Najnowszy film Jacka Borcucha
zatytułowany „Dolce Fine Giornata” został zakwalifikowany do konkursu
amerykańskiego festiwalu Sundance. Polski film pokazany zostanie w sekcji World
Cinema Dramatic.
Sundance cieszy ogromnym
zainteresowaniem branży filmowej. O udział w wydarzeniu zabiegają mniej lub
bardziej liczący się twórcy kina światowego, ale tworzący w przestrzeni szeroko
rozumianego kina niezależnego. Do udziału zgłoszono 14 259 filmów, w tym
4018 filmów pełnometrażowych (1767 z USA i 2251 z innych krajów). W tym roku na
Sundance pokazanych zostanie 112 filmów pełnometrażowych z 33 krajów, a 45 filmowców
tutaj właśnie zadebiutuje. W głównej sekcji konkursowej Sundance 2019, aż 53
procent reżyserów to kobiety, 41 procent to twórcy „kolorowi”, a 18 procent
należy do środowiska LGBTQIA. We wszystkich czterech sekcjach konkursowych
odsetek kobiet to 42 procent. Aż 102 filmy z głównych sekcji konkursowych
Sundance będzie miało na festiwalu swoje światowe premiery. Dotyczy to także
polskiego filmu.
Film Jacka Borcucha nosił
wcześniej tytuł „Volterra” i przed kilkoma miesiącami szeroko o nim pisano. Od
dziś nazywa się on oficjalnie „Dolce Fine Giornata”. Nie zmienił się skład
aktorski filmu i grają w nim główne role Krystyna Janda, Katarzyna Smutniak,
Vincent Riotta, Antonio Catania, Lorenzo de Moor i Robin Renucci. Jacek Borcuch
i Szczepan Twardoch napisali wspólnie scenariusz do filmu, który wyprodukowała
Marta Habior. Dla Szczepana Twardocha, autora takich książek jak
"Morfina" czy "Król" i laureata Nagrody Fundacji im.
Kościelskich, Nagrody Nike i Paszportu "Polityki", to debiut w roli
scenarzysty.
Jak mówił polski reżyser w
wywiadach poprzedzających zdjęcia: To
historia o rodzinie, miłości, tęsknocie, utraconych nadziejach, lęku przed
nieznanym. Lęku, który towarzyszy dziś setkom milionów ludzi na całym świecie.
Ale przede wszystkim to opowieść o wielkiej pasji życia, o zderzeniu
cywilizacji. Jeśli nic się nie zmieniło to miejscem akcji filmu jest
etruskie miasto Volterra. „Wszyscy się tu znają i szanują. Na niewielkim
wzgórzu stoi dom Marii (Krystyna Janda) – polskiej poetki, laureatki Nagrody
Nobla, autorytetu moralnego. Jej życie toczy się w rytmie włoskiej prowincji,
jednak zostaje wywrócone do góry nogami, gdy otrzymuje szokującą wiadomość o
tragicznym wydarzeniu. Pod wpływem emocji, podczas uroczystości nadania tytułu
honorowego obywatela miasta, zamiast kurtuazyjnych podziękowań Maria wygłasza
szokująco niepoprawną politycznie mowę. Od tego momentu bohaterka będzie
doświadczać dotkliwych konsekwencji swojego wystąpienia”. Opis festiwalu
Sundance brzmi zaś: „Film opowiada historię Marii i jej rodziny mieszkających w
Toskanii. Życie Marii ulega zmianom z powodu jej związku z młodym imigrantem. W
tle przedstawiono erozję demokracji spowodowaną m.in. obawą przed terroryzmem”.
Sundance Film Festival to jedno z
najważniejszych wydarzeń filmowych odbywających się na kontynencie
amerykańskim. Założycielem festiwalu jest Robert Redford. Przyszłoroczna edycja
odbędzie się w dniach 24 stycznia – 3 lutego 2019 roku, tradycyjnie w Park City.
Wiele z filmów prezentowanych na Sundance będzie rywalizowało o Oscary 2020, bo
to właśnie na tym festiwalu odbędą się premiery wielu bardzo oczekiwanych i
zapewne bardzo udanych amerykańskich głównie filmów.
Pełna lista filmów
zakwalifikowanych na festiwalu Sundance 2019 (w oryginale):
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Before You Know It / U.S.A.
(Director: Hannah Pearl Utt, Screenwriters: Hannah Pearl Utt, Jen Tullock,
Producers: Mallory Schwartz, Josh Hetzler, James Brown) — A long-kept family
secret thrusts codependent, thirty-something sisters Rachel and Jackie Gurner
into a literal soap opera. A journey that proves that you really can come of
age, at any age. Cast: Hannah Pearl Utt, Jen Tullock, Judith Light, Mandy
Patinkin, Mike Colter, Alec Baldwin. World Premiere
Big Time Adolescence / U.S.A.
(Director and screenwriter: Jason Orley, Producers: Jeremy Garelick, Mickey
Liddell, Pete Shiliamon, Mason Novick, Will Phelps) — A suburban teenager comes
of age under the destructive guidance of his best friend, a charismatic college
dropout. Cast: Pete Davidson, Griffin Gluck, Jon Cryer, Sydney Sweeney, Emily
Arlook, Colson Baker. World Premiere
Brittany Runs A Marathon / U.S.A.
(Director and screenwriter: Paul Downs Colaizzo, Producers: Matthew Plouffe,
Tobey Maguire, Margot Hand) — A woman living in New York takes control of her
life – one city block at a time. Cast: Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins, Utkarsh
Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery, Micah Stock, Alice Lee. World Premiere
Clemency / U.S.A. (Director and
screenwriter: Chinonye Chukwu, Producers: Bronwyn Cornelius, Julian Cautherley,
Peter Wong, Timur Bekbosunov) — Years of carrying out death row executions have
taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute
another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons
her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to
kill. Cast: Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Richard Schiff, Wendell Pierce, Richard
Gunn, Danielle Brooks. World Premiere
The Farewell / U.S.A., China
(Director and screenwriter: Lulu Wang, Producers: Daniele Melia, Peter Saraf,
Marc Turtletaub, Chris Weitz, Andrew Miano, Anita Gou) — A headstrong
Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a
terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family’s decision to keep grandma
in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see
grandma one last time. Cast: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen, Lu
Hong, Jiang Yongbo. World Premiere
Hala / U.S.A. (Director and
screenwriter: Minhal Baig, Producers: Clarence Hammond, Jamal Watson, Minhal
Baig) — Muslim teenager Hala copes with the unraveling of her family as she
comes into her own. Cast: Geraldine Viswanathan, Jack Kilmer, Gabriel Luna,
Purbi Joshi, Azad Khan, Anna Chlumsky. World Premiere
Honey Boy / U.S.A. (Director:
Alma Har’el, Screenwriter: Shia LaBeouf, Producers: Brian Kavanaugh-Jones,
Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Anita Gou, Christopher Leggett, Alma Har’el) — A child
TV star and his ex-rodeo clown father face their stormy past through time and
cinema. Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe. World Premiere
Imaginary Order / U.S.A.
