Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
99 min
While worshiping at a temple, soft-spoken doctor Naveen (Karan Soni) meets Jay (Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff), a white man adopted by Indian parents. When Naveen finally brings Jay home to meet his family as his fiancé, they must contend with accepting his white artist boyfriend and help the couple plan the Indian wedding…
Directed By Roshan Sethi
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
115 min
Winner of this year’s Cannes Grand Prix, director Payal Kapadia’s mesmerizing second feature follows Mumbai nurse Prabha (Kani Kusruti), whose routine is interrupted when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Meanwhile, her younger roommate Anu (Divya Prabha) tries in vain to find a clandestine spot in the…
Directed By Payal Kapadia
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
108 min
World Premiere
For one extraordinary week in February 1972, the revolution WAS televised when John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-hosted the massively popular Mike Douglas Show. John and Yoko invited a radical yet approachable vision of the future into the homes of everyday Americans through frank conversations with counterculture icons such as Chuck…
Directed By Erik Nelson
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
100 min
East Coast Premiere
In 1960s Lima, the glamorous life of a privileged Franco-Peruvian woman, Norma (Barbara Mori), unravels after her husband leaves her for another woman, ostracizing her from elite society. Facing financial ruin, she decides to open an exclusive French restaurant in her home. After a lukewarm response, she embarks on a…
Directed By Ricardo de Montreuil
Documentary Feature
Air Land & Sea
83 min
In the dark of night, two curious observers shine a light on a secret universe – the nighttime lives of moths. Together, these scientists are on an expedition to decode these nocturnal creatures in a remote ecological “hot spot” on the border of India and Bhutan. The result transports audiences to a rarely-seen place and…
Directed By Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
85 min
New York Premiere
A mother (Lucy Liu) moves her husband, son, and daughter into a seemingly picture-perfect suburban house, but after a strange series of incidents, they soon become convinced they are not alone. As the family’s life in their new home unfolds, they must confront a haunting question: what are the intentions of this phantom…
Directed By Steven Soderbergh
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
120 min
New York Premiere
A young widow now desperate to support herself, Santosh (Shahanna Goswam) accepts an opportunity to inherit her late husband’s job as a police officer in the rural badlands of India. Quickly taken under the wing of a charismatic and commanding older female inspector, she begins an investigation into a brutal murder that plunges…
Directed By Sandhya Suri
Documentary Feature
Air Land & Sea
86 min
New York Premiere
Often called real-life mermaids, the haenyeo divers of South Korea’s Jeju Island are renowned for centuries of freediving to the ocean floor—without oxygen—to harvest seafood for their livelihood. Today, their way of life is in imminent danger from a changing climate and a modern world, but these fierce, funny and hardworking…
Directed By Sue Kim