Film Columbia Festival

Reinas- 12:00pm
Short: After Dinner
In this winner of the Berlinale’s Generation Kplus Grand Prix, a man fights his worst impulses to be a better father to his two emigrating daughters.

Bob Trevino Likes It-2:30pm
Short: Homesick For You Even in Heaven
This is a feel-good film that actually makes you feel good, a tearjerker that actually jerks tears! A rarity, to say the least. Europhia’s breakout star Barbie Ferreira plays a caretaker with zero self-esteem, a result of years of abuse from her selfish, piggy father, Bob Trevino, who disposes of the family dog. At last, along comes John Leguizamo, playing another Bob Trevino, who gives her the love and respect she deserves. Needy daughter finds needy father surrogate. Sounds soupy, but amazingly, the result of great performances, it works.
2024
102 min.
written and directed by Tracie Laymon
with Barbie Ferreira, John Leguizamo, French Stewart

Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point- 5:15pm
With two indie features under his belt, Tyler Taormina became known for his unsettling portraits of small-town America, but his third is a family comedy, a bittersweet look at the celebration of Christmas by four generations of the Bolsano family gathered in grandma’s home in Miller’s Point, Long Island. As the Bolsanos await Santa’s arrival, Taormina treats the family as a living being, kinetic and mobile, nourishing itself with seasonal cheer.

Sidonie au Japon- 7:30pm
Short: Finding Shaker
Elise Girard’s romantic drama Sidonie In Japan stars Isabelle Huppert  as a French writer mourning her husband’s death while on a book tour in Japan.
As she travels with her local editor (Tsuyoshi Ihara) through Kyoto’s shrines, temples and cherry blossoms, she slowly opens up to him, but the ghost of her husband (August Diehl) follows.

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