October 16, 2019
DADYAA–THE WOODPECKERS OF ROTHA (DADYAA)
BiosBios Based in Kathmandu, Pooja Gurung and Bibhusan Basnet have been working together for six years. Their first short film, THE CONTAGIOUS APPARITIONS OF DAMBAREY DENDRITE (2013), was selected at film festivals internationally. DADYAA premiered at the Venice Film Festival before being screened at the Toronto International and Sundance Film Festivals.
October 16, 2019
COMMODITY CITY
BiosBios Jessica Kingdon is a Chinese-American director/producer and member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective. Her award-winning documentary COMMODITY CITY has screened at film festivals internationally. Her series “Fanwei” was featured at the 2017 Spotlight on Documentary IFP Film Week. She was named one of 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine.
October 16, 2019
COPA-LOCA
BiosContactTrailerBios Christos Massalas was born in Greece and is currently based in Athens. He studied film theory at Kingston University, London, and Filmmaking at the London Film School. His short films have been screened and won awards at film festivals internationally. He has been granted artist residencies in Serbia and Norway. Contact Heretic Outreach Trailer
October 16, 2019
COIN OPERATED
BiosTrailerBios An engineer by training but an artist at heart, Nicholas Arioli spent years in the technology industry before making the leap to filmmaking. He was born and raised in New York City, though he now lives in San Francisco. He is red-green colorblind. COIN OPERATED is his debut film. Trailer Film Results
October 16, 2019
CLOWNS
BiosContactBios The Manhattan Company was formed in response to the Great Clown Panic of 2016. It is devoted to making films about people, places and things on the wrong side of history. It is comprised of Alex Kliment, Dana O'Keefe and Mike Tucker. They previously collaborated on the short DEAD RINGER (2016), a eulogy for the...
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
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
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
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
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...
