Dolce Fine Giornata / Poland (Director: Jacek Borcuch; Screenwriters: Jacek Borcuch, Szczepan Twardoch; Principal Cast: Krystyna Janda, Kasia Smutniak, Vincent Riotta, Antonio Catania, Lorenzo de Moor, Robin Renucci). Maria Linde, a free-spirited, Jewish Polish Nobel Prize winner, lives in Tuscany surrounded by warmth and chaos in her family’s villa. A loving mother and grandmother, she also fosters […]

Imaginary Order / USA (Director and Screenwriter: Debra Eisenstadt; Producers: Debra Eisenstadt, Cosmos Kiindarius;  Principal Cast: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Christine Woods, Max Burkholder, Steve Little, Catherine Curtin, Kate Alberts) For Cathy, life as she’s always known it seems to be slipping away. Her sense of significance is crumbling as she worries that her husband is having an affair and her 13-year-old […]

Corporate animals / USA (Director: Patrick Brice; Screenwriter: Sam Bain; Producers: Keith Calder, Jess Wu Calder, Mike Falbo, Ed Helms;  Principal Cast: Demi Moore, Ed Helms, Jessica Williams, Karan Soni.   Lucy (Demi Moore) is the egotistical, megalomaniac CEO of Incredible Edibles, America’s premier provider of edible cutlery. In her infinite wisdom, Lucy leads her staff, including her long-suffering assistants, Freddie […]

Untouchable / United Kingdom ( ). The inside story of the meteoric rise and monstrous fall of movie titan Harvey Weinstein, Untouchable reveals how Weinstein acquired and deployed his formidable power over the course of decades. Former staffers, college friends, and reporters reflect upon the public perception of Weinstein as a visionary, while detailing his […]

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.; Principal Cast: Xabiani Ponce de León, José Antonio Toledano, Ximena Romo, Mauro Sánchez Navarro, Klaudia García, Marina de Tavira). As Mexico anticipates the 1986 World Cup, 17-year-old Carlos is less interested […]

Hala / USA (Director: Minhal Baig; Screenwriter: Minhal Baig; Producers: Clarence Hammond, Jamal Watson, Minhal Baig; Principal Cast: Geraldine Viswanathan, Jack Kilmer, Gabriel Luna, Purbi Joshi, Azad Khan, Anna Chlumsky). Hala is her father’s pride and joy. Dutiful and academically gifted, she skillfully navigates both her social life as a teen in Chicago and her […]

Mope / USA (Director: Lucas Heyne; Screenwriters: Lucas Heyne, Zack Newkirk; Producers: Kelly Hayes, Danny Roth, Kern Saxton, BP Cooper, Dylan Vox, Elena Cristiean; Principal Cast: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Kelly Sry, Brian Huskey, Max Adler, David Arquette, Tonya Cornelisse). In the multibillion-dollar world of pornography, the term mope refers to a low-level, wannabe porn actor who perhaps isn’t quite well endowed or otherwise […]

Give me liberty / USA (Director: Kirill Mikhanovsky: Screenwriters: Alice Austen; Kirill Mikhanovsky; Produced by Alice Austen; Producers: Kirill Mikhanovsky, Sergey Shtern, George Rush, Walter S. Hal, Val Abel, Michael Manasseri; Principal Cast: Lauren “Lolo” Spencer, Chris Galust, Maksim Stoyanov, Darya Ekamasova). Vic, a hapless young Russian American, drives a handicapped transport in Milwaukee, where he […]

Native Son / USA. Director: Rashid Johnson; Screenwriter: Suzan-Lori Parks; Produced by Matthew Perniciaro, Michael Sherman; Principal Cast: Ashton Sanders, Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, KiKi Layne, Bill Camp). Sanaa Lathan  Bigger “Big” Thomas, a young African American man, lives with his mother and siblings in Chicago. Half-heartedly involved with a girlfriend, he sports green hair and a […]

The sound of silence / USA (Director: Michael Tyburski; Screenwriters: Ben Nabors, Michael Tyburski; Producers: Ben Nabors, Michael Prall, Tariq Merhab, Charlie Scully, Mandy Tagger Brockey, Adi Ezroni; Principal Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Rashida Jones, Tony Revolori, Austin Pendleton). A self-taught scientist, Peter (Peter Sarsgaard) works in New York as a “house tuner”—a unique, highly specialized profession he’s […]