October 16, 2019
HAPPY END
DescriptionBiosContactDescription The Laurent family has issues. Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant), the aging patriarch of the wealthy Callais clan, is more interested in exiting this world than enjoying it. Anne (Isabelle Huppert) has a repellent adult son to deal with, and Thomas (Mathieu Kassovitz) is having a graphic online affair. The match to this tinderbox of dysfunction...
October 16, 2019
GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER
DescriptionBiosDescription Set during the tumultuous climate of the late 1960s, GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER delves into the complexities of an interracial love affair between an African-American doctor and a young white socialite. Following a whirlwind romance in Hawaii, the pair return to California for an impromptu introduction between their respective parents, only to find...
October 16, 2019
GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER + CINEMA’S LEGACY: JORDAN PEELE, DIRECTOR/WRITER OF GET OUT
DescriptionBiosDescription Set during the tumultuous climate of the late 1960s, GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER delves into the complexities of an interracial love affair between an African-American doctor and a young white socialite. Following a whirlwind romance in Hawaii, the pair return to California for an impromptu introduction between their respective parents, only to find...
October 16, 2019
GOSFORD PARK
DescriptionBiosDescription A massive estate nestled deep in the countryside of England serves as the perfect stage for an unexpected, albeit well-deserved murder. In this critically praised, award-winning whodunit by Robert Altman, a group of seemingly affluent guests and their respective servants gather for a weekend of pheasant shooting, gluttony, mean-spirited gossip and a wealth of...
October 16, 2019
GREAT CHOICE
BiosBios Robin Comisar is originally from Cincinnati, OH. He taught himself how to edit and animate working for Reggie Watts and Diarrhea Planet. His short film GREAT CHOICE was commissioned by Borscht Corp., and won jury prizes for best short film at the Overlook and Palm Springs Shorts festivals. In 2017, he was named one...
October 16, 2019
GOOD MANNERS (AS BOAS MANEIRAS)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Clara is a quiet nurse with a thin résumé from the outskirts of São Paulo. When she’s hired by high-class and seemingly sheltered Ana to be a nanny for her unborn child, the two develop a surprising relationship. Ana’s increasingly strange behavior, including an intense hunger for meat, leads to a fateful night that...
October 16, 2019
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (IL BUONO, IL BRUTTO, IL CATTIVO)
DescriptionBiosDescription The final film in Sergio Leone’s “The Man With No Name” trilogy and perhaps his best-known work, THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, released in the U.S. in 1967, is a landmark film celebrated by generations of cinephiles around the world. During the American Civil War, a stolen cache of Confederate gold drives...
October 16, 2019
A GENTLE CREATURE (KROTKAYA)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription An unnamed Russian woman receives a package she’d sent to her incarcerated husband, stamped with the frustrating words “return to sender.” So begins this woman’s descent into the bureaucratic hell of the Russian penal system, as she travels to a Siberian backwater where the prison fortress stands. Her requests to see her husband are...
October 16, 2019
A GENTLE NIGHT (XIAO CHENG ER YUE)
BiosContactTrailerBios Qiu Yang was born and raised in Changzhou, China. He studied film directing at the Victorian College of the Arts in Australia. His short UNDER THE SUN played the 68th Cannes Cinéfondation. He has been selected to participate in the Taipei Golden Horse Film Academy, mentored by legendary filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien. Contact Some Shorts Trailer
October 16, 2019
GAZE (NEGAH)
BiosContactTrailerBios Farnoosh Samadi is an Iranian filmmaker who graduated from the Fine Art Academy in Rome, Italy. THE SILENCE, her first short film co-directed by Ali Asgari, had its world premiere in competition at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Her second short film, GAZE, had its world premiere at the 2017 Locarno Film Festival. Contact...
