October 16, 2019
A WAR OF CHILDREN
DescriptionDescription In this engrossing story of life in a strife-torn society, two middle-class Belfast families-one Protestant, one Catholic-find themselves engulfed in tl11; surrounding violence. Their years of friendship are turned to bitter hatred, with complications of painful consequence in the lives of the children. This drama, executive produced by Roger Gimbel, winner of this year's...
October 16, 2019
WADECK’S MOTHER’S FRIEND’S SON
DescriptionDescription Arnold Barkus' imaginatively crafted, offbeat tale of three young immigrants Anton, a naive Polish sailor, arrives in New York and wreaks havoc in the lives of Wadeck and his French roommate Barbara. Much of the story focuses on Barbara as she searches for an American husband and tries to get rid of the unbearable...
October 16, 2019
THE VISITOR
DescriptionDescription Four shorts from a special collection showcasing original works from new Quebec screenwriters. In The Visitor, a terrified woman spends the night in her closet listening to an intruder whose uncanny behavior indicates that he belongs there. When a baby mysteriously appears at the door of a childless Hasidic couple in Moise, they can't...
October 16, 2019
THE USUAL
DescriptionDescription An impressive first feature from Eric Tretbar, this quietly observant, gentle film announces a promising new US independent filmmaker. Claire, a Minnesota farm girl who moves to the big city, has a fling with New Yorker Aldo, and waits tables in a grill, where she takes up with fry-cook-cum-guitarist Spike. Problems start when Aldo...
October 16, 2019
TWO MEN IN L.A.
DescriptionDescription Four wildly different comedies from emerging filmmakers. The Bruce Diet is Jeff Baron's comedy/horror film about the "perfect diet" in which you can eat as much as you like and lose weight forever - all for only $75. In John Helliker's offbeat Norha and the Microbabe, a self-centered avant-garde couple become parents of an...
October 16, 2019
UNBECOMING AGE
DescriptionDescription Tom Garvin represents this delightful new US independent film starring Diane Salinger, Wallace Shawn and Colleen Camp It tells the fairy tale-like story of a 40-year-old woman who suddenly finds that she no longer knows what age she is and - wow!- what a difference it makes. Her life, with her new lack of...
