October 16, 2019
PUSHING HANDS (TUI SHOU)
DescriptionDescription Ang Lee's first feature film, PUSHING HANDS, tells the story of Master Chu, a retired Chinese Tai-Chi master who moves to New York to live with his son's family, including his American wife and their son. It's a comedy of manners about the conflict between a high-pressure New York lifestyle and the traditional way...
October 16, 2019
ROGELIO
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
PLASTER CASTER
DescriptionDescription Legendary artist and rock groupie Cynthia Plaster Caster is world renowned for plaster-casting the penises of rock 'n' roll's finest, including the highlight of her career, Jimi Hendrix. With a music "cast" from Jello Biafra to Noel Redding to Wayne Kramer of MC5, PLASTER CASTER documents Cynthia's latest casting pursuits. Now 50-something, Cynthia Plaster...
October 16, 2019
PROMISES
DescriptionDescription PROMISES goes where no other documentary on the heated Jerusalem conflict has gone-into the future, out of the mouths of babes. Shot between the Palestinian uprisings of 1995 and 2000, the film explores the issues through interviews with seven Israeli and Palestinian children who reside within 20 minutes of each other. Born in the...
October 16, 2019
PULSE (KAIRO)
DescriptionDescription After a computer analyst commits suicide, his colleagues find a computer disc that conceals a virus that contaminates its users, radically changing their behavior. A young computer analyst is found hanging in his apartment, leaving behind a dark stain on the wall. His friends, shocked and disturbed by this discovery, find a computer disk...
October 16, 2019
PIE IN THE SKY: THE BRIGID BERLIN STORY
DescriptionDescription Chronicling the obsessive and fascinating life of Warhol's Chelsea Girl, Brigid Berlin, PIE IN THE SKY reveals the cult figure's segue from wealthy socialite to trash-talking-rebel-bad-girl. The naughty and outspoken Brigid Berlin was raised as a wealthy debutante in a right-winged conservative family. After years of struggling with her weight due to pressure from...
October 16, 2019
PIÑERO
DescriptionDescription PINERO is the true story of the turbulent and artistic life of Latino icon and Puerto Rican poet-playwright-actor, Miguel Pinero {Benjamin Bratt), who captivated New York City's cultural elite in the 1970s and '80s. Pinero's life is an awesome study in contrasts: a Tony Award-nominee who did time at Sing-Sing, a heroin addict whose...
October 16, 2019
PAULINE AND PAULETTE
DescriptionDescription Reminiscent of WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE in tone and in themes, director Debrauwer's debut film, PAULINE & PAULETTE, was a huge success in Belgium, starring two of Belgium's favorite actresses on screen together for the first time. PAULINE & PAULETTE is a bittersweet story about the ties between four sisters, Martha, Cecile, Pauline and...
October 16, 2019
PETER RABBIT AND THE CRUCIFIX
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
THE PARLOR
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...
