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Polyphem
Directed by: Ilaria Di Carlo | 10 mins
POLYPHEM is the second chapter in a series of short landscape films that reinterpret the stages of the journey of Homer’s Odyssey and set them in the context of the anthropocene. Loosely inspired by the myth of Polyphemus, the film draws on the symbolism of the red colour of bauxite tailings as a metaphor for the wound and threat caused by human intervention.
Si la Isla Quiere (“Island Willing”)
Directed by: Cece King | 29 mins
Chile’s Robinson Crusoe Island, named for the marooned sailor who inspired the novel, has a higher percentage of endemic species per square kilometer than the Galápagos. In the face of outside pressures, the small community that calls it home fights to protect both its culture of stewardship and the Island’s species, with the island itself as both setting and protagonist.
Beneath the Surface of the Everyday
Directed by: Alex Morelli | 16 mins
An observer of quotidian strangeness, Deb Sokolow creates semi-fictitious drawings and books commenting on architecture, politics, and pop culture. Shot on 16mm and adopting the style of 70s paranoid thrillers, the film traces the evolution of Sokolow’s speculative ethos, detailing a shadowy encounter at McDonald’s and her fixation with Rocky Balboa.
Intervention
Directed by: Kate Grumke, Kyle Pyatt | 16 mins
Scientists head into some of the last remaining prairies in North America to undertake the painstaking work of hand-pollinating an obscure plant that is struggling to survive in the modern world. While there, they encounter an animal who has become a mascot of prairie conservation. INTERVENTION is an ethereal nonfiction short that tracks the laborious process of conservation from the perspective of an insect pop icon.
Oh Whale
Directed by: Winslow Crane-Murdoch | 26 mins
When news anchor Paul Linnman arrived in Florence OR on November 12th, 1970, he had no idea that the story he was about to tell would forever define his career. Following a small Oregon town, an exploding whale, and the man who made the story famous, Oh Whale is about how we don’t get to choose our fate, only what we make of it.
Dates & Times
Chase Park Plaza Cinema
November 7, 2026
11:45 am
