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 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
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 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 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
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 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
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
LOST IN THE NIGHT (PERDIDOS EN LA NOCHE)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with writer Martin Escalante. In this noir-tinged revenge thriller from award-winning Mexican auteur Amat Escalante (HELI, THE UNTAMED), idealistic young laborer Emiliano (rising star Juan Daniel García Treviño, I'M NO LONGER HERE, LA CIVIL, ROBE OF GEMS) embarks on a mission to seek justice for his mother when she vanishes after opposing the...
September 26, 2023
MUSIC
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Preceded by DAUGHTERS OF FIRE Abandoned in a storm as a child, Ion is taken in and raised an orphan. Years later, he will murder his anonymous attacker and be sent to prison for patricide. There, he meets and falls in love with a prison guard who is revealed to be his mother. Its...
