Supporting Indie Film
Written and directed by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, co-written by Gaëlle Macé, the lives of three women are connected by a box that resurfaces containing notebooks, photographs and audiotapes. Starring: Manal Issa, Jade Charbonneau, Reem Khoury, Paloma Vauthier, Rim Turki, Hassan Akil, Clémence Sabbagh and Patrick Chemali.
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Written and directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney, co-written by Oliver Kindeberg, a look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966. Narrated by Pearl Mackie and starring: Jeff Rawle, Paul Ryan, Anne Rosenfeld, Dominic Marsh, Paul Leonard, Eben Young and Haley Flaherty.
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Written and directed by lead actress Nana Mensah, Ghanaian-American Sarah is all set to abandon her Ivy League doctoral program to follow her married lover across the country. Also starring: Meeko Gattuso and Oberon K.A. Adjepong.
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Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don’t go as planned. Starring: Mohsen Tanabandeh, Amir Jadidi, Alireza Jahandideh, Sahar Goldust, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy and Ehsan Goodarzi.
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Written, directed and narrated by Mark Cousins, an off-beat grand tour that will take in landmarks and people connected to the producer’s life and films. Also starring: Debra Winger, Tilda Swinton and Rebecca O’Brien.
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Written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino, the story of a boy in the tumultuous Naples of the 1980s. Sorrentino’s most personal film yet is a tale of fate and family, sports and cinema, love and loss. Starring: Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Marlon Joubert, Luisa Ranieri, Renato Carpentieri, Massimiliano Gallo and Betty Pedrazzi.
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Written and directed by Jane Campion, charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love. Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirsten Dunst and Thomasin McKenzie.
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Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and written by Zach Baylin, a look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams. Starring: Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Jon Bernthal, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Tony Goldwyn, Mikayla Lashae Bartholomew, Daniele Lawson and Layla Crawford.
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Written and directed by Céline Sciamma, Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods and one day meets a girl her same age building a treehouse. Starring: Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Stéphane Varupenne, Nina Meurisse and Margo Abascal.
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Written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams, Bull (Neil Maskell) mysteriously returns home after a 10 year absence to seek revenge on those who double crossed him all those years ago. Also starring: Lois Brabin-Platt, David Hayman, Kevin Harvey, Jake Davies, Tamzin Outhwaite and David Nellist.
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Written and directed by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr., two men learn to confront a traumatic secret they share involving the savage murder of a schoolmate. Starring: Michael Greyeyes, Chaske Spencer, Jesse Eisenberg, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Cromarty, Tres Garcia, Phoenix Wilson, Julian Gopal and Sheri Foster.
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