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
October 16, 2019
THE ENDLESS
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Filmmaking duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead return with another elevated and fiercely original, genre-busting sci-fi horror film. Struggling in Los Angeles, two brothers receive a mysterious recording from the cult they escaped as children. Each remembering it differently — as either a UFO death cult or loving commune — they decide to visit,...
October 16, 2019
EDGE OF ALCHEMY
BiosContactBios Stacey Steers is known for her process-driven, labor-intensive films composed of thousands of handmade works on paper. Steers' animated films have screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, New Directors New Films, IFFR Rotterdam, Locarno IFF, MoMA and the National Gallery of Art. She lives and works in Boulder, CO. Contact Stacey...
October 16, 2019
DOLLAR KING
BiosTrailerBios Drew Pollins' sensibility for imaginative, personal comedy and drama has received widespread acclaim. He is the director of the College Television Award-winning DOLLAR KING. He holds an MFA in Directing from the AFI Conservatory. His feature debut is currently in post-production. Trailer
October 16, 2019
THE DISASTER ARTIST
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription There are bad movies, there are really bad movies and then there’s THE ROOM. Directed by and starring Tommy Wiseau, the film was shot in Los Angeles and aggressively marketed around the city. Wiseau’s unusual visage peered out from massive billboards with little to no explanation. Since then, the film has achieved cult status...
October 16, 2019
THE DIVER
BiosBios Born in Mexico City, Esteban Arrangoiz studied media and cultural studies at the Macquarie University in Australia and studied filmmaking at UNAM in Mexico. His short films have played festivals internationally, winning awards such as the José Rovirosa Prize, and best short film prizes at the Morelia International Film Festival and the Berlinale.
October 16, 2019
DOC ROUNDTABLE
DescriptionDescription Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang sits down with a panel of distinguished directors behind some of the most talked-about and acclaimed documentaries of the year. The panelists will include Evgeny Afineevsky (CRIES FROM SYRIA), Greg Barker (THE FINAL YEAR), Kasper Collin (I CALLED HIM MORGAN), Feras Fayyad (LAST MEN IN ALEPPO), Yance...
