Film Festival 2024

Best of Fest 2024


The Taste of Things

An audience favorite! In this feast for lovers of splendid food and swoon-worthy romance, chef Eugénie (Juliette Binoche) and gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel) have worked side by side for decades, their growing feelings for each other reflected in the mouthwatering dishes they prepare. Join us for a post-screening Q&A with... Read More

Running Time: 145


20 Days in Mariupol

An audience favorite!

Among the first to show the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, director Mstyslav Chernov arrived in Mariupol in February 2022 with a team of fellow journalists and captured the humanitarian disaster brought by the siege. Read More

Running Time: 94


The Promised Land

FIPRESCI Best Actor Prize for Mads Mikkelsen and an audience favorite! This sweeping 18th-century epic follows Captain Ludvig (Mads Mikkelsen) who sets out to cultivate the harsh Danish heath. But he soon faces an even harsher adversary: the merciless Frederik de Schinkel, who believes the land belongs to him. Join us for a... Read More

Running Time: 127


The Echo

Winner: Best Documentary.

In this tender and visually stunning documentary, three rural families in the tiny Mexican village of El Eco find hope as they struggle within the unyielding demands of nature and community. Read More

Running Time: 102


A Normal Family

An audience favorite!

In this simmering pressure cooker of a thriller, two brothers – one a doctor, the other a criminal defense lawyer – must put aside their ideological differences and work together after unearthing a shocking discovery concerning their teenage children. Read More

Running Time: 116


Going Varsity in Mariachi

An audience favorite!

In the borderlands of South Texas, the Edinburg North High School’s acclaimed mariachi band starts a year off with inexperienced musicians, a limited budget and intense competition. Will their dedicated coach and unwavering spirit catapult them back to the top? Read More

Running Time: 104


The Old Oak

Special Mention: MOZAIK Bridging the Borders Award. and an audience favorite!

In a small town in England’s north, the titular pub is the last meeting place where the old guard can convene and air their grievances. When a group of Syrian refugees settles locally, publican TJ makes a stand for community and compassion. Read More

Running Time: 113


Unicorns

In this powerful, lyrical story of serendipitous human connection, a queer South Asian nightclub performer crosses paths with a single working-class father, leading both down unexpected paths toward transformation, love and acceptance. Read More

Running Time: 119


Hajjan

An audience favorite!

Two young Bedouin brothers beat the odds to become top jockeys in the cutthroat world of camel racing in this thrilling, David-and-Goliath tale set in the Saudi Arabian desert. Read More

Running Time: 117


Guardians of The Formula

An audience favorite!

This engrossing period thriller fuses Cold War politics with medical history, following a group of Yugoslav physicists trying to create nuclear fission who are accidentally irradiated and smuggled to France for treatment, leading to the first human bone marrow transplant. Read More

Running Time: 120


Society of the Snow

An audience favorite!

Based on a true story, a rugby team is aboard Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 when it crashes in the Andes. Trapped in a hostile and inaccessible environment, the surviving passengers must resort to extreme measures to stay alive. Read More

Running Time: 144


Bad Faith

An audience favorite!

The forces tearing apart our democracy have never been more frightening or powerful, but who is actually behind them? Bad Faith exposes the sinister Christian Nationalism movement and shines a light on its unholy plan to upend the constitution and impose Biblical law on all Americans. Read More

Running Time: 89


Running On Sand

An audience favorite!

When an Eritrean refugee about to be deported from Israel is mistaken for the Nigerian striker just signed to a struggling soccer team, his fate depends on the team’s success in this charming, socially relevant dramedy. Read More

Running Time: 104


One Life

Anthony Hopkins stars as Sir Nicholas Winton, a London broker reflecting on his efforts to rescue children from Europe at the onset of World War II. Fifty years later, he is haunted by the fate of those he wasn’t able to bring to safety. Read More

Running Time: 110


The Performance

An audience favorite! While on a European tour in 1937, American Jew and accomplished tap dancer Harold May (Jeremy Piven) is scouted by a German attaché (Robert Carlyle) to headline an exclusive performance in Berlin for a VIP guest: Adolf Hitler. Join us for post-screening Q&As with Actor/Producer Jeremy Piven, Director... Read More

Running Time: 112


Call Me Dancer

An audience favorite!

Overcoming impossible odds, an impoverished breakdancer from the streets of Mumbai stumbles into ballet class and, with the help of a stern but loving 70-year-old Israeli ballet master, pursues his dream of dancing on the world’s stage. Read More

Running Time: 84


The Animal Kingdom

Winner: New Voices New Visions.

In this surprising, expectation-defying and often humorous drama, a father (Romain Duris) and his teen son (Paul Kircher) contend with a cross-country move and an unexplained epidemic that causes people to mutate into animals. Read More

Running Time: 130


Copa 71

An audience favorite!

The triumphant 1971 Women’s Soccer World Cup has been erased from history. But this rousing documentary, filled with archival footage, gathers the pioneering women athletes to tell the amazing story of their fight against the misogynist masters of the sport. Read More

Running Time: 90


Mr. Blake at Your Service!

An audience favorite!

John Malkovich and Fanny Ardant headline this breezy comedy in which a widowed British businessman decides to stay at the chateau where he met his late wife – a stay that will change him in ways he never expected. Read More

Running Time: 110


The Space Race

This enlightening documentary highlights the invaluable and oft-overlooked contributions from African Americans to space exploration. With its revealing interviews and a wealth of rare archival materials, see how trailblazing Black astronauts overcame racial injustice to reach for the stars. Read More

Running Time: 91



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Film Festival 2024