PLAYING NOVEMBER 13 – NOVEMBER 19: BIG FAN & LORNA'S SILENCE

A cautionary tale for overzealous football fans, BIG FAN centers on “world's biggest New York Giants fan,” Paul Aufiero. Paul constantly wears a Giants jersey, talks football with his mother, and calls into sports-radio stations during his free time, but when he approaches his favorite player in a nightclub, things don't go as he had hoped. With the illusion of his favorite player shattered, Paul is faced with the decision to look out for himself or look out for his beloved football team. Starring comedian Patton Oswalt and written/directed by the screenwriter of THE WRESTLER, BIG FAN is a dark-comedy examining “the hidden…pathology of American sports mania, in which the power and victory of your team becomes the sole conduit of your self-worth” (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY).

In order to settle down with her boyfriend in Belgium, Albanian-born Lorna must strike a deal with a notorious mobster, Fabio, in order to secure Belgian citizenship through a false marriage with a man named Claudy. When a Russian crime boss offers Fabio money to replace Claudy as Lorna's false husband, Claudy's life becomes expendable. Caught up in a swirl of underworld activity, Lorna is met with the choice of either saving Claudy's life or gaining Belgian citizenship. Relying on subtlety over loud displays of emotion, LORNA'S SILENCE “speaks volumes” (BALTIMORE SUN).