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The best in new
independent film
July 18 -27, 2019
24TH ANNUAL STONY BROOK FILM FESTIVAL
STALLER CENTER
FOR THE ARTS
24TH ANNUAL
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24th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival
Presented by island federal
Thurs, July 18 - Sat, July 27, 2019
Buy a Film Pass
The Stony Brook Film Festival presented by Island Federal is your opportunity to see the best in SBFF PASSholder PerkS
Independent features and short films from the U.S. and around the world.
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You'll experience the first screening in America of dramas and comedies from Germany, Israel,
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the United Kingdom, France and India as over twenty countries are represented at this year's
festival. Many of the U.S. films that will screen throughout the ten days will be World, U.S. and
• A Festival Pass is
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Only $90.
Join us for these stimulating, thought provoking and delightful new films in Staller Center's Main
Stage Theatre. You'll see some of the world's best actors, directed by world class filmmakers in
unique and extraordinary stories. Cast and crew from many of these films will be on hand to host
question and answer sessions following screenings and discuss the many aspects of the • Receive a
Film Pass and
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Film goers will vote on their favorite films throughout the festival and play a role in choosing the
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The best way to experience the Stony Brook Film Festival is to buy a Festival pass for only $90. • Guaranteed seating for passholders up to
See all films over 10 days and receive many passholder perks. Buy a Gold Pass and sit in the 15 minutes before screening time.
reserved section of the theatre with filmmakers and guests and receive tickets to attend the
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Closing Night Awards Reception $30, passholders only.
General admission: $12, $10 seniors, $5 all students
• exclusive access to reception tickets for
Box office hourS closing Night Awards (limited availability.)
If you plan on seeing more than one film,
Mon to Sat, 12 noon to 6 pm and one hour before films
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Schedule
PleASe NoTe: Shorts play first at screening times. Running times are in parentheses.
Later movie start times are approximate as question & answer sessions may delay the start of the second and third screening slots.
ThUrS 18 FrI 19 SAT 20 SUN 21 MoN 22
OPENING 7:00 pm 4:00 pm 4:00 pm 7:00 pm
NIGHT
Yao (103)
FEATURE FEATURE FEATURE FEATURE
Miamor perdido (103) Cause of Death (79) Guest Artist (74)
8:00 pm ShorT: ShorT: ShorT: Sides of a Horn (17) ShorT:
Balloon (120)
FEATURE ASIA A (20) The High Bridge (9) Waiting Game (24)
7:00 pm
7:00 pm FEATURE
The Unorthodox (99)
9:30 pm 9:30 pm
Sweethearts (107)
FEATURE
OPENING NIGHT
Lady Winsley (106)
FEATURE
Celeste (106)
FEATURE
ShorT: How To Swim (15)
PARTY ShorT: Portraitist (15)
ShorT:
10:30 pm ShorT: 9:30 pm The Bicycle Thief (8)
Intermedium (21) 9:30 pm FEATURE
Above the Clouds (87)
(Exclusive for
Them That Follow (98)
Gold Passholders)
FEATURE
ShorT: Toke Is Cheap (23)
ShorT: Percht (17)
TUeS 23 Wed 24 ThUrS 25 FrI 26 SAT 27
7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm CLOSING
In God I Trust (97)
NIGHT
Cold Case
FEATURE FEATURE FEATURE FEATURE
Chuskit (90) Babysplitters (115)
Hammarskjöld (128)
8:00 pm
ShorT:
Lola & Her Brothers
ShorT: ShorT: FEATURE
The Youngest (18) Homecoming (7) Jupiter (14)
9:30 pm (105)
9:30 pm 9:30 pm 9:30 pm FEATURE
The Parts You Lose (99)
FEATURE
The Silent Revolution
FEATURE FEATURE CLOSING
Made in China (87) A Scientist’s Guide to NIGHT AWARDS
ShorT: Living and Dying (75) (111)
10:30 pm
Newborn (6) ShorT: ShorT: The Interview (15)
(Ticket required)
Debbie & Doug Drop Acid
in the Desert (25)
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THUR18
F
Thursday, July 18 • 8:00 pm
OPENING NIGHT FEATURE
Balloon
New York Premiere - Germany - 120 minutes
Directed by Michael Herbig. Written by Kit Hopkins, Thilo Röscheisen and
With Friedrich Mücke (Text for You), Karoline Schuch (Hanna’s Journey),
Michael Herbig.
David Kross (My Brother Simple), Alicia von Rittberg (Fury) and
Thomas Kretschmann (Valkyrie).
