October 16, 2019
THE PAST (LE PASSÉ)
DescriptionBiosDescription Returning to AFI FEST, Academy Award® winner Asghar Farhadi continues his career-defining exploration of family dynamics, morality and class conflict. After four years of separation, Ahmad returns to Paris from Tehran to finalize his divorce with his wife Marie. Almost immediately, Ahmad becomes entangled in a new crisis when he discovers his ex- is...
October 16, 2019
THE OWNERS (LOS DUEÑOS)
DescriptionBiosDescription Taking inspiration from cinema masters like Claude Chabrol, Luis Buñuel and Woody Allen, theater veterans Agustin Toscano and Ezequiel Radusky present the timeless theme of class struggle in their comedic first feature film, THE OWNERS. Sergio, Ruben and Alicia are caretakers of an Argentine countryside estate in the northern province of Tucumán. Secretly squatting...
October 16, 2019
PHILOMENA
DescriptionBiosDescription During the 1950s, Philomena Lee conceived a baby boy out of wedlock in a conservative Irish Catholic community. Her father placed Philomena in a convent, where her child was taken from her and sent away to the U.S. for adoption. Following church policy, she was forced to sign a contract that prevented any inquiry...
October 16, 2019
OUR SUNHI
DescriptionBiosDescription Both longtime devotees as well as strangers to the work of Hong Sang-soo will find a delightful meeting point with the prolific auteur’s 15th feature. Hong’s second film this year alone, and one of his most accessible efforts, finds him cleverly toying with variations on some of his favorite archetypes: self-involved people with misogynist...
October 16, 2019
OUT OF THE FURNACE
DescriptionBiosDescription From Scott Cooper, the critically acclaimed writer and director of CRAZY HEART (2009), comes a gripping drama about family, fate, circumstance and justice. Russell Baze (Christian Bale) has a rough life: he works a dead-end blue collar job at the local steel mill by day, and cares for his terminally ill father by night. When...
October 16, 2019
OMAR
DescriptionBiosDescription Omar is not afraid to climb over the Israeli walls in Palestine using surreptitious rope ladders; having sniper fire whiz past his head is a part of daily life for Omar and his best friend, Tarek. Ironically, the most dangerous thing in Omar’s life is the fact that he’s in love with Nadia, Tarek’s...
October 16, 2019
ON SUFFOCATION
DescriptionContactDescription This dialogue-free film about an execution describes what happens when the system becomes more important than human life. Contact Swedish Film Institute / Svenska Filminstitutet
October 16, 2019
NOAH
DescriptionContactDescription Noah's relationship takes a rapid turn for the worse in this fascinating study of romance in the digital age set entirely on a teenager's computer screen. Contact KoalaMotion
October 16, 2019
NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN (TORE TANZT)
DescriptionBiosDescription Tore is a fervent new member of the fundamentalist Christian youth group, Jesus Freaks. Returning from his baptism, he and his fellow believers encounter a broken-down van belonging to a man named Benno. Tore seems to restarts the van by prayer, which he interprets as a message from God. Soon, he moves in with...
October 16, 2019
MY DOG KILLER (MÔJ PES KILLER)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription In the dreary early hours, as the sun scatters upon the desolate Slovak countryside somewhere near the border, 18-year-old Marek trains his ferocious mutt to attack. Marek’s scrappy, pale frame and hard, deadened eyes betray an impenetrably empty figure, resigned to a life of hardship and neglect. His solace is found with the local skinheads...
