21 days, 80 participants, 10 finalists. Warsaw’s International Chopin Piano competition, held every five years, has launched the careers of many piano virtuosos. Spellbound meets Tár in this enthralling documentary that follows seven hopefuls as they progress – or maybe not – through four grueling competition stages where the stakes are high and the pressure […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/films/pianoforte/Perfect for audiences of all ages, PONYO centers on the friendship between five-year-old Sosuke and a magical goldfish named Ponyo, the young daughter of a sorcerer father and a sea-goddess mother. After a chance encounter, Ponyo yearns to become a human so she can be with Sosuke. As to be expected with Miyazaki, the film […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/films/ponyo/The Q&As on Fri May 10 and Sat May 11 will be moderated by Joe McGovern. Years after the shocking murders that made the name Charles Manson synonymous with pure evil, the three women who killed for him—Leslie Van Houten (Hannah Murray), Patricia Krenwinkel (Sosie Bacon), and Susan Atkins (Marianne Rendón)—remain under the spell of […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/films/charlie-says/Deborah Esquenazi’s riveting documentary explores the imprisonment of four Latina lesbians who were wrongly convicted of child molestation in 1994, thanks to a potent combination of homophobia, misogyny and racism. In her quest for exoneration, Esquenazi unearths surprising details during interviews with the women and their accusers. Our guest presenters tonight are F2L, community activists […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/films/southwest-of-salem-the-story-of-the-san-antonio-four/A vital forum for cinema that tackles important global issues, HRWFF showcases an international selection of acclaimed films that bring human rights struggles to life through storytelling–challenging, provocative movies that call for justice and social change. Among the highlights of the 2016 edition is the closing night selection of SONITA (winner of Sundance’s Grand Jury […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/series/human-rights-watch-film-festival-2016/Now playing before our regular first-run features, films from Focus Forward, an award-winning series of 30 three-minute stories about innovators—people who are reshaping the world through act or invention—directed by the world’s most celebrated documentary filmmakers. The films have been viewed in 150 countries and screened to audiences on all seven continents. Nov 28- Dec […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/series/short-attention-span-cinema-focus-forward/Yves Saint Laurent, together with his longtime partner Pierre Bergé, had a career that changed fashion forever—and along the way, assembled an art collection with Picassos, Matisses and Brancusis to rival any museum’s. Upon Saint Laurent’s death, Bergé decided to sell the art they had amassed; the multi-million “Auction of the Century” heralded the end […]
https://www.ifccenter.com/films/lamour-fou/“A masterpiece… remarkable… perfect in design and execution.” – A.O. Scott, The New York Times One of the great silent comedies and an early masterpiece from Japan’s legendary Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story), I WAS BORN, BUT… is a sharp and raucous portrait of family dynamics. Mortified by their harried father’s kowtowing to his boss, two […]
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