The Arlington International Film Festival

Join Us For The Arlington International Film Festival 2024

Schedule Of Events:

Safety State (15:37min) Best Nar Short
Jeanette L. Buck - Usa/Ohio - 2024 - Nar - Boston Premiere

In The Dystopian Near Future, A Gay And A Lesbian Couple Form An Unlikely Friendship As They Flee The Midwest For Safety In New England. As Rights Are Being Rolled Back And Travel Bans Are Going Into Effect, Shay And Quincy Decide To Leave Their Home In Ohio And Travel East To A Safety State Where It Is Safe And Legal To Be Queer. They Meet Up With Another Couple, Jacob And Michael, So Together They Can Pose As Straight Married Couples. As They Face Different Threats On Their Journey, They Form An Unlikely Friendship.
A Queer Buddy Picture For Uncertain Times.

The Books He Did Not Burn (91min) Best Doc Feature
Claus Bredenbrock, Jascha Hannover - Germany - 2024 - Doc

The Books He Did Not Burn Takes A Critical Look At The History Of Western Thought By Examining The Remains Of Adolf Hitler's Private Library. The Dictator And Mass Murderer Owned 16,000 Books At The End Of His Life, 1,200 Of Which Are Kept In The Library Of Congress In Washington D.C Today. The Documentary Follows American Historian Timothy Ryback, Who Studied These Books For Almost A Decade. While Many Still Confine Racism And Antisemitism To The Ideological Extremes In The History Of The West, Hitler's Library Shows That The Opposite Was The Case: Many Of The Books In His Library Were Bestsellers Long Before The Nazis Took Power In 1933 – The Ideas In Them Paved The Way For Hitler And Have A Strong Impact Until This Day.

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