OCTOBER 13-20, 2022 | NewportBeachFilmFest.com | NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL 43 Broker Sang-hyeon is the owner of a launderette and a volunteer at the nearby church, where his friend Dong-soo works. The two run an illegal business together; Sang-hyeon occasionally takes babies from the church’s baby box with the help of Dong-soo, and puts them up for adoption. But when a young mother, So-young, comes back after having abandoned her baby, she discovers their operation and decides to join them on a road trip to find suitable parents willing to adopt her baby. Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda Producer: Miyuki Fukuma, Yoon Hye Joon, Eugene Lee, Miky Lee, Dae-chan Song, Kang Ho Sung Writer: Hirokazu Kore-eda Cast: Song Kang-ho, Dong-Won Gang, Bae Doona, Ji-eun Lee, Joo-Young Lee 2022 - South Korea FEATURES 2022 - United States 2022 - Ukraine, Poland Condor’s Nest American war veteran Will Spalding travels to South America on a vengeful quest in search of Colonel Bach, a sadistic Nazi officer who executed his bomber crew during World War Two. He teams up with an Israeli agent and an atomic scientist to pursue Bach across jungles and deserts, waylaid by betrayals, amphetamine-crazed Nazis, and his own dark secret. Director: Phil Blattenberger Producer: Phil Blattenberger, Dan Black, Jacob Keohane, Kevin Cripps, Scott Hunter, Brandon Baker, Jijo Reed, James Roseman Writer: Phil Blattenberger Cast: Jacob Keohane, Al Pagano, Corinne Britti, James Urbaniak, Jackson Rathbone, Jorge Garcia, Bruce Davison, Michael Ironside, Arnold Vosloo 2022 - United States Carol of the Bells Immortalized as one of the most scintillating and uplifting Christmas songs. The song serves as a narrative path in this story of a peaceful and neighborly existence of three Polish, Ukrainian, and Jewish families who share a large house, musical evenings, and merriment in the city of Stanislav. Their domestic harmony is shattered first by the Nazi invasion and then by the Soviet occupation of Ukraine. A moving story of courage, sacrifice, and love. Director: Olesya Morgunets-Isaenko Producer: Maksim Leshchanka, Artem Koliubajaiev Writer: Oksana Prysiazhniuk Cast: Andrey Mostrenko, Tomasz Sobczak, Yana Koroliova, Polina Hromova, Evgeniya Solodovnik, Khrystyna Ushytska Call Jane In the spring of 1972, police raided an apartment on the South Side of Chicago. Seven women were arrested and charged as part of a clandestine network providing illegal abortions. Using code names, blindfolds, and safe houses to protect their identities and their work, they built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions. They called themselves JANE. Director: Phyllis Nagy Producer: Robbie Brenner, Michelle Mason Vella, Hayley Schore, Roshan Sethi, Lee Broda, Erica Kahn, Judy Bart, Leal Naim, Thomas R. Burke Writer: Hayley Schore, Roshan Sethi Cast: Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Mara, Rupert Friend
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