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Stray and La Llorona
Giants Being Lonely
(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Grear Patterson; Writer: Grear Patterson, Grear Patterson, Sam Stillman; Stars: Alejandro Castro Arias, Amalia Culp, Gabe Fazio, Lily Gavin, Ben Irving, Jack Irving, Stella Schnabel, Joey Thurmond, Alejandro Castro Arias, Amalia Culp, Gabe Fazio, Lily Gavin, Ben Irving, Jack Irving, Stella Schnabel)
World premiere. Narrative
Three teens find themselves on a treacherous path towards adulthood.
A Glitch In The Matrix
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Rodney Ascher)
Are we living in a simulation?
World premiere. Documentary
Harley
(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Jean-Cosme Delaloye)
World premiere. Documentary
Portrait of criminal defence lawyer Harley Breite.
Honeymood
(Country: Israel; Year: 2020; Director: Talya Lavie; Writer: Talya Lavie; Stars: Ran Danker, Avigail Harari)
Following a fight in their honeymoon suite on the night of their wedding, a bride and groom embark on a surreal urban odyssey through the streets of Jerusalem.
World premiere. Narrative
I'm No Longer Here (Ya no estoy aqui)
(Country: Mexico, United States; Year: 2019; Director: Fernando Frias; Writer: Fernando Frias; Stars: Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño, Xueming Angelina Chen, Brandon Yahir Alday Vazquez, Rocio Monserrat Rios Hernandez, Jonathan Fernando Espinoza Gamez, Luis Leonardo Zapata, Bianca Coral Puernte Valenzuela, Leonardo Ernesto Garza Ávila, Estefania Judith Tovar Ramirez, Yesica Avigail Silvia Rios, Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño, Xueming Angelina Chen, Brandon Yahir Alday Vazquez, Rocio Monserrat Rios Hernandez, Jonathan Fernando Espinoza Gamez)
World premiere. Narrative
A portrait of Monterrey’s Cholombianos dance fans.
Through The Night and Honeymood
La Llorona
(Country: Guatemala, France; Year: 2019; Director: Jayro Bustamante; Writer: Jayro Bustamante, Lisandro Sanchez; Stars: María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, Margarita Kenéfic, Julio Diaz, María Telón, Ayla-Elea Hurtado)
Enrique, a retired general who oversaw the Maya genocide, is haunted by his devastating crimes. A tale of horror and fantasy, reimagining the Latin American fable as an urgent metaphor of Guatemalan recent history and its unhealed political wounds.
World premiere. Narrative
Looking For A Lady With Fangs And A Moustache
(Country: Nepal, Mexico; Year: 2019; Director: Khyentse Norbu; Writer: Khyentse Norbu; Stars: Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, Tsering Tashi Gyalthang, Tulku Kungzang, Tenzin Kunsel, Ngawang Tenzin, Rabindra Singh Baniya, Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, Tsering Tashi Gyalthang, Tulku Kungzang, Tenzin Kunsel, Ngawang Tenzin, Rabindra Singh Baniya)
World premiere. Narrative
Plagued by otherworldly visions, a young Nepali musician and entrepreneur is told that he only has one week to live.
La Madrina: The Savage Life Of Lorine Padilla
(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Raquel Cepeda; Writer: Raquel Cepeda)
World premiere. Documentary
While the Bronx burned, Lorine claimed her place as queen of the NYC street gang The Savage Skulls. 40 years later, she examines her impact in the intervening years: as mother, spiritual advisor, activist, and keeper of a controversial legacy.
Marvelous And The Black Hole
(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Kate Tsang; Writer: Kate Tsang; Stars: Miya Cech, Rhea Perlman, Beth Hall, Paulina Lule, Raymond McAnally)
World premiere. Narrative
A teenage delinquent befriends a surly magician who helps her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family with sleight of hand magic.
Miracle Fishing
(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Miles Hargrove)
World premiere. Documentary
1994, Tom Hargrove was kidnapped in Colombia by the FARC. With a $6M ransom price and without support from the authorities, Tom’s wife and sons pick up the phone (and a Video8 camcorder) to negotiate directly with the largest terrorist group in the Western Hemisphere.
A Glitch In The Matrix and Marvelous And The Black Hole
The Outside Story
(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Casimir Nozkowski; Writer: Casimir Nozkowski; Stars: Brian Tyree Henry, Sonequa Martin-Green, Sunita Mani, Olivia Edward, Asia Kate Dillon, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Michael Cyril Creighton, Matthew Maher, Hannah Bos, Maria Dizzia, Jordan Carlos, Lynda Gravatt, Paul Thureen, Nadia Bowers, Suzette Gunn)
World premiere. Narrative
Having just broken up with his girlfriend, introverted video editor Charles gets locked out of his apartment, accidentally embarking on a transformative odyssey through his neighbourhood.
Pacified
(Country: Brazil, United States; Year: 2019; Director: Paxton Winters; Writer: Joseph Carter, Wellington Magalhaes, Paxton Winters, Paxton Winters; Stars: Bukassa Kabengele, Cassia Gil, Débora Nascimento, Léa Garcia, Raphael Logan, Jefferson Brasil, Rayane Santos, José Loreto, Thiago Thomé, Shirley Cruz, Rod Carvalho, Murilo Sampaio, Bukassa Kabengele, Cassia Gil, Débora Nascimento)
World premiere. Narrative
The story of a friendship that develops between a girl trying to keep her mum out of trouble and an ex-convict trying to stick to the straight and narrow.
PS Burn This Letter Please (P.S. Burn This Letter Please)
(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Michael Seligman, Jennifer Tiexiera; Writer: Michael Seligman, Jennifer Tiexiera)
World premiere. Documentary
A box found in an abandoned storage unit unearths a time capsule of correspondences from a forgotten era: the underground drag scene in 1950s New York City.
Stateless (Apátrida)
(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Michèle Stephenson; Writer: Michèle Stephenson; Stars: Rosa Iris Diendomi-Álvarez, Teofilo Murat, Gladys Feliz)
World premiere. Documentary
In 2013, the Dominican Republic stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents, rendering over 200,000 people without nationality, identity or homeland. Stateless explores this complex history and politics through one young woman’s fight to protect the right to citizenship for all people.
The State of Texas vs Melissa
(Country: France; Year: 2020; Director: Sabrina Van Tassel)
World premiere. Documentary
Melissa Lucio was the first Hispanic woman sentenced to death in Texas. For ten years she has been awaiting her fate, and now faces her last appeal.
Stray
(Country: Turkey, Hong Kong; Year: 2020; Director: Elizabeth Lo)
The world of Zeytin, a stray dog living life on the streets of Istanbul.
World premiere. Documentary
Through The Night
(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Loira Limbal; Stars: Deloris Hogan, Patrick Hogan)
Documentary examining the emotional toll of our modern economy on families, told through the lens of a 24-hour daycare centre in Westchester, New York.
World premiere. Documentary
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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