October 22, 2019
PROXIMA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription US Premiere Ask any mother and she will have a story of “working mom guilt:” the internal (and physically exhausting) struggle of raising a child while pursuing a beloved career and never feeling adequate enough. What if that dream career sent you to space, leaving your loved ones looking for you in the stars?...
October 22, 2019
QUEEN & SLIM
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription World Premiere Talent attending: Pamela Abdy (Producer), Daniel Kaluuya (Talent), Lena Waithe (Writer), Brad Weston (Producer) On a cold night in the Midwest, a black man and a black woman have a forgettable first date. As the two drive home, a police officer pulls them over for a minor traffic violation. The situation quickly...
October 22, 2019
READY FOR WAR
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Talent attending: Nick Boak (Producer), Andrew Renzi (Director) Since the Revolutionary War, immigrants have enlisted in the U.S. Armed Services, fought on our country’s behalf, and were presented with a path to legal citizenship. In present day America, thousands of immigrants who have proudly served in the military, find themselves not only without citizenship,...
October 22, 2019
PATRICK (DE PATRICK)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Talent attending: Kevin Janssens (Talent) Patrick has lost his hammer (and also his father). Now left at the helm of the family business, a beautiful naturalist camp nestled in the Belgian forests, his stress is quickly multiplying. Between the tree-line and the river, the trailers and the road, there is a culprit, and Patrick...
October 22, 2019
THE PLANTERS
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Talent attending: Milen Angelov (Talent), Sam Barnett (Animator), Jacqueline Beiro (Producer), Phil Danyew (Musician), Alexandra Kotcheff (Director), Thomas (Composer), Hannah Leder (Director), Phil Parolisi (Talent), Pepe Serna (Talent), Louis Weeks (Music Producer) In a vast and lonely desert, two women meet under strange circumstances. After some introductory abnormalities, they begin planting things in the sand...
October 22, 2019
PRESENT.PERFECT. (WAN MEI XIAN ZAI SHI)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription An immersive depiction of the proliferation of self-documentation in China before its suppression by the country’s 2017 Cybersecurity Law, Zhu Shengze’s enthralling found-footage documentary compiles live streaming footage assembled from over 800 hours of material. By enabling individuals — many of whom are disabled, marginalized or from the working class — to candidly engage...
October 22, 2019
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription 1760, France. Marianne arrives at a seaside villa, commissioned with a difficult task — to create a wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young lady fresh from a convent and betrothed to a man she’s never met. Instructed to secretly paint the reluctant bride, Marianne spends the days as Héloïse’s walking companion and paints her...
October 22, 2019
ONE CHILD NATION
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription FREE SCREENING Talent attending: Nanfu Wang (Director) After becoming a first-time mother, filmmaker Nanfu Wang (HOOLIGAN SPARROW) reflects on her childhood in China, deciding to turn her camera on the experience and history of the country’s one child policy. From 1979 to 2015, China’s government enforced families to have one-child households, favoring male babies,...
October 22, 2019
NOBADI
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In sunny Vienna elderly Robert awakes to find his dog has died. He wants to bury him in the garden, but a stubborn tree root impedes his progress. He goes into town to hire some help and encounters young immigrant Adib. Hiring him for a low wage, he brings him back to his house....
October 22, 2019
MTHUNZI
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription The film follows Mthunzi walking home from the shops as he sees a lady go into seizures in her driveway - he is then asked to help carry her in by her niece and so becomes caught up in a world he does not belong. Part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5 Bios Born in the...
