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MIDDLEBURG FILM FESTIVAL OCTOBER 15-18, 2020

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On January 23, 2020 the city of Wuhan, with a population of 11 million people, went into mandatory lockdown. Raw and intimate, 76 Days documents the struggles of patients and frontline medical professionals in Wuhan, ground zero for the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. The filmmakers capture the despair and fear of the patients and their families. They show the compassion and selflessness of the hospital workers, outfitted in full PPE. Every bed is full with many more waiting to get in. An elderly patient with wanders the halls, confused about his whereabouts. A hospital worker sits at a desk piled with cell phones and the personal belongings of those who have passed. It is her job to call their families. When a first-time mother is rushed into surgery for an emergency C-section, her husband is forbidden to be by her side. For days, she waits anxiously to meet and hold her baby daughter. This is a searing and unforgettable account of Wuhan’s lockdown that would last for a terrifying 76 Days.

COUNTRY: USA/China YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 93 minutes DIRECTORS: Hao Wu, Weixi Chen, Anonymous PRODUCERS: Hao Wu, Jean Tsien PRINT SOURCE: Dogwoof

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 7:00 PM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 4 AMMONITE

Mary Anning () spends her days combing the desolate, beaches of Lyme Regis, along the Southern English coastline. A self-trained paleontologist, Mary was once renowned for her discoveries, housed in the British Museum. Now largely forgotten, she supports herself and her sickly, widowed mother by selling fossils to tourists. It’s the 1840’s, and science is still a man’s world. Mary’s solitary existence is interrupted when a wealthy visitor asks her to look after his young wife, Charlotte (Saiorse Ronan), who is consumed by grief from a personal tragedy. Mary’s embittered facade begins to crack as she begrudgingly nurses Charlotte back to health. The companionship the two lonely women find in one another soon becomes an all-consuming, passionate love affair, infusing both with new-found strength and purpose to their lives. Directed by Francis Lee (God’s Own Country) and featuring exceptional performances by both Winslet and Ronan, Ammonite is already being hailed as an Oscar® contender.

COUNTRY: UK YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 117 minutes DIRECTOR: Francis Lee PRIMARY CAST: Kate Winslet, Saiorse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle PRODUCERS: Iain Canning, , Fodhlay Cronin O’Reilly COMPOSERS: Dustin O’Halloran, Volker Bertelmann PRINT SOURCE: Neon SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 9:15 PM Salamander Grand Lawn & Drive-In 5 ASSASSINS

In 2017, Kim Jong-nam – the half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un – was assassinated in the bustling departures hall of Malaysia’s international airport. The spectacularly brazen murder happened in broad daylight, filmed entirely by security cameras. Footage showed two young women approaching Jong-nam from behind, covering his eyes with their hands, and pressing VX – the most lethal nerve gas on earth – into his eyes. He stumbled away and was dead within an hour. But if the murder was extreme, the story that came next was even more bizarre: The two women who killed Jong- nam claimed they had simply been hired to pull a video prank and had no idea what they were really doing. The Malaysian government scoffed, arrested and imprisoned the women, and put them on trial for murder, facing execution. Directed by Ryan White (Dr. Ruth, The Case Against 8), Assassins is the wildly improbable tale of a calculating dictator, a nefarious plot, a very public murder, and two women fighting for their lives.

COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 104 minutes DIRECTOR: Ryan White PRODUCER: Jessica Hargrave COMPOSER: Blake Neely PRINT SOURCE: Greenwich Entertainment

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 10:00 AM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 6 BILLIE

The extraordinary singer, , was only 44 when she died, her body ravaged from years of hard living and drug abuse. In the 1970’s, Linda Lipnack Kuehl, a journalist and devoted Billie Holiday fan, began recording more than 200 hours of interviews in order to write the definitive book about the legendary singer known as Lady Day. But Kuehl died in 1979, from an apparent suicide, leaving behind an unfinished manuscript and boxes of audio cassettes. These tapes are heard for the first time in this riveting documentary from director James Erskine. There are interviews with the singer’s family, friends, lovers, colleagues, musical greats , Tony Bennett, Charles Mingus, and Sylvia Syms – and even the FBI agents who kept Billie under surveillance. Their recollections and insights, combined with archival footage, stills, and mesmerizing performance clips, including “”, a song based on a poem about lynching, provide an unforgettable portrait of the incomparable Lady Day.

