Read it or Weep

It’s been a couple of months since the Cleveland International Film Festival held their 2021 event. Again this year, all films were available through streaming; they should be back to live and in person beginning on March 30, 2022!

Beth, Mary and I were lucky enough to be able to attend the Film Festival, watching a total of 11 films all together, from around the world, including the film sponsored by Rocky River Public Library, For Madmen Only, directed by Heather Ross.

We chatted about all the movies we watched – you can check it out on our YouTube channel. We really enjoyed all the movies we picked, which is not always the case :).

Beth watched: A Perfectly Normal Family (Denmark, 2020), Games People Play (Finland, 2020), Spaceboy (Belgium, 2020) and Goodbye Soviet Union (Estonia, 2020).

Mary watched: Masha (Russia, 2020), Felicita (France, 2020 – available on Amazon Prime), The Tailor (Greece, 2020), and Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir (U.S., 2020 – available on PBS)

I watched: The Columnist (2019) and The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet (Argentina, 2020).

Don’t forget that you can find a lot of independent, CIFF-type movies on Kanopy and Hoopla. In fact, I’m sure you can find some past CIFF films there, too!

This summer, explore some some indie films – you’ll be glad you did!

~ Dori