Inspired by the surreal, live-tracked 2019 Northern British Columbia manhunt, this haunting, fever-dream parable charts a crisis of modern connection across deep class divides. The film tracks Joey, a working-class nineteen-year-old gamer hollowing out his isolation in digital simulations, and Kit, a companion from privilege chasing an unspoken, desperate desire to dissolve into something real….
“Luminous.”–Laurie Anderson “Weintraub makes use of an archive of rare photographs, home movies, hand-drawn scores and signal flow diagrams, excerpts of unheard music, and rare footage from live performances, to assemble an impression of Oliveros that is charmingly funny, wise and profoundly real but without disturbing her essential mystery. What emerges is a clear image of…
BUST / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Angalis Field, Screenwriters: Angalis Field, Eliza Barry Callahan, Producer: Drake Burnette) — A trans cop with the New York City Police Department goes undercover to make a drug bust. Cast: Lux Pascal, Nicky DeMarie, Cole Doman.
In the latest true-life portrait by the Austin team of Ivete Lucas and Patrick Xavier Bresnan, a veterinarian’s series of home visits culminates in a painful but very kind-hearted experience with a special patient. – Notes by Jason Anderson, TIFF Programmer, Short Cuts. A New Yorker Release. Upcoming Screening Schedule North American Premiere: TIFF -(Shortcuts…
SYDNEY & KIM is a film about the demise of a close friendship, exploring how sickness and debility transform what we hold most dear. “Equally motivated by Mumblecore filmmaking of the 1990s and the New Topographics landscape photography movement of the 1970s, Sydney & Kim theorizes SoCal “shitty heaven” as an allegory for the ubiquity…
“A strong, muscular, heartfelt film.” – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian “An extraordinary directorial debut — based on actual events — in which form and content fuse to discover a new cinematic language.” – Ann Hornaday, Washington Post “Filmed and edited with dynamism, You Resemble Me catches our attention by touching on a number of central…
It may only be a tower block on the edge of a forest, but you can tell by the look on the faces of the people hoping to join the building’s community that this must be one of the last bastions of civilization in a world that has fallen apart. Here, the goal is to…
A submergence into the vivid realities of three Transgender sex workers living in Cape Town, South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Teeming with more big ideas in its short running time than some directors manage in their careers, maverick filmmaker Lluis Minarro’s Love Me Not manages, by virtue of being structured by the biblical story of Salome, to end up being not only challenging, but elegantly compact, too.” – Jonathan Holland, Hollywood Reporter A reverie on…
“Sophie von Haselberg shines bright in this lurid picture of stardom undone.”– Wendy Ide, Screendaily “A thing of beauty and wonder, relishing excess.” – Alexandra Heller, AFWJ “Best watched late at night with your mind and third eye wide open.” – Richard Gray, The Reel Bits A Primetime Saturday Night Network Television Spectacular starring Sissy St. Claire! Sissy St….