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GENRE: Political

August Agosto

Dir. Armando Capó | Cuba, Costa Rica, France
Genres Coming of Age, Drama, Political

Program Cinemas of the Americas Global Currents

Oct 24 @ 3:30 pm Oct 26 @ 5:30 pm Oct 27 @ 7:15 pm

Buoyancy

Dir. Rodd Rathjen | Australia
Genres Drama, Political, Thriller

Program Global Currents

Oct 26 @ 3:30 pm Oct 27 @ 11:45 am

By the Grace of God Grâce à Dieu

Dir. François Ozon | France
Genres Drama, Political, Religion

Program Masters

Oct 22 @ 5:45 pm Oct 23 @ 8:30 pm

Clemency

Dir. Chinonye Chukwu | United States
Genres Drama, Political

Program Black Perspectives International Competition Women in Cinema

Oct 18 @ 8:45 pm Oct 19 @ 7:45 pm

The Cordillera of Dreams La Cordinllera de los Sueños

Dir. Patricio Guzmán | Chile, France
Genres Documentary, Historical, Political

Program Cinemas of the Americas Documentary

Oct 20 @ 6:00 pm Oct 22 @ 1:00 pm

Digitalkarma

Dir. Francesca Scalisi, Mark Olexa | Switzerland
Genres Coming of Age, Documentary, Political

Program Documentary Women in Cinema

Oct 19 @ 4:15 pm Oct 20 @ 1:15 pm

Extracurricular Dopunska nastava

Dir. Ivan-Goran Vitez | Croatia
Genres Action, Comedy, Political

Program Global Currents

Oct 19 @ 8:45 pm Oct 20 @ 3:30 pm

The Fever

Dir. Maya Da-Rin | Brazil, France, Germany
Genres Drama, Political, Social Commentary

Program Cinemas of the Americas International Competition Women in Cinema

Oct 23 @ 6:00 pm Oct 24 @ 8:30 pm Oct 25 @ 3:00 pm

The First Rainbow Coalition

Dir. Ray Santisteban | United States
Genres Documentary, Historical, Political

Program City & State Documentary

Oct 24 @ 5:45 pm Oct 25 @ 3:30 pm

Fordlandia Malaise

Dir. Susana de Sousa Dias | Portugal
Genres Documentary, Historical, Political

Program Documentary Expanded Visions Spotlight: Architecture X Design Women in Cinema

Oct 21 @ 1:00 pm Oct 27 @ 3:45 pm

Frank Gehry: Building Justice

Dir. Ultan Guilfoyle | United States
Genres Art/Film, Documentary, Political

Program Documentary Spotlight: Architecture X Design

Oct 18 @ 3:30 pm Oct 19 @ 12:00 pm

Harriet

Dir. Kasi Lemmons | United States
Genres Biopic, Historical, Political

Program Black Perspectives Gala Presentation Women in Cinema

Oct 26 @ 8:00 pm

The Human Factor

Dir. Dror Moreh | Israel
Genres Documentary, Historical, Jewish Interest, Political

Program Documentary

Oct 20 @ 3:15 pm Oct 21 @ 12:00 pm

The Hypnotist Olliver Hawk

Dir. Arthur Franck | Finland
Genres Documentary, Historical, Political

Program Documentary

Oct 22 @ 8:30 pm Oct 23 @ 1:00 pm

The Irishman

Dir. Martin Scorsese | United States
Genres Crime, Drama, Political

Program Gala Presentation

Oct 24 @ 8:00 pm

It Must Be Heaven

Dir. Elia Suleiman | France, Qatar, Germany, Canada, Palestine, Turkey
Genres Comedy, Political

Program Comedy Masters

Oct 19 @ 5:15 pm Oct 20 @ 5:30 pm

The Kingmaker

Dir. Lauren Greenfield | United States, Denmark
Genres Biopic, Documentary, Political

Program Documentary Women in Cinema

Oct 18 @ 8:15 pm Oct 19 @ 1:45 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

La Llorona

Dir. Jayro Bustamante | Guatemala, France
Genres Drama, Mystery, Political

Program Cinemas of the Americas International Competition

Oct 19 @ 7:15 pm Oct 20 @ 8:15 pm Oct 23 @ 2:15 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

