MEETING POINT

Chile 2022 - DCP - 90 minutes in Spanish with English subtitles

Director: Roberto Baeza

Screenplay: Alfredo Garcia, Paulina Costa, Roberto Baeza

Producer: La Toma

Print Courtesy: Compañía de Cine

When producers Alfredo García and Paulina Costa were infants, their fathers shared a tiny cell in one of the most notorious torture centers in Chile during Pinochet’s dictatorship. Paulina’s father eventually made it home but Alfredo’s father has been considered “missing” for the past 45 years. In Meeting Point, Paulina and Alfredo embark on a journey to recreate their fathers’ lives leading up to and encompassing their imprisonment. They hire actors to portray their parents in their youth and conduct in-depth and often painful interviews with surviving family members. This incredibly powerful experiment with fiction and non-fiction filmmaking functions as a kind of time machine, blending past and present and allowing for consistently moving moments of catharsis for all involved. For all of its many painful moments and reminders to never forget our history, Meeting Point is a testament to the power of filmmaking as a means of excavating past traumas and imagining brighter futures. –SR Sponsored by Joel and Alice Johnson

USA 2022 - DCP - 95 minutes, in English

Director: Jeff Griecci

Screenplay: Ian Carlsen, Jeff Griecci

Producers: William Paul Steele, Ian Carlsen, Jeff Griecci, E.C. Brego

Cast: William Paul Steele, Grace Bauer

Old lovers reunite, a friendship is betrayed, a pet is killed, a runaway discovered, and a coworker comes back from the dead in these five interconnected tales about suffering from kindness. Shot over five years, this ambitious no-budget indie film shows a side of Maine not seen anywhere else. This quirky compilation of stories, all inspired by real happenings and conversations in and around Portland, finds bleak comedy in a backwater state being dragged into a diverse and inclusive 21st century. For fans of Aki Kaurismäki, Jim Jarmusch, and J.D. Salinger. —NB, TL, JP, BW

Sponsored by Holly L. Gooch and Travis J. Carl

Sunday, July 9 12:40PM | MFC 2

Wednesday, July 12 9:20PM | MFC 3

Monday, July 10 9:40PM | MFC 2

Saturday, July 15 12:20PM | MFC 3