Based on the true story of what may be the most spectacular escape attempt
from East Germany ever undertaken. In the summer of 1979, after two years
of planning, sewing and tinkering, the Strelzyk and Wetzel families are ready to
put their daredevil plan into action: fly from the GDR to West Germany in a THE VIEW FROM HERE
homemade hot air balloon. After their initial failure is found out by the Contemporary Perspectives from Senegal
authorities, the brave amateurs work frantically to create a second balloon Featuring nearly 50 works by 10 contemporary
while trying to avoid discovery by the East German police, who are desperate Senegalese artists.
director Michael Herbig (star of Hotel Lux) feature’s a who’s-who cast of SBFF
to track down the would-be traitors. This inspiring and nerve-wracking film from
RECEPTION: Saturday, July 20, 5-7pm
On view at the Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery
favorites, and will keep you on the edge of your seat to the very end.
Open all ten evenings of the Film Festival. Free admission.
In English and German with subtitles
The Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery is located on the first floor of the
Produced by Michael Herbig. Edited by Alexander Dittner. Director of Staller Center for the Arts. zuccairegallery.stonybrook.edu
Photography: Torsten Breuer. A herbX Film, StudioCanal and SevenPictures Film
production. From DistribFilms US.
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FRI19
F F
Friday, July 19 • 7:00 pm Friday, July 19 • 9:30 pm
FEATURE FEATURE
Miamor perdido Celeste
U.S. Premiere - Spain - 103 minutes East Coast Premiere - Australia - 106 min
With Radha Mitchell (Finding Neverland, Melinda and Melinda),
Directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro. Written by Clara Martínez- Written and Directed by Ben Hackworth.
With Dani Rovira, Michelle Jenner, and Vito Sanz (Growing Up). Thomas Cocquerel (The Tribes of Palos Verdes), Odessa Young
Lázaro and Miguel Esteban.
(The Professor) and Nadine Garner.
After falling madly in love, comedian Mario and actress Olivia
own. But when their adopted cat Miamor (MyLove) disappears in
decide to end their perfect relationship before it falls apart on its Hidden away at a crumbling estate, retired opera diva Celeste
anxiously reaches out to her late husband’s son, asking him to come
the process of their break up, their perfect plan goes awry. Clara home for her much-anticipated final performance. But his return after
Growing Up teams up with her father, director Emilio Martínez-
Martínez-Lázaro, writer and director of last year’s uproarious the long absence stirs up unsettling memories that pull them both
into a mutually precarious orbit. Set in the lush, tropical splendor of
Lázaro, to bring us this insane comedy about love, commitment, the rain forest in Queensland, Australia, this visually stunning feature
Schrödinger's cat, and the Theater of the Absurd. mesmerizes as an unfolding mystery and haunting romance.
In Spanish with subtitles Produced by Lizzette Atkins, Raphael Cocks. Edited by Peter Carrodus.
Director of Photography: Katie Milwright. A Unicorn Films production.
Produced by Nico Matji and José Luis Olaizola. Edited by Ángel From LevelK.
Hernández Zoido. Director of Photography: Juan Molina. A
Discontinuo La Película, Impala, Caos Films and Radio Televisión
Española production. From SONY Pictures Releasing España.
SHORT SHORT
ASIA A Intermedium
New York Premiere - World Premiere -
S S
United States - 20 min United States - 21 min
A film by Andrew Reid A film by Erik Bloomquist
A young man with a recent spinal cord An obsessive-compulsive teenager
injury struggles with his sense of self- struggles to compromise with the ghost
worth as a paraplegic. that haunts her family’s new home.
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SAT20
F F F
Saturday, July 20 • 4:00 pm Saturday, July 20 • 7:00 pm Saturday, July 20 • 9:30 pm
FEATURE FEATURE FEATURE
Yao Sweethearts Them That Follow
U.S. Premiere - France, Senegal - 103 min U.S. Premiere - Germany - 107 min New York Premiere - United States - 98 min
Directed by Philippe Godeau. Written by Directed by Karoline Herfurth. Written and Directed by Britt Poulton and
With Omar Sy (The Intouchables), Lionel Louis With Karoline Herfurth (Text for You), Hannah With Alice Englert, Walton Goggins (Django
Philippe Godeau and Agnès de Sacy. Written by Monika Fäßler. Dan Madison Savage.
Herzsprung, Frederick Lau (My Brother Simple), Unchained), Olivia Colman (The Favourite) and
and Anneke Kim Sarnau (My Brother Simple). Thomas Mann (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl).
