September 27, 2023
LA BRUJA
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 On the night of his eighth birthday, Pablito mourns the loss of his Amá. However, his spirits are lifted when his Abuela tells him a fairytale about La Bruja Del Mar, a mystical witch longing for a son. Trailer
September 27, 2023
CAROLINE
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4 A young auto mechanic learns his mother has unexpectedly died, forcing him to pick up her car and complete a series of painful, yet banal tasks that sets the stage for a confrontation with the past. Trailer
September 27, 2023
COLORS OF SOLACE
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 COLORS OF SOLACE is a story about a black cop wrestling with his identity and the redemption he finds in this struggle when he is tasked with helping his son harness his own inner powers. Trailer
September 27, 2023
BIENVENIDO JUANITO
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4 Three years after being separated following an attempted border-crossing, Fernanda is reunited with her 12-year-old son Juan. But the small child she knew is now a teenage boy. Trailer
September 27, 2023
CARCASS
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4 Gabriel is an outcast from society forced to serve as executioner after being branded a thief. When Travis, a young street urchin, is arrested, Gabriel is forced to examine his role in the system. Will he be able to break the cycle and save Travis or meet...
September 27, 2023
ARO’S WORLD
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 After losing his father, Adi, a grief-stricken preteen boy, befriends sock-puppet ARO who mysteriously operates from his hand while his older brother Marcus becomes his caretaker. Trailer
September 26, 2023
THE END WE START FROM
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription U.S. Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Mahalia Belo. Postpartum meets post apocalypse in BAFTA award-winning British director Mahalia Belo’s (ELLEN, THE LONG SONG) trope-busting feature debut, a tense survival thriller that doubles as an astute meditation on the life-changing – sometimes bitterly lonely – experience of birth and new...
September 26, 2023
THE BIKERIDERS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Jeff Nichols. The rise and fall of a Chicago motorcycle gang is given epic treatment in Jeff Nichols’ magnificent THE BIKERIDERS, which confirms the writer/director of LOVING, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, MUD and TAKE SHELTER as one of the most distinctive artists in American cinema today. Inspired by Marlon Brando’s iconic turn in...
September 26, 2023
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (LA SOCIEDAD DE LA NIEVE)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Spain’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Screening to be followed by a conversation with director J.A. Bayona. Returning to Spanish language cinema for the first time since his acclaimed debut THE ORPHANAGE, J.A. Bayona (THE IMPOSSIBLE, JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM) brings breathless thrills and emotional gravitas to the tragic, true story of Uruguayan Flight 571. A chartered flight filled...
September 26, 2023
FINGERNAILS
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Christos Nikou. Greek director Christos Nikou (APPLES, AFI FEST 2020) makes a bold English-language debut with this charming lo-fi sci-fi about the clash between our over-reliance on technology and the primal drive to find true love. Anna (Academy Award® nominee Jessie Buckley, WOMEN TALKING, AFI FEST 2022) and her partner Ryan...
