As part of O Cinema’s Awake & Aware series, River of Grass invites audiences into the fragile, ethereal beauty of the Florida Everglades, where memory, ecology, and resistance flow together like water through sawgrass. This special Awake & Aware presentation begins with brunch, creating space to gather, reflect, and connect before the screening, followed by a live director Q&A exploring the film’s creation, the Everglades’ political and spiritual significance, and the urgent questions it raises for South Florida’s future.

From visionary director Mamoru Hosoda comes Scarlet, a sweeping fantasy epic where grief, vengeance, and time itself collide in a world suspended between life and death.

From visionary director Mamoru Hosoda comes Scarlet, a sweeping fantasy epic where grief, vengeance, and time itself collide in a world suspended between life and death.

Diego Céspedes' debut feature is set against a sun-bleached Chilean andscape simmering with longing and secrecy. This hypnotic drama follows a young outsider whose life becomes entangled with a magnetic, enigmatic figure known only as “the Flamingo.” As fascination turns to fixation, desire blurs with danger, drawing them both into a feverish dance of identity, power, and queer self-discovery. Lush, sensual, and brimming with dreamlike imagery, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo is a bold meditation on the intoxicating pull of forbidden love.Don’t miss this haunting modern queer cult-in-the-making on the big screen—where longing burns bright, and every gaze reveals another secret.