Directed by Jafar Panahi • 2011 • Iran
Starring Jafar Panahi
The first work fearless auteur Jafar Panahi made after being officially banned from filmmaking by the Iranian government, this clandestine documentary—shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France in a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes—depicts the day-to-day life of the acclaimed director during his house arrest in his Tehran apartment. While appealing his sentence, Panahi is seen talking to his family and lawyer on the phone, discussing his plight with codirector Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, and reflecting on the meaning of the art of filmmaking. What emerges from this intimate self-portrait is a by turns humorous, moving, and defiant statement of creative resilience in the face of oppression.
Directed by John Magary • 2014 • United States
Starring Josh Lucas, Stephen Plunkett, Lucy Owen
The wonderfully strange and acidic debut comedy from writer-director John Magary will resonate with anyone who’s ever loathed and loved a sibling in equal measure. Unfolding as three stylistically dis...
Directed by Naima Ramos-Chapman • 2016 • United States
Starring Naima Ramos-Chapman, Angela Silverio, Bianca Soto
A young woman dealing with the psychological aftermath of sexual violence shuffles between experiences both mundane and extraordinary as she attempts to leave her New York City apart...
Directed by Laida Lertxundi • 2018 • Spain, United States
Laida Lertxundi applies the six compositional principles of eighteenth-century Chinese painter Shih-t’ao (such as “draw attention to a scene emerging from a static background” and “add scattered dynamism to immobility”) to this cosmic dia...
