BEST INDIES OF THE YEAR Horizons Competition, Venice Film Festival 2020 Directed by: Gia COPPOLA Country: USA Year: 2020 Runtime: 95 min Genre: Comedy, Drama A love story of being in love with someone who doesn’t love themselves set against the new emerging culture of today’s world. Crew Tom Stuart, Gia Coppola – [...]
BEST INDIES OF THE YEAR Venice Days, Venice 2020 Directed by: Merawi GERIMA Country: USA Year: 2020 Runtime: 90 min Genre: Drama When Jay arrives home, he finds his neighborhood gentrified beyond recognition. Demetrius, his childhood best friend, is missing, but none of the remaining black folks trust Jay enough to provide [...]
BEST INDIES OF THE YEAR John Cassavetes Award, Film Independent Spirit Awards 2020 NEXT Section, Sundance 2019 Directed by: Kirill Mikhanovsky Country: USA Year: 2019 Runtime: 110 min Genre: Comedy, Drama Vic, a hapless young Russian American, drives a handicapped transport in Milwaukee, where he shares an apartment with his grandfather. Already late on [...]
DOCS OF THE DAY Audience Award, AFI Fest 2018 Toronto Film Festival 2018 Directed by: John CHESTER Country: USA Year: 2018 Runtime: 91 min Genre: Documentary The documentary chronicles the eight-year quest of John and Molly Chester as they trade city living for 200 acres of barren farmland and a dream to harvest in [...]
DOCS OF THE DAY Official Selection, Berlinale 2020 Directed by: Courtney Stephens, Pacho Velez Country: SUA Year: 2020 Runtime: 70 min Genre: Documentary The American Sector takes viewers on a fractured road trip, encountering panels of The Berlin Wall that have been installed as public monuments throughout the United States. Visiting over forty sites, [...]
CLASSIC GEMS Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Directed by: Sofia COPPOLA Country: USA Year: 2003 Runtime: 102 min Genre: Comedy, Drama Bob (Bill Murray) is a movie star in town to shoot a whiskey commercial, while Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) is a young woman tagging along with her workaholic photographer husband. Unable [...]
BEST INDIES OF THE YEAR Platform Section, Toronto Film Festival 2019 Golden Eye Award, Zürich Film Festival 2019 Directed by: Darius Marder Country: USA Year: 2019 Runtime: 130 min Genre: Drama, Music When ex-addict Ruben unexpectedly loses his hearing while touring with his girlfriend Lou, he becomes overwhelmed by anxiety and his [...]
BEST INDIES OF THE YEAR Un Certain Regard – Jury Coup de Coeur, Cannes Film Festival 2019 Jury Prize, Deauville Film Festival 2019 Directed by: Michael Angelo COVINO Country: USA Year: 2019 Runtime: 98 min Genre: Comedy, Drama Kyle and Mike are best friends who share a close bond - until Mike [...]
BEST INDIES OF THE YEAR In competition, Berlinale 2020 Directed by: Kelly REICHARDT Country: USA Year: 2019 Runtime: 122 min Genre: Drama A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon [...]
Special Jury Prize, Sundance 2019 Directed by: Alma HAR'EL Country: SUA Year: 2019 Runtime: 93 min Genre: Drama From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his own experiences, award-winning filmmaker Alma Har'el brings to life a young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his [...]
