October 16, 2019
THE FOOL (DURAK)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription An honest man encounters severe resistance from all sides when he stands up to uncaring bureaucrats to protect the safety of a group that doesn’t want to be helped. Russian filmmaker Yuriy Bykov’s striking morality tale moves along at a frenetic pace, its action unfolding over the course of one night. A simple plumber in...
October 16, 2019
FOXCATCHER
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription FOXCATCHER is the true story of Olympic wrestler brothers Mark and Dave Schultz, whose lives were forever altered by unhinged multimillionaire John du Pont. Channing Tatum dominates the screen as Mark, a hulking former champion who seems as lost for words as he is bereft of friendship. Dave (Mark Ruffalo) is also a gold...
October 16, 2019
FISH & CAT (MAHI VA GORBEH)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription FISH & CAT boldly defines its own subgenre as a horror comedy art film, in the vein of a FRIDAY THE 13TH installment by way of Alain Resnais. Told in one staged continuous shot, the film moves between a group of university students at a kite-flying festival on a forested lake, and the sinister...
October 16, 2019
FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (ÐAP CÁNH GIUA KHÔNG TRUNG)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Huyen is pregnant and needs money for an abortion. When her boyfriend skips out on her, taking with him the cash he’d saved for her operation, Huyen must take matters into her own hands. She dabbles in prostitution with a strange first client, wealthy businessman Hoang, who has a tender yet obsessive fascination with...
October 16, 2019
FAULTS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Ansel Roth has seen better days. A once-revered authority on mind control and the go-to guy for families hoping to save brainwashed loved ones from cults, he now bargains with cheap hotels for free meals in return for promoting his new book to near-empty rooms, all the while dodging his thuggish publishers and sleeping...
October 16, 2019
FELT
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Amy, a San Francisco artist, is haunted by a recent trauma that was inflicted by men in her life. As she veers dangerously close to a complete emotional and psychological breakdown, she plunges into the world of her art as a coping mechanism. She re-appropriates the male form by creating an alter ego that...
October 16, 2019
EDEN
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription It’s no accident that Mia Hansen-Løve’s 20-year journey through the electronic dance music scene opens with an early ’90s rave that’s already over. As Parisian teenager and future DJ Paul (Félix de Givry) approaches the turntables to ask about a song, the empty dance floor he crosses is a subtle but clear message: All...
October 16, 2019
EXCHANGE AND MART
DescriptionDescription An unorthodox self-defense class at a remote Scottish boarding school yields unusual results.
October 16, 2019
THE DRAGON IS THE FRAME
DescriptionDescription This experimental detective film explores the enigma of depression and its subtle interplay between presence and absence.
October 16, 2019
THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Director Peter Strickland returns to AFI FEST (his BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO was an Official Selection in 2012) with this lurid tale of power, sex and the twisted pursuit of happiness. Using a claustrophobic cinematic space, Strickland introduces us to two women whose roles are clearly delineated: master and servant. Cynthia is an amateur butterfly...
