October 16, 2019
A STROLL DOWN SUNFLOWER LANE (ذاكرة عبّاد الشمس)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription An old grandfather, a little granddaughter, an old house and some glimpses of memory. Bios Mayye Zayed is an Egyptian filmmaker and a co-founder of Alexandria-based production company Rufy’s Films. After studying Engineering at Alexandria University, she had a Fulbright scholarship to study cinema and media studies at Wellesley College in the U.S. in...
October 16, 2019
SUMMER CAMP ISLAND
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Oscar has to accept that his totally normal sleepover with Hedgehog isn’t going to be totally normal. Bios Julia Pott graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2011 with an MA in Animation. Her animated films have screened at festivals worldwide including Annecy, Sundance and SXSW. She was named one of the 25...
October 16, 2019
STILL LIFE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In her first feature film, director Maud Alpi paints an excruciatingly intimate and beautifully disturbing portrait of a young nameless worker who earns a temporary living by ushering countless livestock to a gruesome and untimely death for the sole purpose of human consumption. While this job is clearly a means to justify a financial...
October 16, 2019
SPEEDY
DescriptionBiosContactDescription The great Harold Lloyd stars in the title role of this hilarious tale, the last of his silent films to be theatrically released. Lloyd plays Harold “Speedy” Swift, whose attempts to save the last horse-drawn streetcar in New York City result in hijinks aplenty. The film brilliantly contrasts the breakneck pace of progress with...
October 16, 2019
SPLIT
DescriptionBiosDescription Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy), Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of...
October 16, 2019
THE SEND-OFF
DescriptionBiosContactDescription On the evening of their high school prom, a group of students hope to transcend the rural town and industrial landscape that surround them. Bios Ivete Lucas was born in Brazil and started her filmmaking career in Mexico. At age 23, she received a grant from the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) to direct her...
October 16, 2019
SCENERY (DECORADO)
DescriptionBiosDescription The world is a wonderful stage, but its characters are disgraceful. Bios Alberto Vázquez is an animation director, illustrator and cartoonist. He’s written and directed two short films: BIRDBOY (2011) and UNICORN BLOOD (2013). He won the Goya Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2012, and recently finished his first feature film, PSICONAUTAS,...
October 16, 2019
SPEAKING IS DIFFICULT
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Begining in the present day, a scene of tragedy unfolds, telling a cumulative history that is both unbearable and inevitable. Bios AJ Schnack is a nonfiction filmmaker. He is one of the co-creators of Field of Vision, a visual journalism unit that produces short-form and episodic documentaries on ongoing events. His nonfiction features includes...
October 16, 2019
RULES DON’T APPLY
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription It’s Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey (Lily Collins), under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes (Warren Beatty), arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes (Alden Ehrenreich), who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply...
