PROXY SPRING SERIES 2025
Our film selection this Spring focuses on stories of everyday heroines: women forced out of their comfort zones, facing life’s difficulties with grace and determination, who through their journeys find completely new selves on the other side. In these dispiriting times, it is inspiring to share such compelling stories of compassion, grit, unconditional love and an uncompromising belief in our ability to create a better world together. We hope you come out, leave reality behind, and watch a film or two under the stars with us in the weeks ahead!
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3.28 Bird
Bird
Directed by Andrea Arnold, 2024
Running time: 1h 59m
12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids, instead spending his days scheming to make a quick buck and planning a wedding with his new girlfriend. Bailey, who is approaching puberty, seeks attention and adventure elsewhere. Soon she meets and befriends a mysterious stranger who once called her neighborhood home.
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4.4 All We Imagine as Light
All We Imagine as Light
Directed by Payal Kapadia, 2024
Running time: 1h 58m
Malayalam/Hindi/Marathi with English subtitles
In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. Their friend Parvaty finds herself dealing with a sudden eviction from her apartment. All three women join together to support one another in this soulful study of the transformative power of friendship and sisterhood, in all its complexities and richness.
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4.11 Crossing
Crossing
Directed by Levan Akin, 2024
Running time: 1h 46m
Georgian/German with English subtitles
Centering on the vital spirit of Istanbul’s trans community, Crossing is a defiant city symphony and a compassionate tale of hope, identity, and forgiveness. Lia, a retired teacher, has promised to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. Her search takes her to Istanbul where she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and Tekla starts to feel closer than ever.
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4.18 NOCTURNES
Nocturnes
Directed by Anirban Dutta & Anupama Srinivasan, 2024
Running time: 1h 23m
English/Hindi with English subtitles
Amidst the lush Eastern Himalayan forests, moths convey a mysterious message. Under the cover of night, two inquisitive observers illuminate this clandestine universe, unraveling the secrets whispered by these enigmatic creatures.
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4.25 Flow
Flow
Directed by Gints Zilbalodis, 2024
Running time: 1h 25m
A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog to navigate a boat in search of dry land, they must rely on trust, courage, and wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet.
