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
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...
October 16, 2019
KNIFE+HEART (UN COUTEAU DANS LE COEUR)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Premiering in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the latest from provocative French auteur Yann Gonzalez is a blood-soaked, neon-drenched delight set in the world of gay porn in 1970s Paris. Among the drugs, debauchery and kinkily creative film sets, a dark menace lurks: a maniac has been stalking members of the cast...
October 16, 2019
KNIFE+HEART (UN COUTEAU DANS LE COEUR)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Premiering in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the latest from provocative French auteur Yann Gonzalez is a blood-soaked, neon-drenched delight set in the world of gay porn in 1970s Paris. Among the drugs, debauchery and kinkily creative film sets, a dark menace lurks: a maniac has been stalking members of the cast...
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
JEOM
DescriptionBiosContactDescription A strange and wonderful story about a special connection between father and son. Bios Kangmin Kim is an award-winning filmmaker and designer based in Los Angeles. His films have been screened at many festivals such as Sundance, SXSW, Annecy, Ottawa and AFI FEST. He graduated from CalArts, where he studied Experimental Animation. Contact Open...
October 16, 2019
JINN
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Being a teenager can already be dramatic. Now add religious conversion, first love and having to change your favorite pizza topping. Summer is a typical teen who finds herself in a unique situation. When her mother joins a local mosque, Summer is forced to explore whether she too wants to convert to Islam. Further...
October 16, 2019
JINN
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Being a teenager can already be dramatic. Now add religious conversion, first love and having to change your favorite pizza topping. Summer is a typical teen who finds herself in a unique situation. When her mother joins a local mosque, Summer is forced to explore whether she too wants to convert to Islam. Further...
