October 16, 2019
WEDDING NIGHT (NOCHE DE BODAS)
DescriptionDescription Whatever is going on in Latin cinema, we can only hope it's contagious. From the hundreds of Latin submissions, we are proud to present eight of the very best. WEDDING NIGHT: Passion multiplies during a wedding night. BAMBOLEHO: Inspired by the book The Baron of the Trees, by ltalo Calvino. ROGELIO: A dead man...
October 16, 2019
WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? (NI NEI PIEN CHI TIEN)
DescriptionDescription A Tsai Ming-liang film has certain elements: the long held shot and exquisite tension in the frame; the pacing; the themes of alienation; and of course that familiar face of constant muse Lee Kang-Sheng. But WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? also feels different and fresh. Hsiao-kang is a young man who sells watches in...
October 16, 2019
VISIBLE SECRET (YAULING YANGAN)
DescriptionDescription This latest film from Ann Hui may surprise some of her fans-it's a ghost mystery. An internationally recognized and awarded filmmaker, Hui is best known for her moving films on Hong Kong and Chinese history and life. But after working in commercial TV, Hui started her film career in mystery and horror, with her...
October 16, 2019
THE WEDDING BANQUET (HSI YEN)
DescriptionDescription THE WEDDING BANQUET is the second film in Ang Lee's "Father's Knows Best" trilogy {and the second to be shot in New York). A young man from Taiwan and his American lover are happily sharing their lives together. Unfortunately, his parents have no idea that he is gay. This wonderful comedy explores the complications...
October 16, 2019
UNLOVED
DescriptionDescription Winner of the Grand Rail d'Oro and the Ecumenical Jury Prize for Future Talent at the 20001 Cannes Film Festival, UNLOVED is an extraordinary film and an incisively astute depiction of ambition. Mitsuko is content as an administrator at city hall. Eiji, the head of an IT company, is impressed and offers her a...
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...
