5:30 pm | 112 mins Old Fox 老狐狸 As many 11-year-olds do, Liao Jie looks up to his dad, who teaches him the virtues of modesty, thrift, and integrity. But the economy is shifting, there is money to be made, and Liao Jie starts to gather that if they are to open their dream business, they need to pounce. Enter the mysterious landlord known as “old fox,” whose Rolls Royce and noir villain affect seduce Liao Jie with hard truths that counter his dad’s idealism. A moral drama of winners, losers, rigged games, and a most unique coming of age.
7:55 pm | 80 mins Celluloid Underground An Iranian exile in London pays tribute to his enigmatic friend Ahmad, an avid film collector who hid thousands of 35mm prints after the Iranian Revolution in 1979, when private stashes like his became illegal. In his fading celluloid prints are mementos of a cosmopolitan, movie-mad Iran. Through interviews and a touching narration of time regained, the story of two cinephiles and their decades-long journey through film history and the brutal whims of political change blooms into a documentary elegy for friendship and movie love.