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...

THE KOMINSKY METHOD

DescriptionDescription Sandy Kominsky (Michael Douglas), a once-famous actor, now spends his days as an acting coach in Los Angeles. In this comedic new series created by Chuck Lorre (THE BIG BANG THEORY, TWO AND A HALF MEN), Kominsky tackles late-in-life curveballs with his longtime agent, Norman Newlander (Alan Arkin).

L’ANIMALE

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription As graduation looms and her fellow teens brace for the future, Mati (breakout star Sophie Stockinger) is more content to race her motorbike with her all-male crew than follow in her mother's footsteps and continue veterinarian training. She dons her helmet and motocross gear like armor, and indulges mischief and confrontation in her suburban...

LEMONADE (LUNA DE MIERE)

DescriptionBiosDescription Based on a true story, this feature debut follows Mara, a young mother from Romania who is awaiting a green card. As she begins to navigate the labyrinth of modern U.S. immigration, she soon realizes that the American Dream is much darker than it seems. Corruption and abuse lie in wait for Mara and,...

A LITTLE BREAK (LES PETITES VACANCES)

DescriptionBiosContactDescription While on their summer break, two young women explore their sexuality. Bios The first of seven siblings, Louise Groult left rural Normandy for Nantes at 18 to study filmmaking. In 2010, she moved to Paris, where she earned a Master’s in Film from Paris 8. In 2014, she began studies in screenwriting at France’s...

MAGIC ’85

DescriptionBiosDescription During the height of the AIDS epidemic in LA, Gabriel, a lonely hospice worker, helps lead his patients to a conscious death. An AFI Conservatory Thesis Film. Bios Annika Kurnick recently graduated from the directing program at the AFI Conservatory (Class of 2017) with the MFA that now mocks her BFA in Drama from...

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...

THE JUNIPER TREE (EINITRÉÐ)

DescriptionBiosContactDescription Nietschka Keene’s unheralded debut features a 20-year-old Björk as Margit, who escapes with sister Katla when their mother is killed for practicing witchcraft. To ensure their protection, Katla casts a love spell on a young widower, but his son is not so easily persuaded. In this insightful interpretation of the Brothers Grimm tale, Keene...

KNIFE+HEART (UN COUTEAU DANS LE COEUR)

DescriptionBiosContactDescription Premiering in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the latest from provocative French auteur Yann Gonzalez is a blood-soaked, neon-drenched delight set in the world of gay porn in 1970s Paris. Among the drugs, debauchery and kinkily creative film sets, a dark menace lurks: a maniac has been stalking members of the cast...

JEOM

DescriptionBiosContactDescription A strange and wonderful story about a special connection between father and son. Bios Kangmin Kim is an award-winning filmmaker and designer based in Los Angeles. His films have been screened at many festivals such as Sundance, SXSW, Annecy, Ottawa and AFI FEST. He graduated from CalArts, where he studied Experimental Animation. Contact Open...

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