October 16, 2019
GEMINI
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Aptly set in Los Angeles, this film is an impressionistic, dark and stylish murder mystery. The LA that GEMINI’s characters inhabit is an insecure city filled with insecure people; secrets have to be hidden — especially about sex — and everyone lies. Starlets like Heather (Zoë Kravitz) and her assistant Jill (Lola Kirke) are...
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...
October 16, 2019
FUNDING AND FINANCIAL MODELS FOR VR
DescriptionDescription This panel discussion centers on how and where VR artists can find funding, as well as platforms and models for distribution. Panelists will include Jeffrey Abramson, DiscoveryVR, Head of Programming and Development; James Kaelan, Acquisitions and Licensing for Positron; and Kaleidoscope Founder René Pinnell; as moderated by Daniel Burwen, Creative Director and Head of...
October 16, 2019
FOXTROT
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Samuel Maoz set his brilliantly claustrophobic debut LEBANON solely inside a war tank. His latest tale operates on a larger canvas, but still bears Maoz’s trademark intimacy and detail of storytelling. FOXTROT follows Michael, a grieving Israeli father who must grapple with the unimaginable and surreal circumstances surrounding the death of his son. Mourning...
October 16, 2019
FITS AND STARTS
DescriptionBiosDescription Actor/comedian Wyatt Cenac delivers a double dollop of his trademark deadpan charm in this fantastic and funny debut from director Laura Terruso. Cenac plays David, a writer who hasn’t yet attained the success he wants so desperately from the literary world. On the other hand, his wife Jennifer (played by the equally comic and...
October 16, 2019
FILMWORKER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In 1973, actor Leon Vitali was cast in Stanley Kubrick’s BARRY LYNDON. Being on set and observing Kubrick’s genius at work changed Vitali. He would eventually give up his successful acting career and dedicate his life to working behind the scenes on Kubrick’s remaining films, becoming the director’s right-hand man and a jack of...
October 16, 2019
FISH STORY
BiosContactBios Charlie Lyne is a writer and filmmaker best known for the feature-length essay films BEYOND CLUELESS (2014) and FEAR ITSELF (AFI FEST 2016). He is also the director of a number of shorts, and 10-hour protest film PAINT DRYING (2016). His work has screened at festivals including Sundance, SXSW and Rotterdam. Contact Loop
October 16, 2019
A FANTASTIC WOMAN (UNA MUJER FANTASTICA)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Scratching out a modest living waiting tables while pursuing her dream of being a renowned torch singer, Marina (trans actress Daniela Vega, in an astonishing debut performance) finds peace and stability in her relationship with factory owner Orlando. But when an aneurysm unexpectedly takes Orlando’s life and suspicion falls on Marina, she finds her...
October 16, 2019
THE FARE
BiosTrailerBios Santiago Paladines is an Ecuadorian award-winning director/writer based in Los Angeles. He holds an MFA in Directing from the AFI Conservatory and is the recipient of a DGA Student Film Jury Award and the First Prize at the Hispanic Heritage Short Film Awards in Washington, DC. Trailer
