October 16, 2019
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (TODO SOBRE MI MADRE)
DescriptionDescription There is a Greek saying that only women who have washed their eyes with tears can see clearly. The saying does not hold true for Manuela. The night a car ran over her son Esteban, she cried until she was completely dry. And far from seeing clearly, she now finds the present and the...
October 16, 2019
4AM – OPEN ALL NIGHT
DescriptionDescription A misguided sense of propriety and a healthy dose of fear keep two people from striking up a conversation in an all-night diner, until the Counterman bets each of them to take a chance.
October 16, 2019
AFTER THE RAIN (AME AGARU)
DescriptionDescription In Akira Kurosawa's last screenplay, a group of travelers is stranded at a small country inn after heavy rains. Among them are lhei Misawa, a poor ronin, or masterless samurai, and his wife Tayao. As the rain continues, tensions mount among the guests. The well-meaning lhei takes it upon himself to cheer everyone up...
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
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
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
WIDOWS
DescriptionBiosDescription Academy Award®-winning director Steve McQueen returns with a crime thriller where women take charge. Veronica's (Viola Davis) decadent lifestyle is abruptly interrupted when her husband is killed, along with his criminal gang, in a heist gone wrong. She soon discovers the debt with which she, and other widows from his gang, are suddenly burdened....
