October 16, 2019
TERMINAL RITE (RITO TERMINAL)
DescriptionDescription In the tradition of magical realism, TERMINAL RITE explores the fascinating and enigmatic encounter between two worlds that are always naturally together, but which modern man chooses for comfort to hold apart. After leaving the native community where he has been documenting local rituals, a photographer has several strange experiences: his photos are mysteriously...
October 16, 2019
A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES
DescriptionDescription Winner of the Camera d'Or at Cannes 2000, this first feature by Kurdish director Bohman Ghobadi (former assistant to Abbas Kiarostami) demonstrates the profound moral force and crystalline storytelling that we have come to recognize in Iranian cinema. 25 million Kurds are living in a semi-permanent war zone at the intersections of Turkey, Syria,...
October 16, 2019
SUZHOU RIVER (SUZHOU HE)
DescriptionDescription Suzhou River runs through the heart of Shanghai, carrying with it all the filth, excesses and stories the city has to offer. Follow it and you will see many things, even catching glimpses of things that have never been. We see Suzhou through the eyes of a freelance videographer. He falls for Mei Mei,...
October 16, 2019
SYNCHRONICITY
DescriptionDescription Animation as a whole is in the midst of a real renaissance right now, like a smack in the head-or a body blow, as is evident in the opening short PUMP-ACTION, where balloon animals meet RESERVOIR DOGS. On the more traditional side comes the suburban teen comedy PROUD FAMILY which inlvolves a young girl...
October 16, 2019
STREET LOVE
DescriptionDescription Daring and highly dramatic in both form and subject, STREET LOVE combines elements of both traditional narrative filmmaking and documentary to tell the story of a remarkable Mexico City prostitute. As she explains in a series of interviews in her home, Rosa was kidnapped as a child and forced into prostitution by several corrupt...
October 16, 2019
SUN ALLEY (SONNENALLEE)
DescriptionDescription "Rock and roll... and passport control!" In his feature debut, Leander Haussmann takes us on a hip and edifying look at East Germany in the early 1970s, an era where Big Brother is watching while the city's inhabitants bask in all things western. Even the Berlin Wall can't contain the explosion of pop culture...
October 16, 2019
SPRING OF LIFE (PRAMEN ZIVOTA – DER LEBENSBORN)
DescriptionDescription An emotional and artistic tour de force, SPRING OF LIFE is the moving story of a young woman caught in the gears of the Third Reich's machine. During the winter of 1938, young, blond Czech women are brought to the Isolde estate to be impregnated by SS officers, as part of the "Lebensborn project."...
October 16, 2019
STOCKHOLM (ESTOCOLMO)
DescriptionDescription In recent years, filmmakers have been challenged to be different and nowhere is it more evident than in this year's Short Drama selection. In ONE DAY CROSSING, a woman struggles to protect her family during a crisis point in WWII. After watching his father drown a litter of puppies in BURLAP, a young boy...
October 16, 2019
SOMETHING SWEET
DescriptionDescription With flawless execution and fluid storytelling, it's hard to believe SOMETHING SWEET is writer/director Olivia Pi-Sunyer's debut feature film. Under the weight of her family's lofty expectations, Mel returns from college to be with her dying father and hardened grandmother in their New England family home. She leaves her sensible paralegal position and takes...
October 16, 2019
SONGCATCHER
DescriptionDescription With a dazzling cast led by Academy-Award-nominee Janet Mc Teer, Aidan Quinn and newcomer Emmy Rossum, SONGCATCHER won the Sundance 2000 Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. It is both a journey into one woman's soul and a revelation of the Appalachian songs that have deeply influenced American music. In 1907, musicologist Lily...