(Director and screenwriter: Debra Eisenstadt, Producers: Debra Eisenstadt,
Cosmos Kiindarius) — The sexual, psychological and moral unraveling of an
obsessive-compulsive suburban mom. Cast: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Christine Woods,
Max Burkholder, Steve Little, Catherine Curtin, Kate Alberts. World Premiere
The Last Black Man in San
Francisco / U.S.A. (Director: Joe Talbot, Screenwriters: Joe Talbot, Rob
Richert, Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Christina Oh, Khaliah Neal,
Joe Talbot) — Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather
built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend
Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to
have left them behind. Cast: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina
Arnold, Danny Glover. World Premiere
Luce / U.S.A. (Director: Julius
Onah, Screenwriters: JC Lee, Julius Onah, Producers: John Baker, Julius Onah,
Andrew Yang) — A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image
of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a
devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student. Cast:
Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tim Roth, Norbert Leo Butz.
World Premiere
Ms. Purple / U.S.A. (Director:
Justin Chon, Screenwriters: Justin Chon, Chris Dinh, Producer: Alex Chi, Justin
Chon) — Kasie, stuck in LA’s Koreatown, works as a karaoke hostess getting paid
for her companionship by drunken men. When her dad’s hospice nurse quits she
reconnects with her estranged brother, Carey, forcing them to enter a period of
intense self-reflection as their single father who raised them nears death.
Cast: Tiffany Chu, Teddy Lee, Octavio Pizano, James Kang. World Premiere
Native Son / U.S.A. (Director:
Rashid Johnson, Screenwriter: Suzan-Lori Parks, Producers: Matthew Perniciaro,
Michael Sherman) — In this modern reimagining of Richard Wright’s seminal
novel, a young African-American man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for
a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of
his life forever. Cast: Ashton Sanders, Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, KiKi
Layne, Bill Camp, Sanaa Lathan. World Premiere. DAY ONE
Share / U.S.A. (Director and
screenwriter: Pippa Bianco, Producers: Carly Hugo, Tyler Byrne, Matt Parker) —
After discovering a disturbing video from a night she doesn’t remember,
sixteen-year-old Mandy must try to figure out what happened and how to navigate
the escalating fallout. Cast: Rhianne Barreto, Charlie Plummer, Poorna
Jagannathan, J.C. MacKenzie, Nick Galitzine, Lovie Simone. World Premiere
The Sound of Silence / U.S.A.
(Director: Michael Tyburski, Screenwriters: Ben Nabors, Michael Tyburski,
Producers: Ben Nabors, Michael Prall, Tariq Merhab, Charlie Scully, Mandy
Tagger Brockey, Adi Ezroni) — A successful “house tuner” in New York City, who
calibrates the sound in people’s homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a
client with a problem he can’t solve. Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Rashida Jones,
Tony Revolori, Austin Pendleton. World Premiere
Them That Follow / U.S.A.
(Directors and screenwriters: Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage, Producers:
Bradley Gallo, Michael Helfant, Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Danielle Robinson)
— Inside a snake-handling church deep in Appalachia, a forbidden relationship forces
a pastor’s daughter to confront her community’s deadly tradition. Cast: Olivia
Colman, Kaitlyn Dever, Alice Englert, Jim Gaffigan, Walton Goggins, Thomas
Mann. World Premiere
To The Stars / U.S.A. (Director:
Martha Stephens, Screenwriter: Shannon Bradley-Colleary, Producers: Kristin
Mann, Laura D. Smith, Erik Rommesmo) — Under small town scrutiny, a withdrawn
farmer’s daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new
girl in 1960s Oklahoma. Cast: Kara Hayward, Liana Liberato, Jordana Spiro, Shea
Whigham, Malin Akerman, Tony Hale. World Premiere
U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Always in Season / U.S.A.
(Director: Jacqueline Olive) — When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging
from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother’s search for
justice and reconciliation begins as the trauma of more than a century of lynching
African Americans bleeds into the present. World Premiere
American Factory / U.S.A.
(Directors: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Producers: Steven Bognar, Julia
Reichert, Jeff Reichert, Julie Parker Benello) — In post-industrial Ohio, a
Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General
Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and
optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class
America. World Premiere
APOLLO 11 / U.S.A. (Director:
Todd Douglas Miller, Producers: Todd Douglas Miller, Thomas Petersen, Evan
Krauss) — A purely archival reconstruction of humanity’s first trip to another
world, featuring never-before-seen 70mm footage and never-before-heard audio
from the mission. World Premiere
Bedlam / U.S.A. (Director:
Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, Producers: Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, Peter Miller) — A
psychiatrist makes rounds in ERs, jails, and homeless camps to tell the
intimate stories behind one of the greatest social crises of our time. A
personal and intense journey into the world of the seriously mentally ill.
World Premiere
David Crosby: Remember My Name /
U.S.A. (Director: A.J. Eaton, Producers: Cameron Crowe, Michele Farinola, Greg
Mariotti) — You thought you knew him. Meet David Crosby now in this portrait of
a man with everything but an easy retirement on his mind. With unflinching
honesty, self-examination, regret, fear, exuberance and an unshakable belief in
family and the transformative nature of music, Crosby shares his often
challenging journey. World Premiere
Hail Satan / U.S.A. (Director:
Penny Lane, Producer: Gabriel Sedgwick) — A look at the intersection of
religion and activism, tracing the rise of The Satanic Temple: only six years
old and already one of the most controversial religious movements in American
history. The Temple is calling for a Satanic revolution to save the nation’s
soul. But are they for real? World Premiere
Jawline / U.S.A. (Director: Liza
Mandelup, Producers: Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche, Hannah Reyer) — The
film follows 16-year-old Austyn Tester, a rising star in the live-broadcast
ecosystem who built his following on wide-eyed optimism and teen girl lust, as
he tries to escape a dead-end life in rural Tennessee. World Premiere
Knock Down the House / U.S.A.
