October 16, 2019
THE LETTER
DescriptionDescription "How long until we ore like Somalia?" asks a frustrated citizen of Lewiston, Maine. It sounds like a ludicrous question, but Ziad H. Hamzeh's engaging documentary explores the complicated story behind this divided town. Once, Lewiston's 97% Caucasian population made it a uniformly white berg in the whitest state in America, while its profitable...
October 16, 2019
KITCHEN STORIES (SALMER FRA KJOKKENET)
DescriptionDescription Many filmmakers have focused on the conflict between science, which is presumably cold and rational, and volatile human needs. Few, however, have done it as humorously -- or with as much heart -- as Bent Hamer in KITCHEN STORIES. Falke (Tomas Norstrom) is an employee of a Swedish home science company assigned to observe...
October 16, 2019
KNIGHT GAMES (RITTERSCHLAG)
DescriptionDescription Held in prison by two dragons the beautiful princess cries for help in KNIGHT GAMES, but the attacking knights don't realize that dragons also need to practice.
October 16, 2019
KAMCHATKA
DescriptionDescription It's easy to see why this was Argentina's submission for Best Foreign Language Film-KAMCHATKA is an achingly wrought drama set against the backdrop of the coup in 1976. Director Marcelo Pineyro's wrenching story of children caught in the political cross-fire is told from the point of view of a 10-year-old boy, who, along with...
October 16, 2019
KILL ME TENDER (HAZ CON MIGO LO QUE QUIERAS)
DescriptionDescription Ingrid Rubio shines as a troubled young woman with a Circe-like ability to enchant men, even as she struggles to find her place in the world. Writer/director Ramon de Espana deftly weaves comedy and tragedy in this twisted meditation on love. A recent widower agrees to hire his maid's daughter, only to find himself...
October 16, 2019
KISS AND TELL
DescriptionDescription Is a kiss just a kiss? In KISS AND TELL, the question posed to girls on the street is, "Have you ever kissed another woman?" The answers just might surprise you.
October 16, 2019
JAPANESE STORY
DescriptionDescription Starring the extraordinary Toni Collette as a geologist adrift in her life, JAPANESE STORY is a profound meditation on the impermanence of existence and the destabilization of love and connection. Sandy, an ambitious geologist, suddenly finds herself having to baby-sit Hiromitsu (Gotaro Tsunashima), a taciturn Japanese businessman. Hoping to strike up a business deal,...
October 16, 2019
JOY OF MADNESS
DescriptionDescription Go behind the scenes of the first film made in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban. Your tour guide is a 14-year-old girl with a camera but make no mistake, these are not ordinary home movies. The fifth and youngest member of her family to make a film, Hana Makhmalbaf survived an attempted...
October 16, 2019
INHERITANCE (ARVEN)
DescriptionDescription What is the value of an inheritance that brings only heartbreak and pain? The second film in Per Fly's trilogy depicting three layers of Danish society, INHERITANCE questions the price paid by the wealthy elite. Christoffer enjoys the good life in Sweden as the owner of a successful restaurant and husband to an up-and-coming...
October 16, 2019
JAMES’ JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM
DescriptionDescription Documentarian Ra'anan Alexandrowicz (THE INNER TOUR) utilizes irreverence, wit and insight to craft an intense, often humorous and extremely adept exploration of the age old journey to that most holy of places-Jerusalem. In the imaginary African village of Entshongweni, young James is chosen to undertake a mission-a pilgrimage to holy Jerusalem. But Israel is...