COUNTRY: UK YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 96 minutes DIRECTOR: James Erskine PRODUCERS: Victoria Gregory, Barry Clark Ewers, James Erskine, Laure Vaysse PRINT SOURCE: Greenwich Entertainment

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 3:00 PM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 7 BLITHE SPIRIT

It’s hard to resist a British comedy featuring Dame – and Blithe Spirit is no exception. Dench plays a spiritualist medium named Madame Arcati, who’s enlisted to conduct a séance by Charles (), a crime novelist suffering from a severe case of writer’s block on his overdue . But things go terribly awry when Madame Arcati attempts to evoke her magical power. Instead of helping Charles, she accidentally summons the spirit of his late wife, Elvira (Leslie Mann), who died 5 years prior in a tragic accident. Not surprisingly, the return of Elvira (who is only visible to Charles) doesn’t go over well with his controlling, current wife, Ruth (Isla Fisher). What ensues is a hilarious love triangle, with both wives doing their best to sabotage the other. Directed by Edward Hall () and based on the play by Noel Coward, which he penned in 1941 as a wartime diversion. This latest Blithe Spirit production is a highly entertaining and much welcome distraction in 2020.

COUNTRY: UK YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes DIRECTOR: Edward Hall PRIMARY CAST: Judi Dench, Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher PRODUCERS: Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard, Hilary Bevan Jones COMPOSER: Simon Boswell PRINT SOURCE: IFC Films THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 9:15 PM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 9:15 PM Salamander Grand Lawn Salamander Drive-In 8 COLLECTIVE

On October 30, 2015, a deadly fire in a Bucharest nightclub claimed the lives of 27 people. Nearly 200 more were injured, but expected to recover. In the weeks and months that followed, dozens more began dying from their seemingly treatable injuries. Catalin Tolontan, the editor of an unlikely publication, Romania’s Sports Gazette, launched an investigation. What the sports editor and his team of reporters uncovered was beyond what anyone could have imagined – a health care scandal that went to highest level of government and would eventually oust their country’s Prime Minister. This is a riveting story of corruption and greed that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It’s also a testament to a team of intrepid journalists who were determined to discover the truth and hold accountable those who were responsible for the tragic, needless deaths of their citizens. Presented by The Post Press Freedom Partnership.

COUNTRY: Romania, Luxembourg YEAR: 2019 RUNNING TIME: 109 minutes DIRECTOR: Alexander Nanau PRODUCERS: Hanka Kastelicová, Bernard Michaux, Alexander Nanau COMPOSER: Kyan Bayani PRINT SOURCE: Magnolia Pictures

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 3:00 PM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 9 FRIDAY SPOTLIGHT FILM

After 15- year-old Cole (Caleb McLaughlin, ) is expelled from school in Detroit, his single mother is terrified he will fall victim to a life on the streets. Seeing no other way to save her son, she takes Cole to live with his estranged father Harp () in North Philadelphia for the summer. Harp is struggling with his own demons. He’s found a measure of peace buying and rehabilitating horses for inner city cowboys at the Fletcher Street Stables. An urban cowboy himself, Harp is part of a community of African American urban riders that dates back more than 100 years. As Cole struggles to heal the fractured relationship with his father, culture shock sets in and he’s desperate to get back to Detroit. Tasked with cleaning the stables, he begins hanging out with his drug-dealing cousin at night. When the community’s beloved stables and horses are seized by the city, Cole must make a decision on which path he will take.

COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 111 minutes DIRECTOR: Ricky Staub PRIMARY CAST: Idris Elba, Caleb McLaughlin, Jharrel Jerome, Lorraine Toussaint PRODUCERS: , Tucker Tooley, Idris Elba COMPOSER: Kevin Matley PRINT SOURCE: Tucker Tooley Entertainment FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 6:45 PM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 7:00 PM Salamander Grand Lawn & Drive-In Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 10

The Washington Post journalist was critical of his beloved and of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s policies. On October 2, 2018, Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in and never came out. His fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together clues to his brutal murder—and in their dogged quest for truth, they expose a global cover- perpetrated by the very country he loved. With exclusive access to the Turkish government’s evidence, to Khashoggi’s fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, and to Khashoggi’s close friend and fellow Saudi insurgent, Omar Abdulaziz, Academy Award®-winning filmmaker unearths hidden secrets in this real-life international thriller that will continue to rock the world long after the headlines have faded away. Chillingly powerful and heartbreakingly candid, The Dissident is an intimate portrait of a man who sacrificed everything for . With this cogent film, Fogel joins a cadre of dreamers across the globe who refuse to squelch the life’s work of an intrepid rebel, who, even after death, is defying those who sought to silence him forever. Presented by Press Freedom Partnership.

COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 119 minutes DIRECTOR: Bryan Fogel PRODUCERS: Bryan Fogel, Jake Swantko, Mark Monroe, Halvorssen COMPOSER: Adam Peters PRINT SOURCE: Briarcliff Entertainment

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 9:15 PM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 9:15 PM Salamander Grand Lawn Virtual | available for 3 hours only 11 FAREWELL AMOR

When Walter (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Treme) left his war-ravaged home in Angola for the prospect of a better life in the U.S., he promised to bring his wife and daughter over to join him. Now, after 17 years, the three of them are finally reunited in his adopted home of City. His baby girl, Sylvia, is now a teenager who loves to dance and text on her cellphone. His wife, Esther, has become devoutly religious. The adjustment of being together after all this time is not easy for any of them. Walter, who earns a living driving a yellow cab, still has feelings for a woman he met during their time apart. Esther fervently prays to God to restore her marriage. Sylvia is homesick and finds it hard to fit in at her new school. The film doesn’t shy away from the difficulties of finding a way forward when so much has changed, but it also reminds us of the bonds of a family, that neither time nor distance can break.

COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 101 minutes DIRECTOR: Ekwa Msangi PRIMARY CAST: Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson PRODUCER: Emily McCann Lesser COMPOSER: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx PRINT SOURCE: IFC Films SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 3:00 PM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 12 GUNDA

Vérité cinema in its purest form, Gunda chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig named Gunda, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with rare intimacy. Using stark, black and white cinematography and the farm’s ambient soundtrack, Russian director Victor Kossakowsky (Aquarela) invites the audience to slow down and experience life as his subjects do, patiently taking in their world. Kossakowsky discovered his subject in the Norwegian countryside on his very first day of research. He recounts how he opened the door to the pigsty and Gunda came towards him. He told his producer, “We have found our .” For filming, the director built an exact copy of the pigsty with removal panels in order to capture a full 360 degrees without having his crew be physically in the hut themselves. Only the camera lens was inside, so as not to disturb the pigs. Gunda asks us to meditate on the mystery of animal consciousness, and reckon with the role humanity plays in it. Executive produced by .

COUNTRY: Norway/USA YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 93 minutes DIRECTOR: Victor Kossakovsky PRODUCER: Anita Rehoff Larsen PRINT SOURCE: Neon

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 3:00 PM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 13 HERSELF

Single-mother Sandra (acclaimed Irish stage actor Clare Dunne) finally gathers the strength to escape her abusive husband, Gary. Temporary accommodations for herself and two young daughters is now an airport hotel, where they can only use the rear entrance. After months of working two jobs and still barely making ends meet, Sandra draws inspiration from one of her daughter’s bedtime stories and hits upon the idea of self-building an affordable house. She finds an architect who provides her with plans and is offered land by Peggy, a doctor she cleans for. A building contractor, aided by an eclectic work crew, steps in to help. Fueled by Sandra’s spirit and determination, they get to work building a new house from the ground up. Still, Sandra’s past seems impossible to escape as Gary, her possessive ex, seeks to regain control of her life and bureaucrats fight back against her independent spirit. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!, The Iron Lady), Herself, was hailed by Variety as “the standout of the 2020 .”

COUNTRY: UK/Ireland YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 97 minutes DIRECTOR: Phyllida Lloyd PRIMARY CAST: Clare Dunne PRODUCERS: Rory Gilmartin, Ed Guiney, Sharon Horgan COMPOSER: Natalie Holt PRINT SOURCE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 10:00 AM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 14 I AM GRETA

In 2018, 15-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg held a school strike outside her country’s Parliament building in Stockholm. At first, she sat alone, handing out information and answering questions. Slowly, others began to join her—and within months she had sparked a worldwide movement. Helmed by Swedish director Nathan Grossman and featuring never-before-seen footage, I Am Greta offers a personal and inspiring glimpse inside Greta’s path to becoming an internationally known environmental activist. Greta, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, impresses everyone from UN delegates, to Pope Francis, to Hollywood A-listers with her intricate knowledge of climate issues and unwavering dedication. However, as Greta’s celebrity grows, so does her frustration with politicians who don’t heed her warnings about climate change. The film culminates with her extraordinary wind-powered voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to speak at the UN Climate Action Summit in . As she tells the UN, “The world is waking up, and change is coming whether you like it or not.”

COUNTRY: Sweden/UK/USA/Germany YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 97 minutes DIRECTOR: Nathan Grossman PRODUCERS: Cecelia Nessen, Fredrik Heinig COMPOSERS: Jon Ekstrand, Rebekkah Karijord PRINT SOURCE: Hulu

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 3:00 PM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 15 THE LAST SHIFT

Stanley (two-time Oscar® nominee , , The Visitor) is an aging fast food worker. After 38 years on the graveyard shift at Oscar’s Chicken and Fish, he’s finally calling it quits. He’s headed to Florida to take care of his ailing mother. It’s his last weekend and he’s tasked with training his replacement, Jevon (Shane Paul McGhie), a talented but stalled young writer, whose provocative politics keep landing him in trouble. He’s currently out on probation and needs a job as part of his parole agreement. Stanley and Jevon are from totally different worlds, their lives intersecting only through circumstance. Stanley, a high school drop- out, who has watched life pass by his drive-through window, proudly details the nuances of the job. Jevon, who’d rather be penning newspaper columns, is too smart to be flipping patties and contends their labor is exploited. A flicker of comradery sparks during the long hours in a quiet kitchen – but it doesn’t last long.

COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes DIRECTOR: Andrew Cohn PRIMARY CAST: Richard Jenkins, Shane Paul McGhie, Da’Vine Joy Randolph PRODUCERS: Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa COMPOSER: Mark Orten PRINT SOURCE: Sony FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 9:15 PM Salamander Drive-In 16 CENTERPIECE SELECTION MINARI

A tender and sweeping story about what roots us, Minari follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. Recent Korean arrival Jacob (, The Walking Dead) sees Arkansas as a land of opportunity as he plants his crops with the help of a fervent Pentecostal. His wife, Monica, tries to keep family life intact as they navigate their new life on a small piece of land in the Ozarks. Their difficult adjustment is thrown into even more disarray with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but genuinely loving grandmother, Soonja. Mischievous and unruly, 7-year-old David clashes with his equally defiant grandma. As they plant Minari, a peppery Korean herb, alongside the creek, they start to forge a new path for the family and discover the imperfect but magical bonds that root the family to their past as they reach towards the future. Directed by , Minari received the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 115 minutes DIRECTOR: Lee Isaac Chung PRIMARY CAST: Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Scott Haze, Yuh-Jung Youn, Will Patton PRODUCERS: Deedee Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Christina Oh COMPOSER: Emile Mosseri PRINT SOURCE: A24 Films SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 7:00 PM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 17 MLK/FBI

MLK/FBI uncovers the astonishing extent of the FBI’s surveillance and harassment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on newly discovered and declassified files, the documentary explores the government’s history of targeting Black activists and leaders. J. Edgar Hoover, convinced the civil rights movement was infiltrated by communists, regarded Dr. King as a subversive bent on challenging systemic segregation and the status quo. To ruin Dr. King, the FBI director used every means at his disposal. William Sullivan, Hoover’s right-hand admitted in their pursuit of Dr. King, “no holds were barred.” Bugs were planted in Dr. King’s hotel rooms, his phones tapped, informants paid. The Bureau enlisted journalists to write hostile stories about Dr. King, never alerted him to threats on his life, and when King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, the FBI threatened to blackmail him unless he committed suicide. A timely and revelatory film, directed by Emmy® Award winner and Oscar® nominee Sam Pollard. Presented by The Washington Post Press Freedom Partnership.

COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 104 minutes DIRECTOR: Sam Pollard PRODUCER: Benjamin Hedin COMPOSER: Gerald Clayton PRINT SOURCE: IFC Films

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 10:00 AM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 18 NIGHT OF THE KINGS

Arrested for pickpocketing, a young man is sent to the infamous “La Maca”, a large and overcrowded prison in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The prison is ruled not by guards, but by its inmates led by “Lord Blackbeard”, whose health and power are in steep decline. It’s also run by deeply rooted superstitions. As tradition goes, with the rising of the “red moon,” Blackbeard must designate a prisoner to be the “Roman,” tasked with telling a story to the other prisoners. Blackbeard chooses the newly arrived inmate as the new “Roman.” Reminiscent of Scheherazade, the young man gathers his composure and courage and begins to weave a fantastic tale about his childhood friend, a legendary outlaw named “Zama King”. He must make his story last until dawn if he hopes to survive the night. The other prisoners join in the dramatic storytelling as they sing and dance, creating a mystical and visually mesmerizing experience. Written and Directed by Philippe Lacôte’s, Night of the Kings is Ivory Coast’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature.

COUNTRY: Ivory Coast/France/Canada/Senegal YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 93 minutes DIRECTOR: Phillipe Lacôte PRIMARY CAST: Konè Bakary, Steve Tientcheu, Rasmanè Ouèdraogo, Issaka Sawadogo PRODUCERS: Delphine Jaquet, Yanick Lètourneau COMPOSER: Olivier Alary PRINT SOURCE: Neon SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 7:00 PM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 19 OPENING NIGHT SELECTION NOMADLAND

Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Academy Award® winner Frances McDormand) packs up her weathered van and sets off to begin a new chapter in her life, outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. Widowed, stoic and determined, she is on her own. Along the way, Fern takes menial, seasonal jobs whenever she finds them. She also becomes part of a community of nomads (featuring actor with supporting roles played by real-life nomads including Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells) whom she meets up with at various stops along her travels. They become her mentors and kindred spirits in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West. Based on Jessica Bruder’s nonfiction book, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, this is the third feature film from director Chloé Zhao. Nomadland took the top prizes at both the Venice and Film Festivals, and it now seems poised to garner an Oscar® nod for McDormand as well as for Best Picture and Director.

COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 107 minutes DIRECTOR:Chloé Zhao PRIMARY CAST: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn PRODUCERS: Chloé Zhao, Frances McDormand PRINT SOURCE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 6:45 PM Salamander Grand Lawn & Drive-In 20 SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT FILM ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI

On one incredible night in 1964, four icons of sports, music, and activism gathered to celebrate one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. When underdog Cassius Clay, soon to be called Muhammad Ali, (Eli Goree), defeats heavy weight champion Sonny Liston at the Miami Convention Hall, Clay memorialized the event with three of his friends: Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge). One Night In Miami is a fictional account inspired by the historic night these four formidable figures spent together. It looks at the struggles these men faced and the vital role they each played in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the . More than 40 years later, their conversations on racial injustice, religion, and personal responsibility still resonate. Based on the award-winning play of the same name, and helmed by Oscar®-winning actor , making her impressive feature directorial debut.

COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 110 minutes DIRECTOR: Regina King PRIMARY CAST: Aldis Hodge, Eli Goree, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Leslie Odom Jr. PRODUCERS: Jody Klein, Jess Wu Calder, Heath Calder COMPOSER: Terence Blanchard PRINT SOURCE: Amazon SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 6:45 PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 10:00 AM Salamander Grand Lawn & Drive-In Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 21 THE PERFECT CANDIDATE

Maryam, a determined young doctor, decides to run for city council after the male incumbent repeatedly ignores her request to fix the muddy, often impassable, road leading to her small-town clinic. Maryam’s decision to enter the political arena is further solidified when she misses a medical conference because she’s unable to renew her travel permit. As a single woman, she requires the permission of her father, who’s on tour with his musical group. Maryam is well aware of the uphill battle she faces in running for political office. At the clinic, some male patients still refuse to be treated by a female doctor. Maryam gathers the courage to announce her candidacy and is off and running. While her father and others in her community have difficulty accepting her as their town’s first female candidate, Maryam’s creative and ambitious campaign builds momentum, becoming a symbol for a larger movement. Saudi Director Haifaa Al Mansour (Wadjda, Mary Shelley) has crafted a moving film about the changing roles of women in Saudi Arabia – and one woman’s courageous decision to challenge the patriarchal system.

COUNTRY: Saudi Arabia/Germany YEAR: 2019 RUNNING TIME: 101 minutes DIRECTOR: Haifaa Al Mansour PRIMARY CAST: Mila Alzahrani, Dhay, Khalid Abdulrahim, Shafi Al Harthy PRODUCERS: Roman Paul, Gerhard Meixner, Haifaa Al Mansour COMPOSER: Volker Bertelmann PRINT SOURCE: Music Box Films FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 3:00 PM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 22 SOUND OF METAL

After years of touring the country playing earsplitting drum solos in seedy bars and clubs, itinerant punk-metal musician Ruben (, The Night Of, Nightcrawler) suddenly develops severe hearing loss. Worse, doctors tell him his condition is likely to quickly deteriorate. His bandmate and girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cooke) checks the recovering heroin addict into a secluded sober house for the deaf in hopes it will prevent a relapse and help him learn to adapt to his new situation. Reluctantly adopting the community’s lifestyle, Ruben settles into a routine of learning American Sign Language, writing, and teaching deaf children to play the drums. But after being welcomed into a community that accepts him just as he is, Ruben has to choose between his equilibrium and the drive to reclaim the life he once knew. Utilizing daring and innovative sound design, director Darius Marder takes audiences inside Ruben’s experience to vividly recreate his journey into a rarely examined world.

COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2019 RUNNING TIME: 120 minutes DIRECTOR: Darius Marder PRIMARY CAST: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Mathieu Almaric PRODUCERS: Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche MUSIC: Abraham Marder, Nicolas Becker SOUND DESIGN: Nicolas Becker PRINT SOURCE: Amazon FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 7:00 PM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 23 STRINGS ATTACHED

Strings Attached delves into the lives, on and off stage, of four superb musicians who give up the prospect of solo careers to form the Dover Quartet. We witness as they “break through,” winning the most prestigious international string quartet competition and find themselves suddenly in demand around the world. As they achieve success and realize their dreams, they grapple with what this means for their future. Will the endless days and nights on the road, the cheap hotels, the slim pay and the internal conflicts overwhelm their love of the music? Or will the music win? Local Washington, D.C. director Bruce Broder traveled with the Dover Quartet for over a year – the result is a very personal look at the challenges these four musicians faced as they set aside their solo careers for the group endeavor of a String Quartet – and aspire to bring new audiences to classical music on the strength and vitality of their immense talent.

COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 83 minutes DIRECTOR: Bruce Broder PRODUCERS: Bruce Broder, Deborah Broder, Daniel Cowen PRINT SOURCE: DQdocu, LLC and Bruce Broder Films

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 10:00 AM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 24 SYLVIE’S LOVE

In Sylvie’s Love, the jazz is smooth and the air sultry in the hot New York summer of 1957. Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha), a saxophonist, spends late nights playing behind a less-talented but well-known bandleader, as member of a jazz quartet. Sylvie (Tessa Thompson), who dreams of a career in , spends her summer days helping around her father’s record store, as she waits for her fiancé to return from war. When Robert takes a part-time job at the record store, the two begin a friendship that sparks a deep passion in each of them unlike anything they have felt before. As the summer winds down, life takes them in different directions, bringing their relationship to an end. Years pass, Sylvie’s career as a TV producer blossoms, while Robert has to come to terms with what the age of Motown is doing to the popularity of Jazz. In a chance meeting, Sylvie and Robert cross paths again, only to find that while their lives have changed, their feelings for each other remain the same. Writer/director Eugene Ashe combines romance and music into a sweeping story that brings together changing times, a changing culture, and the true price of love.

COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 110 minutes DIRECTOR: Eugene Ashe PRIMARY CAST: Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Eva Longoria PRODUCERS: Eugene Ashe, Nnamdi Asomugha, Gabrielle Glore, Jonathan T. Baker COMPOSER: Fabrice Lecomte PRINT SOURCE: Amazon THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 7:00 PM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 25 UNDINE

Undine works as a historian and tour guide lecturing on Berlin’s urban development. As the film begins, Johannes, the man she loves, has announced that he’s leaving her. Sitting in a café, Undine pleads with him to stay. “If you leave,” she says, “you have to die.” In Greek mythology, Undine is a water nymph who becomes human when she falls in love with a man, but is fated to die if he is unfaithful to her. The ancient myth has determined what must now happen. Undine has to kill the man who betrayed her and return to the water. Still shaken by her lover’s departure, Undine meets industrial underwater diver, Christoph. There’s an instant and passionate attraction between the two, cemented by their deep connection to water and sea creatures. The masterful German director Christian Petzold (Transit) has created a modern suspense-filled ethereal drama, based on an age-old mythical tale. Paula Beer won the Best Actress prize at this year’s Berlin Film Festival for her portrayal of the otherworldly Undine.

COUNTRY: Germany/USA YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes DIRECTOR: Christian Petzold PRIMARY CAST: Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski PRODUCERS: Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber PRINT SOURCE: IFC Films SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 10:00 AM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 26

The year is 1650. In a time of superstition and magic, a young apprentice hunter, Robyn Goodfellowe, journeys to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last wolf pack. While exploring the forbidden lands outside the city walls, Robyn befriends a free-spirited girl, Mebh, a member of a mysterious tribe rumored to have the ability to transform into wolves by night. As they search for Mebh’s missing mother, Robyn uncovers a secret that draws her further into the enchanted world of the Wolfwalkers and risks turning into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy. Wolfwalkers is the final installment in ’s stunningly animated triology about Irish folklore, for which he received Oscar® nominations in 2009 for and in 2014 for Song of the Sea. The third time may be the charm! Wolfwalkers is receiving rave reviews, with IndieWire calling it “by far and away the best animated film of the year so far”.

COUNTRY: Ireland/Luxembourg/France YEAR: 2020 RUNNING TIME: 103 minutes DIRECTORS: Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart PRIMARY CAST: Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean PRODUCERS: , , Tomm Moore COMPOSERS: , Kíla PRINT SOURCE: Apple SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 10:00 AM Virtual | available for 24 hours from start date 27 CONVERSATIONS TRIBUTES &AWARDS

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THE MIDDLEBURG FILM FESTIVAL IS HONORED TO PRESENT THE 2020 DISTINGUISHED FILM COMPOSER AWARD TO KRIS BOWERS | Playing on the same piano used by Nat King Cole, Bowers will perform selections from his scores in a virtual tribute concert from LA’s famed Capitol Records where many legendary recording artists created their most iconic works. With two upcoming projects – Respect, the biopic starring and The vs. Billie Holiday starring Andra Day as Holiday – Bowers has quickly become one of the most sought-after young composers working in film and television.