(Director: Rachel Lears, Producers: Sarah Olson, Robin Blotnick, Rachel Lears)
— A young bartender in the Bronx, a coal miner’s daughter in West Virginia, a
grieving mother in Nevada and a registered nurse in Missouri build a movement
of insurgent candidates challenging powerful incumbents in Congress. One of
their races will become the most shocking political upset in recent American
history. Cast: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. World Premiere
Midnight Family / Mexico, U.S.A.
(Director: Luke Lorentzen, Producers: Kellen Quinn, Daniela Alatorre, Elena
Fortes) — In Mexico City’s wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a
private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of
urgent help. As they try to make a living in this cutthroat industry, they
struggle to keep their financial needs from compromising the people in their
care. World Premiere
Mike Wallace Is Here / U.S.A.
(Director: Avi Belkin, Producers: Rafael Marmor, John Battsek, Peggy Drexler, Avi
Belkin, Christopher Leggett) — For over half a century, 60 Minutes’ fearsome
newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the world’s most influential
figures. Relying exclusively on archival footage, the film interrogates the
interrogator, tracking Mike’s storied career and troubled personal life while
unpacking how broadcast journalism evolved to today’s precarious tipping point.
World Premiere
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in
Three Movements / U.S.A. (Director: Irene Taylor Brodsky, Producers: Irene Taylor
Brodsky, Tahria Sheather) — A deeply personal portrait of three lives, and the
discoveries that lie beyond loss: a deaf boy growing up, his deaf grandfather
growing old, and Beethoven the year he was blindsided by deafness and wrote his
iconic sonata. World Premiere
One Child Nation / China, U.S.A.
(Directors: Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, Producers: Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang,
Julie Goldman, Christoph Jörg, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn) — After
becoming a mother, a filmmaker uncovers the untold history of China’s one-child
policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by this
social experiment. World Premiere
Pahokee / U.S.A. (Directors:
Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan, Producers: Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan, Maida
Lynn) — In a small agricultural town in the Florida Everglades, hopes for the
future are concentrated on the youth. Four teens face heartbreak and celebrate
in the rituals of an extraordinary senior year. World Premiere
TIGERLAND / U.S.A. (Director:
Ross Kauffman, Producers: Fisher Stevens, Xan Parker, Zara Duffy) — 50 years
ago, a young forest officer in India rallied the world to save tigers from
extinction. Today, the creed is carried on in Far East Russia by the guardians
of the last Siberian tigers, who risk everything to save the species. World
Premiere
Untitled Amazing Johnathan
Documentary / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Ben Berman, Producers: Miranda
Bailey, Ben Berman, Russell Groves, Amanda Marshall, Jacob Perlin) — What
begins as a documentary following the final tour of a dying magician — “The
Amazing Johnathan” — becomes an unexpected and increasingly bizarre journey as
the filmmaker struggles to separate truth from illusion. Cast: Johnathan
Szeles. World Premiere
Where’s My Roy Cohn? / U.S.A.
(Director: Matt Tyrnauer, Producers: Matt Tyrnauer , Corey Reeser, Marie
Brenner, Andrea Lewis) — Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American
politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues – from Joseph McCarthy
to his final project, Donald J. Trump. This thriller-like exposé connects the
dots, revealing how a deeply troubled master manipulator shaped our current
American nightmare. World Premiere
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Dirty God / Netherlands, United
Kingdom, Belgium, Ireland (Director: Sacha Polak, Screenwriters: Sacha Polak,
Susanne Farrell, Producers: Marleen Slot, Michael Elliott) — Jade is a young
mother in the prime of her life when an acid attack leaves her severely burned.
While her face has been reconstructed, her beauty is lost beneath the scars.
Descending a self-destructive path with relationships crumbling, Jade must take
drastic action to reclaim her life. Cast: Vicky Knight, Katherine Kelly, Eliza
Brady-Girard, Rebecca Stone, Bluey Robinson, Dana Marienci. International
Premiere
Divine Love / Brazil, Uruguay,
Denmark, Norway (Director: Gabriel Mascaro, Screenwriters: Gabriel Mascaro,
Rachel Daisy Ellis, Esdras Bezerra, Producer: Rachel Daisy Ellis) — Brazil,
2027. A deeply religious woman uses her position in a notary’s office to
advance her mission to save struggling couples from divorce. Whilst waiting for
a sign in recognition of her efforts, she’s confronted with a crisis in her own
marriage that ultimately brings her closer to God. Cast: Dira Praes, Julio
Machado, Emilio de Melo, Teca Pereira, Mariana Nunes, Thalita Carauta. World
Premiere
Dolce Fine Giornata / Poland
(Director: Jacek Borcuch, Screenwriters: Jacek Borcuch, Szczepan Twardoch,
Producer: Marta Habior) — In Tuscany, Maria’s stable family life begins to
erode as her relationship with a young immigrant develops against a backdrop of
terrorism and eroding democracy. Cast: Krystyna Janda, Katarzyna Smutniak,
Vincent Riotta, Antonio Catania, Lorenzo de Moor, Robin Renucci. World Premiere
Judy & Punch / Australia
(Director and screenwriter: Mirrah Foulkes, Producers: Michele Bennett, Nash
Edgerton, Danny Gabai) — In the anarchic town of Seaside, nowhere near the sea,
puppeteers Judy and Punch are trying to resurrect their marionette show. The
show is a hit due to Judy’s superior puppeteering but Punch’s driving ambition
and penchant for whiskey lead to an inevitable tragedy that Judy must avenge.
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman, Tom Budge, Benedict Hardie, Lucy Velik,
Terry Norris. World Premiere
Koko-di Koko-da / Sweden, Denmark
(Director and screenwriter: Johannes Nyholm, Producer: Johannes Nyholm) — As a
couple goes on a trip to find their way back to each other, a sideshow artist
and his shady entourage emerge from the woods, terrorizing them, luring them
deeper and deeper into a maelstrom of psychological terror and humiliating
slapstick. Cast: Leif Edlund, Ylva Gallon, Peter Belli, Katarina Jacobson.
