Film Screening 3: Emotional Achilles Heel
15.50 - 17:15​
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Discussion Moderator: Jesse Elan, Hanna Szentpéteri, Loren Crawford
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Discussion Panel: Chris Blom (filmmaker)
About
These films show the emotional lives of neurodivergent people: vulnerability and strength, joy and grief, connection and isolation. Through humor and honesty, their creators share moments that are exposed, moving, and often familiar. Together, these works remind us that feeling deeply is not a weakness but a language of its own.
Manly Feelings
After a lifetime of burying emotions—terrified of being misunderstood, never taught how to say it, surrendering to the quiet numbness of just moving on—they finally find a silver lining. A film about the weight we carry in silence, and the question that aches within us all: why can't we talk about our emotions?
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Filmmaker: Chris Blom
Get Lost Luca
A 27-year-old's literal and figurative journey of admitting what she's been avoiding. As realization sets in and escapism stops working, she's left to face a story of broken friendship and self-discovery.
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Filmmaker: Leon Moses Fasthuber
Trigger Warning: Smoking, blood
Thank You For Calling
A burned-out music venue director answers a wrong number—and gets a lifeline. A mysterious houseboat dweller drags him from the edge of collapse toward an absurd and psychedelic redemption.
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Filmmaker: Vera Lelie, Kwint Jongerius