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

Mr. Jones

Dir. Agnieszka Holland | Poland, UK, Ukraine
Genres Biopic, Historical, Political, Thriller

Program Masters Women in Cinema

Oct 19 @ 12:30 pm Oct 27 @ 12:00 pm

Our Mothers Nuestras Madres

Dir. César Díaz | Guatemala, Belgium, France
Genres Drama, Historical, Political

Program Cinemas of the Americas New Directors Competition

Oct 23 @ 5:30 pm Oct 24 @ 8:00 pm

Out of Tune De frivillige

Dir. Frederikke Aspöck | Denmark
Genres Comedy, Crime, Drama, Political

Program Comedy Women in Cinema

Oct 24 @ 5:30 pm Oct 25 @ 11:30 am Oct 26 @ 8:00 pm

Ready for War

Dir. Andrew Renzi | United States
Genres Documentary, Political

Program Documentary

Oct 23 @ 8:00 pm Oct 24 @ 2:45 pm

The Report

Dir. Scott Z. Burns | United States
Genres Historical, Political, Thriller

Program Special Presentation

Oct 24 @ 8:15 pm

Seberg

Dir. Benedict Andrews | United States, United Kingdom
Genres Biopic, Drama, Political

Program Special Presentation

Oct 24 @ 5:30 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 9: Building Something Out Of Something

Dir. Various | Argentina, Canada, France, Kosovo, Qatar
Genres Documentary, Historical, Political

Program Shorts Program Spotlight: Architecture X Design

Oct 24 @ 12:00 pm Oct 26 @ 5:00 pm

Spider Araña

Dir. Andrés Wood | Chile
Genres Historical, Political, Thriller

Program Cinemas of the Americas International Competition

Oct 20 @ 2:45 pm Oct 21 @ 5:45 pm Oct 25 @ 2:00 pm

The Swallows of Kabul Les hirondelles de Kaboul

Dir. Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec | France, Switzerland, Luxembourg
Genres Animation, Political, Religion

Program Global Currents In Focus: French Animation Women in Cinema

Oct 19 @ 2:00 pm Oct 20 @ 11:00 am Oct 25 @ 2:15 pm

The County Héraðið

Dir. Grímur Hákonarson | Iceland, Denmark, Germany, France
Genres Comedy, Drama, Political

Program

Oct 26 @ 2:15 pm Oct 27 @ 5:30 pm

Those Who Remained Akik Maradtak

Dir. Barnabás Tóth | Hungary
Genres Drama, Historical, Jewish Interest, Political

Program Global Currents

Oct 21 @ 5:30 pm Oct 22 @ 8:00 pm

The Traitor Il traditore

Dir. Marco Bellocchio | Italy
Genres Crime, Drama, Political

Program In Focus: Italy Special Presentation

Oct 22 @ 8:30 pm

The Twentieth Century

Dir. Matthew Rankin | Canada
Genres Comedy, Historical, Political

Program Comedy

Oct 26 @ 9:30 pm Oct 27 @ 11:00 am

Navigation

GENRE: Political

August Agosto

Buoyancy

By the Grace of God Grâce à Dieu

Clemency

The Cordillera of Dreams La Cordinllera de los Sueños

Digitalkarma

Extracurricular Dopunska nastava

The Fever

The First Rainbow Coalition

Fordlandia Malaise

Frank Gehry: Building Justice

Harriet

The Human Factor

The Hypnotist Olliver Hawk

The Irishman

It Must Be Heaven

The Kingmaker

Let There Be Light Nech je svetlo

La Llorona

Love Child

MOTHER

Mr. Jones

Our Mothers Nuestras Madres

Out of Tune De frivillige

Ready for War

The Report

Seberg

Shorts 4: These Days

Shorts 5: Life and Something More

Shorts 9: Building Something Out Of Something

Spider Araña

The Swallows of Kabul Les hirondelles de Kaboul

The County Héraðið

Those Who Remained Akik Maradtak

The Traitor Il traditore

The Twentieth Century

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