World Premiere
The Last Tree / United Kingdom
(Director and screenwriter: Shola Amoo, Producers: Lee Thomas, Myf Hopkins) —
Femi is a British boy of Nigerian heritage who, after a happy childhood in
rural Lincolnshire, moves to inner London to live with his mum. Struggling with
the unfamiliar culture and values of his new environment, teenage Femi has to
figure out which path to adulthood he wants to take. Cast: Sam Adewunmi,
Gbemisola Ikumelo, Tai Golding. World Premiere
Monos / Colombia, Argentina,
Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Uruguay (Director: Alejandro Landes, Screenwriters:
Alejandro Landes, Alexis Dos Santos, Producers: Alejandro Landes, Fernando
Epstein, Santiago Zapata, Cristina Landes) — On a faraway mountaintop, eight
kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow. Cast: Julianne
Nicholson, Moisés Arias, Sofia Buenaventura, Deibi Rueda, Karen Quintero, Laura
Castrillón. World Premiere
Queen of Hearts / Denmark
(Director: May el-Toukhy, Screenwriters: Maren Louise Käehne, May el-Toukhy,
Producers: Caroline Blanco, René Ezra) — A woman jeopardizes both her career
and her family when she seduces her teenage stepson and is forced to make an
irreversible decision with fatal consequences. Cast: Trine Dyrholm, Gustav
Lindh, Magnus Krepper. World Premiere
The Sharks / Uruguay, Argentina,
Spain (Director and screenwriter: Lucía Garibaldi, Producers: Pancho Magnou
Arnábal, Isabel García) — While a rumor about the presence of sharks in a small
beach town distracts residents, 14-year-old Rosina begins to feel an instinct
to shorten the distance between her body and Joselo’s. Cast: Romina Bentancur,
Federico Morosini, Fabián Arenillas, Valeria Lois, Antonella Aquistapache.
World Premiere
The Souvenir / United Kingdom
(Director and screenwriter: Joanna Hogg, Producers: Luke Schiller, Joanna Hogg)
— A quiet film student begins finding her voice as an artist while navigating a
turbulent courtship with a charismatic but untrustworthy man. She defies her
protective mother and concerned friends as she slips deeper and deeper into an
intense, emotionally fraught relationship which comes dangerously close to
destroying her dreams. Cast: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton.
World Premiere
This is not Berlin / Mexico
(Director: Hari Sama, Screenwriters: Rodrigo Ordóñez, Hari Sama, Max Zunino,
Producers: Ale García, Antonio Urdapilleta, Hari Sama, Verónica Valadez P.) —
1986, Mexico City. Seventeen-year-old Carlos doesn’t fit in anywhere, not in
his family nor with the friends he has chosen in school. But everything changes
when he is invited to a mythical nightclub where he discovers the underground
nightlife scene: punk, sexual liberty and drugs. Cast: Xabiani Ponce de León,
José Antonio Toledano, Ximena Romo, Mauro Sánchez Navarro, Klaudia García,
Marina de Tavira. World Premiere
WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES / Japan (Director
and screenwriter: Makoto Nagahisa, Producers: Shinichi Takahashi, Tahei
Tamanishi, Haruki Yokoyama, Haruhiko Hasegawa) — Their parents are dead. They
should be sad, but they can’t cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is the
story of four 13-year-olds in search of their emotions. Cast: Keita Ninomiya,
Satoshi Mizuno, Mondo Okumura, Sena Nakajima. World Premiere
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION
Advocate / Israel, Canada,
Switzerland (Directors: Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaïche, Producers:
Philippe Bellaïche, Rachel Leah Jones, Paul Cadieux, Joelle Bertossa) Lea
Tsemel defends Palestinians: from feminists to fundamentalists, from non-violent
demonstrators to armed militants. As a Jewish-Israeli lawyer who has
represented political prisoners for nearly 50 years, Tsemel, in her tireless
quest for justice, pushes the praxis of a human rights defender to its limits.
World Premiere
Cold Case Hammarskjold / Denmark
(Director: Mads Brügger, Producers: Peter Engel, Andreas Rocksén, Bjarte M.
Tveit) — Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran
Bjorkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjold. As
their investigation closes in, they discover a crime far worse than killing the
Secretary-General of the United Nations. World Premiere
Untitled Brazil Documentary /
Brazil (Director and screenwriter: Petra Costa, Producers: Joanna Natasegara,
Shane Boris, Tiago Pavan) — A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in
crisis – the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic
periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma
Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically
polarized nation that remains. World Premiere
The Disappearance of My Mother /
Italy (Director and screenwriter: Beniamino Barrese, Producer: Filippo
Macelloni) — An aging fashion model strives to escape the world of images and
disappear for good, but her son’s determination to make a final film about her
sparks an unexpected collaboration and confrontation with the camera’s gaze.
World Premiere
Gaza / Ireland (Directors: Garry
Keane, Andrew McConnell, Producers: Brendan J. Byrne, Garry Keane, Andrew
McConnell, Paul Cadieux) — Gaza brings us into a unique place beyond the reach
of television news reports to reveal a world rich with eloquent and resilient
characters, offering us a cinematic and enriching portrait of a people attempting
to lead meaningful lives against the rubble of perennial conflict. World
Premiere
Honeyland / Macedonia (Directors:
Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska, Producer: Atanas Georgiev) — When nomadic
beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half
to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and
restore natural balance. World Premiere
Lapü / Colombia (Directors: Juan
Pablo Polanco, César Alejandro Jaimes, Screenwriters: Juan Pablo Polanco, César
Alejandro Jaimes, María Canela Reyes, Producer: Julián David Quintero) — In the
middle of the Guajira Desert, Doris, a young Wayuu woman, exhumes her cousin’s
remains in order to meet her for the last time. Through a sensory journey this
ritual leads her to confront death and blend the world of the dreams with the
world of the living. Cast: Doris González Jusayú, Carmen González Jusayú. World
Premiere
The Magic Life of V / Finland,
Denmark, Bulgaria (Director: Tonislav Hristov, Screenwriters: Tonislav Hristov,
Kaarle Aho, Producers: Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg) — Haunted by childhood
traumas, Veera is trying to become more independent through live roleplaying.
