TEMPORADA

DescriptionBiosContactDescription In a transitional moment personally and professionally, Juliana knows all too well the value of having a steady gig as a member of Brazil’s working class. After relocating to bustling Contagem to take a municipal job with the endemics department, she and a colorful crew canvas the city’s favelas, eradicating mosquito nests while she...

TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG (TARDE PARA MORIR JOVEN)

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Chilean filmmaker Dominga Sotomayor has only made three films in her nascent career but she has already developed a mature and singular aesthetic style. TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG transports us to the 1990s Chilean countryside, where a group of young families have retreated from modern society to build a more utopian world for...

STYX

DescriptionBiosContactDescription Rike (Susanne Wolff) is an experienced amateur sailor embarking on a solo voyage through open Atlantic waters. After weathering a brutal night storm, Rike awakens the next morning to spot a vessel in the distance that has been thrust into a dire situation: a boat, brimming with migrants, is sinking. Suddenly, Wolfgang Fischer's taut,...

THE SUMMER OF THE ELECTRIC LION (EL VERANO DEL LEON ELECTRICO)

DescriptionBiosDescription Hidden in a house far from the city, Alonso accompanies his dear sister, Daniela. She expects to become the seventh wife of The Lion, a prophet who (according to stories) electrocutes you when you touch him. Bios Diego Céspedes graduated as a filmmaker from the University of Chile in 2017. In 2015, during the...

SUNSET (NAPSZALLTA)

DescriptionBiosDescription It’s 1913, Budapest, in the heart of Europe as World War I approaches. The young Irisz Leiter arrives in the Hungarian capital with high hopes to work as a milliner at Leiter, the legendary hat store that once belonged to her late parents; but she is quickly sent away by the new owner, Oszkaìr...

SIR

DescriptionBiosContactDescription When her wealthy employer's wedding is abruptly called off, Ratna — a maid with ambitions to break free of domestic work and become a high-end tailor — returns to her boss' high-rise Mumbai apartment. As she dutifully tends to Ashwin (whom she may only call "Sir"), the two gradually discover an unexpected spark between...

STAN & OLLIE

DescriptionBiosDescription The true story of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, two of the world’s biggest stars, and how they fell from grace, losing not only their fortunes but their best friends. Delightful performances from Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as the titular duo transport audiences to Hollywood's Golden Age. Bios Jon S. Baird began...

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...

SIDELINED

DescriptionBiosContactDescription In 1978, several NFL cheerleaders posed in Playboy magazine after receiving approval from team management. But when the issue hit newstands, cheerleaders were fired, the San Diego Chargettes were disbanded, and the story made it to newspaper headlines, talk shows, and TV news around the country. Bios Galen Summer is a founding member of...

A SIEGE (OSTROM)

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription A lonely woman in war-torn Sarajevo embarks on a journey to find water, and neither her neighbors nor sniper fire can stop her. Bios Filmmaker István Kovács’s film THE SOUND OF CONCRETE screened at more than 30 international film festivals, winning several awards. He studied in the MA directing class at SZFE, with Ildikó...

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