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Block 5: Memories

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Available September 5, 2025 8:00 AM UTC
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7 films in package
Looking for Alan
Lilian is worried about Tom. They’re both getting on. Lilian finds herself more often than not helping Tom look for something, even though he can’t quite remember what it is. Lilian knows she has a decision to make.
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Of All the Things
Ava remembers her childhood home as a place full of amazing objects and adventures. But now, back from uni, Ava finds her mother’s possessions - and her fear of letting them go - overwhelming. By dipping into memories, can mother and daughter reach an understanding?
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The Second Time Around
It’s raining outside and Elle’s closing the café for the evening. A woman knocks on the door. She’s drenched, can she come in just for a minute? Elle takes pity on the stranger and invites her in. The past and the present collide.
The Paper Bag
Welsh-Iranian filmmaker Roshi Nasehi reflects on her only visit to Iran as a teenager. She remembers a taxi journey with her beloved grandmother and a young man with a paper bag. A story of compliance and quiet rebellions.
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Nélida
Nélida works on her sewing alterations business at home. She lives by herself. She’s fine, really she is. She’s busy. She has her radio. Her daughter visits now and again. What more could she want? A secret admirer maybe.
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The Removed
A woman desperately searches in the woods for something. She meets a stranger patiently whittling a piece of wood. They talk about the forest, about treasures lost and found, about pain. Secrets are revealed and connections are made.
Gert's Boys
In a warehouse in Oakland, California, Gert McMullin oversees the world’s largest piece of community folk art commemorating over 110,000 lives lost to AIDS. The Quilt was launched in 1987, demanding a public and government response to AIDS in the USA.
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Tom can’t quite remember what he’s looking for. A woman searches for something she’ll never forget. Gert memorialises her boys through quilts stitched with love and anger. Films of a remembered taxi ride, forgetting what home looks like and imagining a future of love.


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In a warehouse in Oakland, California, Gert McMullin oversees the world’s largest piece of community folk art commemorating over 110,000 lives lost to AIDS. The Quilt was launched in 1987, demanding a public and government response to AIDS in the USA.


WOFFF connection: Documentary participant Cindy "Gert" McMullin. Producer & director Sara Laura Schwartz

  • Runtime
    20 minutes
  • Country
    United States
  • Genre
    Documentary
  • Director
    Sara Laura Schwartz
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