As she guides herself and her mentally-challenged brother through worlds of
multiple roles and identities, witches and wizards, she finds the courage to
face the demons of her own past and her abusive father’s legacy. World Premiere
Midnight Traveler / U.S.A.,
Qatar, United Kingdom, Canada (Director: Hassan Fazili, Screenwriter: Emelie
Mahdavian, Producers: Emelie Mahdavian, Su Kim) — When the Taliban puts a
bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili’s head, he is forced to flee with his
wife and two young daughters. Capturing their uncertain journey, Fazili shows
firsthand the dangers facing refugees seeking asylum and the love shared
between a family on the run. World Premiere
Sea of Shadows / Austria
(Director: Richard Ladkani, Producers: Walter Koehler, Wolfgang Knoepfler) —The
vaquita, the world’s smallest whale, is near extinction as its habitat is destroyed
by Mexican cartels and Chinese mafia, who harvest the swim bladder of the
totoaba fish, the “cocaine of the sea.” Environmental activists, Mexican navy
and undercover investigators are fighting back against this illegal
multimillion-dollar business. World Premiere
Shooting the Mafia / Ireland
(Director: Kim Longinotto, Producer: Niamh Fagan) — Sicilian Letizia Battaglia
began a lifelong battle with the Mafia when she first pointed her camera at a
brutally slain victim. Documenting the Cosa Nostra’s barbaric rule, she bore
unflinching witness to their crimes. Her photographs, art, and bravery helped
to bring an end to a shocking reign of slaughter. World Premiere
Stieg Larsson – The Man Who
Played With Fire / Sweden (Director and screenwriter: Henrik Georgsson,
Producers: Mattias Nohrborg, Fredrik Heinig) — A documentary about the
Millennium-trilogy author Stieg Larsson and his pioneering work of fighting
right wing extremists and neo-Nazis, an obsession with fatal consequences.
International Premiere
NEXT
Adam / U.S.A. (Director: Rhys
Ernst, Screenwriter: Ariel Schrag, Producers: Howard Gertler, James Schamus) —
Awkward teenager Adam arrives to spend his final high school summer with his
older sister, who has thrown herself into New York City’s lesbian and trans
activist scene. Over the summer, Adam and those around him experience love,
friendship, and attendant hard truths in this coming-of-age comedy. Cast:
Nicholas Alexander, India Menuez, Leo Sheng, Chloe Levine, Margaret Qualley.
World Premiere
Give Me Liberty / U.S.A.
(Director: Kirill Mikhanovsky, Screenwriters: Alice Austen, Kirill Mikhanovsky,
Producers: Alice Austen, George Rush, Walter S. Hall, Michael Manasseri, Sergey
Shtern, Val Abel) — When a riot breaks out in Milwaukee, America’s most
segregated city, medical transport driver Vic is torn between his promise to
get a group of elderly Russians to a funeral and his desire to help Tracy, a
young black woman with ALS. Cast: Lauren “Lolo” Spencer, Chris Galust, Maksim
Stoyanov, Darya Ekamasova. World Premiere
Light From Light / U.S.A.
(Director and screenwriter: Paul Harrill, Producers: James M. Johnston, Kelly
Williams, Toby Halbrooks, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Headington, Theresa Page) —
Shelia, a single mom and sometime paranormal investigator, is enlisted to
investigate a possible “haunting” at a widower’s farmhouse in East Tennessee.
Cast: Marin Ireland, Jim Gaffigan, Josh Wiggins, Atheena Frizzell, David Cale.
World Premiere
Paradise Hills / Spain, U.S.A.
(Director: Alice Waddington, Screenwriters: Nacho Vigalondo, Brian DeLeeuw,
Producers: Adrian Guerra, Núria Valls) — A young woman is sent to Paradise
Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility’s beautiful
facade hides a sinister secret. Cast: Emma Roberts, Danielle Macdonald,
Awkwafina, Eiza González, Milla Jovovich, Jeremy Irvine. World Premiere
Premature / U.S.A. (Director:
Rashaad Ernesto Green, Screenwriters: Rashaad Ernesto Green, Zora Howard,
Producers: Joy Ganes, Rashaad Ernesto Green, Darren Dean) — The summer before
she leaves for college, Ayanna meets handsome and mysterious outsider Isaiah;
her entire world is turned upside down as she navigates the demanding terrain
of young love against a changing Harlem landscape. Cast: Zora Howard, Joshua
Boone, Michelle Wilson, Alexis Marie Wint, Imani Lewis, Tashiana Washington.
World Premiere
Selah and the Spades / U.S.A.
(Director and screenwriter: Tayarisha Poe, Producers: Lauren McBride, Lucas
Joaquin, Drew Houpt, Tayarisha Poe, Jill Ahrens) — Five factions run the underground
life of the prestigious Haldwell boarding school. At the head of the most
powerful faction – The Spades – sits Selah Summers. By turns charming and
callous, she chooses whom to keep close and whom to cut loose, walking the fine
line between being feared and loved. Cast: Lovie Simone, Celeste O’Connor,
Jharrel Jerome, Gina Torres, Jesse Williams. World Premiere
Sister Aimee / U.S.A. (Directors
and screenwriters: Samantha Buck, Marie Schlingmann, Producers: Bettina Barrow,
David Hartstein, Katherine Harper) — In 1926 America’s most famous evangelist
is a woman. And she’s looking for a way out. Fed up with her own success, she
gets swept up in her lover’s daydreams about Mexico and finds herself on a wild
road trip towards the border. Based on true events. Mostly made up. Cast: Anna
Margaret Hollyman, Michael Mosley, Andrea Suarez Paz, Julie White, Macon Blair,
Amy Hargreaves. World Premiere
The Death of Dick Long / U.S.A.
(Director: Daniel Scheinert, Screenwriter: Billy Chew, Producers: Jonathan Wang,
Daniel Scheinert) — Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody
finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town
Alabama. Cast: Michael Abbott Jr., Virginia Newcomb, Andre Hyland, Sarah Baker,
Jess Weixler. World Premiere
The Infiltrators / U.S.A.
(Directors: Alex Rivera, Cristina Ibarra, Screenwriters: Alex Rivera, Aldo
Velasco, Producers: Cristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera, Darren Dean) — A rag-tag
group of undocumented youth – Dreamers – deliberately get detained by Border
Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center. Cast:
Maynor Alvarado, Manuel Uriza, Chelsea Rendon, Juan Gabriel Pareja, Vik Sahay.
World Premiere
The Wolf Hour / U.S.A. (Director
and screenwriter: Alistair Banks Griffin, Producers: Brian Kavanaugh-Jones,
Bailey Conway Anglewicz, Bradley Pilz) — Once a known counterculture figure,
June E. Leigh now lives in self-imposed exile in her South Bronx apartment
during the incendiary ’77 Summer of Sam. When an unseen tormentor begins
exploiting June’s weaknesses, her insular universe begins to unravel. Cast:
Naomi Watts, Emory Cohen, Jennifer Ehle, Kelvin Harrison Jr. World Premiere
PREMIERES
After The Wedding / U.S.A.
