
THE WHALE
mvff 2022 United States SPIRIT Sequoia 1, Sequoia 2 Oct 13 BIG NIGHTS, US CINEMATRIBUTE TO BRENDAN FRASER
SPIRIT | US CINEMA
US 2022, 117 min, Director: Darren Aronofsky
Hinging on a career-defining performance from Brendan Fraser, The Whale is an emotionally resonant tour de force, by turns funny and devastating. Fraser…

THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY
United States SPIRIT Rafael 3, Sequoia 1 Oct 10, Oct 11 US CINEMA Mind the Gap FilmSPIRIT | MIND THE GAP | US CINEMA
US 2022, 85 min, Morrisa Maltz
October 10 - CAFILM FREE MEMBER SCREENING
Morrisa Maltz’s staggering second feature is a thousand things at once. It’s an ode to the mysteries of the American Midwest, a joyous…

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…

PLAN 75
Japan SPIRIT BAMPFA, Rafael 2 Oct 14, Oct 15 WORLD CINEMA FilmSPIRIT | WORLD
Japan 2022, 112 min, Director: Chie Hayakawa
Chie Hayakawa’s feature debut, which premiered at Cannes, puts our ageist society under a microscope. This dystopian drama may provoke comparisons to 1970s-era classics Logan’s…

THE PASSENGERS OF THE NIGHT
France SPIRIT Rafael 2, Sequoia 1 Oct 8, Oct 9 WORLD CINEMA FilmSPIRIT | WORLD
France 2022, 111 min, Director: Mikhaël Hers
The dissolution of a marriage is always difficult, and it’s even more so for Elisabeth (the iconic Charlotte Gainsbourg, radiant), in early 1980s Paris. She’s never been in a…

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…

DESCENDANT
United States SPIRIT Rafael 2, Rafael 3 Oct 8, Oct 9 DOCS Mind the Gap FilmSPIRIT | DOCS
US 2022, 108 min, Director: Margaret Brown
Margaret Brown’s important and thought-provoking documentary may prompt a reevaluation of everything you’ve been taught about slavery and the Jim Crow era. In 2018, marine archaeologists…