JFF Guests

Lazzaro is a laborer on the Marchesa de Luna’s tobacco plantation. When her son Tancredi visits the fields, he is captivated by Lazzaro’s sincerity and kindness. Alice Rohrwacher’s (The Wonders) new, critically-acclaimed film.

A man escaping Paris on the eve of the Nazi occupation adopts a dead author’s identity. In Marseilles, he meets a woman looking for her husband—the very man he impersonates. A brazen adaptation of Anna Seghers’ novel placing characters from 80 years ago in contemporary Marseilles.

Marcello runs a dog boarding facility, but another job leads him to a dangerous relationship with a violent former boxer. This dark and poignant spaghetti Western of sorts, from the masterful Matteo Garrone, is about an eternal victim who strives to change his life. 

In icy northern Siberia, Nanook and Sedna struggle to maintain their traditional ways. While Nanook refuses to acknowledge their estranged daughter, Aga, Sedna misses her desperately. A mesmerizing cinematographic feat.

A Holocaust survivor with a disfigured face returns to Berlin. When she finds her husband, he does not recognize her but suggests she help him claim his “dead” wife’s inheritance. Christian Petzold collaborates with actress Nina Hoss to create a powerfully poignant film.

A Romanian nurse working in the US awaits her green card. But when the process veers off course, she realizes that America is not all she had hoped for. A sensitive and profound debut produced by renown Romanian director Cristian Mungiu.

Marcello runs a dog boarding facility, but another job leads him to a dangerous relationship with a violent former boxer. This dark and poignant spaghetti Western of sorts, from the masterful Matteo Garrone, is about an eternal victim who strives to change his life. 

The 2018 Berlinale’s big winner, this film straddles the often-invisible line between fact and fiction. In her debut, Adina Pintilie embarks on a therapeutic investigation of human sexuality that strives toward liberating human intimacy. 

A successful businessman invites his brother, a provincial teacher who has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, to stay with him in Rome. Euphoria’s depiction of their sibling relationship is surprisingly creative and touching.