Montclair Film’s Summer Showcase

Join us for Montclair Film’s second annual Summer Showcase weekend—a full weekend of festival-worthy films in June as part of the Prudential North to Shore Festival. It includes 22 of the season’s leading independent, documentary, and international films prior to their theatrical release.

Tickets are $17 ($15 for Montclair Film Members).  Tickets for Montclair Film Members are on sale now and will open up to the public on Friday, May 16 at 12:00pm.

OPENING FILM: SORRY, BABY
Director: Eva Victor
Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least.
Thursday, June 26, 7:30pm, Clairidge 2 (Warren Ross Jr. Theater)

AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE
Director: Albert Serra
An intimate, cinematic portrait of an active bullfighting star, Andrés Roca Rey, reflecting on the intimate experience of the bullfighter.
Friday, June 27, 5:00pm, Clairidge 5

THE BODY POLITIC
Director: Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough
In Baltimore, Brandon Scott, an idealistic young leader with an ambitious plan to stop chronic violence, is elected mayor, revealing a pathway toward healing for the nation.

Playing with AMERICAN SEAMS
Directors: Carly Jakins, Jared Jakins
AMERICAN SEAMS explores the stories of three women quilters whose lives complement and contrast each other across stunning landscapes in rural Colorado, Utah, and the Navajo Nation of New Mexico.
Friday, June 27, 7:00pm, Clairidge 4 (Weston Theater)
Program Presented in Partnership with American Documentary, XTR, The LA Times, and NJPBS
Q&A follows the screening.

OH, HI!
Director: Sophie Brooks
Iris (the incomparable Molly Gordon) has met her perfect guy, Isaac (Logan Lerman), and is enjoying their first romantic getaway together — what could go wrong? Only everything.
Friday, June 27, 7:30pm, Clairidge 2 (Warren Ross Jr. Theater)

SPEAK.
Directors: Jennifer Tiexiera, Guy Mossman
A celebration of the power of storytelling, SPEAK. is an electrifying portrait of teen storytellers preparing to compete in the prestigious NSDA Championships, the “Super Bowl of public speaking”.
Friday, June 27, 8:00pm, Clairidge 1 (John J. and Rose Cali Theater)

BARRY LYNDON (1975)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Recently restored to its original glory, BARRY LYNDON is a masterpiece of light and image making that remains one of Stanley Kubrick’s greatest films and is a must-see on the big screen.
Saturday, June 28, 1:00pm, Clairidge 5

LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS
Director: Urska Djukic
Introverted 16-year-old Lucia befriends Ana-Maria, and as they navigate unfamiliar surroundings, Lucia begins to question her beliefs and values.
Saturday, June 28, 1:30pm, Clairidge 1 (John J. and Rose Cali Theater)

HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY
Director: Sam Feder
ACLU attorney Chase Strangio goes all the way to the Supreme Court to fight one of the greatest civil rights rollbacks in modern history, and engages in the struggle to maintain transgender rights.
Saturday, June 28, 3:00pm, Clairidge 4 (Weston Theater)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Director: Scandar Copti
The story of family drama and crisis, HAPPY HOLIDAYS presents a uniquely humanist view of daily life in the Middle East.
Saturday, June 28, 4:00pm, Clairidge 2 (Warren Ross Jr. Theater)

MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
Directors: David Borenstein, Pavel Ilyich Talankin
“Pasha” is a teacher at a small primary school in a Russian town, but when a new patriotic education policy is introduced during the early weeks of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, daily state-sanctioned propaganda events become the new normal.
Saturday, June 28, 4:30pm, Clairidge 1 (John J. and Rose Cali Theater) 

DEATH & TAXES
Directors: Justin Schein, Robert Edwards
DEATH & TAXES is a feature documentary about wealth, inequality, and the American Dream, viewed through the lens of the estate tax.
Saturday, June 28, 5:30pm, Clairidge 5
Q&A with Director Justin Schein follows the screening.

VIDEOHEAVEN
Director: Alex Ross Perry
Narrated by Maya Hawke, VIDEOHEAVEN creates a monumental cinematic history of the beloved video store of a now bygone era.
Saturday, June 28, 6:00pm, Clairidge 4 (Weston Theater)

CENTERPIECE FILM: TWINLESS
Director: James Sweeney
James Sweeney wrote, directed, and stars in TWINLESS, a delightful comedy that follows two friends who meet in a twin bereavement support group and form an unlikely, fragile bond that will go on to redefine their relationship to the past.
Saturday, June 28, 7:00pm, Clairidge 2 (Warren Ross Jr. Theater)

EAST OF WALL
Director: Kate Beecroft
After the death of her husband, Tabatha — a young, tattooed, rebellious horse trainer — wrestles with financial insecurity and unresolved grief while providing refuge for a group of wayward teenagers on her broken-down ranch in the Badlands.
Saturday, June 28, 7:30pm, Clairidge 1 (John J. and Rose Cali Theater)

RIEFENSTAHL
Director: Andres Veiel
Filmmaker and Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl, who directed TRIUMPH OF THE WILL and OLYMPIA, is defined by her fascist aesthetics, but spent decades after the war denying her association with Nazis.
Sunday, June 29, 2:30pm, Clairidge 4 (Weston Theater)

DICIANNOVE
Director: Giovanni Tortorici
The highs and lows of a restless youth collide headlong into the concrete realities of adulthood when Leonardo undertakes his college studies in Siena, where he clashes with his instructor, the curriculum, and most chaotically, with himself.
Sunday, June 29, 3:00pm, Clairidge 1 (John J. and Rose Cali Theater)

SOULEYMANE’S STORY
Director: Boris Lojkine
As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane (Abou Sangare) prepares for his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers. But will he be ready in time?
Sunday, June 29, 3:30pm, Clairidge 5

STRANGER EYES
Director: Siew Hua Yeo
After the mysterious disappearance of their baby daughter, a young couple receives strange videos and realizes someone has been filming their daily life.
Sunday, June 29, 4:00pm, Clairidge 2 (Warren Ross Jr. Theater)

APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS
Director: Petra Costa
In APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS, Petra Costa investigates the increasingly powerful grip that faith leaders hold over politics in Brazil, immersing us in the contradictory realities of a young democracy.
Sunday, June 29, 5:30pm, Clairidge 4 (Weston Theater)

LOVE, BROOKLYN
Director: Rachael Holder
New Jersey filmmaker Rachael Holder’s LOVE, BROOKLYN follows three longtime friends, Casey, Nicole, and Roger, as they navigate love, loss, and career against the backdrop of a rapidly changing Brooklyn.
Sunday, June 29, 6:00pm, Clairidge 1 (John J. and Rose Cali Theater)

CLOSING FILM: FOLKTALES
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
Three teenagers make the daring decision to leave the comforts of home to enroll in the Pasvik Folkehøgskole in the wilds of northern Norway. Dropped in the arctic wilderness for one year, they must rely on themselves and a pack of loyal sled dogs as they take the daunting step from childhood to adulthood.
Sunday, June 29, 7:30pm, Clairidge 2 (Warren Ross Jr. Theater)
Q&A with Directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, moderated by Thom Powers, follows the screening.