BANGARANG

Children can be loud, carefree, playful, unaware, violent. Also in Taranto, an industrial city in Southern Italy which has the largest steel mill factory in Europe since the 1960s. Observing their movements and listening to their emotions, we enter the world of childhood while losing ourselves in the present of this territory, the scene of one of the most serious health and environmental disasters in Italian and European history. Bangarang is a Jamaican word meaning tumult, disorder, chaos.

WRITER/DIRECTOR: Giulio Mastromauro
PRODUCER: Virginia Gherardini
LANGUAGE: Italian, English subtitles
RUNTIME: 1:13:00

BROTHERS

Akzhol – just a graduate of the orphanage, he is convinced that his father is alive and begins his search. He moves from these walls and begins his new and independent life. Having met their neighbor Dimash, they begin to earn a living by robberies and burglaries. During one of the meetings with his relative, he learns about the existence of his sibling brother, a person from a completely different social layer. Having met him, they begin to search for his father.

DIRECTOR: Darkhan Tulegenov
WRITERS: Alen Rakhmetaliyev, Darkhan Tulegenov
PRODUCER: Maxim Akbarov
CAST: Aibar Saly, Alisher Ismailov, Azat Zhumadil
LANGUAGE: Kazakh, Russian; English subtitles
RUNTIME: 1:40:00

GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT

This long awaited Oprah’s-Booklist novel adaptation gravitates around a tale of grief, mystery, and space exploration through the lens of a unique epistolary narrative.

Tragedy unfolds at a space launch company, and a botanist’s missives to her friend reveal unraveling secrets and personal conflicts, questioning humanity’s quest for the stars.

DIRECTOR: Bailey Kobe
WRITERS: Alyson Foster, Bailey Kobe
PRODUCER: Frederic Imbert
CAST: Brandee Steger, Michael Steger, Stephanie Erb, Mico Saad, Khetphet Phagnasay, Alison Haislip, Arthur Hanket, Hope Shapiro, Jack Yang
LANGUAGE: English
RUNTIME: 2:00:00

THE GIRL, THE HUNTER AND THE FIREFLY

The six months of darkness have finally arrived in Bogotá and the rest of the world, bringing with them the promises of anarchy and terror from the so-called “Hunters.” Ana, a 12-year-old girl, must flee the city with her parents to protect their lives. Trapped in a bunker, Ana, Mateo, and Ángela will wait underground, hoping to escape the horrors of the surface. Meanwhile, without the safety of a shelter, John, a 35-year-old man, will have to flee with his wife, Laura, to protect the life of their unborn child.

WRITER/DIRECTOR: Luis Vanegas
PRODUCER: Luis Vanegas
CAST: Jimmy Vásquez, Álvaro Benet, Hary Camacho, Juana Arboleda, Marisol Correa Vega, Mauricio Cujar
LANGUAGE: Spanish, English subtitles
RUNTIME: 1:38:41