THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM

DescriptionBiosDescription Filmmaker John Chester documents the eight-year effort of an ambitious, life-changing personal venture: moving out of Los Angeles with his wife, Molly, and building a diverse, sustainable farm. We follow the highs and lows of this adventure, as the couple takes a barren, drought-ridden land in the foothills and transforms it into an orchard...

BIRD BOX

DescriptionBiosContactDescription In this unpredictable sci-fi thriller, based on the bestselling novel of the same name, a mother, Malorie (Sandra Bullock), and two children navigate a hostile, even demonic landscape after an apocalyptic event. As Malorie confronts her ambivalence toward motherhood while learning the rules of her new uncertain existence, she and a small group of...

BIRDIE

DescriptionBiosContactDescription A casual gesture of friendliness quickly spirals into a paralyzing moment for a woman on a train. Bios Classically trained as an actress, Shelly Lauman comes to filmmaking via a career on some of Australia’s most prestigious stages. She earned her MFA in Directing at the AFI Conservatory (Class of 2015) and is the...

THE CRUZ BROTHERS AND MISS MALLOY

DescriptionBiosContactDescription This charming feature debut from recently rediscovery Kathleen Collins (LOSING GROUND) follows three Puerto Rican brothers who, under the guidance of their deceased father, are enlisted to assist an eccentric elderly woman in restoring her crumbling Victorian home. When the brothers set out to accomplish this colossal task, the woman matter-of-factly announces her plans...

CYCLISTS (BICIKLISTI)

DescriptionBiosContactDescription During the final race of the cycling season, two men in the lead compete for more than the Grand Trophy. Bios Veljko Popovic graduated in 2003 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Department of Painting. In 1998, he started working with computer graphics and co-founded Lemonade3d, a CG and animation studio. Since...

ASH IS PUREST WHITE (JIANGHU ER NV)

DescriptionBiosContactDescription It's 2001, and Qiao (Zhao Tao) is the tough-minded girlfriend of low-level gangster Guo Bin (Liao Fan), who runs a nightclub and gambling den. When Guo Bin is attacked on the street by a group of thugs on motorcycles, Qiao spares no time in putting everything on the line for her boyfriend: She jumps...

BABY BROTHER

DescriptionBiosDescription My baby brother moves back in with our parents. Bios Kamau Bilal is a Black-American filmmaker working in Central Missouri. He was named one of 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2018 by Filmmaker Magazine. His work has earned critical praise and been featured in The New York Times, Filmmaker Magazine, Hammer To...

THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS

DescriptionBiosDescription Joel and Ethan Coen have crafted another musical yarn, this time as a wildly entertaining anthology of short films based on a fictional book of “Western tales.” So saddle up for these brilliantly bizarre ballads of mortality, brutality and fortune, performed by an ensemble cast of settlers and scoundrels, including Tim Blake Nelson as...

CONVERSATION WITH ROB MARSHALL

COUNTERFEIT KUNKOO

DescriptionBiosContactDescription In a city that houses millions, Smita discovers a strange prerequisite for renting a house in middle-class Mumbai. She would make an ideal tenant, except for one glaring flaw — she is an Indian woman without a husband. Bios Reema Sengupta is an international award-winning director, writer and editor based in Mumbai. She has...

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