The Reckoning of Erin Morrigan
Synopsis
In a remote safe house on the Northern Irish border, former IRA operative Erin Morrigan lives in isolation. Dying of cancer, she self-medicates with homemade opiates and alcohol, all the while tormented by hallucinatory flashbacks of her past spent interrogating and killing suspected informers. But when a teenage fugitive turns up on her doorstep seeking refuge, her solitude is interrupted. As the reluctant pair confide in one another, the boy, who bears a striking resemblance to a man she once loved and condemned, becomes Erin’s confessor and witness to her reckoning with the demons of her past.
A haunting reflection on the echoes of history, the debut feature from Gabrielle Russell grapples with the complexities of loyalty and truth during Ireland’s Troubles. Celebrated Irish actress Olwen Fouéré masterfully embodies a woman at the edge of her life, who confronts her conscience head-on in the wake of the horrors of war and grasps for the smallest hope of redemption.
Screenings & Events
Screening
Thu, Oct 23 @ 7:45pm
at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01
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Director Gabrielle Russell, cinematographer Tunji Akinsehinwa, and actor Aidan O'Callaghan
Screening
Fri, Oct 24 @ 3:00pm
at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 13
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Director Gabrielle Russell, cinematographer Tunji Akinsehinwa, and actor Aidan O'Callaghan
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Film Credits
- Laura Torenbeek
- Gabrielle Russell
- Hoping Chen
- Tunji Akinsehinwa, Steve Wyatt
- Olwen Fouéré, Jake Doyle, Aidan O'Callagan, Ciara Ivie, Muireann Gallen
- Birger Clausen
- Green Film Productions
- https://www.greenfilmproductions.co.uk/erin-morrigan
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Palestine 36
Synopsis
Palestine 1936: Rising numbers of Jewish immigrants are arriving to escape persecution in Europe just as Palestinian villages are uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year colonial rule. The region is reaching a breaking point, spiraling toward an inevitable collision that will be a decisive turning point for the British Empire and the future of the land.
Within this tumultuous setting, Palestine 36 follows several characters caught up in the conflict. Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest, while young Afra tries to navigate the seismic changes with the aid of her grandmother. Meanwhile, a dissatisfied port worker finds the pressures of earning a living drawing him into the rebel movement. In this powerful and suspenseful work of historical fiction, starring such notable actors as Hiam Abbass and Jeremy Irons, renowned filmmaker Annemarie Jacir (Wajib, When I Saw You, and Like Twenty Impossibles, a winner at the Festival in 2023) uses a wide cinematic canvas to offer context, humanity, and complexity to a story that is still tragically unfolding.
Screenings & Events
Screening
Tue, Oct 21 @ 8:00pm
at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06
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Director Annemarie Jacir
Closed Captions
Assistive Listening Devices available
Audio Description
Screening
Thu, Oct 23 @ 8:00pm
at Gene Siskel Film Center, Screen 1
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Director Annemarie Jacir
- Closed Captions
- Assistive Listening Devices available
- T-Coil Devices available
- Audio Description
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Film Credits
- Ossama Bawardi, Cat Villiers, Azzam Fakhreddin, Hani Farsi, Nils Åstrand, Olivier Barbier, Nathanaël Karmitz, Katrin Pors, Hamza Ali
- Annemarie Jacir
- Tania Reddin
- Hélène Louvart, Sarah Blum, Tim Fleming
- Hiam Abbass, Kamel Al Basha, Yasmine Al Massri, Jalal Altawil, Robert Aramayo, Saleh Bakri, Yafa Bakri, Karim Daoud Anaya, Wardi Eilabouni, Ward Helou, Billy Howle, Dhafer L'Abidine, Liam Cunningham, Jeremy Irons
- Ben Frost
- Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, MK Productions, Snowglobe
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Synopsis
In a remote, crumbling convent, young nun Rafaela has recurring, seemingly prophetic dreams. When rumor of a new archbishop in a nearby town reaches the small congregation, Rafaela is sent to find him with the mission of securing funds to save the convent and to ask for guidance regarding one particular mysterious dream that haunts her. Her journey finds her lost in a beautiful and perplexing landscape, guided only by her wavering faith. It is on this road, seemingly to nowhere, that her path intersects with other pilgrims and wayward souls who all seek the archbishop—and whose often questionable motivations unwittingly shape the course of Rafaela’s journey.
Director Karla Badillo’s home region—the sweeping, sparse landscape of San Luis Potosí—is a labyrinth for the spiritually adrift in their surreal, fraught pilgrimages. Oca, named for an ancient board game inspired by the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, is a contemplation on one’s journey through faith and its many detours on the shifting winds of destiny.