Basse, and Fatoumata Diawara.
13-year-old Yao would do anything to meet
Seydou Tall. When Seydou comes to Senegal When thief and single mom Mel’s greatest In the wilds of Appalachia, widowed preacher
for the first time, Yao travels 240 miles alone coup is foiled by Franny, Mel decides to take Lemuel oversees a church whose believers
to do just that. Moved by the boy’s her hostage. Now with both of them on the run handle deadly snakes to prove themselves
determination, Seydou decides to accompany from cops and crooks, Franny decides to help before God, while his daughter has a secret that
him back to his village, but begins to realize a less than enthusiastic Mel, but creates more could tear their tiny community apart. This slow-
that he is also travelling towards his own mayhem in the process. A laugh-out-loud crime burning film gives its characters so much
home as well. This feel-good charmer caper from director/actor Karoline Herfurth. humanity that the eventual explosion it sets off
features the amazing landscape of Senegal. is all the more powerfully felt. Academy Award
In German with subtitles winner Olivia Colman shines in her role as a
In French with subtitles Produced by Christopher Doll and Lothar weary but faithful follower.
Hellinger. Edited by Simon Gstöttmayr. Director Produced by Gerard Butler, Bradley Gallo,
Produced by Philippe Godeau and Omar Sy. of Photography: Daniel Gottschalk. A Warner Michael A. Helfant, Danielle Robinson and Alan
Edited by Hervé de Luze. Director of Bros. Film Productions and Hellinger / Doll Siegel. Edited by Joshua Raymond Lee.
Photography: Jean-Marc Fabre. A Pan Filmproduktion production. From Picture Tree Director of Photography: Brett Jutkiewicz. An
Européenne, Korokoro, and France 2 Cinéma International. Amasia Entertainment and G-BASEproduction.
production. A Top Knot Films. From Wild Bunch. From 1091 Media.
SHORT SHORT SHORT
The high Portraitist Percht
Bridge New York New York
S S S
United States - Premiere - Premiere -
9 min Luxembourg - Austria - 17 min
A film by Benedict Campbell 15 min In German with subtitles
A Bronx teenager reluctantly confronts In French with subtitles A film by Béla Baptiste
fatherhood when he takes his young daughter A film by Cyrus Neshvad Following local tradition, a group of young
to the doctor. An old man's suicide attempt is interrupted Austrians dress like demons to chase away
when he learns that his granddaughter is ill. winter.
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SUN21
F F F
Sunday, July 21 • 4:00 pm Sunday, July 21 • 7:00 pm Sunday, July 21 • 9:30 pm
FEATURE FEATURE FEATURE
Cause of death The Unorthodox Above the Clouds
New York Premiere - Israel - 79 min Israel - 99 min East Coast Premiere -
Directed by Ramy A Katz. Written and Directed by Eliran Malka. United Kingdom - 87 min
Written by Ramy A Katz and Assaf Lapid. With Shula Rand, Yaacov Cohen and Yoav Levi. Directed by Leon Chambers. Screenplay by
Simon Lord.
Philip Jackson (My Week with Marilyn).
On the night of the 5th of March 2002, an 1983: Yaakov Cohen, a Sephardic Jew living in With Naomi Morris, Andrew Murton, and
armed terrorist opened fire on civilians dining Jerusalem, is tired of feeling pushed around by
in a Tel Aviv restaurant. Policeman Salim the Ashkenazi Jews of European descent. After
Barakat arrived first on the scene and his daughter is expelled from school for racial When headstrong Charlie discovers her
stopped the terrorist, but he was killed in the reasons, he decides to fight back. Though he’s parents have been keeping her biological
process. For years his brother Jamal has just a regular guy with no money, connections or father a secret from her, she does what any
been attending police ceremonies in political experience, Yaakov discovers he has 18-year old would do – she recruits an art-
commemoration of Salim. Now, after the will to take action. Joining forces with others loving homeless man whose only
discovering new facts about the incident, in his community he decides to establish the possession is his driving license to be her
Jamal suspects that officials may have first ethnic political group in Jerusalem. A big ‘responsible adult’ and sets off on an epic
withheld vital information, and he sets out to hearted, humorous and fascinating tale based 700-mile road trip from Margate to the Isle
find the truth. A riveting documentary, with on the creation of the Shas in Israel. of Skye to track down a man she knows
twists and turns up to its very end. nothing about. A mirthful and picturesque
In Hebrew with subtitles epic on the importance of family.
