IN NEW YORK (IFC CENTER) AND LOS ANGELES (LAEMMLE)
OSCARS® SHORTLISTED DOCUMENTARY FEATURE ‘COMMUNION’
Living amid domestic instability and teenaged volatility, a sister and brother play out their lives on camera.
At fourteen, Ola is already functioning as the woman of the house, cooking and cleaning for her lethargic father and helping her energetic autistic brother, Nikodem, prepare for his first Holy Communion.
Throughout, she longs for her mother, whose absence is never explained, yet always deeply felt.
As the date of Communion nears, it becomes an opportunity for the family to meet up and Ola is entirely responsible for planning the perfect family celebration.
"Communion" is a portrait of young womanhood and crash course in growing up that teaches us that no failure is final, and that change is possible and needed, especially when love is in question.
PLUS, BEYOND THE FULL WEEK-LONG THEATRICAL RELEASE IN SELECT MARKETS, ADDITIONAL SPECIAL U.S. SCREENINGS AS PART OF THE OSCARS® SHORTLIST: DOCUMENTARIES PROGRAM
AUSTIN (Alamo Drafthouse Mueller)
BOSTON (AMC Loews Boston Common 19)
CHICAGO (Music Box Theatre)
DALLAS / FORT WORTH (Alamo Drafthouse Lake Highlands)
DENVER (Alamo Drafthouse Sloans Lake)
LOS ANGELES (AMC Sunset 5, Laemmle Monica Film Center and Playhouse 7)
NEW YORK (Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn)
PHOENIX (Harkins Shea 14)
RALEIGH (Alamo Drafthouse Raleigh)
SAN FRANCISCO (Alamo Drafthouse New Mission, Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Ctr.)
SANTA BARBARA (Santa Barbara International Film Festival Riviera Theatre)
SEATTLE (AMC Pacific Place 11)
WASHINGTON, DC (Warner Bros. Theater at Smithsonian Museum of American History)
COMMUNION
In Theaters January 4, 2019
