September 26, 2023
THE UNIVERSAL THEORY (DIE THEORIE VON ALLEM)
DescriptionBiosDescription In 1974, author Johannes Leinert (Jan Bülow) appears on a German talk show to promote his sci-fi novel “Die Theorie von Allem,” where shadowy Cold War intrigue melds with alternate realities of the multiverse. But instead, Leinert claims his book is fact, not fiction, based on his unpublished doctoral thesis and his own experiences....
September 26, 2023
TIGER STRIPES
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Malaysia’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Amanda Nell Eu. The first Malaysian film to win the Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize, Amanda Nell Eu’s debut feature reimagines a classic tale with an endearing DIY spirit and irreverent playfulness. Precocious and quick-witted 12-year-old Zaffan (vibrantly...
September 26, 2023
SLOW
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Lithuania’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature In this gorgeously realized, sensual second feature from Lithuanian filmmaker Marija Kavtaradzė (SUMMER SURVIVORS, 2018), Elena and Dovyda’s unique relationship unfolds and evolves. Dance instructor Elena (played by the alluring Greta Grineviciute) is a sex positive serial dater when she meets Dovyda (Kestutis Cicenas), a soft-spoken but...
September 26, 2023
INSHALLAH A BOY (INSHALLAH WALAD)
DescriptionBiosDescription U.S. Premiere Jordan’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature INSHALLAH A BOY makes evident from its outset that in contemporary Jordan, women are not valued or respected as autonomous beings, let alone as heads of households. When Nawal’s husband suddenly dies, she begins an insufferable battle against her family of in-laws who have no...
September 26, 2023
CITY OF WIND (SER SER SALHI)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription U.S. Premiere Mongolia’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature A remarkably assured feature debut from award-winning Mongolian short filmmaker Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, CITY OF WIND follows Ze, a studious 17-year-old village shaman, who is diverted from the straight and narrow when he meets a city girl, wide-eyed rebel Maralaa. Called to perform a pre-heart-surgery protection...
September 26, 2023
MOUNTAINS
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening on Fri, Oct. 27 to be followed by a conversation with director Monica Sorelle. Haitian American filmmaker Monica Sorelle makes her debut with this lovingly crafted portrait of the immigrant experience, set against the backdrop of Miami’s vibrant yet gentrifying Little Haiti. Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) works as a demolition worker with one big...
September 26, 2023
LITTLE GIRL BLUE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the 2016 suicide of her mother – writer Carole Achache, filmmaker Mona Achache (THE HEDGEHOG) decided to tell her mother’s story, as well as the story of the complicated mother-daughter relationships across three generations in her family. The film opens as a straightforward documentary, with the filmmaker going through her mother’s voluminous boxes...
September 26, 2023
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
DescriptionBiosDescription Award-winning poet, photographer and filmmaker Raven Jackson makes her feature-length debut (produced by Barry Jenkins under his Pastel banner) with a poetic chronicle of Mack, a young Black woman from Mississippi. Eschewing traditional narrative conventions, Jackson weaves through time to capture intimate moments throughout Mack’s life from childhood to adulthood, frequently focusing on tender,...
September 26, 2023
THE SETTLERS (LOS COLONOS)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Chile’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature In Felipe Gálvez's visually striking debut, tailor-made for the big screen, three travelers (a British expat, an American henchman, and Segundo, an Indigenous Chilean) trek through 1900s Patagonia on a roughly veiled colonizing expedition at the behest of a Spanish businessman, José Menéndez. As unexpected and intense...
September 26, 2023
SHAYDA
DescriptionBiosDescription Australia’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Noora Niasari. Noora Niasari’s poignant debut feature, executive produced by Academy Award® winner Cate Blanchett, follows the courageous titular character, Shayda (brought to life by the captivating Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Cannes’ Best Actress winner in last year’s HOLY...
