October 16, 2019
THE EMIGRANT (AL MOHAGER)
DescriptionDescription The Old Testament tale of Joseph and his brothers is retold from an Egyptian point of view. Three thousand years ago, when Pharaonic Egypt was the center of civilization, the favorite son of a shepherd and scapegoat of his brothers dreams of a better life. Delivered to Egypt by means of a violent accident,...
October 16, 2019
TAKE CARE OF YOUR SCARF, TATIANA (PIDÄ HUIVISTA KIINI, TATJANA)
DescriptionDescription A quirky, droll road movie about the deadpan adventures of two Finnish men, driving a black Volga station wagon through Finland some time in the mid-sixties. Vallo, the owner of the car, drinks enormous amounts of coffee. Reino, a mechanic, drinks booze and blabbers endlessly. Enter two women-one Estonian, one Russian-and in spite of...
October 16, 2019
TALE OF THE THREE JEWELS (HIKAYAT AL-JAWAHER AL-THALATH)
DescriptionDescription The stark contrast between the grirn' realities of life in contemporary Gaza and a young boy's liberating imagination imbue this Palestinian tale with a haunting quality ... Youssef is a 12-year-old lad whose precarious family unit includes a fugitive brother and a father imprisoned by the Israelis ... The focus of this piece becomes...
October 16, 2019
TERMINUS BREST (BAHNHOF BREST)
DescriptionDescription On the Russian-Polish border lies a city named Brest. Unlike its French and Bulgarian counterparts, this Brest has not remained untouched by the ravages of war. Taking the Brest train station as a starting point, former East German filmmaker Gerd Kroske uses archival footage from Russian and contemporary images of war to visualize the...
October 16, 2019
TOLERANCE (GONDOVISELES)
DescriptionDescription A young couple, imprisoned for the husband's work-related thievery, lose their children to a foster home. Upon their release, they endeavor to regain custody of their young daughter, only to find their dreams of a family reunion crushed by the desires of the foster parents. Emotionally and economically broken, the small family inevitably breaks...
October 16, 2019
DITA SAXOVÁ
DescriptionDescription In a postwar dormitory for Jewish orphans/Krystyna Mikolajewska dreamily fends off girlish jealousies, an assortment of suitors (director Jirf Menzel is the one with the glasses), and the occasional importunate older man, while converting her dentist father's gold foil legacy into a flashy bracelet and lavish presents-but what is missing? A tour-de-force of black...
October 16, 2019
THE DRESDEN
DescriptionDescription An unforgettable journey through the last great Hollywood lounge, unchanged for 40 years.
October 16, 2019
SWEETIES (CARAMELLE)
DescriptionDescription Anna's physical decline is irreversible, but she is a voluptuous woman in the prime of life. And she will do anything to rekindle her husband's waning desire. When diets and aerobics fail to do the trick, she turns to a fortune teller for help. One love potion is tried, and then another-each with results...
October 16, 2019
SWORN TO THE DRUM: A TRIBUTE TO FRANCISCO AGUABELLA
DescriptionDescription SWORN TO THE DRUM: A TRIBUTE TO FRANCISCO AGUABELLA, depicts the Afro-Cuban drummer and composer, a fixture on the U.S. Latin music scene since the 1950s, honored with the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Award in 1992. Known for his vital cinematic portrayals of roots music and musicians ( The Blues Accordin'...
October 16, 2019
DESTINATION MOON
DescriptionDescription Call it "1948: A Space Odyssey." Rarely seen on the big screen, the first American space movie is a fascinating could-have-been alternative to the Apollo program. One of the most unabashedly libertarian films ever made in Hollywood, Robert Heinlein's story involves a group of concerned American industrialists who finance a privately run trip to...
