Cinema #14: 12.50pm-2.25pm, Regal LA Live, September 14th
(G: All Ages Admitted)
Shimmer
A film about the power of women and the nature of our bodies, about how we represent as individuals celebrating women and what we are capable of.
Directed by Marta ?wierczy?ska and Anna Watkins (UK)
LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
04:19
Hold On
Directed by Ryan Daniel Kavanagh (USA)
WORLD PREMIERE
03:41
The Dog Days
Summer in the suburbs. Loveless marriage, a gilded cage. Joyful innocence, unbridled potential. Slow surrender to middle-age, retreat and regret. Tails wag, sharp tongues devastate. Wonderful, terrible, miraculous, disastrous life leaves no heart intact. Through it all, ball keeps turning, we keep chasing.
Directed by Ryan Kurt Whiting (USA)
17:02
Love Sink in Tide
Luo Min’s husband Wu Zheng passed away in a car accident, making it difficult to sustain the clothing store they jointly operate. Zhou Yong, who is responsible for the clothing sales, joins Luo Min down to the seaside at Zhao Yuqin’s request to scatter Wu Zheng’s ashes into the sea, fulfilling Wu Zheng’s last wish. A trip that can change their lives.
Directed by Pengyu Yan and Hongdi Xiao (China)
NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE
24:20
The Last Take
Facing the end, a movie star from the golden age of Hollywood must reconcile with the only man he ever loved.
Directed by Brian Foyster (USA)
14:17
Marie s’envole
Summer 1973. Marie, aged 26, goes off to spend a few days alone in her family’s country house. She has to finish writing her thesis on “Jean Giono’s mythical search of self”. Caught between her duty and her desire to enjoy herself, she meets Antoinette. A beautiful, free-spirited young woman who inspires Marie to explore a whole new world of possibilities.
Directed by Léa Sassi (France)
NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE
27:26
Total runtime 91:05
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