What sets Bowers apart is his versatility and unique ability to compose music that resonates across a diverse continuum of artists, storytellers, and audiences. Known for his scores on Best Picture Oscar® winner Green Book, Ava DuVernay’s mini-series , ’s Muse, , and Mrs. America, Emmy Award®-winning composer and pianist Kris Bowers creates genre-defying music that reflects his jazz roots with inflections of alternative and R&B influences. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 4:00 PM Virtual

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SOPHIA LOREN | THE MIDDLEBURG FILM FESTIVAL IS HONORED TO PRESENT THIS YEAR’S LEGACY TRIBUTE AWARD to one of the most renowned and captivating actresses in cinematic history, Academy Award®- winning Italian star has made nearly 100 movies over the last seven decades. Starting out in the , Loren gave mesmerizing performances in movies such as It Started in , Black Orchid, , Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Houseboat, Two Women, and . Throughout her prolific career, she has worked with visionary directors such as , Sidney Lumet, , and , and has acted alongside screen legends such as Marcello Mastroianni, , Cary Grant, Clark Gable and . Loren’s many achievements include two Oscars®, five Golden Globes®, Best Actress at the , and a Grammy Award®. In 1999, the named Loren as one of the twenty-five biggest stars in cinema history. Now, after a decade-long break, Loren returns to the screen with (directed by her son ), in which she plays , a Holocaust survivor who forges a bond with a 12-year-old Senegalese immigrant boy named Momo.

Join The Washington Post’s chief film critic Ann Hornaday for a fascinating conversation with Sophia Loren about her exceptional career and collaborations – and her current film, The Life Ahead, which seems poised to garner Oscar attention for the legendary actress.

The Life Ahead will stream on Netflix FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 4:00 PM beginning November 13, 2020 Virtual 30 SPOTLIGHT DIRECTORDIRECTORAWARD THE MIDDLEBURG FILM FESTIVAL IS HONORED TO PRESENT THE 2020 SPOTLIGHT DIRECTOR AWARD TO GEORGE C. WOLFE Tony ® Award-winning playwright and iconic director of theater turned filmmaker George C. Wolfe will receive the Director Spotlight Award for recognition of his work on Netflix’s upcoming Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, an adaptation of August Wilson’s award-winning play of the same name, starring and . The film, which will premiere on Netflix on December 18, centers on an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of musicians await trailblazing performer, the legendary “Mother of the ,” Ma Rainey (Academy Award® winner Viola Davis). Late to the session, the fearless, fiery Ma engages in a battle of wills with her white manager and producer over control of her music. As the band waits in the studio’s claustrophobic rehearsal room, ambitious horn player Levee (Chadwick Boseman) – who has an eye for Ma’s girlfriend and is determined to stake his own claim on the music industry – spurs his fellow musicians into an eruption of stories revealing truths that will forever change the course of their lives. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom celebrates the transformative power of the blues and the artists who refuse to let society’s prejudices dictate their worth. In theater, Wolfe is best known for his hit Broadway show Jelly’s Last Jam and Angels in America, which earned him a Tony Award®. His film credits include HBO’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Lackawanna Blues as well as Nights in Rodanthe and You’re Not You. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 9:00 AM Ticket sales from the tribute will be donated to Virtual Broadway Cares’ COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund

31 SPOTLIGHT SCREENWRITERSCREENWRITER AWARD THE MIDDLEBURG FILM FESTIVAL IS HONORED TO PRESENT THE 2020 SPOTLIGHT SCREENWRITER AWARD TO Academy Award®-winning writer/director Aaron Sorkin is the Screenwriter on Netflix’s The Trial Of The Chicago 7, which he also directed. The film features a terrific ensemble cast including , Joseph Gordon-Levitt, , Frank Langella, , , Jeremy Strong, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Sorkin brings his trademark writing skills to the story of seven people who were put on trial stemming from charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Sorkin’s celebrated career as a writer spans film, television and theater. His works include the Broadway plays , , and To Kill A Mockingbird, the TV series , The , Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and The Newsroom, and the filmsA Few Good Men, , Charlie Wilson’s War, Moneyball, and Steve Jobs. Sorkin won the Academy Award® for writing ’s The and was also Oscar®-nominated for writing Moneyball as well as his directorial debut Molly’s Game.

KPCC’s The Frame’s John Horn talks with Sorkin about screenwriting and his creative process. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 9:00 AM Virtual

32 SPOTLIGHT ENSEMBLEENSEMBLE CASTCAST AWARD

The cast of Lee Isaac Chung’s critically acclaimed family drama Minari will receive the Ensemble Cast Spotlight Award. The film’s standout cast includes Korean-American actor Steven Yeun, who led 2018’s Burning to immense critical acclaim, alongside Yeri Han, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Scott Haze, and Will Patton. Winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award, Minari is a tender and sweeping story about what roots us, as it follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream.

