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AN EARLY LOOK AT THE 2024 REFOCUS FILM FESTIVAL

The 3rd edition of the Refocus Film Festival will feature over 30 films and events. What sort of programming can you expect? Most festival films will not be announced until September, but look below for early announcements!
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Aelita: Queen of Mars live score with Marc Ribot

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Musician Marc Ribot will perform a live score to accompany Yakov Protazanov’s pioneering 1924 sci-fi film Aelita: Queen of Mars, which is celebrating its centennial anniversary.

Runtime: 62 minutes
Year Released: 1924
Director(s): Yakov Protazanov
Language(s): Silent

Ghost Cat Anzu

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Filmed in live action and rotoscoped to animation, this manga adaptation follows 11-year-old Karin who finds herself abandoned by her father in a small Japanese town. Her grandfather asks his jovial but rather capricious ghost cat, Anzu, to look after her. As their spirited personalities collide, sparks fly.

Runtime: 97 minutes
Year Released: 2024
Director(s): Yôko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita
Language(s): Japanese, French

La Cocina

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Based on Arnold Wesker's 1957 play of the same name, this comedic drama follows a melting pot of restaurant workers at a Times Square restaurant. Amidst the pandemonium of the kitchen, an undocumented cook (Raúl Briones) falls for an American waitress (Rooney Mara) who coolly keeps their affair hidden until a shocking revelation.

Runtime: 139 minutes
Year Released: 2024
Director(s): Alonso Ruizpalacios
Language(s): English, Spanish

Nightbitch

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A woman (Amy Adams) pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her new domesticity takes a surreal turn when she believes she may be turning into a dog. Based on the novel by Iowa City's Rachel Yoder.

Runtime: 98 minutes
Year Released: 2024
Director(s): Marielle Heller
Language(s): English

Plastic

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High school seniors in the 1970s, Jun and Ibuki form a band, drawn to each other by their shared love of glam-rock. As the demands of adulthood loom, the young couple drifts apart. Years later, the band reunites. Will Jun and Ibuki reunite as well? Inspired by Kensuke Ide's 2021 concept album Strolling Planet ’74.

Runtime: 104 minutes
Year Released: 2023
Director(s): Daisuke Miyazaki
Language(s): Japanese

The Count of Monte Cristo

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Young Edmond Dantès is arrested for a crime he did not commit. After a daring escape from his island prison he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo to exact his revenge in this thrilling adaptation that is Alexandre Dumas by way of Mission: Impossible.

Runtime: 178 minutes
Year Released: 2024
Director(s): Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte
Language(s): French
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