Crows + 10 Minutes Older

Crows

9-year-old Wrona (“crow” in Polish) is neglected at home, laughed at in school, and furious with the world. So she steals a cute little 3-year-old girl to become her surrogate mother. They run away to the sea, but Wrona soon discovers just how hard being a parent really is. Dorota Kedzierzawska’s film about an angry girl who just wants to love and be loved is tough yet tender, and elevated by gorgeous cinematography. But the film rests on the performance of Karolina Ostrozna, who’s extraordinary as the scrawny, scrappy misfit. You’ll want to hug her and make it all better, but she’d probably poke you in the eye.

10 Minutes Older
Dir. Herz Frank / 1978 / Latvia / 10mins

Herz Frank’s seminal short film has to be seen on the big screen. Storms of emotion sweep across a child’s face as he watches a show that we never see. Ten minutes last a small lifetime, and tell us everything about why children are so mesmerized by cinema, and why cinema is so mesmerized by children.

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