Program 27: Wild Nights With Emily

Madeleine Olnek / Narrative Feature, Thursday, Oct. 11 / USA / 2018 / 84 mins

What do you know about Emily Dickinson? That she was a poet in the 1800s? That she wrote over 1800 poems, but only 11 were published in her lifetime? That her poems didn’t rhyme and that she was fond of dashes in her work, much to the dismay of then-editors?

Program 29: Boys (Jonas)

Christophe Charrier / Subtitled, Narrative Feature, Thursday, Oct. 11 / France / 2018 / 81 mins

Fifteen-year-old Jonas sits in a dark car playing Tetris on his Game Boy. Out of the darkness a terrifying scene unfolds. This time it’s just a nightmarish vision, but clearly something terrible has happened to traumatize Jonas.

Program 31: Funny Story

Michael J. Gallagher / Narrative Feature, Friday, Oct. 12 / USA / 2018 / 84 mins

What if you knew a secret that would ruin somebody’s life? Would you tell? Or would you keep it to yourself?

Program 32: Just Friends (Gewoon Vrienden)

Ellen Smit / Subtitled, Narrative Feature, Friday, Oct. 12 / Netherlands / 2018 / 80 mins

Joris, blond and addicted to his gym routine, is so handsome that he could easily work as a model. But something is not right – there is a hole in him, unresolved damage from his father’s death when he was a boy. Joris spends day after day by himself, riding his motorcycle through the empty countryside, playing with his drone, looking down at the world as if looking for answers in his life.

Program 35: The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Desiree Akhavan / ASL Interpreted, Next Generation Series, Narrative Feature, Saturday, Oct. 13 / USA / 2018 / 91 mins

Based on the best-selling novel by Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post is one of the most critically-acclaimed films in this year’s festival.

Program 36: Canary (Kanarie)

Christiaan Olwagen / Subtitled, Narrative Feature, Saturday, Oct. 13 / South Africa / 2018 / 120 mins

Music is my life,” 17-year-old Johan says during his audition for a coveted spot in the South African Defence Force Church Choir and Concert Group, also known as the Canaries. A New Wave-loving misfit with a passion for Queen, Kate Bush, Depeche Mode, and his beloved Boy George, Johan clings to their music like a lifeline; the lens through which he processes (and sometimes shields himself from) the world around him.

Program 38: My Best Friend (Mi mejor amigo)

Martin Deus / Subtitled, Next Generation Series, Narrative Feature, Sunday, Oct. 14 / Argentina / 2018 / 90 mins

Lorenzo is a classic bookworm: quiet, crazy skinny, the last kid to get picked for soccer, his face stuck in the pages of a science fiction novel. But he also has an intensity and a sense of responsibility which goes beyond the typical teenager. Protected by loving parents, Lorenzo seems at peace, if a little lonely, growing up in a small city in Argentina.

Program 40: My Big Gay Italian Wedding (Puoi baciare lo sposo)

Alessandro Genovesi / Subtitled, Narrative Feature, Sunday, Oct. 14 / Italy / 2018 / 86 mins

Antonio is about to get married to his fiance Paulo, the man of his dreams. But first he has to work up the courage to tell his parents that he’s gay. His father doesn’t take the news well, but Mom comes around quickly. She offers her blessing on the upcoming nuptials with three conditions. They must get married in Civita, the picturesque mountaintop village where Antonio’s father is mayor. Then Paolo must get his estranged mother, who disowned him when he came out to her several years earlier, to attend the wedding. Finally, the wedding must be planned by her favorite reality show wedding planner, Enzo Miccio.