

KUUMBA UMBO / Birth of Form Artifacts and relics often tell vivid stories of the past. This story follows a young boy who befriends an African buffalo. Despite their differences in appearance, they develop a strong bond. However, when tragedy strikes, the boy spends the rest of his life striving to create the perfect mask to honor his best friend.

KUUMBA UMBO / Birth of Form

A young boy befriends an African buffalo, but when tragedy strikes, he dedicates his life to commemorating his lost friend.

Letter to a Pig ﻿Decades after his escape from Hitler's regime, a Jewish World War II survivor tells his story to a classroom of teens. The students are uncaring, however, one student even mocking the man for having to hide from the officers in a pig sty. Their cruelty makes one girl reconsider her own stance and worldview, causing her to question if her generation will be the one to champion the truth or to continue the cycle of propaganda and hatred.

Letter to a Pig

Frydenlund Hair Parlour Throughout World War II, a Norwegian family attempts for their hair parlor to stay open and operational for their customers. Maintaining a business is already a challenge, but in the midst of a war torn region, it nears impossible. Nonetheless, this family preservers to maintain a sense of normalcy in a world where everything seems to be going dangerously wrong.

Frydenlund Hair Parlour

During World War II, a Norwegian family operates a hair parlor in attempts to maintain a sense of normalcy.

Freedom Swimmer ﻿A grandfather recounts his swim to freedom away from mainland China to Hong Kong back in the 1950s, escaping political oppression and starvation. Parallels are drawn between the political refugees of the 1950s-1980s and the refugees of today, fleeing Hong Kong's anti-democracy policies, as arrests and government censorship continue to constrict human rights. The grandfather and his granddaughter preserve his story in order to combat the National Security Law active in Hong Kong today and fight for democracy in China.

Freedom Swimmer

Ali and His Miracle Sheep ﻿Every year, millions of Iraqis walk across the desert to the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala. There, pilgrims mourn Hussein's death and sacrifice animals to feed the hungry. When Ali's father left home to join the fight against ISIS, he promised to bring the boy along on the walk to sacrifice a sheep upon his return. But his father never made it home, leaving Ali behind with an unfulfilled promise. This year, the 9-year-old boy is determined to embark on the journey to sacrifice his sheep, Kirmeta. Guided by his grandmother’s haunting Sumerian lament, Ali and Kirmeta must survive the 250-mile walk to honor his father's memory.

Ali and His Miracle Sheep

When Ali's father left home to join the fight against ISIS, he promised to bring the boy along on his pilgrimage walk to sacrifice a sheep upon his return. After losing his father in battle, 9-year-old Ali is determined to embark on the 250-mile journey to Karbala with his sheep in honor of his father's memory.

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