October 16, 2019
CHEVALIER
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription While on a fishing trip in the Aegean Sea, six men decide to play “Chevalier,” a game that measures every aspect of who they are. Things will be compared. Blood will be spilled and tested. At the end of the game, one man will emerge as the best and receive a signet ring as...
October 16, 2019
CHRONIC
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Tim Roth turns in an understated, beautiful performance as an end-of-life caregiver in this quiet, delicate portrait of those who dedicate themselves to hospice work. Director Michel Franco returns to AFI FEST (AFTER LUCIA, AFI FEST 2012) with a gentle, smartly crafted narrative. The story follows David (Roth), a nurse who develops intense relationships...
October 16, 2019
CAROL
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara give luminous performances in Todd Haynes’ adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s influential lesbian novel “The Price of Salt.” Mara stars as shopgirl Therese Belivet, underwhelmed by her life working in a department store and dating a young man whose affections for her far surpass hers for him. When glamorous housewife...
October 16, 2019
BY THE SEA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Written, directed and produced by Oscar® winner Angelina Jolie Pitt, BY THE SEA is her directorial follow-up to survival epic UNBROKEN. The film stars Brad Pitt and Jolie Pitt, who are supported by an international ensemble led by Mélanie Laurent, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Arestrup and Richard Bohringer. BY THE SEA follows an American writer...
October 16, 2019
BUS NUT
DescriptionBiosContactDescription The 1955 Montgomery bus boycott articulated as an educational video on school bus safety. Bios Akosua Adoma Owusu is a filmmaker with Ghanaian parentage whose films have screened worldwide in prestigious film festivals, museums, galleries, universities and micro-cinemas since 2005. She has been named one of ArtForum‘s Top Ten Artists and one of The...
October 16, 2019
BOYS (POJKARNA)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription At a home for wayward boys, Markus prepares for a very important appointment. Bios Born in 1987, Isabella Carbonell is a filmmaker, screenwriter and actor living and working in Stockholm. She has a background in social work and is currently studying to become a sign language interpreter. She has written and directed several short...
October 16, 2019
BOB AND THE TREES
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Burning with a working-class authenticity as rare in contemporary American filmmaking as it is refreshing, writer-director Diego Ongaro’s absorbing debut feature tells the story of middle-aged logger Bob (first-time actor and real-life logger Bob Tarasuk, giving an extraordinary performance), who gambles his personal and professional livelihood on harvesting a piece of land that refuses...
October 16, 2019
BLOOD BELOW THE SKIN
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Three teenage girls from different social circles form unexpected bonds when they discover the secrets that lie below the skin. Bios Jennifer Reeder constructs personal films about relationships, trauma and coping. Her award-winning narratives are innovative and borrow from a range of forms including after-school specials, amateur music videos and magical realism. These films...
October 16, 2019
BLOOD OF MY BLOOD (SANGUE DEL MIO SANGUE)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Beginning in 1965 with the classic FISTS IN THE POCKET, Marco Bellocchio has never wavered in his allegiance to politics and uncomfortable sexuality in his 50 years of filmmaking. BLOOD OF MY BLOOD incorporates his enduring obsessions into a dual narrative of lust in a convent in the 17th century and the contemporary story...
