October 16, 2019
SIR
DescriptionBiosContactDescription When her wealthy employer's wedding is abruptly called off, Ratna — a maid with ambitions to break free of domestic work and become a high-end tailor — returns to her boss' high-rise Mumbai apartment. As she dutifully tends to Ashwin (whom she may only call "Sir"), the two gradually discover an unexpected spark between...
October 16, 2019
STAN & OLLIE
DescriptionBiosDescription The true story of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, two of the world’s biggest stars, and how they fell from grace, losing not only their fortunes but their best friends. Delightful performances from Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as the titular duo transport audiences to Hollywood's Golden Age. Bios Jon S. Baird began...
October 16, 2019
YASAMIN
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Amid the Iranian Hostage Crisis, Yasamin moves to the USA and navigates the trials and tribulations of assimilation through the waxing of an unibrow. Bios Julia Elihu, a Persian-American filmmaker, is currently earning a BFA in Film Production at Chapman University. Raised in San Diego, she became enraptured with film in high school. From...
October 16, 2019
SIDELINED
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In 1978, several NFL cheerleaders posed in Playboy magazine after receiving approval from team management. But when the issue hit newstands, cheerleaders were fired, the San Diego Chargettes were disbanded, and the story made it to newspaper headlines, talk shows, and TV news around the country. Bios Galen Summer is a founding member of...
October 16, 2019
A SIEGE (OSTROM)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription A lonely woman in war-torn Sarajevo embarks on a journey to find water, and neither her neighbors nor sniper fire can stop her. Bios Filmmaker István Kovács’s film THE SOUND OF CONCRETE screened at more than 30 international film festivals, winning several awards. He studied in the MA directing class at SZFE, with Ildikó...
October 16, 2019
X
DescriptionBiosDescription X, a young black kid, wanders through Los Angeles while confronting the difficult realities of adolescence while being black in America. Bios Yara Shahidi is an actress, activist and breakout star of the comedy series BLACK-ISH. Margaret Cheatham Williams produces short-form narrative and documentary video at The New York Times. She is particularly driven...
October 16, 2019
YAEL (CONCEPTION: YAEL)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Becoming a mother is one of the most transformative life experiences. Bios Margaret Cheatham Williams produces short-form narrative and documentary video at The New York Times. She is particularly driven to stories that examine the intersection of health, family and personal identity. In 2018 she piloted CONCEPTION, an animated series about evolving state of...
October 16, 2019
YARA
DescriptionBiosDescription A gently paced romance, Abbas Fahdel’s YARA captures the elation of first love and the crushing pain of its loss. Yara lives alone with her grandmother on a remote Lebanese mountainside. Hers is a world disconnected from modern civilization, where the perpetual rustling of leaves, changing of light and intermittent tableaux of insects and...
October 16, 2019
ROMA
DescriptionBiosDescription Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) is the live-in maid and nanny for an upper-middle-class family in Mexico City in the 1970s. While Cleo’s days are long, she is content in her role in the house, despite the occasional hushed upbraiding from her employers, and the daily task of cleaning dog excrement from the family’s large garage....
October 16, 2019
SHE (AJO)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription To escape an early marriage arranged by her father, Zana has to make a courageous decision. Bios More Raça is a Kosovar director and writer of short and documentary films. Raça focuses on socialeconomic issues concerning women’s issues and challenges. Apart from her profession, she is actively engaged in the promotion and protection of...
