September 26, 2024
MARION
DescriptionBiosDescription US Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 1 Marion, the only female bull-jumper in France, prepares for her performance in a packed arena. Bios Joe Weiland is a BAFTA-nominated writer and director from London. He has received two Young Director Awards at Cannes and has screened at festivals such as the...
September 26, 2024
THE MEDALLION
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 2 Ruth was barely a teenager when her mother passed down her medallion, etched with a golden portrait of Nefertiti, a symbol of beauty and strength, captured by the communist military regime. Bios Ruth Hunduma is an Ethiopian-Australian writer, director and photographer based in London. She won...
September 26, 2024
MEET MR. MEAT
DescriptionBiosContactDescription World Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: FAMILY FRIENDLY Mr. Meat is a 150 lb. pig who lives in the middle of Los Angeles, alongside 12 million humans. This is the story of him and his adoptive family. Bios David Walsh Heinz is an award-winning editor known for his work on both studio...
September 26, 2024
MAGIC CANDIES
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: FAMILY FRIENDLY Other kids at the park never ask Dong-Dong to play, but he’s fine playing alone. When he accidentally buys a bag of colorful, marble-shaped candies, he gains the ability to hear voices. Based on the Korean Picture Book "Magic Candies" by Heena Baek Bios Daisuke Nishio...
September 26, 2024
KOWLOON!
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 2 As the biggest Chinese restaurant in the U.S., Kowloon represents the Wong family’s American dream come true. As the third-generation owners approach their 70s, they consider the weight of this family legacy. Bios Mona Xia is a Chinese-American former studio executive turned documentary filmmaker. She grew...
September 26, 2024
LANGUE ÉTRANGÈRE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription US Premiere Cultural borders and language barriers meld together in Claire Burger’s third feature, a Franco-German coming-of-age love story. Timid, reticent Fanny from Strasbourg and outspoken, headstrong Lena from Leipzig are pen pals who embark on a language exchange program. An initial hostile encounter soon thaws toward a budding romance and an intensely volatile...
September 26, 2024
MARIA
DescriptionBiosDescription Directed by Pablo Larraín and starring Academy Award® winner Angelina Jolie as opera singer Maria Callas, MARIA presents a tumultuous and beautiful depiction of one of the world’s most renowned artists and reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days in Paris, as La Callas negotiates the blurred boundaries between her public image and...
September 26, 2024
LAND OF LOST TOYS
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription World Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 2 In the heart of Detroit, a city with a rich history of diverse communities, residents are brought together by a shared passion to combat the city’s vast stray dog epidemic. Bios Nicholas Stachurski - Director Stemming from a producing background, Nick is a very...
September 26, 2024
THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA
DescriptionBiosDescription US Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Samir Oliveros. In May 1984, a contestant on the popular gameshow PRESS YOUR LUCK – an unemployed ice cream truck driver named Michael Larson (Paul Walter Hauser) – pulled off the longest win streak in the show’s history. Was he just lucky, or...
September 26, 2024
THE KINGDOM (LE ROYAUME)
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director and writer Julien Colonna. Coming-of-age meets organized crime in Julien Colonna's spellbinding feature debut, which premiered at Cannes. This gritty father-daughter tale unfolds against the backdrop of the criminal and political violence that gripped Corsica during the 1990s. Fifteen-year-old Lesia (phenomenal newcomer Ghjuvanna Benedetti) is...
