October 16, 2019
CLAIRE’S CAMERA (KEUL-LE-EO-UI-KA-ME-LA)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription The first of two films by South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo in the festival this year, CLAIRE’S CAMERA is set against the backdrop of the Cannes Film Festival. Hong Sang-soo’s character study follows Man-hee as she tries to navigate the aftermath of being abruptly fired by her jealous boss. When she meets Claire, a...
October 16, 2019
CLOSENESS (TESNOTA)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Since its debut at Cannes this year, CLOSENESS has been stirring up controversy and picking up awards. Director Kantemir Balagov’s feature debut takes place in 1998, in the North Caucasus region of Russia. The Kabardians, an ethnic minority group, live among their religious Jewish neighbors in a state of mutual distrust and disenfranchisement. When...
October 16, 2019
A CIAMBRA
DescriptionBiosDescription Jonas Carpignano’s sophomore feature follows 14-year-old Pio in a small Romani community in Calabria, Italy. The teen boy is desperate to grow up fast, and follows his brother Cosimo everywhere, learning the skills needed to navigate life on the streets of their hometown, and gaining the trust and respect of the region’s diverse factions...
October 16, 2019
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription The latest film from Luca Guadagnino is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love. It’s the summer of 1983 in northern Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17-year-old American-Italian boy, spends his days in his family’s 17th-century villa transcribing and playing classical music. He enjoys a close relationship with his father...
October 16, 2019
THE BURDEN
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Array Bios Niki Lindroth von Bahr is an artist and animation director based in Stockholm, Sweden. She studied fine art at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. Lindroth's films TORD AND TORD (2010) and BATH HOUSE (2014) have screened at festivals internationally. THE BURDEN premiered at the 2017 Göteborg International Film Festival. Contact...
October 16, 2019
CALIFORNIA SPLIT
DescriptionBiosDescription In CALIFORNIA SPLIT, George Segal plays Bill, a magazine editor whose friendship with gambling addict Charlie (Elliott Gould) sucks him into a lifestyle of adrenaline and risk. Soon, Bill finds himself in debt, forcing him to head to Reno with Charlie for one last make-or-break game. With this film, Robert Altman — who grew...
October 16, 2019
BRIGHT SUNSHINE IN (UN BEAU SOLEIL INTÉRIEUR)
DescriptionBiosDescription Divorced artist Isabelle (Juliette Binoche) is in a rough patch in her romantic life. Though she has her lovers, including married men and her ex-husband, she fears that true love might be forever out of reach. Master filmmaker Claire Denis returns with this wryly funny, sensual and sophisticated look into the inner world of...
October 16, 2019
BUILDING WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS: DESIGNING WITHIN VR
DescriptionDescription Join Apelab CEO and co-founder Emilie Joly and Mindshow's Virtual Experience Designer Jim Toepel to discuss new tools for designing VR experiences within a virtual environment.
October 16, 2019
THE BREADWINNER
DescriptionBiosDescription THE BREADWINNER tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana disguises herself as a boy in order to support her family. With dauntless perseverance, Parvana draws strength from the stories her father told her, and ultimately risks her life...