(Director and screenwriter: Bart Freundlich, Producers: Joel B. Michaels, Harry
Finkel) — Seeking funds for her orphanage in India, Isabelle travels to New
York to meet Theresa, a wealthy benefactor. An invitation to attend a wedding
ignites a series of events in which the past collides with the present while mysteries
unravel. Based on the Academy Award-nominated film by Susanne Bier. Cast:
Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Billy Crudup, Abby Quinn. World Premiere.
DAY ONE
Animals / United Kingdom,
Ireland, Australia (Director: Sophie Hyde, Screenwriter: Emma Jane Unsworth,
Producers: Sarah Brocklehurst, Rebecca Summerton, Cormac Fox, Sophie Hyde) —
After a decade of partying, Laura and Tyler’s friendship is strained by Laura’s
new love and her focus on her novel. A snapshot of a modern woman with
competing desires, at once a celebration of female friendship and an
examination of the choices we make when facing a crossroads.Cast: Holliday
Grainger, Alia Shawkat. World Premiere
Blinded by the Light / United
Kingdom (Director: Gurinder Chadha, Screenwriters: Sarfraz Manzoor, Gurinder
Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, Producers: Gurinder Chadha, Jane Barclay, Jamal
Daniel) — In 1987 during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager
learns to live life, understand his family and find his own voice through the
music of Bruce Springsteen. Cast: Viveik Kalra, Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon,
Kulvinder Ghir, Nell Williams, Aaron Phagura. World Premiere
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil
and Vile / U.S.A. (Director: Joe Berlinger, Screenwriter: Michael Werwie,
Producers: Michael Costigan, Nicolas Chartier, Ara Keshishian, Michael Simkin)
— A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy from the perspective of Liz, his
longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
Cast: Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Haley Joel Osment, Kaya Scodelario, John
Malkovich, Jim Parsons. World Premiere
I Am Mother / Australia
(Director: Grant Sputore, Screenwriter: Michael Lloyd Green, Producers: Timothy
White, Kelvin Munro) — In the wake of humanity’s extinction, a teenage girl is
raised by a robot designed to repopulate the earth. But their unique bond is
threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news. Cast:
Clara Rugaard, Rose Byrne, Hilary Swank. World Premiere
Late Night / U.S.A. (Director:
Nisha Ganatra, Screenwriter: Mindy Kaling, Producers: Ben Browning, Howard
Klein, Jillian Apfelbaum, Mindy Kaling) — Legendary late-night talk show host’s
world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer.
Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her decision has
unexpectedly hilarious consequences as the two women separated by culture and
generation are united by their love of a biting punchline. Cast: Emma Thompson,
Mindy Kaling, John Lithgow, Paul Walter Hauser, Reid Scott, Amy Ryan. World
Premiere
Official Secrets / United States,
United Kingdom (Director: Gavin Hood, Screenwriters: Sara Bernstein, Gregory
Bernstein, Gavin Hood, Producers: Ged Doherty, Elizabeth Fowler, Melissa Shiyu
Zuo) — The true story of British Intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun, who
prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint
US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The
memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war. Cast: Keira
Knightley, Matt Smith, Ralph Feinnes, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans. World Premiere
Photograph / India (Director and
screenwriter: Ritesh Batra, Producers: Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish
Savjani) — Two lives intersect in Mumbai and go along together. A struggling
street photographer, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy
stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develops a connection that transforms
them in ways that they could not expect. Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqi, Sanya
Malhotra. World Premiere
Relive / U.S.A. (Director: Jacob
Estes, Screenwriters: Jacob Estes, Drew Daywalt, Producers: Jason Blum, Bobby
Cohen) —After a man’s family dies in what appears to be a murder, he gets a
phone call from one of the dead, his niece. He’s not sure if she’s a ghost or
if he’s going mad — but as it turns out, he’s not. Instead, her calls help him
rewrite history. Cast: David Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Mykelti Williamson, Alfred
Molina, Bryan Tyree Henry. World Premiere
Sonja – The White Swan / Norway
(Director: Anne Sewitsky, Screenwriters: Mette Marit Bølstad, Andreas Markusson,
Producers: Cornelia Boysen, Synnøve Hørsdal) — The true story of one of the
world’s greatest athletes and the inventor of modern figure skating, who took
Hollywood by storm in the 1930s, sacrificing everything to stay in the
spotlight. Cast: Ine Marie Wilmann, Valene Kane, Eldar Skar, Anders Mordal, Pål
Sverre Hagen, Aiden McArdle. International Premiere
The Mustang / U.S.A. (Director:
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Screenwriters: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Mona
Fastvold, Brock Norman Brock, Producer: Alain Goldman) — While participating in
a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles
to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but learns to confront his
violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse. Cast: Matthias
Schoenaerts, Connie Britton, Bruce Dern, Jason Mitchell, Gideon Adlon, Josh
Stewart. World Premiere
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind /
United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Producers: Andrea
Calderwood, Gail Egan) — Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in
Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from
famine. Based on the true story of William Kamkwamba. Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor,
Maxwell Simba, Lily Banda, Noma Dumezweni, Aissa Maiga, Joseph Marcell. World
Premiere
The Report / U.S.A. (Director and
screenwriter: Scott Z. Burns, Producers: Steven Soderbergh, Jennifer Fox, Scott
Z. Burns, Danny Gabai, Eddy Moretti ) — The story of Daniel Jones, lead
investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA’s Detention and
Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective.
With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in
power sought to keep hidden. Cast: Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, Ted
Levine, Maura Tierney, Michael C. Hall. World Premiere
The Sunlit Night / Germany,
Norway (Director: David Wnendt, Screenwriter: Rebecca Dinerstein, Producers:
Michael Clark, Alex Turtletaub, Gabrielle Nadig, Fabian Gasmia, Ruben
Thorkildsen, Jenny Slate) — Between New York City and the far north of Norway,
an American painter and a Russian émigré find each other in the Arctic circle.
Together under a sun that never sets, they discover a future and family that
they didn’t know they had. Cast: Jenny Slate, Zach Galifianakis, Alex Sharp,
Gillian Anderson, Fridjov Sáheim, David Paymer. World Premiere
The Tomorrow Man / U.S.A.
