Aeris

Aeris, from filmmakers Aly Miller and Paul Castro Jr., is both a heartbreaking and heartwarming 30-minute narrative short film adapted from their feature-length screenplay 12 Days. "A young couple struggling to hold things together finds love again in a baby kitten from a pet store they name Aeris." Things take a turn when Aeris is diagnosed with FIP - Feline infectious peritonitis, an untreatable and incurable disease. The film hopes to serve as a portrait of their experiences purchasing a kitten from a pet store and the horrors of backyard breeding. This is part of Aeris’ legacy, as is the kitten the couple subsequently adopted, and who starred in the film.

Aly Miller and Paul Castro, will be here for the screening, doing an brief introduction about the film as well as a Q&A after.