
In soccer, a "dry leaf" is a kick that sends the ball through the air on an uncertain, shifting path, like a leaf falling from a tree. Georgian director Alexandre Koberidze's audacious new 186-minute feature is guided by the same sense of unpredictable beauty, following a father searching for his daughter who has mysteriously disappeared while photographing soccer fields for a sports magazine. Shot entirely on an old Sony Ericsson phone, faces and places blend together in a pixelated, painterly dream. A standout from the 2025 New York Film Festival Currents selection, which noted, “one emerges from its transporting rhythms with a fresh perspective on the world.”
Doors at 7:30pm. Screening at 8:30pm.
We are proud to be sponsored by Istic Illic Pictures, Stellar Bookkeepers and NYC Ferry. Rockaway Film Festival made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Rockaway Film Festival is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Support provided by FRANC and the Fund for the City of New York.