Presented as part of Bijou Film Forum - In cooperation with various UI departments and organizations, the Bijou Film Board presents special screenings and discussions of acclaimed and provocative films. Free for UI students with valid ID, $5 for general public admission.

DIALOGUE: A post-screening panel discussion will be led by animator/filmaker and UI grad student Kelly Gallagher. She will be joined by UI Assistant Professor and animator/filmmaker Peter Chanthanakone, and UI Counseling Service Director Sam Cochran.

"A sharp, surprising and funny animated feature, plumbing the depths of depression via her family history." -Nicolas Rapold, The New York Times

"A bold, rough-hewn combination of papier-mâché, stop-motion animation and hand-drawn images. It's bright and richly textured, with sequences that evolve in grotesque and violent ways..." -Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com

"A sardonically hilarious, sneakily moving, autobiographical animated feature." -Boston Globe

In the new animated gem ROCKS IN MY POCKETS, Latvian-born artist and filmmaker Signe Baumane tells five fantastical tales based on the courageous women in her family and their battles with madness. With boundless imagination and a twisted sense of humor, she has created daring stories of art, romance, marriage, nature, business, and Eastern European upheaval-all in the fight for her own sanity. Employing a unique, beautifully textured combination of papier-mâché stop-motion and classic hand-drawn animation (with inspiration from Jan Svankmajer and Bill Plympton), Baumane has produced a poignant and often hilarious tale of mystery, mental health, redemption and survival.