South Africa

Bunny Chow

Join us in kicking off the Riversedge Film Festival with a free screening of this film, followed by a reception with food and drink!

In director John Barker's debut feature, up-and-coming comedians Kags, Joey and Dave make clear that life in the 'new' Johannesburg is not just about hardship and townships. It's also about finding humor in relationships, hanging o ut with friends and celebrating life on a raucous roadtrip to Oppi Koppi--South Africa's largest music festival. Shot in a cinema vèritè style and using the street food 'bunny chow' as a metaphor for contemporary Johannesburg's mix of races, cultures and attitudes, Marker's edgy, urban comedy asks us to envision a nation through the eyes of its future, rather thaan the tragedy of its past.

1 HOUR & 35 MINUTES

Afrikaans, Tsots Tall and English, with subtitles.

Argentina

The Custodian (EL CUSTODIO)

As a bodyguard for a high profile politician, Ruben is reduced to a mere shadow of a man: every action in his life is regulated by a series of mundane routines, and everywhere his boss goes he must follow, watching but never speaking. Resigned to his invisibility, his life is a series of days without meaning, punctuated only by visits to a prostitute, in this compelling chronicle by first-time director Rodrigo Moreno of a man without any true identity or connection to the world in which he lives.

1 HOUR & 33 MINUTES

Spanish, with subtitles.

Iran

THE FISH FALL IN LOVE (MAHIMA ASHEGH MISHAVAND)

In director John Barker's debut feature, up-and-coming comedians Kags, Joey and Dave make clear that life in the 'new' Johannesburg is not just about hardship and townships. It's also about finding humor in relationships, hanging o ut with friends and celebrating life on a raucous roadtrip to Oppi Koppi--South Africa's largest music festival. Shot in a cinema vèritè style and using the street food 'bunny chow' as a metaphor for contemporary Johannesburg's mix of races, cultures and attitudes, Marker's edgy, urban comedy asks us to envision a nation through the eyes of its future, rather thaan the tragedy of its past.

1 HOUR & 36 MINUTES

Persian, with subtitles.

Croatia

All for Free (Sve Dzaba)

After his friends are killed in a bizarre, bar room argument, Goran devises an unusual plan to deal with the loss: he will sell his house, buy a mobile tavern and travel from town to town, giving away free drinks to everyone he meets. But for everyone except Goran, the idea is strangely suspicious, and a bit absurd, in director Antonio Nuić's darkly humorous tale of loss and reconciliation, told as a metaphor for Bosnia's gradual rediscovery of its shared humanity, lost during the war.

1 HOUR & 34 MINUTES

Bosnian-Croatian, with subtitles.

Philippenes

The Bet Collector (KUBRADOR)

Amy, the family matriarch, makes ends meet by running a small convenience store out of her home. But in a struggling economy customers are scarce, and without the help of her husband or pregnant daughter, she is forced to supplement the family income by collecting bets for an illegal numbers game. In this starkly realistic narrative, director Jeffrey Jeturian presents a captivating portrait of a once-proud woman, haunted by memories of a dead son and hounded by the police, and her fragile and lonely life as a kubrador (bet collector) on the streets of Manila.

1 HOUR & 38 MINUTES

Tagalog, with subtitles.