October 16, 2019
NAHID
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Sareh Bayat (A SEPARATION, AFI FEST 2011) plays Nahid, a woman whose whole life is a struggle. Her typing job has maimed her hand, and it doesn't pay enough to cover her rent or the tuition for her son's school. Though she impoverishes herself to support her son, he refuses to study, preferring to...
October 16, 2019
MUSTANG
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription France’s Foreign Language Oscar® submission and winner of the Europa Cinemas Label award at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight, Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s debut feature is a coming-of-age story that follows five sisters living in a Turkish village. When a seemingly innocent act challenges the notion of how young women should behave, the sisters are locked...
October 16, 2019
MY GOLDEN DAYS (TROIS SOUVENIRS DE MA JEUNESSE)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Arnaud Desplechin’s 1996 film MY SEX LIFE…OR HOW I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT gets a prequel of sorts in this dazzling coming-of-age story, a film that stands on its own as a visual feast with the sprawl of a great novel. Paul Dédalus, the protagonist played by Mathieu Almalric in Desplechin’s 1996 film, returns...
October 16, 2019
MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (SHAN HE GU REN)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART is Chinese auteur Jia Zhang-ke’s nostalgic depiction of his country; a place where the rigidity of old class order has been complicated by the recent introduction of capitalism. A transcontinental and multilingual epic that spans three time periods, this story about love and separation follows a single family and their efforts...
October 16, 2019
EL MOVIMIENTO
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription A stark black-and-white vision of anarchy, Benjamín Naishtat’s EL MOVIMIENTO follows various groups of armed men who drift aimlessly across a war-scarred landscape. They claim to be working for “The Movement.” This vague, Kafkaesque stance allows the gangs to take what they want and kill anyone who stands in their way. But power corrupts,...
October 16, 2019
MOUNTAIN
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Yaelle Kayam’s debut feature follows a young Orthodox Jewish woman who lives with her family in the ancient cemetery atop Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives. She spends her days roaming the mountain in an attempt to escape the banality of her daily life and at night she attempts to connect with her husband who no...
October 16, 2019
A MONSTER WITH A THOUSAND HEADS (UN MONSTRUO DE MIL CABEZAS)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription When Sonia receives the news that without immediate medical attention the fate of her cancer-stricken husband is sealed, she races to track down his indifferent doctor. This fruitless encounter sets off a chain of increasingly violent confrontations between a distraught, gun-toting Sonia, her confused teenage son and a series of uncaring insurance-company stakeholders and...
October 16, 2019
MEN GO TO BATTLE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription In 1861, two young farmers, Francis and Henry Mellon, eke out a living in the rural Kentucky countryside. As the Civil War plays out in the distance, the brothers focus on their more immediate concerns, keeping the farm going through the winter and joking around to pass the time. When a disagreement over selling...
October 16, 2019
MEDITERRANEA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Expanding his internationally acclaimed short A CHJANA into a debut feature of uncommon visceral power, director Jonas Carpignano introduces us to Ayiva, a husband and father from Burkina Faso, who crosses the sea from North Africa to Europe, hoping for more opportunity. Shot with raw immediacy, the film guides us through Ayiva’s experiences with...
