October 16, 2019
CASANOVA
DescriptionDescription Acclaimed director Lasse Hallström (MY LIFE AS A DOG, CHOCOLAT, AN UNFINISHED LIFE) returns to AFI FEST (the US Premiere of THE CIDER HOUSE RULES opened AFI FEST 1999) with the North American Premiere of CASANOVA, a sharp, sophisticated comedy that gives the legend of Casanova a contemporary edge and a new twist. Starring...
October 16, 2019
CINEMA, ASPIRINS AND VULTURES
DescriptionDescription Developed at the first Sundance Film Institute Screenwrlting Workshop in Brazil, CINEMA, ASPIRIN AND VULTURES won the Prix de Education Nationale at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Set in the dry, arid, barren landscape of the Northeastern Brazilian hinterland, where vultures circle above. Two men meet in the dessert: Johann, a German who has...
October 16, 2019
BURNING MAN: BEYOND BLACK ROCK
DescriptionDescription The man stands atop his temple, looking down upon the makeshift city built just for him in a dry lakebed in Nevada. He will burn in six days. If you've never been to Burning Man, this should serve as the layman's Cliff Notes. Following a handful of artists as they prepare for the annual...
October 16, 2019
C.R.A.Z.Y.
DescriptionDescription Writer/director Jean-Marc Vallée weaves a wonderfully rich tapestry spanning 20 years in the always hectic and dysfunctional, alternately hilarious and heartbreaking, Beulieu household. Born fourth in a line of five sons, Zach always fell cursed by his Christmas Day birth and the burden of his mother's heartfelt belief that he could heal the sick,...
October 16, 2019
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO
DescriptionDescription The latest from consummate Irish director Neil Jordan, BREAKFAST ON PLUTO tells the story, in 36 short chapters, of Patrick "Kitten" Braden (Cillian Murphy) a cheeky and flamboyant transvestite whose tale begins when she is abandoned at birth by his mother, about whom she knows little, except that she is a dead ringer for...
October 16, 2019
BUCKLE BROTHERS
DescriptionDescription Just outside of Compton, men and women are riding horses and winning rodeos! Director Marquette Williams cleverly illuminates this clash of cultures, highlighting the Old West spirit of South Central Los Angeles. BUCKLE BROTHERS is exuberant cinema. It's an extraordinary portrait of urban cowboys and a fascinating LA story. The film follows four young...
October 16, 2019
BAM BAM AND CELESTE
DescriptionDescription Margaret Cho wrote and stars in this candy colored comedic tale of two social misfits on a classic road trip. Together since high school, Barn Barn and his best friend Celeste have always been outcasts. Years later, they are still trying to find where exactly they fit in the world and are horrified at...
October 16, 2019
THE BIG WHITE
DescriptionDescription THE BIG WHITE is a pitch black Comedy directed by Mark Mylod - shot in the Yukon and steeped in the miasma of this arrestingly cold place. This is a world with just the right kind of cliffs off which one could drop a frozen dead body. THE BIG WHITE is the story of...
October 16, 2019
ARIE
DescriptionDescription With gorgeous photography and choreography, ARIE tells the story of Vittorio, a professional dancer who falls in love with Marco, the choreographer with whom he is working. Vittorio's feelings are not reciprocated by Marco. Vittorio is alone but stronger for having discovered a new self-image.
October 16, 2019
ART OF FLIGHT
DescriptionDescription This intimate and raw guerilla documentary, shot secretly in Egypt, tells the tale of refugees fleeing Sudan's bloody 20-year civil war. They hope that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will help them relocate to another country. Unfortunately, only 20 percent make it beyond Cairo. The rest languish in Egypt, where their...
