In Camera In Camera

This year's festival will run from April 19 to 21. Among the guests will be Stephen Soderbergh, the Russo brothers and Karen Gillan. It will open with In Camera.

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Orlando, My Political Biography
Orlando, My Political Biography
Docufiction interpretation of Virginia Woolf's novel.
Mami Wata
Mami Wata
When the harmony in a village is threatened by outside elements, two sisters must fight to save their people and restore the glory of a mermaid goddess to the land.
In Camera
In Camera
An actor struggles with the various roles he is juggling in life.
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
Sometimes I Think About Dying
Sometimes I Think About Dying
Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to more: a date, a slice of pie, a conversation, a spark. The only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.
Wolfwalkers
Wolfwalkers
Animation set in the Ireland of the Cromwell period, when a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland to wipe out the last pack... only to discover the magical world of the wolfwalkers.
Welcome To Collinwood
Welcome To Collinwood
A group of hapless crooks attempt to pull off the perfect heist in Cleveland.

Sands Film Festival Features

Command performance
Naqqash Khalid on modern masculinity, blank slates and 'anti-acting' in his debut In Camera
Heat and light
Anna Hints on capturing the soul of the Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
The eyes have it
Svend Rothmann Bonde and Maria Pareja on animating the wolves in Wolfwalkers

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