- Der goldene Handschuh (2019, Dir: Fatih Akin)
Storyline
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
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- Bliss (2019, Dir: Joe Begos)
Storyline
A brilliant painter facing the worst creative block of her life turns to anything she can to complete her masterpiece, spiraling into a hallucinatory hellscape of drugs, sex, and murder in the sleazy underbelly of Los Angeles.
Trailer:
- El príncipe (2019, Dir: Sebastián Muñoz -as Sebastián Muñoz Costa del Río-)
Storyline
A ’70s-set homoerotic prison drama based on a low-circulated pulp novel, tracking the sexual, often-violent and eventually murderous experiences of 20-something narcissist Jaime.
Trailer:
- First Love (2019, Dir: Takashi Miike)
Storyline
A young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.
Trailer:
- Repo Man (1984, Dir: Alex Cox)
Storyline
Young punk Otto becomes a repo man after helping to steal a car, and stumbles into a world of wackiness as a result.
Trailer:
- Yves (2019, Dir: Benoît Forgeard)
Storyline
Jerem moved to his grandmother’s house to compose a rap record. He meets So, a mysterious investigator on behalf of the start-up Digital Cool, who persuades him to take the test Yves, a smart refrigerator, supposed to simplify his life. Gradually, the fridge will win the friendship of Jerem, to make him a star by becoming his ghost writer.
Trailer:
- Come to Daddy (2019, Dir: Ant Timpson)
Storyline
A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father.
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- The Wolf Hour (2019, Dir: Alistair Banks Griffin)
Storyline
June was once a known counter-culture figure, but that was a decade ago. She now lives alone in her South Bronx apartment, having all but cut herself off from the outside world. It’s the notorious “Summer of Sam” and June only has to look out of her window to see the violence escalating with the brutal summer heat. The city is on a knife’s edge, a pressure-cooker about to explode into the incendiary 1977 New York blackout riots.
Interview: Alistair Banks Griffin – The Wolf Hour | 2019 Sundance Film Festival:
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[source: AIFF]
Revisit:
22nd Athens International Film Festival, (21/9 – 02/10) – “After Hours” Section
23rd Athens International Film Festival, (20/9 – 01/10) – “After Hours” Section
24th Athens International Film Festival, (19/9 – 30/09) – “After Hours” Section
‘Assembled’ by Christos Doukakis