October 16, 2019
LEFT LUGGAGE
DescriptionDescription Set in Antwerp, Belgium, in the early 70's Chaja, a young philosophy student, supports herself doing odd jobs while attending University. She has a complex relationship with her parents, both survivers of the concentration camps. Her mother denies the past completely and her father spends his time searching for two suitcases he buried before...
October 16, 2019
THE LESSER EVIL
DescriptionDescription Twenty-two years is a long time. Almost long enough for the Father Ivan Williams, Officer Frank O'Brien, attorney George Masseli, and mild-mannered businessman Derek Eastman to forget the darkest secret of their past. Almost. On a cold afternoon twenty-two years ago, the four friends sat at the edge of a quarry in their hometown,...
October 16, 2019
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (LA VITA È BELLA)
DescriptionDescription LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (La Vitae Bella) is a Chaplinesque fable about the power of imagination set against the stark reality of World War II Europe. The film combines satire, physical comedy, social commentary and a touch of the surreal into a uniquely moving story of love. Italy 1938: Guido is in love with Dora...
October 16, 2019
MY MOTHER DREAMS THE SATAN DISCIPLES IN NEW YORK
DescriptionDescription A mother/daughter/biker comedy about a Midwestern housewife who travels to Manhattan for the first time and begins to spin a fantasy about the Satan Disciples motorcycle club across the street from her daughter's apartment.
October 16, 2019
MY SON THE FANATIC
DescriptionDescription Parvez, a taxi driver in Britain, can't break out of his working class status and afford a better life for his wife, Minoa and son, Farid. Working into the night to earn his keep, Parvez endures condescension from people like Schultz, a private client he chauffeurs around town and matches up with local prostitute...
October 16, 2019
NICOTINE
DescriptionDescription Madrid, 2016. Smoking is forbidden. Two old friends meet up again and neither will emerge unhurt from this encounter.
October 16, 2019
KEEP IN A DRY PLACE AND AWAY FROM CHILDREN
DescriptionDescription Chris Padilla, who presented last year's popular FEATS OF CLAY for AFI Fest, hosts a high caliber program of the latest imaginative, bold efforts pushing the envelope in animation. This series includes several films that make for perfect viewing during the Halloween season plus the rarely seen otherworldly animations of Ian Emes and more....
October 16, 2019
THE LAST CONTRACT
DescriptionDescription In February of 1986, the controversial Swedish Prime Minster Olaf Palme was gunned down in downtown Stockholm. This taut and compelling thriller in the vein of THE DAY OF THE JACKAL follows Roger Nyman, a young police officer who is tracking a man wanted by Interpol for the murder of a black South African...
October 16, 2019
THE LAST DAYS OF MAY
DescriptionDescription An engaging and original film about a divorced mother, Pat and her loving and protective relationship with her mentally ill daughter, May. May was once a brilliant mathematics major in college when something inside of her snapped, bringing about her hospitalization. The film begins after May's release, living with her mother, swallowing her medications...
October 16, 2019
MUCH ADO ABOUT PUBERTY
DescriptionDescription A 16th century Elizabethan family of three finds themselves living in suburban America.
