October 16, 2019
NEROLIO
DescriptionDescription Nerolio could have been titled "A few days in the life of Pasolini." A fact-faithful documentary could not better convey the controversial texture of the late Italian director's work and persona. Grimaldi's protagonist is a world-renowned poet and director whose last film has been rejected by the critics. When asked about the depth of...
October 16, 2019
MY DINGALING
DescriptionDescription This offbeat film is a parody of instructional sex education films made during the 50's and 60's.
October 16, 2019
MY MOTHER’S COURAGE (MUTTERS COURAGE)
DescriptionDescription At a celebration Gf his eightieth birthday in Berlin, the renowned writer/director George Tabori tells the true story of what happened to his mother, Elsa, fifty years before in Budapest: ... On a hot summer's day in 1944 Elsa Tabori is stopped in the street by two elderly secret policemen, who handcuff her and...
October 16, 2019
LA MIA GENERAZIONE
DescriptionDescription 1983: A warm-hearted police captain is assigned to take a convicted Red Brigade terrorist from a Sicilian prison to his waiting girlfriend in Milan, only to find that it is a sinister trap to elicit the names of the terrorist's accomplices.
October 16, 2019
MOTHER NIGHT
DescriptionDescription In 1961, Howard W. Campbell, Jr., an obscure American playwright, is delivered to an Israeli prison. Awaiting trial as a Nazi war criminal, Campbell finds himself in the cell directly below that of the notorious Adolph Eichmann, who is also about to stand trial for his crimes against humanity. Asked by the Israelis to...
October 16, 2019
MACADAM TRIBU (MACADAM TRIBE)
DescriptionDescription The Tarmac Tribe are confused. With Africa in the throes of economic modernization, its people find themselves severed from their tribal roots. The story of their search for work, love and an identity, Macadam Tribe is a vision of Africa that is a fragmented, postmodern world away from your standard shots of wildebeest and...
October 16, 2019
MENNO’S MIND
DescriptionDescription In the near future, Menno, a naive government computer technician, is drawn into a web of intrigue by a rebellious underground determined to stop a rogue politician from stealing an impending national election. The rebels force Menno to download the contents of their murdered leader's brain into his own. He is slowly transformed from...
October 16, 2019
LOVE’S DEBRIS (POUSSIERES D’AMOUR)
DescriptionDescription "This film is based on the deeply held conviction that everything we express through the voice is the 'product' of our quest for closer contact with another person, with love and every possible expression of love. In order to verify this fundamental idea, I invited singers to the Abbey of Royaumont, to create situations...
October 16, 2019
LUMIÈRE AND COMPANY (LUMIÈRE ET COMPAGNIE)
DescriptionDescription A lively tip of the hat to the pioneers of the moving picture, this film is an anthology of short pieces by forty contemporary filmmakers wt,o used a restored camera which had belonged to the Lumiere brothers to make their own "Lumiere" films. Thus, the filmmakers were required to work according to the same...
October 16, 2019
LUST AND REVENGE
DescriptionDescription Claudia Karvan plays bored, wealthy divorcee Georgina Oliphant, spoiled daughter of pharmaceutical tycoon George Oliphant. George urgently needs to reduce his company's profits for tax purposes, and decides to sponsor the creation of an ambitious bronze statue, 100% tax deductible, to be donated to a new wing of the National Gallery. When out-of-work Karl-Heinz...
