October 16, 2019
HOTEL BY THE RIVER (GANGBYUN HOTEL)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription During an extended stay along the Han River, an aging poet hounded by disturbing visions of his own mortality invites his two grown sons to visit. Down the hall in another room, a younger woman aids her friend in nursing the still-fresh wounds of a breakup. In this simmering and melancholic drama from the...
October 16, 2019
THE GREAT PRETENDER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Expanding upon the themes of self-delusion Nathan Silver explored in 2017’s THIRST STREET, his latest comedy follows four New Yorkers who intersect within the framework of Mona’s (Maëlle Poésy-Guichard) autobiographical play. Silver’s nonlinear narrative employs alternately wry and melancholic voiceover alongside still photography and archival cutaways to actively illustrate their inner monologues. Jack Dunphy’s...
October 16, 2019
GREEN BOOK
DescriptionBiosDescription Frank Anthony Vallelonga, aka Tony Lip (Academy Award® nominee Viggo Mortensen), a New York City bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in The Bronx, is hired to drive and protect Dr. Don Shirley (Academy Award® winner Mahershala Ali), a world-class black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South. It's 1962, during...
October 16, 2019
HAIR WOLF
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription The staff of a black hair salon fend off a strange new monster: white women intent on sucking the lifeblood from black culture. Bios Mariama Diallo’s film HAIR WOLF won the 2018 Sundance Film Festival Jury Award for U.S. Fiction Short Film. Diallo’s previous work includes the award-winning short film SKETCH, and EVERYBODY DIES!,...
October 16, 2019
HALF A CHICKEN
DescriptionBiosDescription Bryan struggles to keep his chicken alive. Bios LA-based documentarian Sarah Ginsburg shot and edited the feature BEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS (SXSW 2016) and was an editor on HOLLOW, the Peabody interactive documentary about life in Appalachia. She was the co-creator of the podcast “She Does,” a series of audio portraits of women...
October 16, 2019
HAPPY AS LAZZARO (LAZZARO FELICE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In auteur Alice Rohrwacher's stunning third feature, a simple young man named Lazzaro works with other unpaid laborers on an isolated estate in the Italian countryside. But when Lazzaro suffers an accident, HAPPY AS LAZZARO kicks into high gear as a work of fantastic time-jumping poetry and grounded social critique. Anchored by a hypnotic,...
October 16, 2019
GOD NEVER DIES (DIOS NUNCA MUERE)
DescriptionBiosDescription Living in hidden America, Paula, a Mexican farmworker, struggles to raise her two children on her own. Bios Barbara Cigarroa is a Mexican-American filmmaker from South Texas who currently resides in New York City. Her screenplay was invited to IFP's 2018 Film Week; and her 2018 short, DIOS NUNCA MUERE was an official selection...
October 16, 2019
GOOD PEOPLE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Overwhelmed by guilt after an intense affair, Emma returns home to her family hoping to reconnect with her husband. An AFI Conservatory thesis film. Bios Gregory Kohn's (AFI Class of 2017) first two features, NORTHEAST and COME DOWN MOLLY, both premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and were distributed domestically. Kohn is currently developing...
October 16, 2019
THE GRAND BIZARRE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Rich, multicolored tapestries dance in and out of the snapping jaws of suitcases, along the decks of ships and along far-flung shorelines as the clatter of industrial soundscapes morphs into irresistible pop confections. Alive with color, gesture, sound and truly bravura editing, this debut feature from acclaimed experimental animator Jodie Mack uses stop-motion animation...
October 16, 2019
THE GREAT PRETENDER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Expanding upon the themes of self-delusion Nathan Silver explored in 2017’s THIRST STREET, his latest comedy follows four New Yorkers who intersect within the framework of Mona’s (Maëlle Poésy-Guichard) autobiographical play. Silver’s nonlinear narrative employs alternately wry and melancholic voiceover alongside still photography and archival cutaways to actively illustrate their inner monologues. Jack Dunphy’s...
