Nine-year-old Ella is gently woken at dawn by her dad (John Magaro, Köln 75). "Imagine what you would grab if there were a fire," he says. She takes a framed picture of mom, some books, gets the dog in the car and her younger brother Charlie. They take off, heading she knows not where, or why, but sensing their lives will not the same again. Cole Webley's road movie is really just a fragment of a story, yet it unfolds with such authentic lyricism it lands with a heartbreaking emotional wallop.
Playing at VIFF Centre from May 8, 2026
Tickets: https://viff.org/whats-on/omaha/
