2 hrs 28 mins | English | Sat, Oct 19, 2024 10:30 AM
ABOUT THE FILM:
Academy Award-nominated Director Joshua Oppenheimer (The Look of Silence, The Act of Killing) presents The End, a Golden Age musical about one of the last families on earth, starring Academy Award-winner Tilda Swinton as Mother and Academy Award-nominee Michael Shannon as Father. After the sudden arrival of a stranger, Girl (Moses Ingram), threatens the family’s luxurious compound deep underground, and Son (George MacKay) begins to question their seemingly perfect existence.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:
Two-time Oscar® nominee Joshua Oppenheimer’s work has moved from fiction to documentary and back again. His debut feature, The Act of Killing (2014 Oscar® Nominee), was named Film of the Year in 2013 by the Guardian and the Sight and Sound Film Poll, and won 72 total awards. In response to public discussion around The Act of Killing and his second film The Look of Silence (2016 Oscar® Nominee), the US government has declassified 30,000 previously secret files detailing America’s complicity in the Indonesian genocide. In 2016, Cinema Eye Honors named Joshua and both his films as decade-defining.
Buy Tickets | Additional Information
2 hrs 47 mins | Farsi | Sat, Oct 19, 2024 2:00 PM
ABOUT THE FILM:
A timely, heartrending tale set against the backdrop of the “Woman. Life. Freedom” movement in Iran follows a newly promoted investigating judge who, under pressure from his corrupt superiors, is forced to betray his own morals by cracking down on protesters without due process. This fateful decision sets off a chain reaction, as his compliance with the oppressive regime leads to a devastating rift with his wife and two daughters. Tensions escalate when the paranoid father discovers his gun is missing, plunging the family into a slow-burning spiral of fear and distrust.
In the shadow of the Hijab Protests, this powerful drama subtly exposes the insidious impact of the Islamic Republic’s chauvinistic and oppressive regime on the private lives of its citizens, with a particular focus on the suffering endured by women. The Seed of the Secret Fig is the latest masterpiece from acclaimed director Mohammad Rasoulof, a filmmaker and political activist whose career has been marked by relentless harassment and censorship by the Iranian authorities. Despite being sentenced to eight years in prison during the making of this film, Rasoulof managed to complete it and flee his homeland just in time for its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where his courage was recognized with a Special Jury Award. – Amir Bogen
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:
Iranian director, writer and producer Mohammad Rasoulof was born in Shiraz, Iran and has made eight feature films. Though none have screened in his home country due to censorship, his films have been admired around the world. Several of his films premiered at the Cannes Film festival in the Un Certain Regard section and received accolades including Best Director for Goodbye, the FIPRESCI Prize for Manuscripts Don’t Burn, and the main prize for Man of Integrity. His latest film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, was awarded the Special Jury and FIPRESCI prizes at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Buy Tickets | Additional Information
1 hr 30 mins | Sat, Oct 19, 2024 5:45 PM
ABOUT THE FILM:
Jaap Peter, a lively 16-year-old boy, eagerly prepares for his older sister’s wedding at their beloved grandfather’s country house. As the whole family rallies together to create the perfect celebration, Jaap Peter falls in love for the first time. But when the girl of his dreams is smitten with his younger sister Joe instead, Jaap Peter is disheartened and loses interest in the wedding, until he realizes that his presence and the unbreakable bond of his family are vital in making the party a success.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:
In 2007, Margien Rogaar’s short film Breath was selected for the Nisi Masa programme in Semaine de la Critique. She directed Maybe Sweden (2006) followed by Bon Voyage (2010) and Scrap Wood War (2014). In 2011 she directed the series Doctor Cheezy. In 2016 she made Remi, Nobody’s Boy, a contemporary Christmas feuilleton based on the book Sans Famille by Hector Malot. Remi, Nobody’s Boy was nominated for an Emmy Award. In 2023 she created the television series Lampje. Jippie No More! is Rogaars latest feature film, which world premiered as the opening film of Cinekid, Amsterdam, in 2023.
Buy Tickets | Additional Information
2 hrs 12 mins | Spanish | Sat, Oct 19, 2024 8:30 PM
ABOUT THE FILM:
From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard comes Emilia Pérez, an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations. Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. The fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self. Written and directed by Audiard (Rust and Bone, A Prophet), the double Cannes-winning film also stars Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Edgar Ramírez.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:
Jacques Audiard is a French film director and screenwriter. He has won both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language twice: in 2005 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon cœur s’est arrêté) and in 2010 for A Prophet (Un prophète). A Prophet also won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival that same year. His film Rust and Bone won Best Film at the 2012 BFI London Film Festival, Dheepan won the Palme d’Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, and The Sisters Brothers won the Silver Lion for Best Direction at the 2018 Venice International Film Festival.