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...
October 16, 2019
MAGIC ’85
DescriptionBiosDescription During the height of the AIDS epidemic in LA, Gabriel, a lonely hospice worker, helps lead his patients to a conscious death. An AFI Conservatory Thesis Film. Bios Annika Kurnick recently graduated from the directing program at the AFI Conservatory (Class of 2017) with the MFA that now mocks her BFA in Drama from...
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
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
THE KOMINSKY METHOD
DescriptionDescription Sandy Kominsky (Michael Douglas), a once-famous actor, now spends his days as an acting coach in Los Angeles. In this comedic new series created by Chuck Lorre (THE BIG BANG THEORY, TWO AND A HALF MEN), Kominsky tackles late-in-life curveballs with his longtime agent, Norman Newlander (Alan Arkin).
October 16, 2019
L’ANIMALE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription As graduation looms and her fellow teens brace for the future, Mati (breakout star Sophie Stockinger) is more content to race her motorbike with her all-male crew than follow in her mother's footsteps and continue veterinarian training. She dons her helmet and motocross gear like armor, and indulges mischief and confrontation in her suburban...
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
THE JUNIPER TREE (EINITRÉÐ)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Nietschka Keene’s unheralded debut features a 20-year-old Björk as Margit, who escapes with sister Katla when their mother is killed for practicing witchcraft. To ensure their protection, Katla casts a love spell on a young widower, but his son is not so easily persuaded. In this insightful interpretation of the Brothers Grimm tale, Keene...
