Now in its 18th year, the San Diego Intl. Film Festival, produced by the nonprofit San Diego Film Foundation, once again steals the movie glamour spotlight from its neighbor to the north, combining…
,” starring Robert De Niro, opens the screenings at the ArcLight Cinema La Jolla on Oct. 17. “A Hidden Life,” a drama set during WWII, written and directed by Terrence Malick, and “Marriage Story,” a divorce dramedy written and directed by Noah Baumbach, starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, are the closing-night films.
One of the fest’s new tag lines is Cinema for Positive Change. “We’re really using that as a way to bring people together,” says Mantooth. “We live in very divisive times, so it’s a big part of our mission.” Other key documentaries include “Doing Money,” about sex trafficking; and “My Body Is Not a Weapon.” “It’s directed by Platon, and it’s visually very beautiful, but deals with a very tough subject — the use of rape around the world as a control mechanism, especially in the south African countries,” says Mantooth.
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