October 16, 2019
RATTLER
DescriptionDescription The Dark and Quirky Comedy Shorts Program contains seven offerings ranging from the inventive and humorous to the scary and dismal. The program opens with RATILER, the story of a Samaritan who takes the good neighbor scene just a little too far. BLACK XXX-MAS, a dark and violent look at human nature, reminds us...
October 16, 2019
REEF HUNTERS (MURO AMI)
DescriptionDescription The Philippine's foremost director, Marilou Diaz Abaya (IN THE NAVAL OF THE SEA-AFI Fest '98, RIZAL) returns with this literally breathtaking descent into the silent waters off the southern Filipino island of Bohol. Megastar Cesar Montano is Freda, a reef diver haunted by an old grudge with the sea. Recruiting over 200 free divers-most...
October 16, 2019
PUMP-ACTION
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
QUILLS
DescriptionDescription From the director of the first major studio NC-17 film comes a provocative, daring tale of passion, persecution and the uncrushable spirit of the human imagination. Philip Kaufman (THE RIGHT STUFF, THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING, HENRY AND JUNE) directs this erotic fiction. Penned by Doug Wright, the screenplay was adapted from his Obie...
October 16, 2019
THE PERIWIG-MAKER
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
POSTMARK PARADISE
DescriptionDescription In his warm and unpredictable feature debut, director Thompson E. Clay takes us to Paradise, Michigan to find out what happens to mail-order-brides. In Paradise, a big night out for the guys means hanging at the local bar and reading mail-order-bride catalogs for fun. One night, the regulars decide to give something special to...
October 16, 2019
THE PROUD FAMILY
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
A PARADISE UNDER THE STARS (UN PARAISO BAJO LAS ESTRELLAS)
DescriptionDescription Winner of the Audience Award at the 1999 Havana Film Festival, this literally colorful story of love and rivalry is a delightful Caribbean comedy of errors. The action centers around the Tropicana, a glorious Cuban cabaret where Sissy dreams of dancing. The hilarious sequence of events begins when Candido and his best friend Promedio...
October 16, 2019
PEPPERMINT
DescriptionDescription The first feature from director Costas Kopokos-whose shorts hove merited several European awards-PEPPERMINT won on unparalleled nine prizes at Greece's Stole Film Awards. This charming coming-of-age story shows us the funny and poignant adventures of a boy in 1960s Greece. At his mother's deathbed, a photo album sparks 40-year-old Stefanos's return to his childhood....
October 16, 2019
ORDINARY LOVE (GELIEBTER ALLTAG)
DescriptionDescription Leave it to the Europeans to help us understand matters of the heart. This captivating program of shorts range from romantic to poignant, passionate to funny, and from sweet to just plain offbeat. In the charming ENCHANTED, a boy, a girl, a doll and the mischievous mind of a child set a young man...
