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GENRE: Family Affairs

Adam

Dir. Maryam Touzani | Morocco, France, Belgium
Genres Drama, Family Affairs

Program New Directors Competition Women in Cinema

Oct 18 @ 5:45 pm Oct 19 @ 7:00 pm

Alelí

Dir. Leticia Jorge Romero | Uruguay, Argentina
Genres Comedy, Family Affairs

Program Cinemas of the Americas Comedy Women in Cinema

Oct 17 @ 5:45 pm Oct 19 @ 12:00 pm

Bellbird

Dir. Hamish Bennett | New Zealand
Genres Comedy, Drama, Family Affairs

Program Global Currents

Oct 25 @ 8:30 pm Oct 26 @ 7:45 pm

Bring Me Home Na-reul cha-ja-jwo

Dir. Kim Seung-woo | South Korea
Genres Family Affairs, Mystery, Thriller

Program Global Currents

Oct 19 @ 9:30 pm Oct 20 @ 8:30 pm

The Components of Love

Dir. Miriam Bliese | Germany
Genres Drama, Family Affairs, Romance

Program New Directors Competition Women in Cinema

Oct 23 @ 8:15 pm Oct 25 @ 5:30 pm

The Father

Dir. Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov | Bulgaria, Greece
Genres Drama, Family Affairs

Program Global Currents Women in Cinema

Oct 26 @ 8:45 pm Oct 27 @ 7:45 pm

Gloria Mundi

Dir. Robert Guédiguian | France
Genres Drama, Family Affairs, Social Commentary

Program International Competition

Oct 19 @ 2:00 pm Oct 20 @ 8:15 pm Oct 23 @ 12:30 pm

Honey Boy

Dir. Alma Har'el | United States
Genres Coming of Age, Drama, Family Affairs

Program Special Presentation Women in Cinema

Oct 22 @ 6:00 pm Oct 22 @ 6:00 pm

I Was at Home, But… Ich war zuhause, aber...

Dir. Angela Schanelec | Germany, Serbia
Genres Drama, Family Affairs

Program Expanded Visions Global Currents Women in Cinema

Oct 17 @ 8:15 pm Oct 20 @ 4:00 pm

Invisible Life

Dir. Karim Aïnouz | Brazil, Germany
Genres Drama, Family Affairs

Program Cinemas of the Americas Global Currents

Oct 27 @ 7:30 pm

Knives Out

Dir. Rian Johnson | United States
Genres Action, Comedy, Family Affairs, Mystery

Program Centerpiece Comedy

Oct 23 @ 8:15 pm Oct 23 @ 8:45 pm

Lara

Dir. Jan Ole Gerster | Germany
Genres Drama, Family Affairs, Music

Program International Competition

Oct 17 @ 6:15 pm Oct 18 @ 8:30 pm Oct 21 @ 3:00 pm

Let There Be Light Nech je svetlo

Dir. Marko Škop | Slovakia
Genres Family Affairs, Political, Religion

Program Global Currents

Oct 19 @ 6:30 pm Oct 20 @ 8:15 pm Oct 22 @ 3:30 pm

Litigante

Dir. Franco Lolli | France, Colombia
Genres Drama, Family Affairs

Program Best of the Fest Cinemas of the Americas New Directors Competition

Oct 17 @ 6:15 pm Oct 18 @ 5:45 pm Oct 21 @ 3:00 pm Oct 27 @ 8:45 pm

Love Child

Dir. Eva Mulvad | Denmark
Genres Documentary, Family Affairs, Political

Program Best of the Fest Documentary Women in Cinema

Oct 22 @ 5:45 pm Oct 23 @ 3:00 pm Oct 27 @ 5:30 pm

Marriage Story

Dir. Noah Baumbach | United States
Genres Drama, Family Affairs

Program Special Presentation

Oct 25 @ 8:30 pm

MOTHER

Dir. Kristof Bilsen | Belgium, The Netherlands
Genres Biopic, Documentary, Family Affairs, Historical, Political, Social Commentary, Thriller

