Palo Alto Independent Films Group

The threshold of madness is not a line — it's an invitation.

Memory is not a straight line; it’s a maze. When Mia wakes from a coma, fragments of her life float back without order or certainty. The man she loves is gone. The past doesn’t quite add up. And the story she’s always told herself begins to feel dangerously incomplete.

Showtime is 7.10 pm, we'll meet at 6.45 pm in line at the Alamo Drafthouse.

Tickets: https://tickets.cinequest.org/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=594254~a12ee803-7eae-437e-8208-1c4d52da2020&epguid=83980c85-25e4-4e57-9648-95e2018763c5&mdy=3/14/2026&

US Premiere of this Finnish drama.

We'll meet at 11.45 am for the 12 pm show.

Trailer & Tickets: https://tickets.cinequest.org/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=594253~a12ee803-7eae-437e-8208-1c4d52da2020&epguid=83980c85-25e4-4e57-9648-95e2018763c5&mdy=3/16/2026&

Therapy
Nothing heals cleanly. At a five-day couples retreat led by therapists in the middle of their own divorce, emotional order quickly dissolves into chaos. As participants confront grief, memory loss, jealousy, and longing, humor and heartbreak collide. No one leaves unchanged — least of all the people meant to be guiding the process.
Warm, wise, and quietly cathartic, Therapy reminds us that falling apart is often the first step toward becoming whole. It’s a compassionate, deeply human film about love, loss, and the courage to begin again.

Rage, desperation, and revenge simmer beneath the coal-dusted hills in a taut thriller that shows what happens when men pushed to the brink take justice into their own hands.

We'll meet at 2.15 pm for the 2.30 pm show.

Trailer & Tickets: https://tickets.cinequest.org/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=594204~a12ee803-7eae-437e-8208-1c4d52da2020&epguid=83980c85-25e4-4e57-9648-95e2018763c5&mdy=3/16/2026&

Coaled Blood
One year after a catastrophic mining disaster, the ghosts of the past refuse to stay buried.
The surviving miners reunite for their annual deer hunting trip, a ritual meant to bring solace. But this time, it’s about reckoning. Old bonds are tested as each man must confront the consequences of their actions from a year ago. Loyalty, fear, and the raw drive to survive collide, revealing the lengths ordinary men will go to protect their livelihoods and each other.