September 26, 2023
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...
September 26, 2023
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...
September 26, 2023
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...
September 26, 2023
MAXINE’S BABY: THE TYLER PERRY STORY
DescriptionBiosDescription World Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with directors Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz. MAXINE’S BABY: THE TYLER PERRY STORY, directed by Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz, grants the audience unfettered access to the inner world of Tyler Perry, whose story has never fully been told, as he becomes a father and...
September 26, 2023
LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription World Premiere In this apocalyptic thriller from award-winning writer and director Sam Esmail (MR. ROBOT), Amanda (Julia Roberts) and her husband Clay (Ethan Hawke), rent a luxurious home for the weekend with their kids, Archie (Charlie Evans) and Rose (Farrah Mackenzie). Their vacation is soon upended when two strangers — G.H. (Mahershala Ali) and...
September 26, 2023
OCCUPIED CITY
DescriptionBiosDescription A monumental accomplishment, Steve McQueen’s (12 YEARS A SLAVE, AFI FEST 2013) rigorous documentary systematically explores Amsterdam under the Nazi occupation of WWII. Rejecting archival footage and first-person narratives, the film excavates history by telling the city’s story one address at a time. Each catalogued entry describes the cruel fate of its residents and...
September 26, 2023
ME CAPTAIN (IO CAPITANO)
DescriptionBiosDescription North American Premiere Italy’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Matteo Garrone, actors Seydou Sarr and Moustapha Fall, and script consultant Mamadou Kouassi, whose life experiences inspired the film. Matteo Garrone made his name with the landmark Neapolitan crime film GOMORRAH, and has since demonstrated...
September 26, 2023
LAST SUMMER (L’ÉTÉ DERNIER)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription After exactly a decade, this unnerving return to cinema from French provocateur Catherine Breillat revisits and rewrites Danish filmmaker May el-Toukhy’s 2019 QUEEN OF HEARTS (with co-writer Pascal Bonitzer). Its premise centers on Anne (Léa Drucker), a successful lawyer who lives in a villa on the outskirts of Paris with her husband Pierre (Olivier...
September 26, 2023
THE BOOK OF SOLUTIONS (LE LIVRE DES SOLUTIONS)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Oscar®-winning filmmaker Michel Gondry (ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND) returns to the big screen with this deliciously meta, hilariously self-aware – and semi-autobiographical – portrait of a DIY filmmaker wrestling with creative and personal demons to complete his latest film. When production executives threaten to bring in a new editor to slim down...
September 26, 2023
PERFECT DAYS
DescriptionBiosDescription Japan’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Kōji Yakusho won the Best Actor award at this year’s Cannes film festival for his portrayal of Hirayama, a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo who performs his job like a dedicated master craftsman, in Wim Wenders’ sweetly meditative drama PERFECT DAYS. Rising early each day, Hirayama executes...