In Hebrew and Arabic with subtitles
Produced by Ra'anan Gershoni. Edited by Arik Produced by Leon Chambers. Edited by Leon
Produced by Ramy A Katz. Edited by Assaf Lahav-Leibovich. Director of Photography: Yaron Chambers. Director of Photography: Neil
Lapid. Director of Photography: Itai Raziel, Scharf. A Dori Media Paran production. From Oseman. A Third Light Films production.
Rami Katzav. From Go2Films. Go2Films.
SHORT SHORT SHORT
Sides of how To Swim Toke Is Cheap
a horn Israel - 15 min Canada -
South Africa (17) S S S
United States & In Hebrew 23 minutes
with subtitles A film by Kerry
In English and Zulu, with subtitles A film Noa Gusakov van der Griend
A film by Toby Wosskow A pregnant woman tricks a stranger into being A teenage boy who sells marijuana is met
A tale of South Africa's poaching war told her mother for an afternoon. with an unusual request from his Father.
from both sides of the fence.
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MON22
F F
Monday, July 22 • 7:00 pm Monday, July 22 • 9:30 pm
FEATURE FEATURE
Guest Artist lady Winsley
United States - 74 min U.S. Premiere - France, Turkey, Belgium - 106 min
With Jeff Daniels (The Martian, The Squid and the Whale, Gettysburg)
Directed by Timothy Busfield. Written by Jeff Daniels. Directed by Hiner Saleem. Written by Thomas Bidegain, Hiner Saleem
and Véronique Wüthrich.
and Thomas Macias. With Mehmet Kurtulus, Ergün Kuyucu and Ezgi Mola.
Writer and legendary actor Jeff Daniels gives a tour de force When Lady Winsley, the famous American novelist, is discovered dead
performance as Joseph Harris, a world-weary New York playwright who on the remote Turkish island of Büyükada, the famous Inspector Fergün
has just arrived at the train station in a small Michigan town to mount is sent from Istanbul to solve the murder case. With the help of Azra,
his latest play. Faced with an overly enthusiastic driver—who also just the beautiful innkeeper, he must confront stubborn members of the
happens to be an aspiring playwright—and a severe lack of alcohol, island community in his attempt to untangle well-kept secrets and
comedy of manners, from the director who brought My Sweet
Harris decides to return to New York immediately, much to the dismay discover who the murderer is. An intriguing mystery and a fascinating
Pepperland to our festival.
of his biggest fan. A hilarious, engaging and truly independent film
about art, integrity and knowing when not to apologize.
Produced by Michael A. Alden, Timothy Busfield, Donald Clark, Jeff In Turkish with subtitles
Daniels, Michael Ferdie, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Lohmann and Alyssa
Loveall. Director of Photography: Wilson Coates Busfield. From Grand Produced by Marc Bordure and Robert Guédiguian. Edited by Claire
River Productions. Fieschi and Sophie Reine. Director of Photography: Andreas Sinanos.
An Agat Films & Cie production. From Playtime.
SHORT SHORT
S S
Waiting Game The Bicycle Thief
East Coast Premiere - East Coast Premiere -
United States - 24 min United Kingdom - 8 min
A film by Jon Bloch A film by Kerry Skinner and
A young man puts his life on hold to Stewart Alexander
take care of his ailing father, as they A young girl’s day of adventure is
both struggle to connect. interrupted when her bicycle is stolen.
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TUE23
F F
Tuesday, July 23 • 7:00 pm Tuesday, July 23 • 9:30 pm
FEATURE FEATURE
Chuskit Made in China
New York Premiere - India - 90 min U.S. Premiere - France - 87 min
Written and Directed by Priya Ramasubban. Directed by Julien Abraham. Written by Julien Abraham, Frédéric Chau
With Jigmet Dewa Lhamo and Morup Namgyal. and Kamel Guemra. With Frédéric Chau, Medi Sadoun, Julie De Bona,
Steve Tran, Bing Yin, and Mylène Jampanoï.
Chuskit's dream of going to school is cut short when she is rendered
a paraplegic after an accident. Confined to life indoors, she continues Francois, a young French-Chinese photographer, hasn't set foot in
to harbor hopes of going to school, but her tradition-bound grandfather Paris' Chinatown or talked to his father since they had an intense fight
feels that the school in their remote Himalayan village can't handle ten years ago. Since then, he has avoided all questions about his
her special needs. Caught in the middle of this struggle are her family and has even pretended to be adopted. But when he learns
parents and brother, who respect grandfather’s old world views, but that he is going to be a father, he realizes that it is time to come to
also want to keep Chuskit's spirit alive. A thoroughly charming, family- terms with his past. Pushed by his wife and bringing along his best
friendly treat from a part of the world seldom seen on screen. friend Bruno for moral support, he decides to reconnect with his family
and share his good news. A humorous and touching film about family,
In Ladakhi with subtitles friends, and remembering where you came from.
