Name: “The Kidnapping of the Bride” + “Balikbayan” + “No More Longing”
Start: 2023-04-23T12:15:00-07:00
End: 2023-04-23T13:17:00-07:00
Location: CGV San Francisco

2023 SFFILM Festival

“The Kidnapping of the Bride” + “Balikbayan” + “No More Longing”

Sunday, April 23 | 12:15 pm PT | CGV San Francisco

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a woman in a white dress kissing a man's hand sit in a restroom.

Mid-Length

The Kidnapping of the Bride

Luisa from Argentina and Fred from Germany are confronted with their social roles at their wedding. The German tradition of kidnapping the bride shakes the couple’s equality. There is no room for love in this role-play of marriage.

Sophia Mocorrea

Gernmany | Mid-Length | 31

a woman on the phone sitting at their dining table at home.

Shorts

Balikbayan

The distance between Cecile and the Philippines grows further with each passing day. Expected guest: Director Rebecca Rajadnya

Rebecca Rajadnya

USA | Shorts | 19

a young person sitting cross legged on a tree stump in a field of green grass.

Shorts

No More Longing

A musician tries to find his voice after moving away from Brazil and starting testosterone. Expected guest: Director Connor Lee O’Keefe
World Premiere

Connor Lee O’Keefe

USA | Shorts | 16

Program Description

The Kidnapping of the Bride
Luisa and Fred are getting married, and all of the in-laws are in town. Love and good humor gets them through the preparations for the ceremony that will bridge Luisa’s Argentinian family and Fred’s German kin, but they can’t escape all of their parents’ expectations–or the Teutonic tradition of the bride’s abduction from her own wedding. This winner of the 2023 Sundance Short Film Jury Award for International Fiction is both a warm and subtle look at the place of tradition.
Sophia Mocorrea (Germany 2023, 31 min)

Balikbayan
The distance between Cecile and the Philippines grows further with each passing day.
Rebecca Rajadnya (USA 2022, 19 min)

No More Longing A musician tries to find his voice after moving away from Brazil and starting testosterone.
Connor Lee O’Keefe (USA 2022, 16 min)
World Premiere

Total Runtime 66 min

Guests Expected

Balikbayan Director Rebecca Rajadnya
No More Longing Director Connor Lee O’Keefe
Kidnapping of the Bride Director Sophia Mocorrea and Producer Sarah V. Radu

Sophia Mocorrea Director—The Kidnapping of the Bride

German-Argentinian filmmaker Sophia Mocorrea previously made the short Matadoras (2021). Her latest work, The Kidnapping of the Bride, won the International Fiction Short Film Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival and a Compass-Perspektive-Award special mention at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Rebecca Rajadnya Director—Balikbayan

Rebecca Rajadnya has been working in New York City as a First Assistant Camera and Camera Operator for the past decade on projects such as Hustlers, Russian DollStrange Ones. After working with visionary directors on their own passion projects, she finds herself at a juncture wanting to tell honest and personal stories from a perspective not often seen on screen.

Connor Lee O’Keefe Director—No More Longing

Connor Lee O’Keefe is a trans documentary filmmaker born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His work in film began in Chicago, IL, where he created and contributed to nonfiction films alongside nonprofits such as Kartemquin Films, Kindling Group, and DePaul USA. His other works explore fluidity and the edges of binaries with an empathetic lens, using documentary to see and hear the world a little more queerly.