

THE WONDER
Ireland, UK, United States Rafael 1 Oct 12 WORLD CINEMA FilmWORLD
US, UK, Ireland 2022, 102 min, Director: Sebastián Lelio
Sebastián Lelio (A Fantastic Woman, MVFF40) directs this gripping adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s (Room, MVFF38) revisionist historical novel set in her native Ireland. It’s…


TUKDAM – BETWEEN WORLDS
mvff 2022 Estonia, Finland, Ireland SPIRIT Rafael 3, Virtual Oct 12, Oct 14, Oct 6 DOCS FilmSPIRIT | DOCS
Finland, Ireland, Estonia 2022, 91 min, Director: Donagh Coleman
Is it possible to die in a consciously controlled way? The Tibetan Buddhist tradition of “tukdam,” a practice of meditating at the deepest level of consciousness…


SHORTS: PAINTING PICTURES
mvff 2022 United States Rafael 3, Virtual Oct 12, Oct 6 SHORTS FilmTotal program 68 min
“Filling up my heart with golden stories…. Who adds some spice to the rhythm of life?” Bay Area filmmakers present true-life tales of extraordinary individuals in this program. In Chloë Fitzmaurice’s For the Bees…


THE PUPILS (LE PUPILLE)
mvff 2022 Italy LAUGH BAMPFA, Lark Theater, Rafael 3, Sequoia 1 Oct 12, Oct 15, Oct 8, Oct 9 SHORTS FilmLAUGH | MIND THE GAP | SHORTS
Italy 2022, 37 min, Director: Alice Rohrwacher
From the very first frames of Alice Rohrwacher’s The Pupils, “a film clumsily and freely based on a letter the writer Elsa Morante sent to her friend Goffredo…


OUR BROTHERS (NOS FRANGINS)
France SPIRIT Rafael 1, Sequoia 2 Oct 12, Oct 13 WORLD CINEMA FilmSPIRIT | WORLD
France, Algeria 2022, 92 min, Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Police brutality receives considerable media attention during our current Black Lives Matter moment, but French director Rachid Bouchareb’s (Days of Glory, MVFF29) drama…