October 16, 2019
THE TREE OF CHERRIES (L’ARBRE DE LES CIRERES)
DescriptionDescription After years of serving in a remote valley village in the Catalonian region of Spain, the town doctor decides to return to life in the city. His departure reverberates amongst the townspeople, as they wonder why some might want to leave and why others might choose to stay. Unconcerned by such questions is Angel,...
October 16, 2019
UNDER A SPELL (UN EMBRUJO)
DescriptionDescription In 1920s Mexico, 13-year-old Eliseo dreams of escaping his hometown and his impoverished, domineering father. lncreqsingly alienated by his father's rough manner, Eliseo seeks refuge at the home of his teacher, Felipa, who is unfulfilled by her clandestine affair with Bruno. What begins as two lonely people finding comfort in one another becomes Eliseo's...
October 16, 2019
THRONE OF DEATH (MARANA SIMHASANAM)
DescriptionDescription Awarded the Camera d'Or at Cannes, THRONE OF DEATH is a provocative and darkly comic examination of politics, technology and human nature. Krishnan and his family, seasonal laborers far generations, live in a small island community in Kerala. Out of work and desperate to feed his family, Krishnan steals a bunch of coconuts from...
October 16, 2019
TOOTS AND CASPER: CASPER’S NIGHT OUT
DescriptionDescription AFl's latest film restoration/ preservation work includes the only existing copies of three comedies, a 1949 Three Stooges TV film and two movies based on old-time comic strips. The Stooges film, JERKS OF ALL TRADES, was made for a TV series but never shown on television. It stars Moe, Larry and Shemp as painters/wallpaper...
October 16, 2019
SUPER CHIEF
DescriptionDescription Corrupt leaders, rigged elections and the passionate efforts of citizens to change a system that seems untouchable are at the center of Nick Kurzon's documentary. The millions of dollars that come through the new casino on the White Earth Reservation all stop at the desk of tribal chairman "Chip" Wadena. And Wadena - the...
October 16, 2019
THE THIRD MIRACLE
DescriptionDescription A charismatic priest who serves as a church-appointed "spiritual detective," Father Frank Moore probes the facts behind reported miracles. But after a disturbing incident leaves him with the nickname "The Miracle Killer", Father Frank is on the brink of hopelessness, eventually living on the streets. Then the powerful Cardinal Cahill finds him to hand...
October 16, 2019
THE THREE STOOGES: JERKS OF ALL TRADES
DescriptionDescription AFl's latest film restoration/ preservation work includes the only existing copies of three comedies, a 1949 Three Stooges TV film and two movies based on old-time comic strips. The Stooges film, JERKS OF ALL TRADES, was made for a TV series but never shown on television. It stars Moe, Larry and Shemp as painters/wallpaper...
October 16, 2019
STARRY NIGHT
DescriptionDescription When Vincent van Gogh committed suicide in 1890, he was considered a failure-during his lifetime only one of his paintings sold. If he returned today, van Gogh would be shocked by his reputation as one of the artistic geniuses of the millennium. Inspired by the Don Mclean song Starry Starry Night, this film explores...
October 16, 2019
SUCKERS
DescriptionDescription Bobby Deluca's life goes from bad to worse in this gripping look at masculinity and morality. Out of work, and deep in debt, Bobby is forced to take a job at a new car dealership. Reggie, the general manager with a killer instinct, trains Bobby in the "screw them before they screw you" school...
October 16, 2019
SOFIE’S WORLD (SOFIES VERDEN)
DescriptionDescription With some creative license, this screen adaptation of the world-famous novel SOPHIE'S WORLD sends a fifteen-year-old girl on an extensive journey through time and space. Alberto Knox, a mysterious philosophy teacher, first materializes on a televised report directly from the Socrates hearings in ancient Greece. Later, Sophie meets him in person during a visit...
