October 16, 2019
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...
October 16, 2019
ANGELS ARE MADE OF LIGHT
DescriptionBiosDescription Filmed over three years, the latest documentary from James Longley follows students and teachers at a school in an old neighborhood of Kabul that is slowly rebuilding from past conflicts. Interweaving the modern history of Afghanistan with present-day portraits, the film offers an intimate and nuanced vision of a society living in the shadow...
October 16, 2019
APPLIED PRESSURE
DescriptionBiosDescription Ease the pain from past physical and mental distress. The body remembers. Aches may linger. Lay prone, breathe deeply, release tension, let go of the pain. Bios Experimental animator Kelly Sears recasts and reframes American archetypes and institutions to reimagine our own social and political legacy. Through combining animated photographic and film documents with...
October 16, 2019
AMATEURS (AMATÖRER)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription The small Swedish town of Lafors wants a fresh start. When German investors show interest in building their superstore in the hamlet, community leaders decide to create a promotional video. Tasked with the project, local official Musse turns to high school students for help. Aida and Dana pick up their phones and begin filming....
October 16, 2019
AMAZING GRACE
DescriptionDescription A documentary presenting Aretha Franklin with choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles, in January 1972.
October 16, 2019
AND BREATHE NORMALLY (ANDIÐ EÐLILEGA)
DescriptionBiosDescription Lára is a struggling single mother whose new job as a border guard in an Icelandic airport is all that's keeping her and her young son from complete destitution. While training, Lára notices that the passport of Adja, a woman from Guinea-Bissau, has been forged. So begin parallel narratives of two women from very...
October 16, 2019
ALL GOOD (ALLES IST GUT)
DescriptionBiosDescription Winner of the Locarno Film Festival’s first-feature competition, Eva Trobisch’s ALL GOOD is an arresting portrayal of a woman who refuses to see herself victimized by sexual assault. Janne (Aenne Schwarz, in a commanding performance) drinks and dances with abandon at her high school reunion. A new friend misinterprets her joy for flirtation and...
October 16, 2019
ALL INCLUSIVE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Under the spell of mass entertainment on the high seas. Bios Corina Schwingruber Ilić was born in 1981, and lives and works in Lucerne, Switzerland, and Belgrade, Serbia. Since 2010, she has worked as a filmmaker and editor. In 2017, she co-founded PRO SHORT (Short Film Association Switzerland). Contact Some Shorts Trailer
October 16, 2019
ADA
DescriptionBiosDescription Ada is an unlikeable competitive walker who makes a dress out of toilet paper and has an unfortunate run-in with a hose. Bios Eleanore Pienta is a director, actor and dancer. Eleanore Pienta starred opposite Jason Schwartzman in Bob Byington’s 7 CHINESE BROTHERS and most recently won a 2017 Special Jury Prize for Best...
October 16, 2019
AKASHA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Premiering at the Venice International Film Festival, documentarian hajooj kuka’s attention-grabbing, narrative debut AKASHA is a delightfully offbeat comedy set in rebel-held Sudan, where fighting has stopped amid the rainy season. Eager to resume battle after the rain subsides, the army commander launches a “kasha” — an annual roundup and arrest of truant soldiers...