Screenings & Events
Screening
Sun, Oct 19 @ 8:15pm
at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04
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Director Karla Badillo & producer Maria José Córdova
Screening
Mon, Oct 20 @ 5:45pm
at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04
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Director Karla Badillo & producer Maria José Córdova
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Film Credits
- María José Córdova, Karla Badillo, Federico Eibuszyc, Federico Sande Novo
- Karla Badillo
- Loli Moriconi (EDA)
- Diana Garay (AMC)
- Natalia Solián, Cecilia Suárez, Cristel Guadalupe, Leonardo Ortizgris, Raúl Briones, Gerardo Trejo-Luna, Enrique Arreola, Gabriela Núñez, Natalia Plascencia
- Josh Madoff
- Pina Films, Las Jaras, Pucará Cine, Año Cero
Sponsors
Program Patron
Robert and Penelope Steiner Family Foundation
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Gazelle
Synopsis
In this tense, timely, and poignant drama, Yakup, a beloved music teacher and Turkish dissident, has fled his country for fear of political persecution and is seeking asylum in the U.S. While working in the kitchen of a New York City restaurant, he struggles desperately to find a way to bring his wife and daughter into the country to live with him. Finding legal immigration channels a dead end, he reluctantly engages with a dodgy smuggler, a decision that only intensifies his concern for his family’s safety, sending the kindly Yakup into a downward spiral.
First-time feature filmmakers Nadir Sarıbacak (known for his role in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep) and Samy Pioneer deftly capture the details of Turkish American and migrant life in the big city, while also expressively conveying their protagonist’s troubled state of mind. Gazelle isn’t just an urgent tale about our immigration crisis—it’s a touching story about displacement and its deep psychological and physical toll.
Screenings & Events
Screening
Fri, Oct 24 @ 5:15pm
at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04
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Director Nadir Saribacak
Screening
Sun, Oct 26 @ 12:15pm
at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 13
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Director Nadir Saribacak
- Closed Captions
Open Captions
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Film Credits
- Mehmet Tozun, Kenan Baysal, Ender Zirekoglu
- Nadir Sarıbacak, Ayhan Hulagu
- Samy Pioneer (Selman)
- Lasse Ulvedal Tolbøll, DFF
- Nadir Sarıbacak, Ayhan Hulagu, Emine Bayindir, Sare Aydogan, Abraham Taylor, Salem Hadeed, Faysal Ahmed, Ziad Alezabi
- Ichika Kanagawa
- Omer Faruk Gunduz
- Roaring Cat Films
- https://www.gazellefilm.com
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Franz Franz
Synopsis
A promising lawyer working in insurance, young Franz Kafka is newly engaged yet nearly bowed by the weight of his familial and professional obligations. Finding refuge in his passion for literature, Franz begins creating the surreal masterpieces that will ultimately win him artistic immortality, even as the world around him careens toward unimaginable conflict and illness threatens to cut short his own life. In present day Prague, the prescience of his great work is celebrated, even as his legacy is commodified in the ubiquitous Kafka-themed tourist trifles found across the city.
A lifelong student of Kafka, Polish master filmmaker Agnieszka Holland crafts a fittingly unconventional tribute to one of the 20th century’s literary masters, humanizing an icon and reflecting on his enduring international influence in this time-shifting cinematic portrait. Incisively exploring the young Kafka’s psychology and the forces that shaped him, the film delves into the root of his obsessions and peculiarities.
Screenings & Events
Screening
Sat, Oct 18 @ 2:00pm
at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06
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Director Agnieszka Holland
Screening
Sun, Oct 19 @ 11:00am
at AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06
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Director Agnieszka Holland
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Film Credits
- Šárka Cimbalová, Agnieszka Holland, Uwe Schott, Jorgo Narjes, Marcin Wierzchosławski, Alicja Jagodzińska
- Marek Epstein
- Pavel Hrdlička
- Tomasz Naumiuk
- Idan Weiss, Peter Kurth, Jenovéfa Boková, Ivan Trojan, Sandra Korzeniak, Katharina Stark, Sebastian Schwarz, Aaron Friesz, Carol Schuler, Gesa Schermuly, Josef Trojan, Jan Budař
- Mary Komasa, Antoni Komasa Łazarkiewicz
- Mike Downey, Kevan Van Thompson, Daniel Bergmann, Jeff Field , Emir Külal Haznevi
- Marlene Film Production, X Filme Creative Pool, Metro Films
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