Official selection, Locarno FF, 2017 Directed by: Aaron KATZ Year of production: 2017 Country: USA Genre: thriller Length: 92 minutes A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant travels across Los Angeles to unravel the mystery, she must stay one step ahead [...]
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, Sundance 2017 Official selection, Deauville FF Directed by: Matt SPICER Year of production: 2017 Country: USA Genre: comedy, drama Length: 97 minutes Ingrid Thorburn (Aubrey Plaza) is an unhinged social media stalker with a history of confusing “likes” for meaningful relationships. Taylor Sloane (Elizabeth Olsen) is an Instagram-famous “influencer” whose [...]
Nominated, Oscar for best actor in a leading role, Viggo Mortensen Best Director Prize, Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2016 Official Selection, Sundance, 2016 Directed by: Matt ROSS Year of production: 2016 Country: USA Genre: drama, comedy Length: 118 minutes In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids [...]
HONOURING THE PRESENCE IN ROMANIAN OF JOAQUIN PHOENIX Oscar for Best Original Screenplay Directed by: Jeff BAENA Year of production: 2016 Country: USA Genre: romantic drama Length: 126 minutes Los Angeles, slightly in the future. Heartbroken after the end of a long relationship, Theodore, a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing [...]
HONOURING THE PRESENCE IN ROMANIAN OF JOHN C. REILLY Official Selection, Sundance 2017 Directed by: Jeff BAENA Year of production: 2016 Country: USA Genre: comedy Length: 90 minutes Medieval nuns Alessandra (Alison Brie), Fernanda (Aubrey Plaza), and Ginevra (Kate Micucci) lead a simple life in their convent. Their days are spent chafing at [...]
HONOURING THE PRESENCE IN ROMANIAN OF JOHN C. REILLY Un Certain Regard, Cannes 1996 Official Selection, Deauville 1996 Directed by: Paul Thomas ANDERSON Year of production: 1996 Country: USA Genre: drama, thriller Length: 102 minutes HARD EIGHT is the first feature by director Paul Thomas Anderson, initially entitled SYDNEY and based on the [...]
HONOURING THE PRESENCE IN ROMANIAN OF MILENA CANONERO Oscar for Best Costume Design (Milena Canonero), Best Makeup, Best Music Directed by: Wes ANDERSON Year of production: 2014 Country: USA/Germany Genre: comedy, drama Length: 99 minutes The Grand Budapest Hotel describes the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a European famous [...]
U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Director, Maggie Betts, Sundance 2017 Directed by: Maggie BETTS Year of production: 2017 Country: USA Genre: drama Length: 123 minutes Spanning over a decade from the early 1950s through to the mid-60s, NOVITIATE is about a young girl's first initiation with love, in this case [...]
Official Selection, Sundance 2017 Best Director,Un Certain Regard - Cannes 2017 Directed by: Taylor SHERIDAN Year: 2017 Country: USA Genre: thriller Length: 111 minutes WIND RIVER is a chilling thriller that follows a rookie FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted [...]
Official Selection, Cannes 2017 Directed by: Anahita GHAZVINIZADEH Year of production: 2017 Country: USA, QATAR Genre: drama Length: 80 minutes Fourteen-year-old J goes by the pronoun ‘They” and lives with their parents in the suburbs of Chicago. J is exploring their gender identity while taking hormone blockers to postpone puberty. After two years of [...]
