October 16, 2019
MATRIA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Faced with the challenges presented by her daily routine, Ramona tries to take refuge in the relationship that ties her to her daughter and granddaughter. Bios Alvaro Gago graduated in Audiovisual Communication and Music in Spain, theater studies in Chicago and filmmaking in London. His first two short films, CURRICÁN and BOMBOLLES, won awards...
October 16, 2019
MAYA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Roman Kolinka (EDEN, THINGS TO COME) reunites with director Mia Hansen-Løve as Gabriel, a French war reporter who has just been released from months of forced captivity in Syria. He decides to reassess his life and priorities by returning to his childhood home of India, where he meets his godfather’s daughter and the film’s...
October 16, 2019
MY BRILLIANT FRIEND (L’AMICA GENIALE)
DescriptionDescription MY BRILLIANT FRIEND adapts the first book in Elena Ferrante’s renowned coming-of-age saga, with the fidelity and attention to detail to satisfy even its most obsessive readers. Written and directed by Italian filmmaker Saverio Costanzo (2014’s HUNGRY HEARTS), it is the first non-English series to premiere on HBO, adapting even the Neapolitan dialect. The...
October 16, 2019
NEVER LOOK AWAY (WERK OHNE AUTOR)
DescriptionBiosDescription Inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history, NEVER LOOK AWAY tells the story of young art student, Kurt (Tom Schilling), who falls in love with fellow student Ellie (Paula Beer). Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband (Sebastian Koch), a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s choice of boyfriend, and vows to...
October 16, 2019
NITRATE KISSES
DescriptionBiosDescription This debut feature from acclaimed lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer is at once an experimental excavation of queer histories, a celebration of difference across communities and a lamentation for histories lost to cultural repression. In this poetic, beautiful and, at times, shocking collage, powerful testimonies from different segments of queer culture reclaim memories from "the...
October 16, 2019
MAGIC ALPS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription An Afghani refugee arrives in Italy with his goat and seeks political asylum for both of them. Bios Andrea Brusa and Marco Scotuzzi are two Italian award-winning filmmakers. Brusa holds an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA. He wrote VIOLA, FRANCA, which was selected for the Tribeca Film Festival. Scotuzzi is a commercial director who...
October 16, 2019
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Directed by Josie Rourke, MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart. Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary (Saoirse Ronan) defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. But Scotland and England fall under the rule of...
October 16, 2019
MEETINGS OF ANNA (LES RENDEZ-VOUS D’ANNA)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Anna (Aurore Clément) is a respected Belgian filmmaker on a no-frills European tour promoting her latest film. As she travels from city to city, she has a series of startling encounters with different men and women — from an ex-lover, to her mother and even complete strangers — all of which seem to underscore...
October 16, 2019
LEMONADE (LUNA DE MIERE)
DescriptionBiosDescription Based on a true story, this feature debut follows Mara, a young mother from Romania who is awaiting a green card. As she begins to navigate the labyrinth of modern U.S. immigration, she soon realizes that the American Dream is much darker than it seems. Corruption and abuse lie in wait for Mara and,...
October 16, 2019
A LITTLE BREAK (LES PETITES VACANCES)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription While on their summer break, two young women explore their sexuality. Bios The first of seven siblings, Louise Groult left rural Normandy for Nantes at 18 to study filmmaking. In 2010, she moved to Paris, where she earned a Master’s in Film from Paris 8. In 2014, she began studies in screenwriting at France’s...
