Kim’s Video and Kokomo City
Bravo, Burkina!
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Walé Oyéjidé; Writer: Walé Oyéjidé; Stars: Alain Tiendrebeogo, Mousty Mbaye, Noel Minougou, Aissata Deme, Afissatou Coulibaly)
A Burkinabé boy flees his village and migrates to Italy. When disillusioned by heartbreak and haunted by memories of home, he travels through time in hope of regaining all he has lost.
World premiere. Fiction
Divinity
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Eddie Alcazar; Writer: Eddie Alcazar; Stars: Stephen Dorff, Moises Arias, Jason Genao, Karrueche Tran, Bella Thorne, Scott Bakula)
Two mysterious brothers abduct a mogul during his quest for immortality. Meanwhile, a seductive woman helps them launch a journey of self-discovery.
World premiere. Fiction
Fremont
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Babak Jalali; Writer: Babak Jalali; Stars: Anaita Wali Zada, Jeremy Allen White, Gregg Turkington)
Donya works for a Chinese fortune cookie factory in San Francisco. Formerly a translator for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, she struggles to put her life back in order. In a moment of sudden revelation, she decides to send out a special message in a cookie.
World premiere. Fiction
Kim’s Video
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: David Redmon, Ashley Sabin)
Playing with the forms and tropes of various cinema genres, the filmmaker sets off on a quest to find a legendary lost video collection of 55,000 movies in Sicily.
World premiere. Documentary. Day One
King Coal
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Elaine McMillion Sheldon)
The cultural roots of coal continue to permeate the rituals of daily life in Appalachia even as its economic power wanes. The journey of a coal miner’s daughter exploring the region’s dreams and myths, untangling the pain and beauty, as her community sits on the brink of massive change.
World premiere. Documentary
Fremont and Divinity
Kokomo City
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: D Smith)
Four Black transgender sex workers explore the dichotomy between the Black community and themselves, while confronting issues long avoided.
World premiere. Documentary
To Live And Die And Live
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Qasim Basir; Stars: Amin Joseph, Skye P. Marshall, Omari Hardwick, Cory Hardrict, Dana Gourrier, Maryam Basir)
Muhammad returns home to Detroit to bury his stepfather and is thrust into settling his accounts, but Muhammad’s struggles with depression and addiction may finish him before he finishes the task
World premiere. Fiction
The Tuba Thieves
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Alison O’Daniel; Writer: Alison O’Daniel)
From 2011 to 2013, tubas were stolen from Los Angeles high schools. This is not a story about thieves or missing tubas. Instead, it asks what it means to listen.
World premiere. Documentary
Young. Wild. Free.
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Thembi L Banks; Writer: Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier; Stars: Algee Smith, Sanaa Lathan, Sierra Capri, Mike Epps)
High school senior Brandon is drowning in responsibilities when his world is turned upside down after being robbed at gunpoint by the girl of his dreams.
World premiere. Fiction