October 22, 2019
ANNA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Anna, a middle-aged single mother, lives in a small industrial town in war-torn Eastern Ukraine. She works in a meat processing plant, lives in a rundown apartment and dreams for a better life for herself and her 16-year-old daughter. Desperate for a change, she is lured by a radio advertisement to attend a party...
October 22, 2019
ANTIGONE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription CANADA OFFICIAL INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM OSCAR® SUBMISSION Talent attending: Sophie Deraspe (Director) Antigone is a straight-A student who represents her immigrant family’s best hopes for leaving behind a traumatic past and achieving a bright future in its adopted country of Canada. After a controversial police shooting that leaves one brother dead and another imprisoned,...
October 22, 2019
ANNE AT 13,000 FT
DescriptionBiosContactDescription US Premiere Talent attending: Dan Montgomery (Producer), Kazik Radwanski (Director) Anne works at a Toronto daycare with her best friend Sarah. Most of her social and professional interactions are awkward and erratic – whether arguing about a cup of coffee at work or introducing her on-and-off again boyfriend to her parents. When Anne goes...
October 22, 2019
THE APOLLO
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription FREE SCREENING Talent attending: Roger Ross Williams (Director) The historic Apollo Theater on Harlem’s West 125th St. is cherished as the platform that launched the careers of countless African-American talents, including some of the most important and influential names: Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Jackson 5, Jimi...
October 22, 2019
AND THEN WE DANCED
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription SWEDEN OFFICIAL INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM OSCAR® SUBMISSION Talent attending: Levan Akin (Director), Ketie Daniela (Producer), Levan Gelbakhiani (Talent), Nino Jincharadze (Producer), Bachi Valishvili (Talent) A dancer in the National Georgian Ensemble, Merab is descended from a line of traditional dancers. The training at the academy is demanding. Its instructors are conservative and severe, maintaining...
October 22, 2019
AMERICAN FACTORY (美国工厂)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription FREE SCREENING Talent attending: Steven Bognar (Director) When a giant Chinese auto glass company takes over a shuttered GM plant in Dayton, OH, it is greeted like a savior by locals desperate to reclaim the good jobs that have largely disappeared from America’s dwindling manufacturing sector. For a time, enthusiasm runs high. But under...
October 22, 2019
ALIEN (REONGHEE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Reonghee and I are illegal aliens. Yesterday, Reonghee died while running away from the Immigrant Office Agents. The company we worked for is only concerned about covering up the mess. I'm going to find Reonghee, who's body the company has hidden somewhere and give her funeral that she deserves. Part of SHORTS PROGRAM 1...
October 22, 2019
ADAM
DescriptionBiosContactDescription MOROCCO OFFICIAL INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM OSCAR® SUBMISSION Talent attending: Maryam Touzani (Director) Samia, heavily pregnant and alone, walks the streets of Casablanca knocking on doors, seeking shelter and work. With an illegitimate child on the way, Moroccan society has shunned her until Abla, a modest baker and single mother of an eight-year-old girl, reluctantly...
October 22, 2019
ALAN PAKULA: GOING FOR TRUTH
DescriptionBioContactDescription FREE SCREENING Talent attending: Matthew Miele (Director), Hannah Pakula (Attendee) Producer/director/writer Alan Pakula created some of the most emotionally penetrating, culturally significant and artistically brilliant films of the 60s, 70s and 80s. This insightful documentary portrait includes interviews with Jane Fonda, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Bio Matthew Miele is a director...
October 22, 2019
THE AERONAUTS
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we invite you to witness death-defying feats with our two charismatic heroes and one giant balloon! THE AERONAUTS is an exhilarating fictionalized account of pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne), a scientist with his head in the clouds, and who is struggling for respect. His theories about weather...
