Red Carpet Party
23 Walks
Australia | 2020 | 102 min | Paul Morrison
Sunday 6:00 PM at Oak Hollow
A gentle, sweet, funny, romantic story of love in later life following a couple in their sixties, Dave and Fern, who get to know one another over the course of 23 dog walks.
Sponsored by Robert and Terrie Foster Fund
Bergman Island
France, Belgium, Sweden | 2021 | 112 min | Mia Hansen-Løve
Friday 2:00 PM at USA BC
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Stars Tim Roth, Mia Wasikowska, Vicky Krieps. A couple retreats to the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman to write screenplays for their upcoming films when the lines between reality and fiction start to blur.
Bill Traylor, Chasing Ghosts
USA | 2019 | 75 min | Jeffrey Wolf
Saturday 11:30 AM at Library
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An inventive feature documentary capturing the vivid life of Bill Traylor, who in his late 80s, living homeless on the street in the thriving segregated black neighborhood of Montgomery, produced a body of extraordinary art.
Bread, An Everyday Miracle
USA | | 98 min | Harald Friedl
Saturday 11:00 AM at Coastal
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This doc takes us on an enlightening journey into the world of bread and its production today.
Dis/Informed
USA | 2021 | 91 min | Charles Kriel And Katharina Gellein
Saturday 2:30 PM at Library
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This fascinating doc studies the psychology behind conspiracy.
Sponsored by Richard Pate
The Donut King
Cambodia / USA | 2020 | 90 min | Alice Gu
Friday 10:00 AM at Coastal
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This documentary is a strong study of U S. immigration story via a biography of Ted Ngoy, inventor of the “pink” bakery boxes and his wife Christy.
Sponsored by Mary Riser
Escape from Extinction
USA | 2020 | 89 min | Matthew R. Brady
Saturday 3:00 PM at USA BC
Narrated by Helen Mirren, with rare footage of endangered animals and interviews with the world’s leading animal welfare specialists and conservation scientists working to protect animals from all seven of Earth’s continents, and its mighty oceans, lakes, and rivers.
Sponsored by Ben May Charitable Trust
God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya
Macedonia | 2019 | 100 min | Teona Strugar Mitevsja
Saturday 1:00 PM at Coastal
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A Macedonian woman throws herself into a traditionally men-only ceremony, kicking up a ruckus and standing her ground.
Granny Nanny
Germany | 2020 | 105 min | Wolfgang Groos
Sunday 1:00 PM at USA BC
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A group of retirees want to escape the boredom of their lives. They become god-grandparents to kids who need them.
Helene
Finland | | 125 min | Antti Jokinen
Friday 6:00 PM at Coastal
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A story of renowned Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck, and the love affair between her and a younger art critic Einar Reuter.
Hive
Kosovo | | 84 min | Blerta Basholli
Saturday 1:00 PM at USA BC
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This Sundance triple award winner is a searing drama based on a true story of the traumas suffered as a result of the war in Kosovo.
Sponsored by Linda and Steve Ingram
The Humans
USA | 2021 | min | Stephen Karam
Saturday 10:30 AM at USA BC
Starring Richard Jenkins aand Beanie Feldstein and set inside a pre-war duplex in downtown Manhattan, a family gathers to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Sponsored by IATSE Local 478
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
USA | 2021 | 127 min | Robert B. Weide
Friday 11:00 AM at USA BC
Recounting the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut, and the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it.
Lamb
Iceland | 2021 | 106 min | Valdimar Jóhannsson
Friday 12:00 PM at Coastal
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A childless couple, María and Ingvar discover a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland. The unexpected prospect of family life brings them much joy, before ultimately destroying them.
Luzzu
Malta | 2021 | 94 min | Alex Camilleri
Saturday 5:00 PM at USA BC
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A man risks everything to provide for his wife and newborn son by entering Malta’s black-market fishing industry.
Perfumes
France | 2019 | 100 min | Grégory Magne
Sunday 10:00 AM at USA BC
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Anne Walberg is a celebrity in the perfume world who lives as a diva. Guillaume is her new driver and the only one who is not afraid to stand up to her.
Sponsored by Corinne Ramming
Persian Lessons
German | 2020 | 131 min | Vadim Perelman
Friday 6:30 PM at USA BC
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A young Jewish man pretends to be Iranian to avoid being executed in a concentration camp.
Sponsored by Steve and Linda Ingram
RK, RKA
India | 2021 | 95 min | Rajat Kapoor
Saturday 3:00 PM at Coastal
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RK is a filmmaker, making a new film, in which he also plays the lead character of Mahboob. Its a quaint film, like a tribute to the cinema of the sixties.
Truman and Tennessee
USA | 2020 | 86 min | Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Friday 4:30 PM at USA BC
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The work, lives and personal journeys of two iconic American artists coalesce with creative combustion in this innovative dual-portrait documentary.
Sponsored by Shoemaker Gynecology
The Weasels’ Tale
Spain | 2020 | 133 min | Juan José Campanella
Saturday 5:00 PM at Coastal
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A group of four old friends conformed by a film director, a film writer, an actress and her husband share a big house in the country.
Window to the Sea
Spain | 2019 | 105 min | Miguel Angel Jiminez
Friday 4:00 PM at Coastal
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Faced with life changing news, Maria, a 55 year old woman, chooses to take a trip to Greece with her closest girlfriends against the advice of her son and doctors.
Sponsored by Nouna Schacher