October 16, 2019
VISIONS OF AN ISLAND
BiosBios Sky Hopinka was born and raised in Ferndale, WA, and is currently based out of Milwaukee, WI. He received his BA from Portland State University in Liberal Arts and his MFA in Film, Video, Animation and New Genres. In Portland, he studied and taught Chinuk Wawa, a language indigenous to the Lower Columbia River Basin.
October 16, 2019
WAJIB
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Shadi is a 30-something Palestinian architect who’s traveled home to Israel from Rome to assist his father, Abu Shadi, in the distribution of wedding invitations for his sister’s upcoming nuptials. As the two men drive around Nazareth, paying calls to an array of friends, family and neighbors, the ideological divides between father and son...
October 16, 2019
VICTOR & ISOLINA
BiosContactTrailerBios Born in New York, William Caballero graduated from Pratt Institute and New York University. His student film was selected as the mtvU Film of the Week and won the Best Filmmaker on Campus award. He is a Gates Millennium Scholarship recipient and was awarded the 2016 Telly Award for his PBS series THE SMALLEST...
October 16, 2019
VINCENT & THEO
DescriptionBiosDescription VINCENT & THEO examines the relationship between celebrated Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (Tim Roth) and his younger brother Theo (Paul Rhys), a successful art dealer, whose support enabled Vincent to devote his life to painting. Though Theo seemingly held the power to propel his brother’s career forward, he was helpless, bound by his...
October 16, 2019
V.I.P.
DescriptionBiosContactDescription The son of a high-ranking North Korean official, the creepily charismatic Kwang-il is committing brutal serial murders around the world. Drawn into this fraught crisis are three different enforcers: Jae-hyuk, a by-the-book, buttoned-up Korean federal agent; Inspector Chae Edo, a world-weary but extremely effective local cop; and a lone-wolf wildcard whose origin is at...
October 16, 2019
THE TOWN I LIVE IN
BiosContactBios Guadalupe Rosales is an artist and archivist based in Los Angeles. Rosales is the founder of Veteranas and Rucas and Map Pointz, both digital archives found on Instagram. She has lectured at various institutions such as UCLA, the New Museum, New York University and the Graduate Center in New York. Matt Wolf's critically acclaimed...
October 16, 2019
TITICUT FOLLIES
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Although TITICUT FOLLIES premiered at the New York Film Festival in 1967, it was banned for general audiences for 23 years. Frederick Wiseman’s debut documentary is a searing institutional critique of Bridgewater State Hospital — a facility for the “criminally insane” — that was deemed too embarrassing by (and to) state officials in Massachusetts....
October 16, 2019
THOROUGHBREDS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Amanda and Lily haven’t been friends since an incident that occurred during childhood, but are forced back into each other’s lives when Lily needs tutoring to prepare for college entrance tests. As their friendship rekindles, Lily’s harsh stepdad Mark threatens to send her away. When the pair hatch a plan to be done with...
