October 16, 2019
HAPPY AS LAZZARO (LAZZARO FELICE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In auteur Alice Rohrwacher's stunning third feature, a simple young man named Lazzaro works with other unpaid laborers on an isolated estate in the Italian countryside. But when Lazzaro suffers an accident, HAPPY AS LAZZARO kicks into high gear as a work of fantastic time-jumping poetry and grounded social critique. Anchored by a hypnotic,...
October 16, 2019
GOD NEVER DIES (DIOS NUNCA MUERE)
DescriptionBiosDescription Living in hidden America, Paula, a Mexican farmworker, struggles to raise her two children on her own. Bios Barbara Cigarroa is a Mexican-American filmmaker from South Texas who currently resides in New York City. Her screenplay was invited to IFP's 2018 Film Week; and her 2018 short, DIOS NUNCA MUERE was an official selection...
October 16, 2019
GOOD PEOPLE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Overwhelmed by guilt after an intense affair, Emma returns home to her family hoping to reconnect with her husband. An AFI Conservatory thesis film. Bios Gregory Kohn's (AFI Class of 2017) first two features, NORTHEAST and COME DOWN MOLLY, both premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and were distributed domestically. Kohn is currently developing...
October 16, 2019
THE GRAND BIZARRE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Rich, multicolored tapestries dance in and out of the snapping jaws of suitcases, along the decks of ships and along far-flung shorelines as the clatter of industrial soundscapes morphs into irresistible pop confections. Alive with color, gesture, sound and truly bravura editing, this debut feature from acclaimed experimental animator Jodie Mack uses stop-motion animation...
October 16, 2019
THE GREAT PRETENDER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Expanding upon the themes of self-delusion Nathan Silver explored in 2017’s THIRST STREET, his latest comedy follows four New Yorkers who intersect within the framework of Mona’s (Maëlle Poésy-Guichard) autobiographical play. Silver’s nonlinear narrative employs alternately wry and melancholic voiceover alongside still photography and archival cutaways to actively illustrate their inner monologues. Jack Dunphy’s...
October 16, 2019
GREEN BOOK
DescriptionBiosDescription Frank Anthony Vallelonga, aka Tony Lip (Academy Award® nominee Viggo Mortensen), a New York City bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in The Bronx, is hired to drive and protect Dr. Don Shirley (Academy Award® winner Mahershala Ali), a world-class black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South. It's 1962, during...
October 16, 2019
FAUVE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer. Bios Driven by a passion for Skateboarding, Jeremy Comte directed his first short documentary FEEL THE HILL at 18 years old, and was included in the Banff Mountain Film Festival’s tour. His latest...
October 16, 2019
GENESIS (GENÈSE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Guillaume is an outwardly confident teenager in a posh boarding school. Intelligent and brash, he veers between likable and overbearing both in the faculty's and his fellow student's eyes. When surprising new feelings of love and alienation consume him, his veneer of composure begins to crack. Meanwhile, his older sister Charlotte has just wriggled...
October 16, 2019
GINGERBREAD
DescriptionBiosDescription In 1862, during the bloodiest days of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln reluctantly agrees to join Mary Todd in a séance to contact their recently departed son. Bios Kendell Courtney Klein (AFI Class of 2014) is drawn to biopics that explore misunderstood and forgotten figures. Since graduating from AFI, her screenplays have won the...
October 16, 2019
GOOD PEOPLE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Overwhelmed by guilt after an intense affair, Emma returns home to her family hoping to reconnect with her husband. An AFI Conservatory thesis film. Bios Gregory Kohn's (AFI Class of 2017) first two features, NORTHEAST and COME DOWN MOLLY, both premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and were distributed domestically. Kohn is currently developing...
