Warren Fischer

This New York-based filmmaker began his extensive career as a musician, and one half of the acclaimed Fischerspooner electroclash duo. In the early ’00s, he became a film producer, and later a director. The Serena Variations is his third short film, and it premiered at the Raindance Film Festival. It tells the story of a violinist with undiagnosed autism, who gets the chance to work with celebrated composer.

QUICK AND DIRTY: LIVE FROM VENICE The year is 2039. Parts of the earth are no longer habitable due to severe ecological collapse and the disregard by most countries of the Paris Agreements. This has led to a world in disarray.

QUICK AND DIRTY: LIVE FROM VENICE Lino (Kad Merad) looks like a tramp. A sweet and avuncular homeless person you’d love to hug. He is on a lonely road trip of France with no apparent purpose and destination. As he passes the majestic Mont Saint-Michel, he confides to a stranger that he’s a defrocked priest wanted by justice because he raped one of his followers. He snoozes inside a roadside antique shop, only to be told that the facilities are “not a hotel”.