September 26, 2023
WE GROWN NOW
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Minhal Baig. Set against the backdrop of the Cabrini-Green public housing complex in 1992 Chicago, the latest film from Minhal Baig (HALA, AFI FEST 2019) charts the prepubescent friendship between two boys, Malik and Eric. Sidestepping any infatuation with its infamous reputation of organized crime and destitution, the film instead focuses...
September 26, 2023
THE DAUGHTERS OF FIRE (AS FILHAS DO FOGO)
DescriptionBiosDescription Plays before the feature MUSIC. Acclaimed Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa crafts a haunting, layered triptych of three women singing in chorus, expressing their deep existential suffering against the backdrop of a blazing inferno. –Julia Kipnis Bios Born in Lisbon, Pedro Costa left his studies in history to attend classes taught by the poet and...
September 26, 2023
THE PEASANTS (CHLOPI)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Poland’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Screening to be followed by a conversation with directors DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman and composer Lukasz Rostkowski. Made up of over 40,000 oil paintings, this awe-inspiring adaptation of Władysław Reymont’s Nobel Prize winning novel is the latest animated film from Oscar®-nominated directing duo DK Welchman and...
September 26, 2023
TÓTEM
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Mexico’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Following her humanist drama, THE CHAMBERMAID (AFI FEST 2018), Lila Avilés’ sophomore feature unfurls in a single chaotic day. Filtered through the perspective of an observant seven-year-old protagonist Sol (sensitively portrayed by newcomer Naíma Sentíes), TÓTEM follows an extended family busily preparing for the birthday party of...
September 26, 2023
THE PROMISED LAND (BASTARDEN)
DescriptionBiosDescription Denmark’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Nikolaj Arcel and actor Mads Mikkelsen. Denmark, 18th century. A retired army captain with humble origins, Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen), makes a deal with the King: successfully settle the Jutland’s land and ascend to nobility. Arriving with nothing...
September 26, 2023
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE (DAS LEHRERZIMMER)
DescriptionBiosDescription Germany’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Ilker Çatak. Idealistic young teacher Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch) relishes her work, teaching both math and physical education to her class of seventh graders. Unfortunately, disciplinary issues are also part of the job, and a recent spate of thefts has both teachers and students...
September 26, 2023
THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN (TO KALOKAIRI TIS KARMEN)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere Screening on Oct. 29 to be followed by a conversation with director Zacharias Mavroeidis. Demos and Nikitas are best friends, actors and writing partners. Nikitas is fed up with only being considered for stereotypical queer roles and sets out to create the representation that he desperately yearns to see by directing...
September 26, 2023
THE TASTE OF THINGS (THE POT-AU-FEU)
DescriptionBiosDescription France’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Trần Anh Hùng (THE SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA) won the Best Director award in Cannes for this rapturous ode to French gastronomy, and the love between two people pursuing a shared passion. A stately château in France’s Loire Valley, 1885: chef Eugénie (Juliette Binoche) and her assistants...
September 26, 2023
HERE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Recipient of the FIPRESCI Prize and Encounters Award at the Berlin Film Festival, the latest film from Bas Devos (VIOLET, AFI FEST 2014) is a wandering, delicate journey on human connections. Stefan (Stefan Gota), originally from Romania, works odd construction jobs in Brussels, waiting for life to pass him by. Having made a fresh...
September 26, 2023
THE BURITI FLOWER (CROWRÃ)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Shot over the course of 15 months in four different villages within the Krahôlandia Indigenous Land of Brazil, this spellbinding blend of ethnography and narrative filmmaking sees co-directors João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora (THE DEAD AND THE OTHERS) continue their work with the Indigenous Krahô community, who play themselves and collaborate on a...
