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Aspiring actor Edward (Sebastian Stan) undergoes a medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost. Writer/director Aaron Schimberg's (CHAINED FOR LIFE) latest film is a subversive, gothic fairytale and a reflexive allegory for the modern tortured artist.

Closing Night
In the desert bordering Colombia and Venezuela, gasoline smugglers known as “pimpineros” risk their lives transporting illegal fuel from one country to another. When Juan is forced to work for a sinister rival, the underbelly of the business is laid bare, with tragic consequences. Andrés Baiz’s heart-pounding thriller features a bristling performance by Colombian music icon Juanes.
Oct. 10, 7:00 p.m.

U.S. Premiere | Special Presentation | Post-screening reception on Oct. 5
A crowd-pleasing comedy from beloved Argentina actress/director Valeria Bertuccelli, NO GUILT follows successful author Berta Muller (Bertuccelli) as her life spirals out of control after being exposed as a plagiarizing fraud. With the help of her lawyer (Almodóvar regular Cecilia Roth), Berta tries to correct course, only to end up doubling down on her worst instincts.
Oct. 5, 6:45 p.m. & Oct. 9, 7:00 p.m.

2025 Oscar® Selection, Chile | North American Premiere
Chile, 1955. When the popular writer María Carolina Geel (Francisca Lewin) kills her lover, the case captivates Mercedes (Elisa Zulueta), the shy paralegal of the judge in charge of the case. After visiting the writer's apartment, Mercedes begins to question her life, her identity and the role of women in society as she finds an oasis of freedom in that home. This gripping drama based on true events is directed by Oscar® nominee Maite Alberdi (THE ETERNAL MEMORY, THE MOLE AGENT).
Oct. 3, 7:15 p.m.

Encore screening!
This film captures a moment when Paul McCartney & Wings found and defined their signature sound. Shot over four days at Abbey Road Studios in August 1974, the documentary provides insight into the band's inner workings as they collaborate in the studio. Features intimate footage of Wings hanging out, audio-interview snippets and a previously unreleased solo acoustic performance by McCartney, plus an introduction by McCartney — recorded exclusively for movie theater audiences — and unseen Polaroids of the band.
Oct. 5, 12:15 p.m.

Post-screening reception on Oct. 7
In the heart of the Andean Altiplano, eight-year-old Feliciano tends to a herd of alpacas while listening on the radio to Peru fight its way through the World Cup qualifiers. But his idyllic life is threatened by a duplicitous mining company eyeing his family’s land. When his favorite alpaca goes missing, Feliciano springs into action, while the villagers will have to band together to save their sacred land.
Oct. 7, 7:00 p.m. & Oct. 8, 3:20 p.m.

Now playing – encore screenings!
15-year-old Robel (Joseph Smith) embarks on an errand to deliver a suitcase across town, enlisting the help of his best friend Fahmi (Natnael Mebrahtu). An unexpected turn transmutes his simple task into an odyssey across the rapidly gentrifying city of Seattle. A film both thematically universal and unmistakably specific to the experiences of Eritrean and Ethiopian Americans in Seattle and other diaspora communities across the U.S.

Q&A with filmmaker Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias
In this trippy doc/narrative hybrid, Dominican filmmaker Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias examines the effects of colonialism and displacement by giving literal voice to Pepe, a now-deceased hippo brought to Colombia from Namibia by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. Stunning 16mm footage and hypnotic narration combine to tell a deeply philosophical tale about language, life and death.
Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m.

Q&A with filmmakers Alfredo Hueck & Luis Carlos Hueck, Oct. 6
Intro by Luis Carlos Hueck, Oct. 7
Midway through a trip down the Venezuelan coast with friends in 1996, teenager Ricardo begins to experience an intense pain that leads to hospitalization and a diagnosis that will change his and his family’s lives forever. BACK TO LIFE is a heartwarming autobiographical story about the power of family and keeping hope against all odds that pays loving homage to the cinema of the late 1990s.
Oct. 6, 11:30 a.m. & Oct. 7, 5:00 p.m.

35th Anniversary – all tickets $8!
This underground classic from Japan is filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto’s unhinged hot take on humankind’s battle with technology — literally, as a man mutates into a walking man-machine that terrorizes himself and everyone around him. Warping elements of early Cronenberg, Lynch and Raimi into a deliriously-paced cyberpunk cocktail, TETSUO is a body horror manifesto that’s fueled by techno-erotic adrenaline and wrought iron perversion.
Oct. 5 & Oct. 9, 9:15 p.m.

This week: MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM I – In Universal Century 0079, the Principality of Zeon begins a war of independence against the Earth Federation. When Zeon hears of a secret plot by the Federation that could turn the tide, it launches a reconnaissance mission on the space colony Side 7 that turns deadly. Amuro Ray, a young boy caught up in the battle, ends up piloting the Federation’s prototype weapon: a giant mobile suit called Gundam.
Oct. 6, 6:45 p.m.

U.S. Premiere | Intro by Yael Luttwak, JxJ Artistic Director, on Oct. 6
Unlucky in love, awkward 30-something David reluctantly returns to Buenos Aires after the death of his uncle. Reconnecting with his neurotic Jewish family, he discovers that his devoted mother might be ready to take his long-comatose father off life support. Premiering in the ACID sidebar at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, this is an equal parts hilarious and heart-tugging dark comedy about finally growing up.
Fri, Oct. 4, 9:40 p.m. & Sun, Oct. 6, 7:20 p.m.

Now playing!
As Hitler's regime takes over Europe, photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller (Kate Winslet) gains a job completing assignments for British Vogue but is shocked by the restrictions placed on female photographers. Determined to be where the action is, she defiantly pushes against the establishment to get to the front line of World War II.

Be part of the first U.S. audiences to see these films!
Oscar® nominee Bérénice Bejo as a Guatemalan activist in César Díaz's scorching political thriller MEXICO 86; Jayro Bustamente's grim fairytale RITA; a ghostly visit and a journey into the Colombian jungle in I SAW THREE BLACK LIGHTS and THE FALLING SKY, a vital glimpse into the environmental threats faced by the Amazon rainforest's Yanomami people.

Get a first look at 2025's Oscar® contenders
Nature and nurture clash in lyrical coming-of-age tale SUJO, Mexico's 2025 Oscar® selection. After his gangster father is assassinated by his own cartel, young Sujo finds himself entering that same savage world. Will he be able to break the cycle of violence? Switzerland's 2025 Oscar® selection, Swiss-Peruvian director Klaudia Reynicke's elegiac REINAS, is set during the 1992 socioeconomic unrest in Lima. A woman plans to escape her turbulent homeland with her two daughters — as soon as their estranged father signs the paperwork.

Plus so much more in LAFF's final week!
THE MOVIE TELLER, an inspiring celebration of the power of cinema; music-filled biopic THE BLUE STAR; comedy of errors SLEEP WITH YOUR EYES OPEN; a conversation with Greek poet Sappho in Matías Piñeiro's experimental YOU BURN ME; hybrid documentary/prison musical REAS; PATROL, a race-against-time environmental thriller mixed with documentary investigative journalism; stories of Cuban exile in the poetic OCEANS ARE THE REAL CONTINENTS; a road trip through the dying forests of Paraguay in THE LAST and INDIGO gives a voice to victims of sexual violence during the Salvadoran Civil War.

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