Sponsored by: Arnie Malina and Lorna-Kay Peal
Eva is a strong-willed, restless 16-year-old girl who lives with her mother, her younger sister, and their cat, but desperately wants to move in with her estranged father, despite (or because of) the sense of brooding danger he gives off. Clinging onto him as he careens recklessly through a second adolescence, she balances between the tenderness and sensitivity of teenage life and the ruthlessness of the adult world. With its rich cast of complex characters routinely making poor decisions, I Have Electric Dreams captures the thin line between love and hate, in a world where male aggression and rage intertwine with the vertigo of female sexual awakening. Winner of Best Direction, Actress and Actor at the 2023 Locarno Film Festival, this feature debut from Valentina Maurelis “...is an aesthetically and emotionally upsetting story that does an excellent job of forcibly tapping into our own poisonous relationships, whether parental, romantic, or platonic” (Medium).