13 Moons will open the Avignon/New York Film Festival by Christopher Henderson Christine Lahti as Gisella Pearl in From the Ashes. Courtesy of Holly Stein/Showtime director Alexander Rockwell and actor Steve Buscemi will premiere their latest collaboration, 13 Moons, at the opening night of the 9th Annual Avignon/New York Film Festival on April 5th.
This is Buscemi and Rockwell's fourth film together. The festival will screen 18 films in competition from April 5 to 13 at various locations in Manhattan. By tradition, half of the films are American, the other half are French. American works include Scott Saunders's Technical Writer, Peter Callahan's The Last Ball, Zev Berman's The Fan Lot and Melvin Comes to Dinner, directed by Bob Odenkirk from the television series Mister Jones.
Source: IndieWire