In-Conversation with Olivia Wilde
Director, actress, producer and activist Olivia Wilde is one of Hollywood’s most dynamic forces. Wilde most recently starred in and directed Don’t Worry Darling, which debuted at the 2022 Venice Film Festival and grossed nearly $100 million worldwide. Her award-winning directorial debut Booksmart became a generational anthem and continues to be praised as one of the most beloved films of its decade. As an actor, Wilde has starred in Her; Babylon; Rush; Cowboys & Aliens; Tron: Legacy; A Vigilante; Meadowland; The Incredible Burt Wonderstone; Drinking Buddies; 1984 on Broadway and on television, the Emmy award winning series House. Upcoming, Wilde will star in Gregg Araki’s thriller I Want Your Sex and Sarah Adina Smith’s psychological thriller Monkey Hill. Wilde is also attached to direct Avengelyne, a film adaptation of the ’90s comic book character and Universal Pictures’ Christmas comedy Naughty, both of which will be produced by Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap.
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In-Conversation with Spike Lee
Director: Shelton Jackson Spike Lee
Academy Award® Winner SPIKE LEE’s iconic body of storytelling has made an indelible mark on filmmaking and television. Lee is a five-time Oscar nominee (Do The Right Thing for Original Screenplay, 4 Little Girls for Documentary Feature, BlacKkKlansman for Picture, Director and Best Adapted Screenplay-Winner) and was awarded an Honorary Oscar in 2015 for his lifetime achievement and contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences. In 2018, the visionary filmmaker co-wrote and directed the Academy Award®-nominated and critically acclaimed hit feature BlacKkKlansman, which won the Oscar® for Best Adapted Screenplay. Lee’s career spans over 30 years and includes: She’s Gotta Have It, School Daze, Do the Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Crooklyn, Clockers, Girl 6, Get on the Bus, He Got Game, Summer of Sam, Bamboozled, 25th Hour, She Hate Me, Inside Man, Miracle at St. Anna, Red Hook Summer, Old Boy, and Chi-Raq. Lee’s outstanding feature documentary work includes the double Emmy® Award-winning If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise, a follow up to his HBO documentary film When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts and the Peabody Award-winning A Huey P Newton Story. In August 2021, he directed and produced the four-part documentary essay NYC EPICENTERS 9/11➔2021½ released by HBO and streamed on HBO Max. His directed version of David Byrne’s American Utopia (2021) was also released by HBO. Lee is also known for his legendary Air JordanTV commercials and marketing campaigns with Michael Jordan for Nike. In 1997, he launched the advertising agency Spike DDB, a fully integrated agency with a focus on trendsetter, cross-cultural, and millennial audiences. In 2021, Lee directed new additions to the Capital One “Road Trip” national campaign featuring Samuel L. Jackson and Charles Barkley. In addition to his films, TV series, and commercials, Lee has directed a number of music videos and shorts for artists such as Michael Jackson, Prince, Public Enemy, Branford Marsalis, Bruce Hornsby, Miles Davis, and Anita Baker. In recent years, Lee has cultivated a successful creative partnership with Netflix, directing and producing narrative features under a multi-year deal with the streamer. His collaborations with Netflix include: Da 5 Bloods (which he directed and co-wrote), the series She’s Gotta Have It(which he created, wrote and directed), the film version of Rodney King (which he directed) and the Stefon Bristol sci-fi film See You Yesterday(which he produced). Lee’s upcoming film is a reimagining of the Akira Kurosawa classic film High and Low. The film stars Denzel Washington and will be released in 2025 by A24 and Apple. Lee is a graduate of Morehouse College and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he is a tenured Professor of Film and Artistic Director. Lee’s Production Company 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks is based in Da Republic of Brooklyn, NY. Most recently Mr.Lee Received The National Medal Of Arts And Humanities From President Joe Biden. Spike was Also inducted into The Naismith Basketball Hall Of Fame As A SuperFan along side Jack Nicholson And Billy Crystal.
6 AM
Director: Mehran Modiri
Sarah is leaving Teheran for three years to study for her doctorate in Canada. Her flight is at 6 am. After an emotionally fraught final dinner with her family, she heads to an impromptu farewell party at her friend Farida’s apartment, intending to go straight to the airport afterwards. That plan implodes, however, when the morality police swoop in. Drinks are emptied, musical instruments hidden and women put on their overcoats, while Sarah is seized with terror that they will all be arrested – and she, of course, will miss her plane. Mehran Modiri, Iran’s popular satirist, who also has a chilling cameo as a police hostage negotiator, proves here that he is just as at home with a nail-biting drama.
WE LIVE IN TIME
Director: John Crowley
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield bring humour and exceptional personal chemistry to this compelling tale of love, marriage, and heartache. The movie's unique feature is that the narrative skips back and forth in time across a decade so that we absorb all of their lives – highs, lows, romance and parenthood – as a jigsaw puzzle that helps us understand their decisions in the different phases of their relationship. It's a real tearjerker that shows how ambitious chef Almut meets Tobias, a data cruncher whose marriage has just ended, and then they fall in love and have to cope with all the hurdles put in front of them. When Almut decides to enter a high-stakes cooking championship the tension between them boils over.
THE SANDCASTLE
Director: Matty Brown
A family of four finds themselves stuck on a picturesque island hiding a shocking reality. What starts as child’s play and simple ways to pass the time begins to uncover dark secrets that they struggle to keep from the youngest, Jana. As events spiral out of control and the line between reality and fiction blurs, how will Jana and her family cope with the consequences and the tough choices they must face?
