WE CAME HOME

DescriptionDescription Born in L.A., the year the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, Ariana Delawari's life is filled with refugees, Afghan music, and her father's dedication to his homeland. September 11th changes their lives. Her parents sell everything and move back to Kabul where Delawari finally sees Afghanistan for herself. She spends 10 years documenting her father's homeland...

VIVRE SA VIE

DescriptionBiosDescription Ignoring her domestic responsibilities, Nana leaves her husband and child to pursue an acting career in Paris. Presented in 12 chapters and featuring French actor Anna Karina’s most iconic moments, the film details Nana’s descent into prostitution and her eventual misfortune. VIVRE SA VIE was born out of the most unsettled time of Jean-Luc...

VOICE OVER

DescriptionTrailerDescription A voice over leads us through three extreme situations that ore actually the some. Will you discover the connection? Trailer

THANK YOU NOTE FROM A DEAD MAN

DescriptionDescription A group of friends gathers for a drink to mourn their friend who has died under mysterious circumstances.

TOO MUCH WATER (DEMASIADA AGUA)

DescriptionTrailerDescription A young woman fills her backyard pool every night and finds it empty in the morning. Strange neighbors and even stranger circumstances stir her paranoia about where the water is going. Trailer

TAPE GENERATIONS

DescriptionDescription A brief experimental animation made with simple rolls of tape, gravity and time.

TEY (AUJOURD’HUI)

DescriptionBiosDescription Alain Gomis’ third film is a lyrical and poetic portrait of modern Senegal. Saül Williams is Satché, a healthy young man who is told by the community’s fortuneteller that he has only one day left to live. Satché accepts his fate and sets out to spend his final day with the people who will...

TCHOUPITOULAS

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription The Ross brothers’ TCHOUPITOULAS is a dreamlike documentary following three young boys who venture across the mighty Mississippi River into New Orleans’ famous French Quarter for a night of revelry among street performers, drag queens, burlesque dancers and Mardi Gras parades. Following their Independent Spirit Award winning debut film, 45365, Bill and Turner Ross...

SUNSET BLVD

DescriptionBiosDescription A stunning new restoration of this classic of American cinema is presented in partnership with Technicolor. Bios The brilliant and versatile Billy Wilder (1906-2002) began his film career in the late 1920s. He left Nazi Germany, arriving in Hollywood in1933 where he quickly mastered American slang. Among the classic films he wrote and directed...

TABU

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription TABU is a highly stylized dream of a film. The film takes its name from the F.W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty 1931 silent classic TABU: A STORY OF THE SOUTH SEAS and is similarly an epic colonial romance. However, in Miguel Gomes’ TABU, the romantic ideals of colonial history are juxtaposed against a moral...

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