(Director and screenwriter: Noble Jones, Producers: Luke Rivett, Nicolaas
Bertelsen, James Schamus, Tony Lipp) — Ed Hemsler spends his life preparing for
a disaster that may never come. Ronnie Meisner spends her life shopping for
things she may never use. In a small town somewhere in America, these two
people will try to find love while trying not to get lost in each other’s
stuff. Cast: John Lithgow, Blythe Danner, Derek Cecil, Katie Aselton, Sophie
Thatcher, Eve Harlow. World Premiere
Top End Wedding / Australia
(Director: Wayne Blair, Screenwriters: Joshua Tyler, Miranda Tapsell,
Producers: Rosemary Blight, Kylie du Fresne, Kate Croser) — Lauren and Ned are
engaged, they are in love, and they have just ten days to find Lauren’s mother
who has gone AWOL somewhere in the remote far north of Australia, reunite her
parents and pull off their dream wedding. Cast: Miranda Tapsell, Gwilym Lee,
Kerry Fox, Huw Higginson, Ursula Yovich, Shari Sebbens. World Premiere
Troupe Zero / U.S.A. (Director:
Bert & Bertie, Screenwriter: Lucy Alibar, Producers: Todd Black, Jason
Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, Alex Siskin, Viola Davis) — In rural 1977 Georgia, a
misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers
her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, she recruits
a makeshift troupe of Birdie Scouts, forging friendships that last a lifetime
and beyond. Cast: Viola Davis, Mckenna Grace, Jim Gaffigan, Mike Epps, Charlie
Shotwell, Allison Janney. World Premiere
Velvet Buzzsaw / U.S.A. (Director
and screenwriter: Dan Gilroy, Producer: Jennifer Fox) — A thriller set in the
contemporary art world scene of Los Angeles, where big money artists and
mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. Cast: Jake
Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge, Natalia
Dyer. World Premiere
DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES
Ask Dr. Ruth / U.S.A. (Director:
Ryan White, Producers: Rafael Marmor, Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Christopher
Leggett) — A documentary portrait chronicling the incredible life of Dr. Ruth
Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America’s most famous sex
therapist. As her 90th birthday approaches, Dr. Ruth revisits her painful past
and her career at the forefront of the sexual revolution. World Premiere
Halston / U.S.A. (Director and
screenwriter: Frédéric Tcheng, Producers: Roland Ballester, Frédéric Tcheng,
Stephanie Levy, Paul Dallas) — From Iowa to Studio 54, this investigation into
the rags-to-riches story of America’s first superstar designer uncovers the
cautionary tale of an artist who sold his name to Wall Street. World Premiere
Love, Antosha / U.S.A. (Director:
Garret Price, Producers: Adam Gibbs, Drake Doremus) — A portrait of the
extraordinary life and career of actor Anton Yelchin. World Premiere
Marianne & Leonard: Words of
Love / U.S.A. (Director: Nick Broomfield, Producers: Marc Hoeferlin, Shani
Hinton, Kyle Gibbon) — A story of enduring love between Leonard Cohen and his
Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen. The film follows their relationship from the
early days in Greece, a time of ‘free love’ and open marriage, to how their
love evolved when Leonard became a successful musician. World Premiere
MERATA: How Mum Decolonised The
Screen / New Zealand (Director and screenwriter: Heperi MIta, Producer: Chelsea
Winstanley) — An intimate portrayal of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita, told
through the eyes of her children. Using hours of archive footage, some never
before seen, her youngest child discovers the filmmaker he never knew and
shares with the world the mother he lost. International Premiere
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool /
U.S.A., United Kingdom (Director: Stanley Nelson, Producers: Nicole London,
Stanley Nelson) — A visionary, innovator, and originator who defied
categorization and embodied the word cool: a foray into the life and career of
musical and cultural icon Miles Davis. World Premiere
Raise Hell: The Life & Times
of Molly Ivins / U.S.A. (Director: Janice Engel, Screenwriters: Janice Engel,
Monique Zavistovski, Producers: James Egan, Janice Engel, Carlisle Vandervoort)
— Molly Ivins was six feet of flame-haired Texas trouble, a prescient political
journalist, best-selling author and Bill of Rights warrior. She took no
prisoners, leaving both sides of the aisle laughing and craving more of her
razor-sharp wit. It’s time to Raise Hell like Molly! World Premiere
The Great Hack / U.S.A.
(Directors: Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim, Screenwriters: Karim Amer, Erin
Barnett, Pedro Kos, Producers: Karim Amer, Geralyn Dreyfous, Judy Korin) —
Data, arguably the world’s most valuable asset, is being weaponized to wage
cultural and political wars. The dark world of data exploitation is uncovered
through the unpredictable personal journeys of players on different sides of
the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data story. World Premiere
The Inventor: Out for Blood in
Silicon Valley / U.S.A. (Director: Alex Gibney, Producers: Jessie Deeter, Erin
Edeiken, Alex Gibney) — With a magical new invention that promised to
revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest
self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her
$10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window
into the psychology of fraud. World Premiere
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am /
U.S.A. (Director: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Producers: Timothy
Greenfield-Sanders, Johanna Giebelhaus, Chad Thompson, Tommy Walker) — This
artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life,
her works and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary
career. Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on
an exploration of race, history, America and the human condition. World
Premiere
Untouchable / U.S.A. (Director:
Ursula Macfarlane, Producers: Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn, Poppy Dixon) — The
inside story of the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein reveals how, over
decades, he acquires and protects his power even as scandal threatens to engulf
him. Former colleagues and accusers detail the method and consequences of his
alleged abuse, hoping for justice and to inspire change. World Premiere
Words from a Bear / U.S.A.
