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THE ARROW AT REST AT EVERY INSTANT OF ITS FLIGHT – Premiering at Edinburgh Film Fest!

Releases August 14, 2026

Official Selection - Edinburgh International Film Festival - Lynda Myles Celebrates

Director and Producer: Theodore Schaefer
Writers: Patrick Lawler & Theodore Schaefer
Starring: Gus Birney, Jack Haven, Roberta Colindrez, Daniel Zolghadri, John Early, with Dylan Baker, Josh Mostel, Reed Birney, and Constance Shulman
Genre: Drama
Run time: 1 hour 21 minutes
Country: USA

Director and Producer Theodore Schaefer's new film THE ARROW AT REST AT EVERY INSTANT OF ITS FLIGHT is a satirical triptych that follows three young women, who all look identical. One girl stages a heist, another discovers her secret lover is also sleeping with her boyfriend, while the third sets out to save a woman from suicide.

Three seemingly disconnected stories unfold across New York City. Gus Birney stars as Violet, a jaded arcade worker, Sinopia, an upper-class professor bored with her marriage, and Jade, an endlessly cool young woman who decides to help a stranger out of her debt. Meanwhile, a woman with a suitcase (Constance Shulman) moves through the city in search of the doppelganger trying to take over her life. Surreal, comedic and reflexive, this film plays out like free jazz, with writer-director Schaefer deftly pulling us through this whirlwind black-and-white flight of fancy.

About Theodore Schaefer
A New York-based Director and Producer. His feature film debut, Giving Birth to a Butterfly, premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival to critical acclaim. The New York Times praised the film’s “enthralling sense of atmosphere” and Film Threat called it “Donnie Darko meets Twin Peaks.” The film was released theatrically by Cinedigm and Fandor in 2023. Theodore’s recent commercial work includes the viral Blockbuster ad that won three Cannes Lions, including the Gold prize for Breakthrough on a Budget (2023). Through Dweck Productions, Theodore has produced a slate of successful features, including We're All Going To The World's Fair (Sundance 2021, Utopia and HBO MAX), The Adults (Berlin 2023, Universal), Tendaberry (Sundance 2024), Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point (Cannes Directors Fortnight 2024, IFC), Vulcanizadora (Tribeca 2024, Oscilloscope), and Maddie’s Secret (TIFF 2025, Magnolia).

Producers: Daniel April, Hannah Dweck, Hannah Kettering, Sherwyn Santos
Executive Producer: Jane Schoenbrun

REQUIRED VIEWING’S Venice 2026 Line-up

THE DIFFICULT BRIDE / Orizzonti

Writer and Director: Rubaiyat Hossain (MADE IN BANGLADESH, UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
PRODUCER: François D’Artemare / Les Films de l’Après-Midi (FR)
CAST: Zaineen Chowdhury Karim, Saberi Alam Motaher, Azmeri Haque Badhon, Reekita Nondine Shimu, Sunerah Binte Kamal
Funded by Eurimages, CNC (Aide aux cinémas du monde), ICA, Sorfond, World Cinema Fund, Prada Foundation Film Fund
SALES: Films Boutique (All Sales)
Bangladesh/France/Norway/Portugal/Germany - Drama – 87 min

MOONFISH / Venice College Cinema

MOONFISH is the first animated film to receive a grant in the Biennale College Cinema’s 14-year history.
DIRECTED BY: Daniel Zvereff
PRODUCED BY Rebecca Wyzan, Mireia Vilanova, James Belfer
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: Morgan Spector, Lucy Liu
CAST: Morgan Spector (THE GILDED AGE, HOMELAND), Lucy Liu (ROSEMEAD, KILL BILL)
SALES: New Europe Film Sales

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY: Rubaiyat Hossain

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Leonor Teles

EDITOR: Raphaëlle Martin-Hölger

MUSIC/ORIGINAL SCORE: Jim Williams

SOUND: Marie-Clotilde Chery

PRODUCER: François D’Artemare / Les Films de l’Après-Midi (FR)

Co-production: Khona Talkies (BD), Midas Filmes (PT), Tandem Production (DE), Barentsfilm (NO)

CAST: Zaineen Chowdhury Karim, Saberi Alam Motaher, Azmeri Haque Badhon, Reekita Nondine Shimu, Sunerah Binte Kamal

Funded by Eurimages, CNC (Aide aux cinémas du monde), ICA, Sorfond, World Cinema Fund, Prada Foundation Film Fund

SALES: Films Boutique (All Sales)

2026 – Bangladesh/France/Norway/Portugal/Germany - Drama – 87 min

Biennale College
MOONFISH

Directed by Daniel Zvereff
Starring Morgan Spector and Lucy Liu

In MOONFISH, a grieving astronaut who's lost his only companion on a deep-space mining mission must fulfill a strict corporate quota to return home. As his year of solitude passes, his grip on reality unravels the line between the living and non-living.

