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Austria's official submission in this year's race for Best International Feature is a hybrid blend of reality and fiction, celebrity and self-delusion in which Vera Gemma plays a fictionalized version of herself: a woman living a superficial and lonely life in Rome's high society, haunted by the memory of her late father while facing the challenges of aging, beauty and fame -- until a pivotal event changes everything.
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Two years ago, filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji delighted us with the Oscar-nominated LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM; now, he's back with another Best International Feature submission from Bhutan -- this time, with the story of an American treasure-hunter who crosses paths with a young monk wandering through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.
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Bradley Cooper produced, wrote, directed and stars as Leonard Bernstein in this epic portrayal of family and love, the towering and fearless relationship between the famed composer-conductor and the woman who becomes his wife (Carey Mulligan).
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This latest documentary from Matthew Heineman (CARTEL LAND, CITY OF GHOSTS) is an intimate portrait of two artists and the healing power of love and creativity, profiling musician Jon Batiste embarking on his most ambitious challenge at the peak of his career: after winning 11 Grammy nominations, he starts writing an original symphony -- only to discover that his wife's long-dormant cancer has returned.
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Andrew Scott (BLACK MIRROR, SHERLOCK, FLEABAG) stars as a screenwriter whose chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor eventually leads him to return to his childhood home, where he discovers his parents apparently living just as they were on the day they died 30 years before.
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Q&A guests: Executive Music Producers Stephen Bray and Nick Baxter!
Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones reunite to bring the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical adaptation to the big screen with a bold, new retelling of the decades-long tale of love, resilience, and one woman's journey to independence, overcoming multiple hardships as she ultimately finds extraordinary strength -- and hope -- in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
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Paul Giamatti stars as a cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go.
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In this latest film produced, written and directed by Oscar-winner Emerald Fennell (PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN), an Oxford University student finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's sprawling estate for a summer never to be forgotten.
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Our next contender in the race for Best International Feature comes from Croatia, the story of a young anthropologist experiencing an identity crisis -- the last surviving member of a once-large family whose internal struggles are suddenly reflected in the mystical symbols which are the focus of her research.

Switzerland's official entry in the race for Best International Feature is set in the year 1900, after the mysterious death of her sister prompts a young novitiate to leave the convent and return to her small village, where a reunion with three childhood friends leads her to discover that faith and desire can sometimes be intertwined.

Our second showcase of the season includes one documentary plus two live action shorts (one featuring John Travolta!):
WE WERE MEANT TO takes place in a world where only African American men have wings, as a young teenager nervously prepares to take his first flight.
THE BARBER OF LITTLE ROCK is an exploration of America's widening racial wealth gap as experienced by a local barber who sets up a nonprofit community bank for his underserved community.
Please note: THE SHEPHERD will only be shown during the November 30 theatrical screening. It will *not* be available as a part of our online showcase.

With 100% critical positives from Rotten Tomatoes, Romania's official entry in this year's race for Best International Feature is a black comedy about an overworked and underpaid production assistant has to shoot a workplace safety video.

India's official selection in this year's race for Best International Feature is a disaster film set during the 2018 Kerala Floods, where people from all walks of life faced catastrophic consequences and put in collective efforts to survive the calamity.

Our next contender in the race for Best International Feature comes from The Netherlands, the story of the tumultuous events triggered by the death of a Dutch sugar plantation owner whose Indian Ocean island estate is inherited by his young illegitimate son -- the child of his Indonesian housemaid.

Hungary's official submission in this year's race for Best International Film is the animated story of Native American protesters confronting an oil pipeline project placed down the hill from their ancestral land. As the grandfather evokes the tale of Creation, he reminds all of us that we need to find our place in the great circle of creatures.