September 25, 2025
THE EYES OF GHANA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription October 22 screening to be followed by a conversation with director and producer Ben Proudfoot, producers Nana Adwoa Frimpong, Anita Afonu, Ethan Lewis and Vinnie Malhotra and producer and director of photography Brandon Somerhalder. In his documentary feature debut, two-time Academy Award®-winning director Ben Proudfoot reveres the power of cinema through the eyes of...
September 25, 2025
ENDLESS COOKIE
DescriptionBiosTrailerContactDescription Written and directed by half-brothers Seth and Peter Scriver, one an Anglo resident of Toronto, the other a member of the Cree tribe and resident of Shamattawa First Nation reserve in the far north of Manitoba, ENDLESS COOKIE is a kooky, ramshackle rumination on collective remembering and family bonds. The Scrivers’ surreal animation style...
September 25, 2025
THE END IS AT HAND
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4 A reclusive phone repairman discovers a pulsing, slime-covered organism growing inside a mysterious device. When it disappears from his desk, he searches for it — but the more he looks, the more he dreads what he’ll find. Trailer
September 25, 2025
FANTASY LIFE
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director, screenwriter and actor Matthew Shear and actor and producer Amanda Peet. Sometimes in life, one just needs to hear “You’re functional” for it all to be okay — even if those words of wisdom come from your psychiatrist. But in the case of 30-something nebbish...
September 25, 2025
DOLLHOUSE ELEPHANT
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 In a world that demands community participation, individual desires inevitably collide. A group of neighbors, each focused on their own goals, must learn to communicate and consider one another. Bios Jenny Jokela is a Finnish animation director and illustrator based in Edinburgh. She...
September 25, 2025
DOG SEES GOD
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 When a meteor lands in his backyard, killing his beloved dog, suburban misfit Atticus channels his grief into his garage-punk band as he wrestles with teenage angst, fractured family dynamics and a growing government presence in his neighborhood. Trailer
September 25, 2025
EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Tarik Saleh’s latest film completes his Cairo Trilogy, which includes 2017’s dirty cop thriller THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT (which won the Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic) and 2022’s exposé of murderous clerical corruption, CAIRO CONSPIRACY (awarded Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival). With EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC, Saleh sets his sights...
September 25, 2025
DORMILÓN
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 2 In a quest to become the performer of his dreams, Dormilón, a starry-eyed and middle-aged janitor living in an abandoned theater, must confront his nightmares face-to-face. Bios Olivia is an award-winning LA-based stop-motion filmmaker, specializing in horror and fantasy. She previously co-directed THE WEIGHT OF IT,...
September 25, 2025
DOG ALONE (CÃO SOZINHO)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 2 After the death of its owner and its companions, a dog is left alone. Howls day and night disturbing all the neighborhood. In the house next door, a widowed man’s granddaughter returns from London. Bios Marta is a director and animator at BAP...
September 25, 2025
DIVINE COMEDY (KOMEDIE ELAHI)
DescriptionBiosDescription North American Premiere Notable Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari (co-director of TERRESTRIAL VERSES, AFI FEST 2023) blurs the lines between fiction and reality / cinema and truth in his latest feature, DIVINE COMEDY. Featuring rival filmmaker twins Bahram and Bahman Ark (as themselves), Bahram has just completed his newest film with producing and romantic partner...
