
THE YOUNG VOTE
mvff 2022 United States TRAILBLAZERS BAMPFA, Sequoia 2, Virtual Oct 10, Oct 6, Oct 8, Oct 9 DOCS Active Cinema, Mind the Gap FilmTRAILBLAZERS | ACTIVE CINEMA | MIND THE GAP | DOCS
US 2022, 67 min, Director: Diane Robinson
As the United States teeters toward theocracy, it is painfully clear that the stakes in the upcoming midterm elections are nothing short of the life,…

WOMEN TALKING
mvff 2022 United States Rafael 1 Oct 11, Oct 9 BIG NIGHTS, US CINEMA Mind the Gap
SPOTLIGHT | MIND THE GAP ENSEMBLE AWARD
MIND THE GAP | US CINEMA
US 2022, 104 min, Director: Sarah Polley
Powerful, committed performances by an extraordinary ensemble—including Frances McDormand, Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy,…

WHINA
New Zealand TRAILBLAZERS Lark Theater, Rafael 2 Oct 14, Oct 8 WORLD CINEMA Mind the Gap FilmTRAILBLAZERS | MIND THE GAP | WORLD
New Zealand 2021, 112 min, Directors: James Napier Robertson, Paula Whetu Jones
This inspirational film reveals the extraordinary life of New Zealand’s Dame Whina Cooper, a courageous Māori woman whose…

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…

TURN EVERY PAGE – THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB
United States CREATE BAMPFA, Rafael 3 Oct 16, Oct 7 DOCS Mind the Gap FilmCREATE | MIND THE GAP | DOCS
US 2022, 112 min, Director: Lizzie Gottlieb
Fifty years, five books, four thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight pages…and counting. Lizzie Gottlieb’s gripping documentary focuses on the intersecting life's…

TOWN DESTROYER
mvff 2022 United States Rafael 3, Roxie Theater, Sequoia 2, Virtual Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 6, Oct 8 DOCS Mind the Gap FilmMIND THE GAP | DOCS
US 2022, 55 min, Director: Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufman
Is art’s role to provoke or placate? What happens when it no longer reflects current societal views? These questions and many more were the subject of hot debate…

TILL
mvff 2022 United States Sequoia 1, Sequoia 2 Oct 11 BIG NIGHTS, US CINEMA Mind the Gap
CENTERPIECEMIND THE GAP AWARD • CREATIVITY & TRUTH
MIND THE GAP | US CINEMA
US 2022, 130 min, Director: Chinonye Chukwu
Visually striking and moving, Till centers the story of Emmett Till through the experience of his mother, Mamie…

THE SWIMMERS
UK, United States LAUGH Rafael 1 Oct 15 WORLD CINEMA Mind the Gap FilmMIND THE GAP | WORLD
US, UK, 2022 | Director: Sally El Hosaini
Yusra Mardini cherished one goal: To swim for Syria’s Olympic team. But that aspiration seemed dashed when her homeland’s civil war made her a refugee. Sally El Hosaini’s…

STILL WORKING 9 TO 5
United States LAUGH Lark Theater, Rafael 2 Oct 14, Oct 16 DOCS Mind the Gap FilmLAUGH | MIND THE GAP | DOCS
US 2021, 95 min, Directors: Camille Hardman, Gary Lane
The iconic 1980 screwball feminist revenge comedy that put the plight of women office workers on blast steps back into the spotlight in this fun and fascinating…

SOPHIA
United States TRAILBLAZERS Rafael 1, Rafael 2 Oct 14, Oct 15 DOCS Mind the Gap FilmTRAILBLAZERS | MIND THE GAP | DOC
US 2022, 89 min, Director: Crystal Moselle, Jon Kasbe
An exploration of brilliance and frailty in the pursuit of artistic perfection, Crystal Moselle and Jon Kasbe’s documentary follows ingenious but unsettled…