Produced by Priya Ramasubban. Edited by Jabeen Merchant. Director In French with subtitles
of Photography: Arvind Kannabiran. A Kaavya Films production.
Produced by Florian Genetet-Morel and Sandra Karim. Edited by Scott
Stevenson. Director of Photography: Julien Meurice. A Montauk Films
and Ripley Films production. From TF1 Studio.
SHORT SHORT
S S
The Youngest Newborn
New York Premiere - New York Premiere -
Israel - 18 min Canada - 6 min
In Hebrew with subtitles A film by Ray Savaya
A film by Rachel Elitzur After missing the birth of his son, a
An ultra-orthodox young woman feels new father asks his wife to
trapped by her widowed mother. reconsider the name they’ve chosen
for the child.
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WED24
F F
Wednesday, July 24 • 7:00 pm Wednesday, July 24 • 9:30 pm
FEATURE FEATURE
Babysplitters A Scientist's Guide to living and dying
Directed by Nitzan Mager and Shachar Langlev (Folkswagon).
New York Premiere - United States - 115 min New York Premiere - United States - 75 min
Written and Directed by Sam Friedlander.
(Internet Gangsters).
With Danny Pudi, Emily Chang, Maiara Walsh and Eddie Alfano Written by Nitzan Mager.
With Nitzan Mager, Kieran Patrick Campbell and Kivlighan de
Montebello.
Sarah is ready for a child, but her husband Jeff is still trying to achieve
the career he always wanted. Meanwhile, their friends Don and Taylor A young scientist, in the midst of groundbreaking genetic research, is
are also not in agreement on parenthood – he’s ready to dive in, but thrown into free-fall when she becomes pregnant with her dead
she doesn’t want to give up their freedom. So they hatch a plan: one husband’s child. As she is suddenly confronted by the unknowable, her
baby, two sets of parents. What could possibly go wrong? Don’t miss mind and her body are transfigured in ways that are both magical and
year’s Audience Award for best short, Internet Gangsters) with Danny
this laugh-out-loud comedy from Sam Friedlander (director of last terrifying. A courageous and unique experience in which the real-life
Pudi (Community), Emily Chang (The Vampire Diaries), Maiara Walsh
pregnancy of writer/director/actress Nitzan Mager was followed on film
(The Last Ship) and Long Island’s own Eddie Alfano.
over nine months and explored within a fantastical, fictional story.
Produced by Nitzan Mager and Shachar Langlev. Edited by Shari
Produced by Sam Friedlander, Rebecca G. Stone, Matt DiNicola and Berman and Mark Demolar. Director of Photography: Shachar Langlev
David C. Smith. Edited by Christine Kim. Director of Photography: and Roy Nowlin. From Mager Langlev Media.
Alicia Robbins. A Route 66 Films and Third Law Productions
production.
SHORT SHORT
homecoming debbie & doug drop
S S
United States - 7 minutes Acid in the desert
A film by Jennifer Blair United States - 25 min
When a college sophomore returns A film by Scott Brown
home to share some important news A desperate couple drop acid to try to
with his parents, things don’t quite re-ignite the fire of their once
go as expected. passionate marriage.
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THUR25
F F
Thursday, July 25 • 7:00 pm Thursday, July 25 • 9:30 pm
FEATURE FEATURE
In God I Trust The Silent revolution
East Coast Premiere - Canada - 97 min East Coast Premiere – Germany – 111 min
Directed by Maja Zdanowski. Written by Paul St. Amand and Maja Written and Directed by Lars Kraume. From the book by Dietrich
With Marc Senior, John Cassini (Se7en) , Steven Roberts, Bilal Oliver, With Leonard Scheicher, Tom Gramenz, Ronald Zehrfeld (Sweethearts),
Zdanowski. Garstka.
and Melissa Roxburgh (Star Trek Beyond). and Florian Lukas (The Invisibles)
A suspenseful, sharp-eyed study on the unpredictable realities of race When a class of Seniors in the Communist-controlled GDR discovers
and religion in America. Inspired by true events, this film follows three what is really happening during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956, they
separate story lines that converge during a random encounter at a decide to remain silent for one minute to show solidarity with the
diner in a small Northern Idaho town. The audience may find their own victims. After this draws more attention than expected, the students
assumptions questioned as these complicated, true-to-life portrayals find themselves accused of a counterrevolutionary act. A true story of
keep one guessing until the final credits. Featuring nuanced courage in the face of an unforgiving, authoritarian regime.
performances, Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Bilal Oliver, and
an amazing landscape, this is the unique vision of a talented and truly In German and Russian with subtitles
independent filmmaker.
