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...

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...

THE MISSION

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...

MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION INTERVIEWS THE REAGANS

DescriptionContactDescription The President nails an interview; featuring the First Lady and surprise guest. Contact Postscript LLC

MANOMAN

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Beware what lies within. Bios Simon Cartwright’s early animation work came out of his love of drawing comics, leading him to study traditional hand-drawn animation at Edinburgh College of Art, and later at the National Film and Television School, where he began working with live action puppetry. This led to his graduation film MANOMAN,...

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...

MAMAN(S)

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Eight-year-old Aida and her family are thrown into chaos when her father returns from Senegal with a new wife. Bios In 2013, Maïmouna Doucouré directed her first short film HIDE-AND-SEEK. MAMAN(S) is inspired by Doucouré’s personal experience, and centers on the upheaval of a child’s life after being confronted by polygamy. Contact Bien ou...

MACBETH

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard and Justin Kurzel have come together to create a visually arresting, formally daring and thematically challenging adaptations of Shakespeare’s bewitched classic.  With startling, haunting images and the specter of death looming over its every frame, the film follows King Macbeth (Fassbender) across the killing fields of battle and his Lady...

THE LOBSTER

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription A man is brought to a picturesque seaside resort because his wife has recently left him. If he is not romantically recoupled within 45 days, he will turn into an animal.  And so director Yorgos Lanthimos smashes his audience into the strange reality of THE LOBSTER. As in his previous two features, DOGTOOTH and ALPS (AFI...

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