THE BALLAD OF LEFTY BROWN

DescriptionBiosContactDescription The sidekick becomes the leading man in Jared Moshé’s accomplished Western, a loving homage to the classics of the genre that sidesteps tradition to examine this well-travelled cinematic landscape from a different point of view. The inimitable Bill Pullman gives a career-best performance as Lefty, right-hand man to legendary Montana lawman and recently elected Senator...

ASCRIBED ACHIEVEMENTS

BiosTrailerBios Samaneh Shojaei received a BA of Fine Arts from the Alzahra University and an MA of Moving Image from the Art University of Tehran, Iran. She is credited as an animator on Elmira Bagherzadeh's 2016 short ROOHANGIZ. Her directorial debut ASCRIBED ACHIEVEMENTS premiered at the 2017 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Trailer

AVA

DescriptionBiosContactDescription Thirteen-year-old Ava is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns she will go blind in the coming months. While her mother acts as if everything is normal, Ava confronts the problem in her own way — and her world is turned upside down when she steals a large black dog from...

APRIL’S DAUGHTER (LAS HIJAS DE ABRIL)

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Seventeen-year-old Valeria is pregnant and lives with her sister Clara. She wants to keep her pregnancy a secret from her absent and domineering mother April. When Clara tells April about her sister’s condition, their mother suddenly arrives, full of loving support and promises to help Valeria through this life-changing event. But once the baby...

ARDEN’S WAKE: THE PROLOGUE

ALTERATION

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AFTER SOLITARY

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THE 6TH AMENDMENT

BiosBios Elika Portnoy is a director, producer and actress. In 2008, she founded the production company Mutressa. Since then, she has produced 10 feature films, including LOVE IS STRANGE (2014), THE VOICES (2014) and BEASTS OF NO NATION (2015). Her directorial debut, THE 6TH AMENDMENT, premiered at the Woods Hole Film Festival.

AFTER SCHOOL KNIFE FIGHT

BiosContactBios Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel were born in Ajaccio and Toulouse, France, respectively. Each separately directed several short films — Vinel's OUR LEGACY (2016) and Poggi's CHIENS (2013) — before they began collaborating. Their short film AS LONG AS SHOTGUNS REMAIN (2014) won the Golden Bear at the 2014 Berlinale. Contact Ecce Films

3 WOMEN

DescriptionBiosDescription Inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s PERSONA, Robert Altman’s late ‘70s masterpiece features a beautifully rich color palette that permeates this surrealist fever-dream creation. New-girl-in-town Pinky Rose (Sissy Spacek) gets a job working as a nurse in a desert town spa. There, she becomes enamored by fellow nurse Millie Lammoreaux (Shelley Duvall, in a 1977 Cannes...

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