Family Recipe
A girl”s baking lesson from her grandfather teaches her acceptance as she learns the similarities between ingredients and people.
CIFF 2022
Empire of Light: Opening Night Screening #2 + After Party
Sam Mendes fills his superbly cast, deeply personal drama with surprises, all emerging from a cinema in a working-class town in 1980s England. Hilary (Olivia Colman, in another knockout performance) is a single woman who runs the ticket booth, where she meets Steven (played with stirring confidence by relative newcomer Micheal Ward). Though on its
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Empire of Light: Opening Night Screening #1 + After Party
Sam Mendes fills his superbly cast, deeply personal drama with surprises, all emerging from a cinema in a working-class town in 1980s England. Hilary (Olivia Colman, in another knockout performance) is a single woman who runs the ticket booth, where she meets Steven (played with stirring confidence by relative newcomer Micheal Ward). Though on its
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Emerging Filmmakers – 98 mins
A curated showcase of the next generation of cinematic storytellers. Diverse, compelling and immensely talented, these filmmakers have found their voice.
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El Carrito
Nelly lives alone with her elderly father. The only way she makes ends meet is by working as a street vendor from dawn to dusk. She has learned not to trust anyone until one day she is forced to take a leap of faith or be resigned in her position forever.
Do Not Feed The Pigeons
Even in a lonely, revolting and boring place such as a coach station, a little bit of harmony can always be found…
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Disfluency
After failing her final college class, Jane returns home to her family”s lake house and–with the help of her friends and family–she comes to terms with the confusing trauma that derailed her senior year. Location: 650 D Ave, Coronado, CA 92118
Dealing With Dad
MARGARET CHANG is rocked from her perfect alpha-mom-corporate-manager life when she has to go back to her hometown to deal with her overbearing dad, JIALUO, who’s usually an outspoken jerk but is now despondent and won’t leave the house. Since she can’t deal with her parents by herself, she drags along her older sad sack
Day for Night: Actress to Icon: Jacqueline Bissett
Retrospective Screening of this groundbreaking film followed by a Conversation with Jacqueline Bisset and Leonard Maltin About the film: Day for Night chronicles the production of Je Vous Présente Paméla (Meet Pamela, or literally I introduce you to Pamela), a clichéd melodrama starring aging screen icon Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Aumont), former diva Séverine (Valentina Cortese), young
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Culinary Cinema: The Best Chef in the World
The French Laundry, run by legendary chef Thomas Keller, has often been recognized as the best restaurant in the world, but few know the story of its original founder, Sally Schmitt. In an emotional final interview before her passing in March 2022, Sally tells her own story as a pioneering chef of California cuisine and
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