9.1（Fri）19:30-21:00 Simple Little Lives

9.8（Fri）19:30-21:00 The Writer’s Burrow

9.15（Fri）19:30-21:00 Pretenders

9.22（Fri）19:30-20:45 Collector

Simple Little Lives

Director: Shoja Azari

Starring: Brock Harris / Christopher Sears / Kieran Campion / Natalie Hall

Genre: Drama

Country: USA

Language: English with Chinese subtitles

Runtime: 81 min

It is the night of the harvest moon, and there’s an all-night celebration around a campfire. The young guests start arriving at sunset and begin binge drinking. Abe's cousin, Hank, a rebel without a cause, arrives with his hot blonde girlfriend, a bottle of moonshine, a gun, and a prescription bottle of oxycontin. Although Abe and Hank were brought up as brothers, they have grown to mistrust each other. When Abe arrives with a sleek looking New York City hipster/musician type named Carter, son of a Wall Street shark who is despised and hated by the locals, it sets the stage for conflict and revenge that will change the lives of those involved forever. Simmering tensions within the group ignite an age-old feud.

The Writer’s Burrow

Director: Kurro González

Starring: Francisco Conde / Adriana Torrebejano / Cristina Castaño

Genre: Drama / Thriller

Country: Spain

Language: Spanish with Chinese and English subtitles

Runtime: 102 min

Carlos is a crime novel writer, but since the death of his wife he has been suffering from writer's block. When his publishing company sends an assistant to his house to help him, Carlos believes he might have another shot at love. Terrified by the idea that this new opportunity might escape, he decides to keep her with him at all costs.

Pretenders

Director: Vallo Toomla

Starring: Mari Abel / Andres Lepik / Laine Mägi

Genre: Drama / Thriller

Country: Estonia

Language: Estonian with Chinese and English subtitles

Runtime: 102 min

Intent on repairing a rift in their relationship, Anna and Juhan retreat to a seaside house lent to them by friends. After witnessing an accident on the rocky shore, they take in a wounded woman and her husband—a couple they find they have a lot in common with. Anna and Juhan begin to pretend they own the house, engaging their guests in a game of domination that propels their relationship to the brink of destruction.

Collector

Director: Aleksey Krasovskiy

Starring: Konstantin Khabenskiy

Genre: Drama / Thriller

Country: Russia

Language: Russian with Chinese and English subtitles

Runtime: 74 min

Arthur is the top employee at his collecting firm. He's got a high income and a solid reputation among his colleagues. He risks losing it all at once because of a scandalous video that hits the web. In one instant he becomes the main target of journalists and gossip columnists. His colleagues and friends turn away from him, and is threatened by strangers. The video, which was purposely fabricated to set him up, becomes the truth, while the truth he's trying to tell is perceived as a lie. Arthur is trapped inside his office alone against the world. His main enemy, the author of the video, turns out to be a widow who is convinced that it was Arthur who drove her husband to suicide. She's going to do everything in her power to drive him off the deep end.

Beijing Hugoeast Media Co., Ltd.

Beijing Hugoeast Media Co., Ltd. has been working on cultural communication and cooperation between China and abroad since 2016. With a blend of multicultural focus, and eyes on both artistic and entertainment value, Hugoeast aims to bridge between China and foreign countries on film and cultural exchange. In the past one year, Hugoeast has imported about 70 new films of excellent quality from all over the world, including several films from the 70th Cannes International Film Festival - Let the Sunshine In which won SACD prize (Directors’ Fortnight), The Workshop (Un Certain Regard), Sicilian Ghost Story (opening film for Critics’ Weeks), and The Intruder (Directors’ Fortnight). Hugoeast has also introduced Félicité and Summer 1993 into China, which have won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize and the GWFF Best First Feature Award at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival respectively.

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