October 22, 2019
SUICIDE BY SUNLIGHT
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Valentina, a day-walking black vampire protected from the sun by her melanin, is forced to restrain her bloodlust to regain custody of her estranged daughters Part of SHORTS PROGRAM 3 Bios Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Sierra Leonean-American filmmaker Nikyatu Jusu's films have screened at festivals internationally. With a BA from Duke University...
October 22, 2019
SOUTH OXFORD, ALL IOWA LAWN TENNIS CLUB, MARAVILLA, SERVE
DescriptionBiosDescription Talent attending: Darius Clark Monroe (Director) Filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe returns to the screen with a series of intimate nonfiction vignettes exploring America’s culture and passion for tennis and handball. Richard Northern and his wife reflect on owning a tennis club for almost two decades in Brooklyn. In Iowa, Mark Kuhn shares his story...
October 22, 2019
SON-MOTHER (PESAR-MADAR)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription US Premiere When Leila, a single working mother of two, is laid off from her factory job, she faces a choice: marry bus driver Kazem, a single father who is ardently pursuing her, or live with her children on the streets. The marriage proposal comes with a catch — due to Iranian custom, it...
October 22, 2019
THE SONG OF NAMES
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription FREE SCREENING Talent attending: François Girard (Director), Robert Lantos (Producer), Clive Owen (Talent), Howard Shore (Composer) Director François Girard (HOCHELAGA, LAND OF SOULS) takes Norman Lebrecht’s acclaimed novel and orchestrates a stellar ensemble as its players in this potent film about two Jewish boys, connected by World War II. Spanning generations, the story follows violin prodigies Martin and Dovidl...
October 22, 2019
SONG WITHOUT A NAME (CANCION SIN NOMBRE)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Talent attending: Melina Léon (Director) Inspired by actual events in 1988 Peru, Georgina is a 20-year-old indigenous woman whose newborn is kidnapped in a child-trafficking scheme where itinerant medical centers recruit impoverished pregnant women on the promise of cost-free childbirth services. Discouraged after repeated attempts to engage the police, Georgina persuades a journalist to...
October 22, 2019
SOPHIE’S CHOICE
DescriptionBiosDescription Alan J. Pakula’s SOPHIE’S CHOICE stars Meryl Streep in an Academy Award®- winning performance as Sophie, a Polish immigrant and Holocaust survivor living in a post-war Brooklyn boardinghouse. Her romantic relationship with Nathan (Kevin Kline) is seen through the perspective of friend and aspiring writer, Stingo as he begins to discover their secrets. Bios...
October 22, 2019
SLUG LIFE
DescriptionBiosDescription A day in the life of Tanya, a curious woman who has developed a taste for homemade non-humanoid lovers. Part of SHORTS PROGRAM 3 Bios Sophie Koko Gate studied animation at the Royal College of Art in London, where she graduated with her film HALF WET, which went on to screen worldwide at SXSW,...
October 22, 2019
THE SLEEPWALKERS (LOS SONÁMBULOS)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription While preparing to spend a reluctant summer holiday at her mother-in-law’s family cottage, Luisa (Érica Rivas) discovers her teenage daughter Ana (Ornella D'elía) sleepwalking naked outside of their apartment. Now in the countryside surrounded by extended family, tensions heighten and Luisa’s concerns for Ana linger while restrained clashes with her husband’s family cause deep-seated...
October 22, 2019
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER (NÅGOT ATT MINNAS)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription A lullaby before the great disaster. Part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5 Bios Niki Lindroth von Bahr is an artist and animation director based in Stockholm. Her award-winning short films THE BURDEN (2017), BATH HOUSE (2014) and TORD AND TORD (2010) have screened at festivals including Cannes, Sundance, the Berlinale and the Toronto International Film...
October 22, 2019
SIN CIELO
DescriptionDescription Based on true stories. Memo, 15 and working low level jobs with his best friend for the local gang faction to make ends meets Delia, a sixteen year old girl who likes engineering and collecting old computer parts. Their teen love is pretty apparent to everyone, but just as things seem like they might...
