ARO’S WORLD

DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 After losing his father, Adi, a grief-stricken preteen boy, befriends sock-puppet ARO who mysteriously operates from his hand while his older brother Marcus becomes his caretaker. Trailer

THE BIKERIDERS

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Jeff Nichols. The rise and fall of a Chicago motorcycle gang is given epic treatment in Jeff Nichols’ magnificent THE BIKERIDERS, which confirms the writer/director of LOVING, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, MUD and TAKE SHELTER as one of the most distinctive artists in American cinema today. Inspired by Marlon Brando’s iconic turn in...

SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (LA SOCIEDAD DE LA NIEVE)

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Spain’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Screening to be followed by a conversation with director J.A. Bayona. Returning to Spanish language cinema for the first time since his acclaimed debut THE ORPHANAGE, J.A. Bayona (THE IMPOSSIBLE, JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM) brings breathless thrills and emotional gravitas to the tragic, true story of Uruguayan Flight 571. A chartered flight filled...

THE END WE START FROM

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription U.S. Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Mahalia Belo. Postpartum meets post apocalypse in BAFTA award-winning British director Mahalia Belo’s (ELLEN, THE LONG SONG) trope-busting feature debut, a tense survival thriller that doubles as an astute meditation on the life-changing – sometimes bitterly lonely – experience of birth and new...

QUIZ LADY

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening introduced by director Jessica Yu Humdrum homebody Annie (Awkwafina) loves only two things, her pug Mr. Linguini and her favorite game show, CAN’T STOP THE QUIZ. In fact, she’s never missed an episode, turning into a trivia savant over the years. But when her gambling addicted mother absconds to Macau, a vengeful bookie...

SLY

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Thom Zimny, producer Sean Stuart and executive producer Braden Aftergood. Sylvester Stallone looks back at his life and career in this intimate and surprising documentary directed by Thom Zimny. World famous as the face of the ROCKY, RAMBO and EXPENDABLES franchises, this Oscar®-nominated actor/writer/director/producer started...

ALL OF US STRANGERS

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Andrew Haigh. One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between the pair, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds...

ALBERT BROOKS: DEFENDING MY LIFE

DescriptionBiosDescription World Premiere Rob Reiner profiles Albert Brooks, comedic legend, acclaimed filmmaker, talented character actor and a lifelong friend, who Reiner first met in their high school drama club. Brooks began his comedy career while still a teenager, and was soon booking spots on THE TONIGHT SHOW and virtually every other variety program on the...

MAESTRO

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription MAESTRO is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Carey Mulligan). A love letter to life and art, MAESTRO at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love. The film reunites Cooper with Oscar®-nominated cinematographer Matthew Libatique (AFI...

AMERICAN FICTION

DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Cord Jefferson, moderated by Robert Townsend. Acclaimed television writer Cord Jefferson (SUCCESSION, WATCHMEN) makes a triumphant leap to the big screen with his directorial debut, a whip-smart, wickedly funny and stealthily thought-provoking satire which won the People's Choice Award at this year's Toronto International Film...

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