5 W. North Ave. Baltimore, MD 21201 WEEK THREE AT THE PARKWAY FRIDAY MAY 26 – THURSDAY JUNE 1 Four titles running all week! Check mdfilmfest.com for showtimes! EMERGING FILMS One of our primary missions at the Parkway is to give a year-round home to the kinds of work we champion during the annual : visionary independent films from emerging voices, as well as the latest works from international mavericks and masters! , 2016, , 111 minutes, DCP The latest film from the director of The Celebration and The Hunt follows a successful middle-aged couple, news anchor Anna ( of and A Royal Affair) and architect Erik (Ulrich Thomsen of In a Better World and Fear Me Not) who inherit a mansion and decide to embark on an experiment in communal living. Set in the swinging and rocking ‘70s, The Commune finds co-found- er Thomas Vinterberg, who grew up in an urban commune in , exploring personal subject matter with results both uproarious and painful. “An intimate, bittersweet study of communal living drenched in the unfiltered weed smoke and wide-wale corduroy of 1970s Copenhagen.”–Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly

SLACK BAY Bruno Dumont, 2016, France, 122 minutes, DCP The latest film from Bruno Dumont, who first announced himself on the interna- tional film scene with brooding transgressive dramasThe Life of Jesus and Humanité (winner of the Cannes Grand Prix in 1999), continues to challenge our expectations. Here he delivers a darkly comedic period piece set on the northern coast of France in 1910, starring the incomparable . “This is a spirited and often gor- geous film…”–Glenn Kenny,New York Times “Weird and arresting.”–Peter Debruge, Variety “Cannibalism may not be everyone’s idea of funny, but French director Bruno Dumont (L’Humanité, Hadewijch) elevates it to ghoulish camp in this slapstick skewering of the French bourgeoisie.”–Andrea Gronval, Chicago Reader

FIRST FEATURES Maryland Film Festival proudly presented the debut feature films of Anna Biller in 2007 and Barry Jenkins in 2008, each with the directors hosting their work. Both filmmakers made major splashes with their second features in 2016, and we’re thrilled to offer audiences the opportunity to revisit, or perhaps experience for the first time, their impressive debuts.

MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY 1ST FILM FROM THE DIRECTOR OF MOONLIGHT! Barry Jenkins, 2008, USA, 88 minutes, digital The first feature film by Barry Jenkins, the director of 2016’s Academy Award winner for Best Picture Moonlight, stars Wyatt Cenac (formerly of The Daily Show) and Tracey Heggins (LUV). A hit at MdFF 2008, Jenkins’ first feature offers a beautiful and thoughtful work akin to Richard Linklater’s Before Trilogy. Two young, black San Francisco residents awake from a one-night stand and spend a day walking together through their city reflecting on gentrification, race, politics, and the black experience. “The actors are effortlessly engaging.”–Roger Ebert “Writer-director Barry Jenkins demonstrates a rare ability to communicate a state of mind through images.”–Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle “Smart, funny, and visually gorgeous, with the inti- macy of a relationship drama and the resonance of a city portrait.”–David Edelstein, New York Magazine VIVA - 1ST FILM FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE LOVE WITCH! Anna Biller, 2007, USA, 120 minutes, 35mm The first feature from Anna Biller, the director of MdFF 2016 hit and cult favorite The Love Witch, will be presented from a 35mm print sourced from the director! Biller herself stars as Viva in this radical and gorgeously executed reimagination of, and riff off, the sexploitation films of the 1960s and ‘70s (from directors such as Jean Rollin and Radley Metzger). “…there’s a welcome delight in the film’s unapologetic and total submersion into cheap thrills.”– L.A. Weekly “With its copious nudity and zipless hedonism, Viva… is a crafty reminder of a time when the X rating was flaunted, not feared.”– “Viva, written and directed by its star, Anna Biller, could just about be the third featurette in Grindhouse.”–Entertainment Weekly 5 W. North Ave. Baltimore, MD 21201 WEEK FOUR AT THE PARKWAY FRIDAY JUNE 2 – THURSDAY JUNE 8 Check mdfilmfest.com for showtimes and more titles! EMERGING FILMS One of our primary missions at the Parkway is to give a year-round home to the kinds of work we champion during the annual Maryland Film Festival: visionary independent films from emerging voices, as well as the latest works from international mavericks and masters! AFTER THE STORM Hirokazu Koreeda, 2016, Japan, 117 minutes, DCP The latest film from the director ofAfter Life, Nobody Knows, and Still Walking! Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother (Kirin Kiki) and beautiful ex- wife (Yoko Make) seem to be moving on with their lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting place in the life of his young son (Taiyo Yoshizawa)–until a stormy summer night offers them a chance to truly bond again.

SPECIAL EVENT! JUNE 2nd 7:30PM SIGHT UNSEEN PRESENTS: TOWARD THE CONCRETE: Films by Mike Stoltz 50 minutes, 16mm and video Mike Stoltz is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker whose practice is dictated by process, working directly with the tools of cinema (moving images, sound, special effects, projection and montage) to question the familiar. His work has screened around the world at such venues as the Toronto International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, New York Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, The Echo Park Film Center, Buenos Aires Festival Interna- cional de Cine Independente, and The Mexicali Rose Media Arts Center.

Sight Unseen is a Baltimore film series that has been running since 2012 and is curated by co-founder, Margaret Rorison. Sight Unseen aims to showcase contem- porary image based works that explore innovative ways of working with celluloid, sound and narrative. For more info visit: sightunseenbaltimore.com This screening is made possible by The Contemporary’s 2017 Grit Fund

Maryland Film Festival is proud to partner with film-loving curators in our commu- nity and offer The Parkway as a year-round home to some previously itinerant film series. The first such partnership to announce is with the always-excellent series Sight Unseen.

WEEK FIVE AT THE PARKWAY FRIDAY JUNE 9 – THURSDAY JUNE 15 Check mdfilmfest.com for showtimes and more titles!

2017 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour Various Directors, 2017, 95 minutes, digital The 2017 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 95-minute theatrical program of seven short films selected from this year’s festival, the launch-pad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more than 30 years. Including fiction, documentary, and animation from around the world, the 2017 program offers new audiences a taste of what the festival offers, from laugh-out-loud comedy to contem- plative reflections of the world we live in.

Many more titles to be announced for Weeks 4 and 5! Check mdfilmfest.com for all the latest info! www.mdfilmfest.com