Laura Dondoli

OPEN ROADS: NEW ITALIAN CINEMA –
New York, 6 – 12 giugno 2019 –

Magical Nights –

Paolo Virzì 2018 Italy 125 minutes

North American Premiere
Three young screenwriters being questioned for a murder recount their wild adventures navigating the declining Italian film industry of the 1990s in this sparkling murder mystery and film industry sa…[Leggi tutto]

OPEN ROADS: NEW ITALIAN CINEMA –
New York, 6 – 12 giugno 2019 –

Lucia’s Grace –

Gianni Zanasi 2018 Italy/Greece/Spain 110 minutes
In Gianni Zanasi’s pleasantly original comedy about faith and acceptance in the modern world, Alba Rohrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro) stars as a land surveyor and single mother whose compassion is tested when she lea…[Leggi tutto]

OPEN ROADS: NEW ITALIAN CINEMA –
New York, 6 – 12 giugno 2019 –

Loro –

Paolo Sorrentino 2018 Italy/France 150 minutes

The Oscar-winning director of The Great Beauty returns with a satirical reimagining of the fall of Silvio Berlusconi (Toni Servillo) with traces of Fellini and Scarface.

Showtimes
June 8
9:00 PM
June 11
8:00 PM

• Loro

OPEN ROADS: NEW ITALIAN CINEMA –
New York, 6 – 12 giugno 2019 –

Laughing –

• Valerio Mastandrea
• 2018
• Italy
• 95 minutes
North American Premiere • Q&A with Valerio Mastandrea and Chiara Martegiani

After a young man dies in a controversial workplace accident, those who loved him grapple with what it means to go on living in this powerful,…[Leggi tutto]

OPEN ROADS: NEW ITALIAN CINEMA –
New York, 6 – 12 giugno 2019 –

If Life Gives You Lemons –

• Ciro D’Emilio
• 2018
• Italy
• 88 minutes

Q&A with Ciro D’Emilio

A teenage boy’s dreams of soccer stardom are threatened by a chaotic home life in this achingly naturalistic portrait of a young man striving to succeed in the face of overwhelming od…[Leggi tutto]

OPEN ROADS: NEW ITALIAN CINEMA –
New York, 6 – 12 giugno 2019 –

Euforia

• Valeria Golino
• 2018
• Italy
• 115 minutes
Q&A with Valerio Mastandrea on June 8
When Ettore (Valerio Mastandrea), a public-school teacher of modest means, is diagnosed with an illness, he goes to stay with his brother Matteo (Riccardo Scamarcio) in his sprawling…[Leggi tutto]

OPEN ROADS: NEW ITALIAN CINEMA –
New York, 6 – 12 giugno 2019 –

The Disappearance of My Mother

• Beniamino Barrese
• 2019
• Italy
• 94 minutes

Q&A with Beniamino Barrese

Cinematographer Beniamino Barrese’s directorial debut is an intimate, vignette-like documentary portrait of his mother, the Italian model and activist Benedetta Barzini. Ta…[Leggi tutto]

PIRANHAS
• Claudio Giovannesi
• 2019
• Italy
• Italian with English subtitles
• 112 minutes
Opening Night • New York Premiere • Q&A with Claudio Giovannesi on June 6
Claudio Giovannesi (Fiore) returns to Open Roads with this singular coming-of-age story that won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlin Film Festival. Newcomer Fran…[Leggi tutto]

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL – Alphabetical –

THE WRONG MAN –
TFF 2019 Narrative Feature
• Section: Movies Plus
• Release Year: 2019
• Runtime: 65 minutes
• Directed By: Ross Golan and John Hwang
• Country: USA
From multi-platinum songwriter Ross Golan, The Wrong Man is an animated concept film that uses Golan’s poetic lyrics and haunting melo…[Leggi tutto]

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WILD ROSE –
TFF 2019 Narrative Feature
• Section: Viewpoints
• Release Year: 2018
• Runtime: 100 minutes
• Directed By: Tom Harper
• Country: UK
Fresh out of jail, housekeeper-by-day, country-singer-by-night Rose-Lynn (Jessie Buckley) wears cowboy boots over her ankle monitor, letting loose at Glasgow’s o…[Leggi tutto]

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL – Alphabetical –

WHITEOUT –
TFF 2019 Narrative Short
• Section: Shorts
• Release Year: 2019
• Runtime: 11 minutes
• Directed By: Lance Edmands
• Country: USA
When a young couple (Sarah Tihany and David Call) encounters a strange old man (Patrick M. Walsh Jr.) wandering in a snowstorm, they must decide if he needs help,…[Leggi tutto]

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WHITE AS SNOW –
TFF 2019 Narrative Feature
• Section: International Narrative Competition
• Release Year: 2019
• Runtime: 100 minutes
• Directed By: Anne Fontaine
• Country: France
Prolific French filmmaker Anne Fontaine recasts the tale of Snow White as the story of a sheltered young woman’s sexual awaken…[Leggi tutto]

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WHERE I END AND YOU BEGIN –
TFF 2019 Narrative Short
• Section: Shorts
• Release Year: 2019
• Runtime: 9 minutes
• Directed By: Julius Metoyer III and Will Hoffman
• Country: USA
Snapshots of different lives are woven together to illuminate something deeply human about the country: despite obvious dif…[Leggi tutto]

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL – Alphabetical –

WESTFALIA –
TFF 2019 Narrative Short
• Section: Shorts
• Release Year: 2019
• Runtime: 15 minutes
• Directed By: Haley Finnegan
• Country: USA
A couple embarks (Haley Finnegan and Brian Flynn) on an epic road trip in an attempt to gain more followers after their Instagram rival’s fame doubles overnight.

• WESTFALIA

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL – Alphabetical –
THE WEEKEND
TFF 2019 Narrative Feature
• Section: Tribeca Critics’ Week
• Release Year: 2018
• Runtime: 86 minutes
• Directed By: Stella Meghie
• Country: USA
A stand-up comic (Sasheer Zamata) who’s been struggling to get over her ex (Tone Bell) finds herself instead awkwardly third-wheeling her way throu…[Leggi tutto]

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL – Alphabetical –

WAR PAINT
TFF 2019 Narrative Short
• Section: Shorts
• Release Year: 2018
• Runtime: 11 minutes
• Directed By: Taylor Bracewell and J.C. Doler
• Country: USA
War Paint is a reverse first-person narrative telling the true story of Joe (J.C. Doler), a veteran of the Vietnam war. The film follows him as he e…[Leggi tutto]

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SISTERHOOD: “ACTION” –
Section: Tribeca X Award
• Release Year: 2018
• Runtime: 8 minutes
• Directed By: Amirah Tajdin
• Country: USA
On the eve of their 16th birthday, a group of friends get stuck on a boat. As they wait for dawn, they project their hopes for the world over the next sixteen years.
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THE SHORT HISTORY OF THE LONG ROAD –
• Section: US Narrative Competition
• Release Year: 2019
• Runtime: 90 minutes
• Directed By: Ani Simon-Kennedy
• Country: USA
For teenage Nola (Sabrina Carpenter), home is the open road with her self-reliant father and their trusty van, two nomads against the world. When…[Leggi tutto]