October 16, 2019
VELOCITY RULES
DescriptionDescription Modern living is held up for target practice in this series of shorts. Whether you reside in the hood or are surrounded by strip malls, you will see a bit of yourself in all these stories. DELUSIONS IN MODERN PRIMITIVISM: Bored with his tattoos and piercings, Jerome looks for an alternative form of body...
October 16, 2019
VIOLET PERFUME, NOBODY HEARS YOU (PERFUME DE VIOLETAS)
DescriptionDescription Tackling the growing problem of sexual assault in Mexico City, VIOLET PERFUME, NOBODY HEARS YOU fictionalizes the true story of a friendship between two girls torn apart when one of them is attacked. Tomboy Yessica, frequently in trouble, strikes up an unlikely friendship with the innocent, beautiful Myriam, who smells of violet perfume. Yessica's...
October 16, 2019
TRULY HUMAN (ET RIGTIGT MENNESKE)
DescriptionDescription A quixotic, thought-provoking film about a child's imaginary friend who becomes an actualized human being and blank slate to write on with everyone he encounters. Seven-year old Lisa's only friend is "P," an imaginary companion who lives behind the wall in her condemned building and who she believes. is the brother her too-busy parents...
October 16, 2019
THE TUNNEL
DescriptionDescription The Berlin Wall was more than 166 kilometers of concrete and twisted razor wire, patrolled by guards and watchdogs, accented by heavily armed watchtowers. Nearly 300 people died trying to get over the Wall and, as with recent current events, it is the remarkable individual human dramas that emerge from such circumstances that are...
October 16, 2019
TO LOVE, TOO MUCH (DEMASIADO AMOR)
DescriptionDescription TO LOVE, TOO MUCH is a sensual and contemplative film adaptation based on Sara Sefchovich's novel Demasiado Amor, which won the Agustin Yanez prize. Beatriz and her sister, Laura, have a dream to immigrate to another country and open a boarding house. In an effort to save money, Beatriz works additional hours at a...
October 16, 2019
TRIBUTE
DescriptionDescription Pop music is a world of subcultures. The strangest of these subcultures might very well be tribute bands. TRIBUTE documents the great lengths to which these cover bands and their dedicated fans go in their attempt to recreate the experience of Kiss, Queen, Journey and others. From Modesto, California, to Albany, New York, TRIBUTE...
October 16, 2019
SWEET LIFE
DescriptionDescription This program bravely tackles the subject of Love. This tantalizing group of shorts range from the bizarre to the macabre to the deeply poignant, bringing us all closer to comprehending the complexities of Love . BIG LOVE: Two parents perform heroic feats to emotionally deal with the fact that their two kids have to...
October 16, 2019
TEN CENTS A DANCE
DescriptionDescription Barbara Stanwyck's rarely-seen and provocative TEN CENTS A DANCE, the latest feature film preserved by AFI, was made in the pre-censorship, pre-Code era and is realistic and daring in the pre-Code manner. Directed with great skill by Lionel Barrymore, it is based on a famous Rodgers and Hart song that ran into censorship problems...
October 16, 2019
SKIES, SATELLITES (NEBO, SATELITI)
DescriptionDescription From the ashes of the war in Croatia floats SKIES, SATELLITES, a transcendent tale about one man's journey through a ravaged land where identity, sanity and hope seem lost. Early in the war, during a periodic exchange of prisoners, one man is given the name Jakov and is told that this name will save...
October 16, 2019
A SONG FOR MARTIN (EN SANG FOR MARTIN)
DescriptionDescription Academy Award® and two time Palm d'Or-winning director Bille August's new film is a beautiful and heart wrenching· W portrait of a woman's love for her husband in the face of a terrible and incurable disease. The performances by the two leads won them the Best Actor and Best Actress Awards at the Karlovy...
