TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: CHROME ALONE 2 — LOST IN NEW JERSEY

Followed by THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS

THE TALE OF SILYAN

DescriptionBiosDescription October 26 screening to be followed by a conversation with director and producer Tamara Kotevska and cinematographer and producer Jean Dakar. Oscar®-nominated documentarian Tamara Kotevska (HONEYLAND) returns with a poetic and lyrical documentary set in rural Macedonia where family farms are struggling as their traditional way of life has become unsustainable. Looking down on...

TĀ 他

DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 5 In a bleak, dystopian modern city, an agent of the underworld intersects with the lives of those lost in despair — guiding them on a surreal, transformative journey into death and beyond. Trailer

THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE

DescriptionBiosDescription Screening preceded by an introduction by director, screenwriter and producer Mona Fastvold and actor Amanda Seyfried. With her wildly ambitious third feature — a colonial-era musical about the rise of the Shaker movement spanning 30 years — filmmaker Mona Fastvold (co-writer of THE BRUTALIST) crafts a lyrical and visually arresting portrait of one of...

STRAIGHT CIRCLE

DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere Oscar Hudson’s debut feature is a surrealist anti-war parable about two soldiers stationed at a fictional desert border. A chain-link fence bisects the vast, featureless expanse. Standing guard on either side, the soldiers protect their respective homelands and preserve the fragile peace between nations. Real-life twins Elliott and Luke Tittensor, best...

SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE chronicles the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album “Nebraska” when he was a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggling to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past. Recorded on a four-track recorder in Springsteen’s New Jersey bedroom, the album marked a pivotal...

STRANGER, BROTHER

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 1 When self-absorbed and lonely millennial Adam wakes to find his estranged half-brother on his doorstep one morning, he must face the family he’s been running from. Bios Annelise Hickey is a director based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. She started her directing career in music videos...

THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription World Premiere Arrrr you ready? SpongeBob and his Bikini Bottom friends set sail in their biggest adventure yet, THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS. Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman — a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate — on a...

THE STRANGER (L’ÉTRANGER)

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription François Ozon brings Albert Camus’ acclaimed 1942 novel to the big screen as a sun-baked, black-and-white neo-noir, a potent blend of psychological thriller and anti-colonial critique. The film opens with a vintage travelogue inviting tourists to visit Algeria, then under French control, playing up its exoticism for western eyes. But Ozon seamlessly segues from...

SONG SUNG BLUE

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription World Premiere Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams. Written, directed and produced by Craig Brewer (DOLEMITE IS MY NAME, HUSTLE AND FLOW, FIGHT NIGHT: THE MILLION DOLLAR HEIST),...

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