The film will be screened in the Biennale College section at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. It has been selected, developed, and produced during the fourteenth edition (2025/2026) of Biennale College – Cinema. Biennale College – Cinema is an advanced training laboratory, launched at the 2012 Venice Film Festival, which is open to filmmakers from all over the world. The film has been realized with a production grant from La Biennale di Venezia.

MOONFISH is the first animated film to receive a grant in the Biennale College Cinema’s 14-year history.

The movie was produced by Rebecca Wyzan for Present Company, Mireia Vilanova for Lucky Accident Productions, and James Belfer for Cartuna. Spector and Liu executive produced.

Writer, Director, Lead Animator Daniel Zvereff is based in Brooklyn, NY. His films explore displacement, time, and the mysterious undercurrents of reality. His animated shorts have screened at festivals including Sundance, SXSW, and Palm Springs. He also made music videos for Bon Iver, among others.

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Daniel Zvereff

PRODUCED BY Rebecca Wyzan, Mireia Vilanova, James Belfer

EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: Morgan Spector, Lucy Liu

COMPOSER: Sami Jano

STARRING: Morgan Spector (THE GILDED AGE, HOMELAND), Lucy Liu (ROSEMEAD, KILL BILL) SALES: New Europe Film Sales

SALES: New Europe Film Sales

View New Trailer: Chris Rock’s MISTY GREEN out October 2026

Director and Writer: Chris Rock
Starring: Rosalind Eleazar, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick, Topher Grace, and Chris Rock
Genre: Drama
Country: United States
Language: English
Run time: 1 hour 43 minutes

Director Chris Rock's Hollywood drama MISTY GREEN tells her story of years after her Hollywood breakthrough, a talented actress whose career has stalled fights for her second act.

Producers: Peter Rice, Chris Rock, David Worthen Brooks
Director of Photography: Kira Kelly, ASC
Production Designer: Michelle Patterson
Editor: Adam Dicterow
Costume Designer: Neishea Lemle
Music: Marcus Miller

View New Trailer: TO USE A MOUNTAIN at DCTV in New York on Friday, August 21st

Facet, Narrow Vision Endeavors, and Correspondent Productions Present TO USE A MOUNTAIN

Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Casey Carter
Producers: Colleen Cassingham, Jonna McKone
Executive Producers: Brett Story, Maida Lynn, Ryan Krivoshey
Co-Executive Producer: Heather A. Baldry
Animation & Design: Magdalena Orellana
Original Score: Kara-Lis Coverdale
Additional Music Sound: BorisBunnik (Severnaya )Mechanical
Editor: Blair McClendon
Additional Consulting Editor: Todd Chandler
Assistant Editor: Tiffany Jackson

FOR THE LOVE OF A WOMAN In Select Theaters Starting Friday, June 26th

Director: Guido Chiesa
Starring Mili Avital, Ana Ularu, Ori Pfef, Alban Ukaj and Marc Rissmann

In the 1970s, Esther, an American woman mourning her mother, receives a letter that sets her on a journey to uncover a hidden chapter of her family’s history. With the help of Zayde, a university professor with secrets of his own, she begins searching for a woman who lived decades earlier in British Mandate Palestine.

The woman is Yehudit, whose arrival in a settlers’ village in the 1930s entangled the lives of three men: a widowed father, an idealistic farmer and a cattle trader. By tying together the threads that bind past and present, Esther and Zayde discover a shocking truth.

Based on the acclaimed novel The Loves of Judith by beloved author Meir Shalev, this English-language drama is directed by Guido Chiesa and stars Mili Avital (Stargate), Ori Pfeffer (Hacksaw Ridge, Munich), Moni Moshonov(Late Marriage, America), Menashe Noy (Gett, Tehran), Ana Ularu (Andor), Marc Rissmann (Game of Thrones) and Alban Ukaj (Quo Vadis, Aida?).

