October 16, 2019
EL MAR LA MAR
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Not so much pushing the boundaries of conventional documentary filmmaking as obliterating them and beginning anew, this stunning film brilliantly deconstructs the formal elements of classic ethnographic cinema and reconstitutes them into a wholly new form, immersive and alive with sensorial detail, and above all, emotionally engaging and deeply felt. Beginning with a rhythmic,...
October 16, 2019
LUPUS
BiosContactTrailerBios Carlos Gómez Salamanca began his directing career with the animated short film CARNE (2012). It screened at festivals internationally, including Annecy, Bradford and Sao Paulo. His plastic work finds its roots in realist painting. His art can more generally be defined as a critical exploration of media iconography. LUPUS is his second animated short. Contact...
October 16, 2019
LOVELESS (NELYUBOV)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Andrey Zvyagintsev returns with his latest feature, a gut-wrenching drama centered on Zhenya and Boris, a couple nearing the end of a nasty divorce. All that remains to be offloaded is the burden that stands between them and happiness: their young son, Alyosha. The day after Alyosha witnesses a vicious argument, he disappears, leaving...
October 16, 2019
THE LONG GOODBYE
DescriptionBiosDescription Robert Altman updates Raymond Chandler in a way that only Altman could, with Elliott Gould giving a laid-back, cool-cat turn as iconic private eye Philip Marlowe, navigating the mean streets (or at least the narcissistic streets) of a groovy 1970s Los Angeles. When Marlowe’s close friend Terry Lennox goes AWOL, the P.I. begins a...
October 16, 2019
LOS CAIFANES
DescriptionBiosDescription When wealthy couple Jaime and Paloma leave a swanky party and wander the streets of Mexico City, finding a seemingly abandoned car where they can sneak some kisses, little do they know they’ve stumbled upon a set of wheels owned by Captain Gato and his gang, Los Caifanes. This begins a tour around the...
October 16, 2019
LIFE BOAT
BiosContactBios Born and raised in Los Angeles, writer, director and actress Lorraine Nicholson graduated from Brown University in 2012. In 2017, she was selected to participate in the AFI Directing Workshop for Women. She has directed music videos for up-and-comers Hana, K. Flay and Tommy Trash. LIFE BOAT is her third short film. Contact Subtility...
October 16, 2019
LIFE OF US
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October 16, 2019
LET THE CORPSES TAN (LAISSEZ BRONZER LES CADAVRES)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Filmmakers Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani trade in the crushed velvet and bloody shadows of their previous films (AMER, THE STRANGE COLOR OF YOUR BODY’S TEARS) for a sun-soaked adventure fueled by machine-gunfire and creaking leather. A small group of robbers pull off a daring roadside heist, then flee to a hillside villa, pulling...
October 16, 2019
THE LEISURE SEEKER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Lovingly married for half a century, John and Ella Spencer (Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren) have weathered their share of storms. But when Alzheimer’s cruelly strips away John’s memory and sense of self, Ella makes an impromptu decision to take their family’s beloved Winnebago out for one last adventure: a road trip from their...
October 16, 2019
LIFE AND NOTHING MORE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription In AFI FEST alumnus Antonio Méndez Esparza’s sophomore feature, the gifted director observes the struggles of a family living in northern Florida — working-class mother Regina, and her troubled teenage son Andrew — with a compassionate eye, sharply focused on how their story echoes the systemic injustice directed toward black men and women in...
