Feature Length Competition(70min. or more)
Out of My Hand◊Japan Premiere◊
7.19(Tue)11:00
7.23(Sat)14:00
<2015/USA/88min.>
Cisco works at a rubber plantation in Liberia. Seeking a better life, he leaves his family behind and emigrates to New York. As he works as a taxi driver, he finally begins to see a future of hope.
©TELEVISION
Director:Takeshi Fukunaga
Cast:Bishop Blay, Zenobia Taylor, Duke Murphy Dennis, Rodney
Rogers Beckley, David Roberts, Shelley Molad
Director:Takeshi Fukunaga
Born in Hokkaido, Fukunaga is a filmmaker based in New York. And he also participated in National Board of Review, IFP and Berlinale Talents. For his feature debut film, Out of My Hand (2015), which was released in theaters in the US, he was nominated for the John Cassavetes Independent Spirit Award in 2016 and received prizes at various festivals.