New York, NY // Quad Cinema, June 26

Los Angeles, CA // Laemmle Royal, July 10

Encino, CA // Laemmle Town Center, July 10

Chicago, IL // Wayfarer Theater, July 10

Delray Beach, FL // Movies of Delray, July 10

Lake Worth, FL // Movies of Lake Worth, July 10

Scottsdale, AZ // Harkins Shea, July 17

Sedona, AZ // Mary D. Fisher Theater, July 17

View New Clip THIS ORDINARY THING on VOD and Nationwide in US and Canada June 12th

"The word “inspiring” does not cut it.” — The Forward

Nominated for the Cinema for Peace Dove for Documentary of the Year at the 2026 Cinema for Peace Awards in Berlin.

ALBERT M. TAPPER PRESENTS

Director and Writer: Nick Davis
Cast: (A-Z) F. Murray Abraham, Jeannie Berlin, Eric Bogosian, Ellen Burstyn, Bill Camp, Carrie Coon, Hope Davis, Stephen Fry, Joanna Gleason, Marcia Gay Harden, Mamie Gummer, Harry Hadden-Paton, Jeremy Irons, Bill Irwin, Louisa Jacobson, Kasia Koleczek, Anna Krippa, Stephen Lang, John Leguizamo, Donal Logue, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelli O’Hara, David Hyde Pierce, Martha Plimpton, Lily Rabe, Rufus Sewell, J. Smith-Cameron, David Strathairn, Lily Tomlin
Executive Producer: Albert M. Tapper
Composer: Adam Guettel,
Genre: Documentary
Run time: 1 hour 2 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English

Director Nick Davis’ haunting and unforgettable, THIS ORDINARY THING tells the story of non-Jews who helped save Jewish people across Europe during The Holocaust. The film combines never-before-seen archival footage with the testimonies of over forty different people who, operating independently and at great risk to themselves and their families, saved thousands of Jewish strangers from almost certain death. THIS ORDINARY THING is a timely reminder of the pockets of goodness that can rise in a sea of evil: everyday people helping others who were "different" from them. The film employs some of the world’s greatest actors, performing excerpts translated from the original transcripts. The cast, including Helen Mirren, F. Murray Abraham, Carrie Coon, Jeremy Irons, Ellen Burstyn, and Stephen Fry, have amassed five Oscars (and over twenty nominations), over sixty Emmy nominations, and over twenty-five Tony nominations in their illustrious careers.

Featuring the voices of Bill Irwin, F. Murray Abraham, Joanna Gleason, Stephen Lang, Louisa Jacobson and Jeremy Irons.

FOR THE LOVE OF A WOMAN Opens in Los Angeles and New York

Director: Guido Chiesa
Based on the novel The Loves of Judith by Meir Shalev,
Starring: Mili Avital. Ana Ularu, Ori Pfeffer, Alban Ukaj, and Marc Rissmann

Select Theaters!
New York, NY // Quad Cinema, June 26

Los Angeles, CA // Laemmle Royal, July 10

Encino, CA // Laemmle Town Center, July 10

Director Guido Chiesa’s FOR THE LOVE OF A WOMAN tells the story of Esther, in the 1970s,an American woman mourning her mother, receives a letter that sets her on a journey to uncover a hidden chapter of her family’s history. With the help of Zayde, a university professor with secrets of his own, she begins searching for a woman who lived decades earlier in British Mandate Palestine.

View New Clip: ART SHOW! WITH CAPTAIN SKINNER

ART SHOW! WITH CAPTAIN SKINNER follows the misadventures of a doomed PBS-style television series. As Skinner and his tiny crew (including the stop motion animated Space Cowboy) attempt to produce a television series in outer space, their efforts are constantly thwarted by – well – everything from meteor showers to intrusive thoughts to the stark horror of an uncaring cosmos.

ART SHOW! WITH CAPTAIN SKINNER is comprised of 10 episodes, each running around 15 minutes in length. In each episode, we watch as Skinner creates a unique and stunning piece of artwork.

The show is a bombastic, futuristic, gore and color-saturated love letter to shows like The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross and Commander Mark and the Secret City. ART SHOW! flips the script by oozing hyper-phantasmagorical slapstick, body-horror, and off-the wall comedy.