Produced by Miriam Düssel, Susanne Freyer, Kalle Friz, Isabel Hund
Produced by Paul St. Amand, Maja Zdanowski and Jesse Norsworthy. and Thomas Kufus. Edited by Barbara Gies. Director of Photography:
Edited by Maja Zdanowski. Director of Photography: Corey MacGregor. Jens Harant. An Akzente Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Studiocanal
An IGIT Film production. Film, Zero One Film and Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
production. From DistribFilms US.
SHORT SHORT
Jupiter The Interview
S S
New York Premiere - United States - 15 min
Germany - 14 min A film by Nate Duncan
In German with subtitles A man goes in for an important job
A film by Benjamin Pfohl interview only to find out that more than a
A shy, teenage girl must choose job is on the line.
between her parents’ cosmic cult and
her own future.
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FRI26
F F
Friday, July 26 • 7:00 pm Friday, July 26 • 9:30 pm
FEATURE FEATURE
Cold Case hammarskjöld The Parts You lose
New York Premiere - Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium - 128 min
Written and Directed by Mads Brügger. United States - 99 min
With Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Scoot McNairy (Argo), Mary
Directed by Christopher Cantwell. Written by Darren Lemke.
Elizabeth Winstead (10 Cloverfield Lane) and Danny Murphy.
Danish director Mads Brügger has created what may be the most
unusual documentary you will ever see. Dag Hammarskjöld served
as the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953 until
1961 when he died in a plane en route to cease-fire negotiations Wesley is a 10-year-old who lives on a small farm in North Dakota
during the Congo Crisis. While the crash was officially attributed to and goes to a school for the deaf. Bullied at school and suffering a
pilot error, it was disputed from the beginning, with more evidence strained relationship with his father, his one bright spot is his
coming to light over the past few decades. Joining forces with a relationship with his mother. When an injured criminal fugitive
Swedish private investigator, Brügger gamely decides to sift takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the boy's family's farm,
through this very cold case. But as they begin to put the pieces Wesley decides to help him recover, and the two misfits form an
together they realize they have either solved a scandalous murder unlikely alliance. Aaron Paul has never been better, and young
or have uncovered an elaborate conspiracy theory. Don’t miss this British actor Danny Murphy, who is deaf, gives a heartfelt
wild ride through recent history in a one-of-a-kind film you’ll be performance as young Wesley.
thinking about for days.
Produced by Aaron Paul and Tom Williams. Edited by Heather
In English, French, Swedish, Bemba and Danish with subtitles Persons. Director of Photography: Evans Brown. A Gran Via
Productions, Inferno Pictures Inc. and The H Collective production.
Produced by Andreas Rocksén. Edited by Nicolás Nørgaard From Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Staffolani. Director of Photography: Tore Vollan. A Wingman Media
ApS, Piraya Film A/S and Laika Film & Television production.
From Magnolia Pictures.
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SAT27
F
Saturday, July 27 • 8:00 pm
CLOSING NIGHT FEATURE
lola & her Brothers
New York Premiere - France - 105 min
With Ludivine Sagnier, José Garcia, Jean-Paul Rouve (La Vie en Rose) and
Directed by Jean-Paul Rouve. Written by David Foenkinos and Jean-Paul Rouve.
Ramzy Bedia.
Lola and her brothers Pierre and Benoit lost their parents a long time ago, but
CLOSING NIGHT
they visit their graves regularly. Now in her 30’s, Lola may be the youngest of
the three, but she behaves more like a mother to her overprotective big
AWARDS
brothers. When Pierre loses his job but pretends he’s still employed, and
Benoit ties himself in knots for his new bride, Lola finds she is reluctant to
RECEPTION
introduce them to the man she’s finally fallen in love with. But maybe the time
has come for Lola to settle down and enjoy a life of her own. Sit back and relax
as this charming and sensitive comedy provides the perfect mood for the
closing film.
In French with subtitles Sponsored by
Produced by Cédric Iland, Nadia Khamlichi and Adrian Politowski. Edited by
festivities in the Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery,
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