October 16, 2019
BREATH OF LIFE (SOPLO DE VIDA)
DescriptionDescription Borrowing elements of real-life misery and violence from contemporary Colombia, Luis Ospina has created an intelligent and poignant neo-noir. A Former policeman investigates the murder of a girl killed in a seedy hotel. He knows her only by her nickname, Golondrina. As he reconstructs her life, he discovers her involvement with several men: an...
October 16, 2019
BRIGHTER THAN THE MOON (HELLER ALS DER MOND)
DescriptionDescription Writer-director Virgil Widrich won the City of Salzburg Screenplay Award for this debut feature. Melles, a former contractor-turned-bank robber, has enlisted the services of Romanian Knarek, whose fiancee Julie has stowed away in the trunk of his car to escape Bucharest. When Melles and Knarek manage to pull off a heist, Julie is left...
October 16, 2019
BREAD AND ROSES
DescriptionDescription The latest verite masterpiece from legendary British director Ken Loach, BREAD AND ROSES is a self-proclaimed David and Goliath story of union struggles in Los Angeles. Working with an Hispanic cast, as he had previously with LAND AND FREEDOM, Loach explores the reality of an immigrant's life. Based on the Justice for Janitors Campaign,...
October 16, 2019
BREAD AND TULIPS (PANE E TULIPANI)
DescriptionDescription Silvio Soldini's latest film about a housewife with an independent spirit won nine of Italy's prestigious David di Donatello Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress. Licia Maglietta gives a luminous performance as Rosalba, an Italian housewife who accidentally gets left behind at a rest stop while on...
October 16, 2019
BLACK XXX-MAS
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
BLACKBOARDS (TAKHTE SIAH)
DescriptionDescription Twenty-year-old Samira Makhmalbaf co-wrote her second feature with her filmmaker father, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who also edited. Winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes, BLACKBOARDS is a daring and provocative account of the struggle for survival on the Iran-Iraq border. Disenfranchised teachers carry blackboards through mountainous Kurdistan in search of people to educate. Trying to...
October 16, 2019
BILLY JONES
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
BLACK PEOPLE HATE ME….
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
BEFORE THE STORM (FORE STORMEN)
DescriptionDescription Seldom does a film come around with the startling originality and craftsmanship of Reza Parsa's BEFORE THE STORM. Parsa has created a piece of cinematic poetry, flawlessly executing a complex narrative style that combines and contrasts the stories of two extremely different people. Ali is a taxi driver who has done his best to...
October 16, 2019
THE BIG ANIMAL (DUZE ZWIERZE)
DescriptionDescription Director and veteran Polish actor Jerry Stuhr passionately brings to the screen this previously unproduced screenplay by the late, acclaimed Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski. Where do the roots of intolerance lie? When we go against standards and counter the norms of society, do we bring upon ourselves loneliness and isolation? Respected bank clerk Sawicki...