SKINNER
Co-creator/Writer/Star

Skinner is a beloved artist, creator, comedian, writer, and general manifestation of psychedelic nightmare experiences who has infected many medias worldwide! He’s created art for Grammy winning albums and bands like High on Fire and Mastodon, award-winning music videos and films, commercial experiences for Adult Swim, Warner Brothers, and hosted shows for Super Deluxe and various music festivals.

You can find his art on murals the world over as well as on skateboards and comics and t-shirts and toys.

Skinner exists as a bizarre mixture of entertainment and visual intensity.

ALLEN CORDELL
Co-creator/Writer/Director

Allen is an award-winning filmmaker obsessed with things that are weird and beautiful, especially when filmed at 24 frames per second and layered with insane sound design. He’s directed a handful of music videos for Beach House, Dan Deacon, Girl Talk (and others!), as well as the short film The Lizard Laughed adapted from a comic book by Noah Van Sciver.

ABOUT ETCH

ETCH is an independent animation and production company run by the award-winning trio of Emmy and WGA Award-winner Philip Gelatt (The Spine Of Night, Europa Report, They Remain, The Bleeding House and Love Death + Robots), Will Battersby (The Spine Of Night, They Remain, Trumbo) and Morgan Galen King (The Spine Of Night).

Specializing in the provocative, intelligent and innovative, as well as fantastical and horrific, Etch seeks to put the dark magic back into moving images.

ETCH has expertise in animation, documentary and feature production and a core philosophy of maintaining ownership and creative control through novel approaches to production and distribution.

Recent projects include FIRST WORD ON HORROR featuring award-winning authors Stephen Graham Jones, Paul Tremblay, Elizabeth Hand, Laird Barron, and Mariana Enriquez. Upcoming projects include CASSIE WORKMAN IS WITCHY AF, featuring Australian comedienne Cassie Workman and Produced by Lily Wachowski and ART SHOW! WITH CAPTAIN SKINNER featuring infamous Oakland artist and multi-hyphenate Skinner.

FOLLOW ETCH:

etchfilm.com / @etchfilm

THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD Comes to LA May 8th

Director: Francesco Sossai
Writers: Adriano Candiago and Francesco Sossai
Starring: Filippo Scotti, Sergio Romano, Pierpaolo Capovilla, Roberto Citran, Andrea Pennacchi
Run time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Italy, Germany
Language: Italian, English, Spanish, Japanese

THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD: The bottom has fallen out for Carlobianchi and Doriano, two small-time Italian crooks. They haven’t been able to mount an honest scam since the 2008 financial crisis and now face the impending mediocrity of middle age. The return of an exiled partner-in-crime from Argentina affords a second chance for long-buried riches, but can Carlobianchi and Doriano put down their beers long enough to keep their eyes on the prize?

Along their slow motion, alcoholic grand tour of the Venetian countryside, they cross paths with Giulio (Filippo Scotti, The Hand of God), a shy architecture student who reluctantly warms to the sodden pair and indulges their rants about the folly of globalization and the slow decline of local color.

Each roadside tavern offers the promise of one last drink – unless the next one ups the ante. Francesco Sossai’s dazzling sophomore feature is many things at once: a road movie, a casual caper, a tribute to a vanishing industrial Italy, a scruffy intergenerational odyssey, and free-flowing bender through time and space.

Producers: Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa
Co-Producers: Philipp Kreuzer, Cecilia Trautvetter
Cinematographer: Massimiliano Kuveiller
Editor: Paolo Cottignola
Music: Krano

A Music Box Films Release ‘THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD’ Opens May 8th in Los Angeles at Laemmle Royal

The bottom has fallen out for Carlobianchi and Doriano, two small-time Italian crooks. They haven’t been able to mount an honest scam since the 2008 financial crisis and now face the impending mediocrity of middle age. The return of an exiled partner-in-crime from Argentina affords a second chance for long-buried riches, but can Carlobianchi and Doriano put down their beers long enough to keep their eyes on the prize?

Producers: Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa
Co-Producers: Philipp Kreuzer, Cecilia Trautvetter
Cinematographer: Massimiliano Kuveiller
Editor: Paolo Cottignola
Music: Krano