Program Documentary

Oct 21 @ 8:30 pm Oct 22 @ 3:15 pm

My Father and Me

Dir. Nick Broomfield | United Kingdom
Genres Art/Film, Documentary, Family Affairs

Program Documentary

Oct 19 @ 8:45 pm Oct 20 @ 12:00 pm

Ordinary Love

Dir. Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn | United Kingdom
Genres Drama, Family Affairs

Program Special Presentation Women in Cinema

Oct 19 @ 3:15 pm

Shorts 4: These Days

Dir. Various | Cuba, France, Switzerland, United States
Genres Documentary, Family Affairs, Political

Program Documentary Shorts Program

Oct 25 @ 3:00 pm Oct 27 @ 2:30 pm

Shorts 5: Life and Something More

Dir. Various | Germany, Greece, Iran, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam
Genres Drama, Family Affairs, Political

Program Shorts Program

Oct 20 @ 1:45 pm Oct 21 @ 2:30 pm

Shorts 6: We All Laugh

Dir. Various | Austria, France, Germany, Norway, United Kingdom, United States
Genres Comedy, Drama, Family Affairs

Program Comedy Shorts Program

Oct 22 @ 12:00 pm Oct 27 @ 4:45 pm

The Sleepwalkers Los Sonámbulos

Dir. Paula Hernández | Argentina, Uruguay
Genres Coming of Age, Drama, Family Affairs

Program Cinemas of the Americas International Competition Women in Cinema

Oct 18 @ 6:00 pm Oct 20 @ 12:15 pm Oct 21 @ 12:15 pm

Song Without a Name Canción sin nombre

Dir. Melina León | Peru, United States
Genres Drama, Family Affairs, Social Commentary

Program Cinemas of the Americas Global Currents Women in Cinema

Oct 18 @ 1:30 pm Oct 25 @ 6:15 pm Oct 26 @ 12:30 pm

Sorry We Missed You

Dir. Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Belgium
Genres Drama, Family Affairs, Social Commentary

Program International Competition

Oct 19 @ 4:30 pm Oct 20 @ 5:45 pm

A Thief’s Daughter La hija de un ladrón

Dir. Belén Funes | Spain
Genres Coming of Age, Family Affairs, Social Commentary

Program New Directors Competition Women in Cinema

Oct 21 @ 5:45 pm Oct 22 @ 8:30 pm

The Truth La Vérité

Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda | France, Japan
Genres Art/Film, Drama, Family Affairs

Program Special Presentation

Oct 17 @ 8:00 pm

Vivere

Dir. Francesca Archibugi | Italy
Genres Comedy, Family Affairs

Program Comedy In Focus: Italy Women in Cinema

Oct 24 @ 6:00 pm Oct 26 @ 2:30 pm

Waves

Dir. Trey Edward Shults | United States
Genres Coming of Age, Drama, Family Affairs

Program Special Presentation

Oct 20 @ 7:30 pm

Wild Sparrow Ye que zhi shi

Dir. Li Shih | Taiwan
Genres Drama, Family Affairs, Social Commentary

Program New Directors Competition

Oct 24 @ 6:15 pm Oct 25 @ 7:45 pm

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GENRE: Family Affairs

Adam

Alelí

Bellbird

Bring Me Home Na-reul cha-ja-jwo

The Components of Love

The Father

Gloria Mundi

Honey Boy

I Was at Home, But… Ich war zuhause, aber...

Invisible Life

Knives Out

Lara

Let There Be Light Nech je svetlo

Litigante

Love Child

Marriage Story

MOTHER

My Father and Me

Ordinary Love

Shorts 4: These Days

Shorts 5: Life and Something More

Shorts 6: We All Laugh

The Sleepwalkers Los Sonámbulos

Song Without a Name Canción sin nombre

Sorry We Missed You

A Thief’s Daughter La hija de un ladrón

The Truth La Vérité

Vivere

Waves

Wild Sparrow Ye que zhi shi

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