Luzzu

Luzzu screens virtually nationwide from 4/29 to 5/4.

The 6PM screening on 5/09 will feature a special introduction from filmmaker Alex Camilleri! 

Access this year’s ND/NF virtually nationwide or in FLC theaters!

• FLC Virtual Cinema: The public-facing rental platform for FLC members, students, seniors, and the general public.
• MoMA Virtual Cinema: Free exclusively for MoMA members starting April 28th.

A hardworking Maltese fisherman, Jesmark is faced with an agonizing choice. He could repair his leaky wooden luzzu boat in the hopes of eking out a meager living at sea for his wife and newborn son, just as his father and father’s father did before him. Or he could cast his lot with a sinister black-market operation that is decimating the Mediterranean fish population and the livelihoods of the local families who depend on it. Luzzu justly won a Sundance Jury Prize for the nonprofessional lead actor Jesmark Scicluna, and heralds the arrival of writer-director-editor Alex Camilleri, a gripping storyteller in the neorealist tradition of early Luchino Visconti and the Dardenne brothers as well as his mentor Ramin Bahrani (Man Push Cart, The White Tiger), a producer of the film and an alumnus of New Directors himself. A Kino Lorber Release.

Access the entire festival slate and SAVE with the Virtual All-Access Pass for just $275 ($348 value). 

All ND/NF screenings include recorded filmmaker Q&As! Virtual ticket holders will be able to access these conversations in the Virtual Cinema timed to when the film premieres. In-theater ticket holders will be sent access to a private YouTube playlist at the start of the festival.