September 25, 2025
BENEATH WHICH RIVERS FLOW (ابراهيم)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 1 Ibrahim is tethered to the river, reeds and buffalo he tends, but as the rivers dry and the landscape withers, he faces unrelenting forces threatening the only life he’s ever known. Bios Ali Yahya is an Iraqi filmmaker who holds a degree in Psychology. Ali’s academic...
September 25, 2025
BEHIND THE MASK
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 After the death of a famous actor, his estranged daughter visits his home and discovers a magical theater mask that whisks her back in time, to a grand stage, where she comes face to face with him as a young man. Trailer
September 25, 2025
AZUL
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 Struggling to cope with her sister’s unexpected passing, 17-year-old Azul finds solace in an unexpected place: a lady Lowrider Car Club. Trailer
September 25, 2025
BAD APPLES
DescriptionBiosContactDescription U.S. Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Jonatan Etzler. Academy Award® nominee Saoirse Ronan is Maria, an overworked primary schoolteacher in England whose classroom is disrupted by the ghastly behavior of surly and foulmouthed 10-year-old Danny (Eddie Waller). After a violent act against a fellow classmate leads to Danny’s suspension,...
September 25, 2025
BELOW THE CLOUDS (SOTTO LE NUVOLE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription October 26 screening to be followed by a conversation with director, screenwriter, producer and director of photography Gianfranco Rosi. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, documentary master Gianfrano Rosi (SACRO GRA, FIRE AT SEA) explores the city and surroundings of Naples, Italy, a place where every day, thousands of...
September 25, 2025
THE APPLE PICKER’S SON
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 Afaaq, a Kashmiri boy with supernatural powers, learns his father will be picking apples in a war-torn region of Kashmir. Afaaq must stop him from leaving before the apples ripen and the harvest begins. Trailer
September 25, 2025
AMRUM
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Nanning (Jasper Billerbeck) is a kind-hearted 12-year-old who enjoys exploring the beautiful North Sea island of Amrum where he lives with his high-strung mother Hille (Laura Tonke) and pragmatic Aunt Ena (Lisa Hagmeister). After Hille gives birth to a baby brother, she refuses to eat any food but white bread, butter and honey. But...
September 25, 2025
ANDY KAUFMAN IS ME
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director, screenwriter and executive producer Clay Tweel, screenwriter and producer Shannon E. Riggs and producer Ross Dinerstein. “There's no way to describe what I do. It's just me.” With those words, the titular comedian defied easy categorization, and this new documentary takes up the challenge by...
September 25, 2025
APPLE GATHERERS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 Two workers in a cider factory, imprisoned in a world of monotony and detachment, find a fleeting spark of human connection amid the machinery. Bios Danielle is an apple-eating, paper-loving Maker of Things originally from Poland, now working between Manchester and London. Her work...
September 25, 2025
AL BASATEEN (THE ORCHARDS)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription U.S. Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 2 In 2015, the Basateen al-Razi district of Damascus was destroyed as punishment for the population's uprising against Bashar al-Assad's regime. A decade later, memories are awakened, resisting deliberate erasure. Bios Antoine Chapon is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist whose work using cinema, CGI animation...
