In 2012, the Costa Concordia cruise liner sank off the coast of Tuscany, killing 32 people. In Film Socialisme (2010), the ship served as an allegorical vessel for Jean-Luc Godard’s pointed political critique. In Film Catastrophe, director, actor, and Film Socialisme co-cinematographer Paul Grivas revisits the events by combining on-set footage of the Godard film and civilian-shot footage captured aboard the Concordia as it ran aground. Made in the spirit of Godard’s frequent companion pieces to his own features, this “anatomy of a disaster” reanimates the ship’s ghostly aura and offers precious insight into Godard’s process.

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Cairo Affaire
Mauro Andrizzi, Argentina, 2019, 25m
North American Premiere
In this amateur espionage thriller, three tales of suspense and conspiracy in the Middle East are communicated through on-screen text. Employing both found and original footage shot in Cairo, Tehran, and Yemen, director Mauro Andrizzi distills real-world anxieties into a gripping reflection on cinematic storytelling.