October 16, 2019
THE WHITE KNIGHTS (LES CHEVALIERS BLANCS)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription From joyful creation to maddening self-destruction, entangled family dramas have held recurring prominence in the works of award-winning Belgian filmmaker Joachim Lafosse (OUR CHILDREN, AFI FEST 2012). In THE WHITE KNIGHTS, Lafosse’s latest project unveiled at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, duplicitous adults willingly compromise basic moral obligations as parents and guardians to the...
October 16, 2019
WORLD OF TOMORROW
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of the distant future in the latest opus from Don Hertzfeldt. Bios Don Hertzfeldt is an Oscar®-nominated American filmmaker whose animated films include IT’S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY, THE MEANING OF LIFE, BILLY’S BALLOON and REJECTED. His work has played around the world, and recently...
October 16, 2019
WAVES ’98
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Omar is lured into the depths of segregated Beirut. Isolated from reality, he struggles to keep his sense of home. Bios Lebanese director Ely Dagher was born and raised in Beirut. He graduated with an MA in New Media and Contemporary Art Studies from Goldsmiths College in London. His latest short film WAVES ’98...
October 16, 2019
WHERE TO INVADE NEXT
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription It’s been six years since renowned political agitator and stalwart purveyor of institutional dissent Michael Moore wielded his camera as a tool to raise uproarious his voice on the subject of national consciousness. With his latest madcap call to action, it’s clear that during his time away he’s been plotting and planning his largest-scale...
October 16, 2019
VOLTA (ΒΌΛΤΑ)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Nina is told she is just going for a walk. Bios Stella Kyriakopoulos received her BA from Swarthmore College, and studied Sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts in Greece. She received an MFA in Filmmaking from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU and currently lives in Greece and New York,...
October 16, 2019
A WAR (KRIGEN)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Tobias Lindholm’s third film examines the moral complexities of split-second decision-making in battle and the ramifications of those choices. Claus Pedersen is a company commander stationed in Afghanistan. At home, his wife is caring for their three children and trying to keep things on track. During a routine mission, the soldiers come under heavy...
October 16, 2019
VICTOR XX
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription In a small seaside town, a young person makes a personal discovery while experimenting with gender. Bios Ian Garrido was born in Granada in 1988. In 2014 he made the television series pilot QUEER, and the short film VICTOR XX, about a transsexual man living in a small fishing village south of the country....
October 16, 2019
UNTIL I LOSE MY BREATH
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Serap is a quiet but hotheaded adolescent working long hours in a cramped clothing workshop as a runner. Only one thing keeps her going: the hope of moving into an apartment with her father, a long-distance truck driver. When her father proves indifferent to Serap's wishes, she decides to take matters into her own...
October 16, 2019
UNDER THE SUN (RI GUANG ZHI XIA)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription An attempted act of kindness sets two families on an irrevocable collision course from which there is no return. Bios Qiu Yang was born and raised in Changzhou, China. His 2014 short THE WORLD was selected into several international film festivals, including the Melbourne International Film Festival. His 2015 short UNDER THE SUN was...
