Africa
When retired 68-year-old Meir discovers that his 30 years of planning the annual village celebration have been summarily discarded and the job has been given to inexperienced local teens instead, the ground beneath his feet begins to give way. In his effort to restore a sense of meaning and vitality, Meir begins to rebel against the inevitable: the betrayal of his physical body, the growing distance from his children, and the loss of relevance
(Country: Israel; Year: 2019; Director: Oren Gerner)
Beyond The Horizon
(Le Milieu De L'Horizon)
Summer 76, there's a heatwave and the Swiss countryside is drying out at top speed. In this stifling environment, Gus who is thirteen years old and son of a farmer sees both his family environment and his innocence relentlessly breaking. He's living the end of a world.
(Country: Switzerland, Belgium; Year: 2019; Director: Delphine Lehericey; Writer: Roland Buti, Joanne Giger, Joanne Giger, Delphine Lehericey; Stars: Clémence Poésy, Laetitia Casta, Fred Hotier, Patrick Descamps, Thibaut Evrard, Michaël Bier, Luc Bruchez, Guillaume Lemarre, Lisa Harder, Clémence Poésy, Laetitia Casta, Fred Hotier, Patrick Descamps, Thibaut Evrard, Michaël Bier)
Bonfire At Dawn
(Yoake No Takibi)
The Okura family has 650 years of history as performers of Japan's traditional stage art, Kyogen. One winter, Monotary Okura and his son head off to undertake training in an isolated mountain resort. The strict regime includes rehearsing and cleaning. One day, they are visited by an old friend and his granddaughter.
(Country: Japan; Year: 2019; Director: Koichi Doi; Writer: Koichi Doi; Stars: Raiju Kamata, Motonari Okura, Yasunari Okura, Akira Sakata, Raiju Kamata, Motonari Okura, Yasunari Okura, Akira Sakata)
(Country: Norway; Year: 2019; Director: Jorunn Myklebust Syversen; Writer: Jorunn Myklebust Syversen; Stars: Josefine Frida Pettersen, Espen Reboli Bjerke, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Andreas Preus Efskin, Øyvind Gulli, Fredericke Rustad Hellerud, Andrea Bræin Hovig, Espen Klouman Høiner, Kjærsti Odden Skjeldal, Josefine Frida Pettersen, Espen Reboli Bjerke, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Andreas Preus Efskin, Øyvind Gulli, Fredericke Rustad Hellerud)
The Giant
On her graduation day, Charlotte learns her first love has returned to her small Georgia town for the first time since vanishing the year before, in the midst of an awful trauma in her life. But on that night, a girl her age is found dead - and then another. Something terrible has arisen in this place and Charlotte's final summer speeds towards a nightmarish conclusion.
(Country: US, France; Year: 2019; Director: David Raboy; Writer: David Raboy; Stars: Odessa Young, Ben Schnetzer, Jack Kilmer, Madelyn Cline, Danny Ramirez, P.J. Marshall, Samantha Binkerd, Nicholas Cirillo, Ezekiel Ajeigbe, Taylor Hanks, Ashley Shelton, Julia Reilly, Cathay Raboy, Odessa Young, Ben Schnetzer)
