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MAY 22-28, 2022 WHAT'S UP! 5 FAQ Indie Films Artosphere WHEN — 7 p.m. May 26 WHERE — Starr Theater at Walton Arts Center COST — $15 INFO — 443-5600, artospherefestival.org FYI Artosphere Week 4 May 23 Tango & Passion: Music of Piazzo- lia, Martucci & Mendelssohn, 7 p.m., Walton Arts Center. Tickets $10. May 24 Seraph Brass Chamber Concert, 6 p.m., Memorial Park Chautauqua Amphitheater, Siloam Springs. Free. May 26 Indie Films Artosphere, curated by Fayetteville Film Festival, 7 p.m., Starr Theater. Tickets $15. Artosphere Festival Orchestra: Off the Grid pop-up concerts, 7 p.m., Dickson Street in Fayetteville and downtown Rogers. Free. Check app or artospherefestival.org. May 27 An Evening of Strauss & Stravinsky: Don Juan, Four Last Songs, and Firebird Suite, Walton Arts Center. Tickets $15-$67. FYI "Henyo, the Women of the Sea" Directed by Éloïc Gimenez This film focuses on the life of the Haenyo — the diving women of Jeju in South Korea — with seven idiomatic expressions from the island. The animated sketches also highlight the musi- cality of the spoken language. (5:15; animation) "Soul of the Sea" Directed by Elvis Caj Arisa dances every day and night to songs that tell of the struggles of her people and their ancestors. Music and memory form a lyrical meditation on young womanhood, identity and belonging in a Garifuna commu- nity in Guatemala. (10:00; narrative) "The 24" Directed by Clay Pruitt Once a year, climbers from all over the world come together at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Jasper, Ark., to test their endur- ance in the world's only 24-hour climbing competition. The official name of the event is "The 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell," but contestants simply call it "Hell." (28:47; documentary) Intermission "Mike the Birdman" Directed by John Burcham Erwin Mike Mlodinow has no car, no computer, no phone and only owns a few other possessions in his one-bedroom apartment in Fayetteville, Ark. His niche is in nature, where he exercises his passion for bird watching. Mike, binoculars in hand, can often be seen walking alongside a busy highway and catching a bus to the best bird watching loca- tions in the area, from the Ozark Mountains to Lake Fayetteville to the sewer treatment plant. (22:52; documentary) "Aqua" Directed by Bogdan Mihailescu At the end of a road traveled by a man or the whole mankind, one question remains: Is physical survival more important than spiritual purity? The answer can be found in a drop of water. (7:14; animation) "Hypoxia" Directed by Christian Gridelli and Hunter Norris On a dystopian island, where the government has banned organic plant life, a man with an artificial flower shop grows real plants in secret, cultivating their surreal properties and trying to breathe some air into the smothering environment. (20:00; narrative) The World In One Night Fayetteville Film Fest brings its best to Artosphere MONICA HOOPER NWA Democrat-Gazette A n artificial flower shop owner grows forbidden flowers in secret. A man walks near an interstate to see rare birds. Women divers harvest the waters around Jeju Island. Rock climbers endure 24 hours of ascent. Dancers share the history of a Guatemalan island. A drop of water settles a philosophical debate. These six stories showcasing humans' complicated relationship with nature will highlight the Indie Films Artosphere event at 7 p.m. May 26 in the Starr Theater at Walton Arts Center. Russell Sharman says that the all-volunteer Board of Directors for the Fayetteville Film Fest chose the films from previous entries to their festival with an eye toward Artosphere's emphasis on nature and sustainability. "We went back a few years actually in our catalog and looked for films that we felt best connected with the themes that make Artosphere such an interesting arts festival," Sharman explains. "It's a really interesting mix. We've got some documentary films; we've got some straight narrative, short films; and we have some really amazing animation as well. Each one of them, I think, has a sort of a different imagery connection. It's a bit cliche, but there's a little bit of something for everyone. "There are some really sort of abstract and beautiful, kind of lyrical animated films about our relationship to water, in particular, which I think are really interesting," he says of the films. "Henyo, Women of the Sea" is an animated film that focuses on Haenyo, the diving women of Jeju in South Korea. "Aqua" is an animated film that ponders the question: "Is physical survival more important than spiritual purity" with the answer found in a drop of water. A narrative short film, "Hypoxia," directed by Christian Gridelli and Hunter Norris, is set on a dystopian island, where the government has banned organic plant life, and a man with an artificial flower shop grows real plants in secret. (Courtesy Photo) See Films Page 6 FAYETTEVILLE Indie Films Artosphere: The Films