Exploration of a woman's life with the convict she married.
(Country: France, Georgia; Year: 2014; Director: Tinatin Kajrishvili; Writer: Dato Chubinishvili, Tinatin Kajrishvili; Stars: Sergo Buiglishvili, Anuka Grigolia, Nita Kalichava, Mari Kitia, Giorgi Makharadze, Tamar Mamulashvili, Giorgi Maskharashvili, Beka Samadbegishvili)
Five Star
A member of the notorious Bloods since he was 12 years old, Primo takes John, the son of a fallen gang member, under his wing, versing him in the code of the streets. Set amongst the streets of East New York, Five Star blends documentary and fiction.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Keith Miller; Writer: Keith Miller; Stars: James 'Primo' Grant, John Diaz, Wanda Colon, Jaiden Kaine, Richard Bird, Tamara Robinson, Jasmine Burgos)
World premiere
Gabriel
Convinced that reuniting with his old girlfriend will bring his dreams to fruition, a vulnerable and confused teenager risks it all in a desperate and increasingly obsessive pursuit.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Lou Howe; Writer: Lou Howe, Lou Howe; Stars: Rory Culkin, Emily Meade, Lynn Cohen, David Call, Alexia Rasmussen, Louisa Krause, Jee Young Han, Deirdre O'Connell, Sean Cullen, Julia Murney, Blago Simon, Samantha Sherman, Desmin Borges, Frank De Julio, Shana Kaplan)
World premiere
Güeros
Coming of age comedy.
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2014; Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios; Writer: Alonso Ruizpalacios, Gibrán Portela; Stars: Tenoch Huerta, Sebastián Aguirre, Ilse Salas, Leonardo Ortizgris, Raúl Briones, Laura Almela, Adrian Ladron, Camila Lora, Alfonso Charpener)
North American premiere
Glass Chin
After going down in the fifth round, boxer Bud Gordon bowed out of the limelight. Now residing in a fixer-upper apartment in New Jersey with his girlfriend, Bud longs for his former Manhattan glory. In an effort to get back in the game, he makes a deal with a crooked restaurateur. But quick schemes rarely bring easy pay-offs and as the consequences of his business negotiations unfold, Bud has to make a choice between his integrity and his aspirations.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Noah Buschel; Writer: Noah Buschel; Stars: Kelly Lynch, Corey Stoll, Billy Crudup, Brendan Sexton III, Michael Chernus, Marin Ireland, Yul Vazquez, Katherine Waterston, Elizabeth Rodriguez, John Ventimiglia, David Johansen, Halley Feiffer, Anthony Arkin, Albert Jones, Ron C. Jones)
Angus MacLachlan finds little new to say about the rocky road back to equilibrium after divorce.
A father tries to get his life back on track after divorce.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Angus MacLachlan; Writer: Angus MacLachlan; Stars: Heather Graham, Ashley Hinshaw, Melanie Lynskey, Anna Camp, Paul Schneider, Amy Sedaris, Michael Chernus, Celia Weston, Steve Coulter, Heather Lawless, Audrey P. Scott, Jordan Googe, Steven Hall, Christopher Cozort, Ben Baker)
Paolo Virzì's study of capitalism in crisis gives the audience all it covets.
The lives of two generations overlap as they tumble toward an ill-fated event that inextricably links them.
(Country: Italy, France; Year: 2013; Director: Paolo Virzì; Writer: Stephen Amidon, Paolo Virzì, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo; Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Valeria Golino, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fabrizio Gifuni, Luigi Lo Cascio, Bebo Storti, Gigio Alberti, Giovanni Anzaldo, Matilde Gioli, Guglielmo Pinelli, Pia Engleberth, Nicola Centonze, Silvia Cohen, Vincent Nemeth, Paolo Pierobon)
After running into a film producer eager to invest in a new project, aspiring writers Dominic and Raphael need to come up with a script fast, so the pair head to the seclusion of rural Fire Island, NY, to churn out their masterpiece. But when Dominic’s siren of a sister (Marisa Tomei) turns up desperate for reprieve from her boyfriend (Sam Rockwell), they soon realise they’re in for more than they bargained for.
(Director: Adam Rapp; Writer: Michael Godere, Ivan Martin; Stars: Sam Rockwell, Marisa Tomei, Isabelle McNally, Bryan Geraghty)
World premiere
Something Must Break
(Någonting måste gå sönder)
When Sebastian meets Andreas for the first time, he knows they belong together. While Sebastian defies gender norms — flouting convention in his androgynous fluidity — straight-identifying Andreas becomes unable to accept his attraction to another man, as their relationship progresses. Struggling with his identity, Sebastian becomes increasingly determined to become “Ellie,” even if it means walking away from Andreas.
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2014; Director: Ester Martin Bergsmark; Writer: Ester Martin Bergsmark; Stars: Saga Becker, Iggy Malmborg, Shima Niavarani, David Nzinga, Mattias Åhlén)
The biggest problem with Ryan Piers Williams' latest is that, although it is nicely shot and well acted, the characters with the most going for them are given the least screentime.
Restless New Yorkers try to find happiness.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Ryan Piers Williams; Writer: Ryan Piers Williams; Stars: America Ferrera, Ryan Piers Williams, Common, Melonie Diaz, Maria Dizzia, David Harbour, Dree Hemingway,Alina Puscau, Tom Kemp, Adam Rapp, Castille Landon, Danny Deferrari, Miriam Weisbecker, Jon Paul Phillips, Amber Tamblyn)
Dark comedy about everyday life for a unit of young female Israeli soldiers. The human resources office at a remote desert base serves as the setting for this cast of characters, who bide their time pushing paper, battling for the top score in Minesweeper, and counting down the minutes until they can return to civilian life.
