2442 – Problemista (2023)

timespace coodinates: 2020’s New York City

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Problemista is a 2023 American surrealist comedy film written, directed, and produced by Julio Torres. It stars Tilda Swinton, Torres, RZAGreta LeeCatalina SaavedraJames Scully, and Isabella Rossellini.

The film follows a struggling aspiring toy designer from El Salvador who starts working for an erratic art-world outcast in New York City, hoping to stay in the country and realize his dream before his work visa expires. (wiki)

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2329 – My Animal (2023)

timespace coordinates: 1980s small-town Canada

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My Animal is a 2023 Canadian supernatural horror romance film directed by Jacqueline Castel in her feature directorial debut. Starring Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Amandla Stenberg and Stephen McHattie, the film follows a young woman who is forced by her overbearing parents to keep her lycanthropy a secret, until she begins to fall in love with a figure skater. (wiki)

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1792 – Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015)

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Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Spanish: Psiconautas, los niños olvidados; festival title: Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children) is a 2015 Spanish animated drama-horror coming-of-age film written and directed by Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero, based on the comic Psiconautas by Vázquez. It is the follow-up to the pair’s short film Birdboy, following the titular character, a shy outcast in a post-apocalyptic society, and Dinky, a teenage mouse runaway fleeing her desolate island home. (wiki)

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