Join The Washington Post’s Arts Editor Janice Page for a fascinating conversation with the cast of Minari. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 9:00 PM Virtual

33 AGNÈS VARDA TRAILBLAZING FILMMAKERAWARD THE MIDDLEBURG FILM FESTIVAL IS HONORED TO PRESENT THE AGNÈS VARDA TRAILBLAZING FILMMAKER AWARD TO DIRECTOR CHLOÉ ZHAO, whose upcoming film Nomadland from Searchlight Pictures is opening the festival on October 15. Named after the late and celebrated French New Wave Cinema director, the award recognizes Zhao for the unique, authentic, and humanistic cinematic vision on display in her three features to date. The award is accompanied by a mentoring grant for aspiring female filmmakers.

Nomadland received the Venice Award® as well as the TIFF People’s Choice Award®, and is the first film ever to win both awards. Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad.

Zhao was born in Beijing, China and was raised there, as well as in Brighton, . After moving to the US, she studied Politics at Mt Holyoke College and Film Production at NYU. Her first feature,Songs My Brother Taught Me, premiered at Sundance in 2015, and her second feature, the critically acclaimed The Rider, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival’s Director’s Fortnight in 2017, where it won the Art Cinema Award. Her next feature is Marvel Studios’ Eternals, for release by Disney in 2021.

34 CRAFT &CREATIVITY: A CONVERSATION WITH KIRSTEN JOHNSON

In 2016, longtime award-winning cinematographer, Kristen Johnson made her directorial debut with her film, Cameraperson. The Grand Jury Prize winner of 9 international film festivals,Cameraperson was named as one of the “Top Ten Documentaries” of 2016 by and The Washington Post. This year, Kirsten returns with a very personal film, Dick Johnson is Dead, about her 86-year-old psychiatrist father. With its truly original premise – staging imaginary ways for her father to die – Kirsten’s fantastic inventiveness and imaginative spirit are on full display. It’s also a beautiful expressions of a daughter’s devotion to her aging father – and his to her.

Jazz Tangcay, artisans editor at Variety, talks with Kirsten about her move from cinematographer to director and pushing the envelope with her exceptional craft and creativity. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 2:00 PM Dick Johnson Is Dead is currently streaming on Netflix Virtual

35 FILM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: & A CONVERSATION WITH SAM POLLARD & MICHELE NORRIS Sam Pollard is an Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated director and producer. His films for HBO, PBS, and the Discovery Channel include the documentaries Four Little Girls, : A Requiem in Four Acts, Slavery by Another Name, Sammy Davis, Jr.: I Gotta Be Me, ACORN and the Firestorm, Why We Hate, and Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children. Pollard also directed two episodes of the groundbreaking series Eyes on the Prize II. Since 1994 Pollard has served on the faculty of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and lives in New York City.

His most recent documentary, MLK/FBI, uncovering the extent of the FBI's surveillance and harassment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is screening at this year’s festival.

Michele Norris is a contributing columnist for The Washington Post opinion page and her voice will be familiar to followers of public radio, where from 2002 to 2012 she was a host of

National Public Radio’s afternoon magazine show, All Things Considered. She later served as a special correspondent for NPR covering race and identity in America. In 2010, Michele started The Race Card Project where she asked people around the world to share their experiences, questions, hopes, and dreams, laments, and observations about identity – in just six words – as the starting point for conversations about race. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 12:00 PM Virtual

36 COFFEE & CONTENDERS Grab a cup of coffee and join our favorite Oscar race whisperers Clayton Davis (Films Awards Editor, Variety), Jazz Tangcay (Artisans Editor, Variety), and Nathaniel Rogers (The Film Experience) for a candid conversation about this year’s Oscar race. What difference will the pushback on the 2021 date make? Is it too soon for serious predic- tions? What films, actors, directors, screenwriters and others are get- ting some early buzz? Is there a danger of “peaking” too early? What difference does it make that many films aren’t playing in theaters – and those that are, are not getting huge turnouts? Last but not least, will the Oscars be not-so-white this year? FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 9:00 AM Live Via Zoom COFFEE &CONTENDERS TALK BACK TO THE CRITICS Local DC film critics return to MFF this year for another lively “Talk Back to the Critics”. Join Travis Hopson (News Channel 8, WETA Around Town), Nell Minow (rogerebert.com), Susan Wloszczyna (GoldDerby. com) Jason Fraley (Entertainment Editor, WTOP), and Tim Gordon (FilmGordon) for a spirited conversation about your favorite – and (to put it politely) your least favorite films... And what are the “most talked TALK BACK about films” screening at this year’s festival? to the SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 1:00 PM Live Via Zoom CRITICS

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