(Director: Jeffrey Palmer, Producer: Jeffrey Palmer) — A visual journey into
the mind and soul of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Navarro Scott Momaday,
relating each written line to his unique Native American experience
representing ancestry, place, and oral history. World Premiere
MIDNIGHT
Greener Grass / U.S.A. (Directors
and screenwriters: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe, Producer: Natalie Metzger) — A
deliciously twisted comedy set in a demented, timeless suburbia where every
adult wears braces on their straight teeth, couples coordinate meticulously
pressed outfits, and coveted family members are swapped in more ways than one
in this competition for acceptance. Cast: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe, Beck
Bennett, Neil Casey, Mary Holland, D’Arcy Carden. World Premiere
Little Monsters / Australia
(Director and screenwriter: Abe Forsythe, Producers: Jodi Matterson, Bruna
Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, Keith Calder, Jessica Calder) — A film dedicated to
all the kindergarten teachers who motivate children to learn, instill them with
confidence and stop them from being devoured by zombies. Cast: Lupita Nyong’o,
Alexander England, Josh Gad. World Premiere
MEMORY – The Origins of Alien /
U.S.A. (Director: Alexandre O. Philippe, Screenwriter: Alexandre O. Philippe,
Producer: Kerry Deignan Roy) — The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott’s
Alien – rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art
of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O’Bannon and H.R. Giger. A
contemplation on the symbiotic collaborative process of moviemaking, the power
of myth, and our collective unconscious. World Premiere
Mope / U.S.A. (Director: Lucas
Heyne, Screenwriters: Lucas Heyne, Zack Newkirk, Producers: Kelly Hayes, Brian
Cooper, Kern Saxton, Danny Roth) — Two ‘mopes’ – the lowest-level male
performers in the porn industry – set their sights on an impossible dream:
stardom. Cast: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Kelly Sry, Brian Huskey, Max Adler,
David Arquette, Tonya Cornelisse. World Premiere
Sweetheart / U.S.A. (Director: JD
Dillard, Screenwriters: JD Dillard, Alex Theurer, Alex Hyner, Producers: Jason
Blum, JD Dillard, Alex Theurer, Alex Hyner, Bill Karesh) — Jenn has washed
ashore a small tropical island and it doesn’t take her long to realize she’s
completely alone. She must spend her days not only surviving the elements, but
must also fend off the malevolent force that comes out each night. Cast:
Kiersey Clemons, Emory Cohen, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Andrew Crawford. World
Premiere
The Hole in the Ground / Ireland
(Director: Lee Cronin, Screenwriters: Lee Cronin, Stephen Shields, Producers:
John Keville, Conor Barry) — One night, Sarah’s young son disappears into the
woods behind their rural home. When he returns, he looks the same, but his
behavior grows increasingly disturbing. Soon, Sarah realizes that the boy who
returned may not be her son at all… Cast: Seána Kerslake, James Cosmo, Kati
Outinen, Simone Kirby, Steve Wall, James Quinn Markey. World Premiere
The Lodge / U.S.A., United
Kingdom (Directors: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, Screenwriters: Sergio Casci,
Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, Producers: Simon Oakes, Aliza James, Aaron
Ryder) — In this psychologically chilling slow burn, a young woman and her
reticent new stepchildren find themselves isolated in the family’s remote
winter cabin, locked away to dredge up the mysteries of her dark past and the
losses that seem to haunt them all. Cast: Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia
McHugh, Alicia Silverstone, Richard Armitage. World Premiere
SPOTLIGHT
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch /
Canada (Directors: Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky,
Screenwriter: Jennifer Baichwal, Producer: Nicholas de Pencier) — From concrete
seawalls in China that cover 60% of the mainland coast to the biggest
terrestrial machines ever built in Germany, to psychedelic potash mines in
Russia’s Ural Mountains, to conservation sanctuaries in Kenya, the filmmakers
have traversed the globe to document the evidence and experience of human
planetary domination. International Premiere
Birds of Passage / Colombia
(Directors: Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra, Screenwriters: Maria Camila Arias,
Jacques Toulemonde, Producers: Katrin Pors, Cristina Gallego) — In 1970s
Colombia, Rapayet is a man torn between the desire to be powerful and his duty
to uphold his culture’s values. His indigenous tribe, the Wayúu, ignores
ancient omens and enters the drug trafficking business — where honor is the
highest currency and debts are paid with blood. Cast: Carmina Martinez, Jose
Acosta, Natalia Reyes. Utah Premiere
Maiden / United Kingdom (Director
and screenwriter: Alex Holmes, Producers: Victoria Gregory, Alex Holmes) — The
incredible, against-all-odds story of sailor Tracy Edwards, who skippered the
first all-female international crew in the 1989 Whitbread Round the World Yacht
Race. U.S. Premiere
The Biggest Little Farm / U.S.A.
(Director: John Chester, Screenwriters: Mark Monroe, John Chester, Producers:
Sandra Keats, John Chester) — Two dreamers and a dog embark on an odyssey to
bring harmony to their lives and the land. As their plan to create perfect
harmony takes a series of wild turns, they will have to reach a far greater
understanding of the intricacies and wisdom of nature, and life itself. Utah
Premiere
The Mountain / U.S.A. (Director:
Rick Alverson, Screenwriters: Rick Alverson, Colm O’Leary, Dustin Defa,
Producers: Ryan Zacarias, Sara Murphy, Eddy Moretti, Alison Carter) — 1950s
America. Since his mother‘s confinement to an institution, Andy has lived in
the shadow of his stoic father. A family acquaintance, Dr. Wallace Fiennes,
employs the introverted young man as a photographer to document an asylum tour
advocating for his increasingly controversial lobotomy procedure. Cast: Jeff
Goldblum, Tye Sheridan, Udo Kier, Denis Lavant, Hannah Gross. U.S. Premiere
The Nightingale / Australia
(Director and screenwriter: Jennifer Kent, Producers: Kristina Ceyton, Bruna
Papandrea, Steve Hutenski, Jennifer Kent) — 1825. Clare, a young Irish
convictwoman, chases a British officer through the Tasmanian wilderness, bent
on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On
the way she enlists the services of Aboriginal tracker Billy, who is marked by
trauma from his own violence-filled past. Cast: Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin,
Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie. North American
Premiere
KIDS
Abe / Brazil (Director: Fernando
Grostein Andrade, Screenwriters: Lameece Issaq, Jacob Kader, Producers: Carlos
Eduardo Ciampolini, Noberto Pinheiro Jr., Caio Gullane, Fabiano Gullane) — The
Israeli-Jewish side of his family calls him Avram. The Palestinian-Muslim side
Ibrahim. His first-generation American agnostic lawyer parents call him
Abraham. But the 12-year-old kid from Brooklyn who loves food and cooking,
prefers, well, Abe. Just Abe. Cast: Noah Schnapp, Seu Jorge Mário da Silva,
Mark Margolis, Dagmara Dominczyk, Arian Moayed, Tom Mardirosian. World Premiere
The Elephant Queen / United
Kingdom, Kenya (Directors: Victoria Stone, Mark Deeble, Screenwriter: Mark
Deeble, Producers: Victoria Stone, Lucinda Englehart) — Athena is a mother who
will do everything in her power to protect her herd when they are forced to
leave their waterhole and embark on an epic journey across the African savannah
in a tale of love, loss and coming home. U.S. Premiere
THE WITCH HUNTERS / Serbia,
Macedonia (Director: Rasko Miljkovic, Screenwriters: Marko Manojlovic, Milos
Kreckovic, Producer: Jovana Karaulic) — 10-year-old Jovan is often escaping
reality to immerse himself into a fantasy world. It all changes when he
befriends his new classmate Milica and the adventure to hunt her ‘witch’
stepmother starts. Cast: Mihajlo Milavic, Silma Mahmuti. U.S. Premiere
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