Written and Directed by Asghar Farhadi
Starring Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem and Ricardo Darin

(132m)

Academy Award winner Asghar Farhardi (A Separation, The Salesman) directs Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem in this layered, psychological drama about a family wedding interrupted by a shocking crime and some long buried secrets. With two Academy Awards already under his belt, Asghar Farhadi has nothing left to prove, but the writer and director keeps pushing in new directions.

Written and Directed by Joel Edgerton
Based on the Novel by Garrard Conley
Starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman & Russell Crowe

(114m)

Written by Pawel Pawlikowski and Janis Glowacki with the collaboration of Piotr Borkowski
Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, and Borys Szyc

(88m)

Directed by Cameron Yates
(83m)

Written by Zoe Kazan and Paul Dano
Directed by Paul Dano
Adapted from the novel by Richard Ford
Starring Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould, Bill Camp and Jake Gyllenhaal

(104m)

This film is an intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, who was wounded when Taliban gunmen opened fire on her and her friends' school bus in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The then 15-year-old teenager, who had been targeted for speaking out on behalf of girls' education in her region of Swat Valley in Pakistan, was shot in the head, sparking international media outrage. An educational activist in Pakistan, Yousafzai has since emerged as a leading campaigner for the rights of children worldwide and in December 2014, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

PG-13, 87 Minutes

After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as “Willy” (Dominic West), Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels.

ALTERNATE ENDINGS, ACTIVIST RISINGS seeks to reflect the persisting urgencies of today’s HIV/AIDS epidemic by pointing to pressing and intersecting political concerns, including HIV criminalization, Big Pharma, homelessness, and the disproportionate effects of HIV on marginalized communities.