October 16, 2019
MEETINGS OF ANNA (LES RENDEZ-VOUS D’ANNA)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Anna (Aurore Clément) is a respected Belgian filmmaker on a no-frills European tour promoting her latest film. As she travels from city to city, she has a series of startling encounters with different men and women — from an ex-lover, to her mother and even complete strangers — all of which seem to underscore...
October 16, 2019
THE MEMPHIS BELLE: A STORY OF A FLYING FORTRESS
DescriptionBiosDescription In 1943, William Wyler, one of Hollywood’s most renowned and versatile directors, went to Europe to document the Air War in progress. Bios William Wyler (1902 – 1981) was an Oscar®-winning director, known for such classics films as BEN-HUR, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES and MRS. MINIVER, among many others.
October 16, 2019
NON-FICTION (DOUBLE VIES)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Alain and Selena (Guillaume Canet and Juliette Binoche) are an affluent Parisian couple in a seemingly content marriage; he's the head of a prestigious publishing imprint, and she's an actress in a weekly crime drama. As Alain attempts to navigate the terrain of his swiftly evolving industry — that's been turned on its head...
October 16, 2019
NORMAL APPEARANCES
DescriptionBiosContactDescription An unsettling supercut of the women of #BachelorNation watching themselves being watched. Bios Nonfiction filmmaker Penny Lane has made three features (THE PAIN OF OTHERS, NUTS! and OUR NIXON) and about a dozen short films. Her awards include a Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival. She was admitted into the Academy of...
October 16, 2019
OF FATHERS AND SONS
DescriptionBiosDescription At the outset of Talal Derki’s chilling exposé of children groomed to become jihadi soldiers, the Syrian documentarian echoes his father’s advice: that he should record his nightmares to prevent them from resurfacing. For more than two years, Derki posed as a photojournalist with jihadi sympathies to infiltrate and document the Islamic extremism of...
October 16, 2019
MATRIA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Faced with the challenges presented by her daily routine, Ramona tries to take refuge in the relationship that ties her to her daughter and granddaughter. Bios Alvaro Gago graduated in Audiovisual Communication and Music in Spain, theater studies in Chicago and filmmaking in London. His first two short films, CURRICÁN and BOMBOLLES, won awards...
October 16, 2019
MAYA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Roman Kolinka (EDEN, THINGS TO COME) reunites with director Mia Hansen-Løve as Gabriel, a French war reporter who has just been released from months of forced captivity in Syria. He decides to reassess his life and priorities by returning to his childhood home of India, where he meets his godfather’s daughter and the film’s...
October 16, 2019
NEVER LOOK AWAY (WERK OHNE AUTOR)
DescriptionBiosDescription Inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history, NEVER LOOK AWAY tells the story of young art student, Kurt (Tom Schilling), who falls in love with fellow student Ellie (Paula Beer). Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband (Sebastian Koch), a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s choice of boyfriend, and vows to...
October 16, 2019
NITRATE KISSES
DescriptionBiosDescription This debut feature from acclaimed lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer is at once an experimental excavation of queer histories, a celebration of difference across communities and a lamentation for histories lost to cultural repression. In this poetic, beautiful and, at times, shocking collage, powerful testimonies from different segments of queer culture reclaim memories from "the...
October 16, 2019
MAGIC ALPS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription An Afghani refugee arrives in Italy with his goat and seeks political asylum for both of them. Bios Andrea Brusa and Marco Scotuzzi are two Italian award-winning filmmakers. Brusa holds an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA. He wrote VIOLA, FRANCA, which was selected for the Tribeca Film Festival. Scotuzzi is a commercial director who...
