October 16, 2019
ARARAT
DescriptionDescription One of the most original voices in world cinema, Canadian writer/ director Atom Egoyan (FAMILY VIEWING, EXOTICA, THE SWEET HEREAFTER) returns with ARARAT, a deeply personal exploration of the mores and attitudes surrounding the Armenian genocide. In Egoyan's compelling style, ARARAT spans generations in a tableau of stories and characters, tackling the horror of...
October 16, 2019
ANANSI
DescriptionDescription Dazzling us with this original odyssey of immigration, director Fritz Baumann's characters are humorous, deep and alive. In West Africa, the name "Anansi" means "spider," representative of a well loved trickster. In numerous fables, he successfully uses his charm and wits to turn even hopeless situations to his own advantage. ANANSI is the tale...
October 16, 2019
ANONYMOUSLY YOURS
DescriptionDescription Pig-tailed and bubbly, Zu Zu first appears to be an average teenager. Then she tells of the abduction that twisted her childhood into a succession of chilling abuses. Sold for prostitution, drug-dealing and even as a bound-and gagged food source for a leech farm, Zu Zu's life is not uncommon among the 40 million...
October 16, 2019
ALCHEMY
DescriptionDescription Great sets help illustrate the practice of 'what goes around comes around' in ALCHEMY-the gift that keeps on giving.
October 16, 2019
ALFIE
DescriptionDescription Perhaps one of Caine's most memorable performances, this grim comedy was nominated for an Academy Award™ and centers around the self-involved, rakish cockney wastrel Alfie, who moves between women with scant emotional maturity. Alfie maneuvers from conquest to conquest, all the while remaining aloof to the emotional needs of those around him, convincing himself...
October 16, 2019
7TH STREET
DescriptionDescription Josh Pais has lived on 7th Street between Avenues C and D in the East Village since he was three when his hippie mother relocated the family there. In the nearly four-decades Pais has spent in New York's Alphabet City, waves of settlers have passed through the neighborhood, leaving thick layers of cultural sediment...
October 16, 2019
ABOUT THE LIVING (SERES HUMANOS)
DescriptionDescription Weaving a hypnotic score with breathtaking cinematography, director Jorge Aguilera presents a story of loss and redemption in his debut film. After the death of six-year-old Dalia, her mother eludes grief by hosting a scandalous TV talk show, her brother escapes into a relationship with a ballerina, and her father drifts into madness. But...
October 16, 2019
2 MINUTES
DescriptionDescription During 2 MINUTES, a boy lies in his bathtub holding his breath. Will he beat his personal best?
October 16, 2019
WHOA
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
ZOE
DescriptionDescription Few films capture our universal yearning for connection as simply and effectively as Deborah Attoinese's heartfelt story of three runaway teens and a displaced British woman whose paths cross in the desert. Unable to bear the sight of her battered mother any longer, Zoe and her equally unhappy girlfriends, Sarah and Ally, run away...
