Miroirs No. 3
Dir. by Christian Petzold
After a car crash kills her boyfriend, piano student Laura is taken in by Betty, who witnessed the accident.
After a car crash kills her boyfriend, piano student Laura is taken in by Betty, who witnessed the accident.
“It seems right that Knoxville would be the site of a renewed focus on a regional, independent American cinema.”
“It’s one thing to admire a mission statement, another thing entirely for a festival to introduce me to two filmmakers I didn’t previously know and push me to seek out more of their work on my own time.”
Awards were given in the American Regional Cinema Competition, the Made in Tennessee Competition, and the Elev8or Pitch competition.
“Such spaces are an invaluable contrast to our increasingly homebound viewing habits, even more for the community and critical discussion than for the bigger screens.”
The lineup of nearly 60 films includes award-winners from the world’s top fests, lost classics, and Robert Redford’s final leading role.
Jessica, the eldest daughter of a coal miner-turned-farmer, has a fling with her half-brother Carl, which complicates things more when she becomes pregnant.
In his final leading role, Robert Redford plays a real-life prison escapee who became a folk hero after pulling off several bank heists at 70.
A recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.