American Film Series 2020/21

 




What can we say besides...WOW!!!

Any film series that starts with JUDY and ends with NOMADLAND has to be fantastic.


American Film Series 2020/21

Great Independent American Cinema

In English with English Subtitles

SUSPENDED for Covid-19 Health Emergency


Showtimes:  13:30, 16:30, 19:30

Teatro dei Fabbri - Via dei Fabbri 2/1 - Trieste


AIA FVG Members ONLY . AIA FVG Membership:

Intero: €35 or Ridotto: €25 - students +16 years, teachers, +65

Purchase your membership card:

  • ONLINE - Create an account and pay by Credit Card 
  • or in CASH at: Associazione Italo Americana FVG - Piazza Sant'Antonio Nuovo, 6 - Trieste during our office hours.

Hours: Monday-Friday 9-12, 16-19 and Saturday morning 9-12


American Film Series 2020/21 – 40th Edition

SUSPENDED - 29/10/2020: JUDY. Dir. Rupert Goold. 1h 59min.

Stars: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock

Awards: Winner - Oscar and Golden Globe - Best Actress

Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.

 

SUSPENDED - 19/11/2020: THE MUSTANG. Dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. 1h 36min.

Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jason Mitchell, Bruce Dern

Awards: Winner - Sundance NHK Award – Best New Director

The story of Roman Coleman, a violent convict, who is given the chance to participate in a rehabilitation therapy program involving the training of wild mustangs.

 

SUSPENDED - 3/12/2020: THE FAREWELL. Dir. Lulu Wang. 1h 40min.

Stars: Shuzhen Zhao, Awkwafina, X Mayo

Awards: Winner - Golden Globe – Best Actress Comedy /Musical

A Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies.

 

SUSPENDED - 21/01/2021: DARK WATERS. Dir. Todd Haynes. 2h 6min.

Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins

A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.

 

SUSPENDED -04/02/2021: DORA and the LOST CITY OF GOLD. Dir. James Bobin. 1h 42min.

Stars: Isabela Merced, Eugenio Derbez, Michael Peña

Awards: Winner - Imagen Award -Best Actress, Best Film, Best Director

Dora, a teenage explorer, leads her friends on an adventure to save her parents and solve the mystery behind a lost city of gold.

 

SUSPENDED -25/02/2021: LUCE. Dir. Julius Onah. 1h 49min.

Stars: Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Awards: Winner - Chlotrudis Award -Best Adapted Screenplay

A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student.

 

SUSPENDED -18/03/2021: THE LAST BLACK MAN in SAN FRANCISCO. Dir. Joe Talbot. 2h 1min.

Stars: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan

Awards: Winner – Sundance Director Award, Black Reel – Outstanding Independent Feature

A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind.

 

SUSPENDED -15/04/2021: AFFAIRS of STATE. Dir. Eric Bross. 1h 37min.

Stars: David Corenswet, Thora Birch, Adrian Grenier

A young campaign aide gets in way over his head when he sleeps with the wife and daughter of a presidential candidate only to end up bleeding out on the side of an empty road at night.

 

SUSPENDED -06/05/2020: NOMADLAND. Dir. Dir. Chloé Zhao. 1h 48min.

Stars: Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier

Awards: Winner - Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion for Best Film

Follows a woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.



Intero and Ridotto Members Only.  No spectators under age 16