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A Polar Year

Dir.: Samuel Collardey
| 94 minutes

Anders, a Danish school teacher, takes a teaching position in a rural village in Greenland. He will need to learn the language to communicate with his students, while getting used to life in sub-zero temperatures.

The Prayer

Dir.: Cédric Kahn
| 107 minutes

Thomas is sent to a Catholic rehabilitation center in the alps. In time, he feels God’s spirit, but events interfere and set him at a crossroads. A humanistic, powerful film by esteemed French director Cédric Kahn.

The Price of Everything

Dir.: Nathaniel Kahn
| 99 minutes

A deep dive into the rarefied world of contemporary art where everything can be bought and sold, The Price of Everything is a stunning expose of the role of art in today’s consumerist society. A fascinating documentary from Award-winning filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn (My Architect).

Promise at Dawn

Dir.: Eric Barbier
| 131 minutes

A poignant drama surrounding the life of author Romain Gary and his complex relationship with his mother—from his poor childhood in Poland and teens in sunny Nice, to flying school in Africa and the final days of his life.

The Rape of Recy Taylor

Dir.: Nancy Buirski
| 91 minutes

Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Common in Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Not Recy Taylor, who bravely identified her rapists. This documentary tells her story.

Readers

Dir.: James Benning
| 108 minutes

Several people read from a wide range of books. They read - not aloud, but to themselves -  as viewers "read" them.‎ This new film by avant garde pioneer James Benning evokes  humanity and mystery and draws this everyday action into the light.

The Real Estate

Dir.: Måns Månsson, Axel Petersén
| 88 minutes

After years of revelry, sixty-eight-year old Nojet returns to Stockholm where she’s inherited an apartment building. Discovering that black-market crooks have taken over the seventh floor, she wages war against them.

Red Cow

Dir.: Tsivia Barkai-Yacov
| 91 minutes

As 17 year old Benny’s extremist father becomes more and more obsessed with a red heifer that he believes will bring the redemption, she drifts further away and into the arms of Yael, a new young woman in her life.

Redemption

Dir.: Joseph Madmony, Boaz Yehonatan Yacov
| 104 minutes

Menachem, a former frontman for a rock band, is now religious. When his daughter is diagnosed with cancer, he must find a creative solution to fund the treatments. Menachem reunites his band for one last tour.

Samouni Road

Dir.: Stefano Savona
| 128 minutes

In the outskirts of Gaza the Samouni family is about to celebrate a wedding - the first celebration since the latest war. Through recollections, the film conveys a deep, multifaceted portrait of a family before, during, and after the tragic event that changed its life forever.

Sauvage

Dir.: Camille Vidal-Naquet
| 97 minutes

Leo is 22. He sells his body on the streets for cash. He yearns for love but cannot say what lies ahead. An authentic portrayal of a transparent character operating in feral regions we take care to repress.

Season of the Devil

Dir.: Lav Diaz
| 234 minutes

In the late 1970s, a militia terrorizes a remote village in Philippines. When a doctor disappears, her husband sets out to search for her and faces a community ravaged by dictatorship and violence. A musical by renowned director Lav Diaz.

The Silk and the Flame

Dir.: Jordan Schiele
| 87 minutes

Yao visits his disabled parents in the village where he was born to celebrate the New Year. Had things been different, he might have announced his homosexuality. A delicate documentary about the struggle between identity and tradition. 

Skate Kitchen

Dir.: Crystal Moselle
| 106 minutes

Shy Camille joins Skate Kitchen—a New York posse of girl skateboarders. For the first time she feels like she belongs, makes friends, and faces new and exciting experiences. Crystal Moselle’s (The Wolfpack) debut feature film premiered at the Sundance FF.

Sorry Angel

Dir.: Christophe Honoré
| 132 minutes

Jacques, a French writer with AIDS, falls in love with young Arthur: this is Jacques’s last love and Arthur’s first. Christophe Honoré’s new film is an exciting and touching work featuring outstanding lead performances.

South

Dir.: Chantal Akerman
| 71 minutes

In 1998, Jasper, Texas, three white men commit the abhorrent murder of a black man. The crime leads Chantal Akerman to Jasper where she speaks to locals about previous crimes and the rise of white supremacist movements. 

The State I Am In

Dir.: Christian Petzold
| 104 minutes

Clara and Hans are left-wing terrorists who have been pursued by the police for nearly fifteen years. Their increasingly rebellious daughter Jeanne begins to pose a threat to their security when she falls in love with a boy she meets on the beach.

Styx

Dir.: Wolfgang Fischer
| 94 minutes

A young European doctor decides to realize an old dream: To sail alone to the heart of the Atlantic. But her voyage is cut short when she encounters a boat overloaded with refugees. Winner of three awards at the Berlinale.

Sweet Country

Dir.: Warwick Thornton
| 113 minutes

In 1920s Australia, an Aboriginal farmhand kills a rancher in self-defense and escapes. The pursuit is a lesson for both sides in law and justice. Warwick Thornton’s (Samson and Delilah) modern Western won the Platform Prize at Toronto FF.

Theatre of War

Dir.: Lola Arias
| 73 minutes

In 1982, Argentina and Britain fought over the Falkland Islands. 1000 soldiers were killed. Thirty-five years later, Lola Arias brings six veterans, three from each side, together in an attempt to recreate their experiences on film.