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ANGELO (Markus Schleinzer 2018)
Based on a real person, the story of an African slave who becomes an exotic pet of the Hapsburg Court in 18th-century Austria. Beautiful and very weird, by the casting director of Michael Haneke and Ulrich Seidl, who follows the same austere school, and whose first film was about a pedophile.
FAUSTO (Andrea Bussmann 2018)
Bussmann blends philosophy, the occult, and folklore in a series of stories or interviews, often at night, along the Oaxaca coast of Mexico
HONEYLAND (Tamara Kotovsk, Ljubomir Stefanov 2018)
HONEYLAND/ Медена Земја is a three-year observational documentary about an unmarried woman in rural Macedonia whose wild honey raising is spoiled by new neighbors. A simple but rich tale.
Last edited by Chris Knipp; 03-19-2019 at 07:21 PM.
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MIDNIGHT FAMLY (Luke Lorentzen 2019)
Another high-profile item of the New Directors series, winner of the Sundance Documentary Cinematography award for its striking images of the Ochoas, who man a private ambulance in Mexico City. There are only 45 municipal ambulances for over nine million people, so the private, not exactly legal ones try to make money filling the gap. It ain't easy. An exciting, sad, and highly entertaining film. Lorentzen worked alone in the vehicle with the team on many long nights, shot alone with two cameras, and did his own editing. He's young.
Last edited by Chris Knipp; 12-09-2019 at 11:16 PM.
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THE LOAD/TERET (Ognjen Glavonić 2018)
A man drives a mysterious truckload during the Kosovo bombing, 1999, hinting at moral complicity in an atrocity. Relentlessly unfun but intelligent, handsomely crafted, and with glimmers of hope from a new generation. But the conceit seems heavy-handed despite the well-crafted minimalism. Feature debut; he made a doc about the actual atrocity.
Now showing in France. AlloCiné 3.0 (not fabulous).
New Directors/New Films showtimes:
April 3, 8:45 PM; April 4, 6:30 PM
U.S. Premiere · Q&As with Ognjen Glavonić on April 3 & 4
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TEMPORADA/LONG WAY HOME (André Novais Oliveira 2018).
A middle-aged woman of color moves away for a new job in suburban Brazil and patiently makes her way. A triumph of the quotidian. A remarkable little film that embodies many of the qualities of small indie Latin American films but has a quality of its own.
ND/NF Showtimes; March 31, 3:15 PM; April 2, 8:45 PM
New York Premiere · Q&As with André Novais Oliveira on March 31 & April 2
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FILMLEAF ND/NF FESTIVAL COVERAGE THREAD
New Directors/New Films begins Wednesday, March 27.
Last edited by Chris Knipp; 03-22-2019 at 05:03 PM.
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SUBURBAN BIRDS (Qiu Sheng 2018)
This two-layered feature of young surveyors studying a sinking Chinese landscape and preteens playing and singing communist songs seems too cool for its own good. But then it becomes haunting and engaging. Watch this guy. From Locarno, naturally.
Showtimes: March 31, 3:00 PM; April 2, 8:45 PM
North American Premiere · Q&As with Qiu Sheng on March 31 & April 2
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MIDNIGHT FAMLY (Luke Lorentzen 2019)
It comes to the Roxie in San Francisco December 13, 2019. Coming to the Metrograph NYC Dec. 10.
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