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\u201cYes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people (..). I don\u2019t tell the truth, I tell what ought to be truth.\u201d This quote is from Tennessee Williams’s play A Streetcar Named Desire<\/i>. Pick a film, any film from the programme \u2013 it will be part of a genealogy of cinematic spells, mysteries, and wonders. Witness how the statues of Such<\/i> Miracles Do Happen<\/i> rise, sparkle,and walk! Experience the earthly delights and the sensual rhythms of The Convent Gardner<\/i>!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yield to the mischief of the elderly ladies\/witches of In the Midst of Chaos, There Was Shape<\/i>! In Miisufy<\/i>, explore the real life of Tamagotchi-like digital cats in the entrails of your smartphone! Learn why the seemingly mundane traffic circles of Saintonge Roundabout<\/i> are strange and sacred islands. See what can appear when a mother addresses silent prayers in the empty, temple-like house of The Source of River, A Night Stream<\/i>! Wonder is everywhere.<\/p>\n
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