October 16, 2019
LANCE LIZARDI
BiosBios Xander Robin is a filmmaker raised in Florida and based currently in New York City. He received a BFA from the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts. His work as a director has screened at film festivals internationally, including AFI FEST and BAMcinemaFest, and the Sitges, Stockholm and Venice film festivals.
October 16, 2019
KANSAS CITY
DescriptionBiosDescription Jennifer Jason Leigh is fast-talking dame Blondie O’Hara, a platinum-blonde telegraph operator emulating Kansas City native Jean Harlow. When her petty thief husband (Dermot Mulroney) is kidnapped after holding up the client of local black mob leader Seldom Seen (Harry Belafonte), she determines to secure his release by in turn kidnapping the wife (Miranda...
October 16, 2019
ISLANDS (LES ÎLES)
BiosContactBios Yann Gonzalez was born in Nice, France. He made six short films between 2006 and 2012 before directing his first feature, YOU AND THE NIGHT, presented at Critics' Week at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. ISLANDS is his latest short film. Contact Ecce Films
October 16, 2019
JIM & ANDY: THE GREAT BEYOND – FEATURING A VERY SPECIAL, CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED MENTION OF TONY CLIFTON
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In 1999, a documentary crew filmed Jim Carrey behind the scenes during the making of MAN ON THE MOON, in which he played legendary comedian Andy Kaufman. As Carrey immersed himself in the role of Kaufman — and, periodically, Kaufman’s paunchy alter-ego Tony Clifton — he went deep down the Method-acting rabbit hole, rarely...
October 16, 2019
JOY JOY NAILS
BiosContactTrailerBios Joey Ally is a graduate of Amherst College, and a New Yorker currently based in LA. She began as a filmmaking assistant for Megan Griffiths and Lynn Shelton and is an alumna of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women, Tribeca/Chanel "Through Her Lens,” the AFI/Fox Filmmakers Lab and the Universal Directors Intensive. Contact Empty Frames,...
October 16, 2019
THE INSULT (L’INSULTE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription On a day like any other in downtown Beirut, unassuming construction foreman Yasser, a Palestinian refugee, approaches Christian nationalist Tony, seeking permission to fix a broken drainage pipe outside Tony’s apartment. Hotheaded and always ready for a fight, father-to-be Tony’s short fuse quickly turns what should have been a simple conversation into a war...
October 16, 2019
IN THE FADE (AUS DEM NICHTS)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Katja (Diane Kruger) lives a life of relative tranquility in Hamburg, Germany, in love with her ex-con husband and besotted with their six-year-old son. When an act of domestic terrorism wrenches away everything Katja holds dear, she finds herself on a stunned path of grieving, tormented investigation and justice by any means necessary. German-Turkish...
