The Films: 2006
FILM ARCHIVE
This season’s program of nine selected films will compel discussion, make you laugh, tug at your heartstrings and motivate you to make a difference in your community. Incredibly diverse in style and content, LUNAFEST is united by a common thread of exceptional storytelling - by, for and about women.
BACKSEAT BINGO
by Liz Blazer
Sexy Senior Seeks Same. Backseat Bingo is an animated documentary about the romantic lives of Senior Citizens.
5 Minutes 25 seconds
5 Minutes 25 seconds
BLESSING
by Suju Vijayan
Maya, home for her brother Nealís high school graduation, is forced to deal with their often overbearing, sometimes embarrassing mother, Asha.…
LAYING DOWN ARMS
This is the story of two women who forge an unlikely friendship through a mistaken phone call. Janet, a troubled young woman, and Esther, and…
MABEL’S SAGA / LE VOYAGE DE MABELLE
Mabel is juggling the demands of work, teenagers and an elderly mother. Now, she is confronted with a new challenge: hot flashes and chin hairs!…
ONE WEEKEND A MONTH
by Eric Escobar
Meg McDermott (Reneé O’Connor) is a busy single mom juggling time spent in the National Guard and time spent caring for her two young children.…
PERFECTION
by Karen Lin
From infancy, an Asian American woman learns the game of perfection. But if your goal is perfection, will the game ever end? Milton Bradley’s…
TAHARA
by Sara Rashad
TAHARA revolves around Amina who must decide if she will submit to family pressure to circumcise her daughter or abandon this age old tradition…
TWILIGHT
A story about loss, despair and the possibility of redemption, set in the mysterious Russian city of St. Petersburg during its strange White…
