April 16 - 21, 2015

PROGRAMTHE 13TH ANNUAL BIFF OFFICIAL CATALOG APRIL 16 - 21, 2015

Office of the Governor Office of the Mayor Commonwealth of Massachusetts City of Boston, MA

Charles D. Baker Martin J. Walsh

April 16th, 2015 April 16th, 2015

Dear Friends and Visitors, Dear Friends,

On behalf of the people of the Commonwealth of On behalf of the City of Boston, I am honored and excited Massachusetts, welcome to Boston, and to the Thirteenth to welcome back the Annual Boston International Film Annual Boston International Film Festival. Festival. This exciting yearly gathering adds distinct cultural value to our community. There’s no better setting to celebrate than here in Massachusetts, home to centuries of a rich and diverse Our City has a keen and distinct appreciation for the arts, artistic culture. The Boston International Film Festival especially film-making, as demonstrated by numerous celebrates those artists who, through the power of cinema, cinematic outlets, and strong university programs. We capture our imagination to make us laugh and cry, think are also extremely proud of our rich diversity and I am and change. confident that this yea’s festival will be met with great interest and enthusiasm. As you enjoy and visit with us this week, we encourage you to take in all that the Commonwealth has to offer and I want to congratulate all the individuals and to everyone who makes The Boston International Film organizations that have made this event possible and Festival possible, extend my best wishes to the patrons and creators for a rewarding and memorable festival. Congratulations. Sincerely, Sincerely,

MARTIN J. WALSH CHARLES D. BAKER Mayor of Boston Governor

1 Against The Jab VOD Release Party Saturday April 18, 2015 7:30pm at BPE Studio 9A Hamilton Place, Boston, MA 02108 2015 Boston International Film Festival INTERNATIONAL MOVIES AT THE FINEST LEVEL OF EXPRESSIONS

Welcome to the 13th Annual Boston International Film Festival. We are proud that for thirteen years we have been able to serve the city of Boston, by sharing films from over 60 countries. We have enabled filmmakers from every continent to come together to share their art. The Boston international Film Festival has become a lasting institution in Boston, and we are happy to continue bringing international films to our city.

The Boston International Film Festival presents a multi-cultural event to the diverse audience in Boston, who may relate to films of their own origin, as well as discover the experiences of others from around the world. The Boston International Film Festival celebrates the art of filmmaking, and it offers an opportunity for filmmakers to share their unique visions.

The Boston International Film Festival strives to exhibit the world’s most artistic, creative and independent films in a festive environment, and we welcome all people to join us in celebrating this exciting event. The filmmakers will be sharing their diverse and powerful visions of humanity. Our greatest hope is that through thee films the audience will be inspired and encouraged to embrace all the world’s cultural diversity and work towards a more understanding, peaceful world.

Sincerely,

PATRICK JEROME BILL JACKSON NAOMI KONDO SHAMIA HICKS YANCEY LU Founder/President Theatre Manager Festival Coordinator Office Coordinator Marketing Coordinator

FESTIVAL STAFF FESTIVAL ASSISTANT

NAOMI KONDO YANCEY LU DIALLO FERGUSON GAWAINE ROSS Salma Chleuh David Padwa Festival Manager Marketing Manager Media Coordinator Marketing Cooridnator Dwayne Smith Antonio Conte BILL JACKSON EILEEN KENNER JACKIE LOGAN QUANG MILLIGAN Patricia Jerome Lauren McCann Theater Manager Award Director PR Cooridnator Event Cooridnator Jennifer Lazea Martin Eric

JEAN EDDY MOISE MARC ARTHUR ILLERIS SERGIO LEON VANESSA AZEMAR Patrick Junior Mann Farhani Manfaneed Program Manager Projection Manager Production Coordinator Event Coordinator Marjan Yekta Fernando Pimentel

SHAMIA HICKS SCOTT NEUFVILLE JOHN MCGUINNESS KARM SYNDIA Zahirimehr Maryam Marie Blaise Office Manager Projection Manager Marketing Cooridnator Event Coordinator Chau Le EVENTS RED CARPET THURSDAY 4/16 4:00PM Pre-Red-Carpet Cocktail Reception BPE Studio, 9A Hamilton Place 6:00PM Red Carpet Ceremony AMC Loews Theatre, 175 Trement Street PARTIES THURSDAY 4/16 9:00PM Opening Night Gala Party BPE Studio, 9A Hamilton Place MONDAY 4/20 6:00PM Closing Night Party BPE Studio, 9A Hamilton Place PANEL DISCUSSION SATURDAY 4/18 8AM-10AM Film Finance & Indie Film Distribution ELS, 125 Tremont Street MONDAY 4/20 11AM-1PM Online Distribution & Indie Film Production ELS, 125 Tremont Street FILMMAKERSINTRODUCING LOUNGE Want to give yourself a little relaxing time between the big events? Here at BIFF, we take good care of our guests. Introducing Filmmakers Lounge, a feel-at-home area at BPE studio where you could network with other industry insiders, enjoy some snacks, and use our free WI-FI to catch up with friends. Talk to our staff for more information.

VENUES & DIRECTIONS

AMC LOEWS THEATRE THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE BPE STUDIO Located at the center of Boston, AMC As one of the first movie houses in the Home to Broadway Picture Entertainment, Loews is the perfect place to get your BIFF city, the elegantly-decorated and newly- the studio will bring you an intimate experience started. renovated theatre will indulge you in the experience with the movies you love. Address: 175 Tremont St, Boston MA American cinema’s Golden Age. Address: 9A Hamilton Place, Boston Sessions: Red Carpet, Opening night and Address: 559 Washington St, Boston Sessions: Session 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 17, Session 1. Sessions: Session 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, Filmmakers Lounge, and and 22. opening/closing night receptions.

OPENING NIGHT

LINES FRIENDS AND ROMANS by Amy Jo Johnson by Christopher Kublan

An aging beauty discovers self-worth after an appointment with A group of lifelong mob movie extras mount a production of a youth obsessed dermatologist. The film is about embracing our Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in their local Staten Island theater in order imperfections and finding them beautiful. to finally get some speaking roles. Director: Amy Jo Johnson Director: Christopher Kublan Writer: Amy Jo Johnson Writer: Christopher Kublan, Gregg Greenberg, Michael Rispoli Stars: Enrico Colantoni, Amy Jo Johnson, Ingrid Kavelaars Stars: Michael Rispoli, Annabella Sciorra, Paul Ben-Victor, Zoe Bournelis Country: Canada Country: USA Session 1 | Thurday April 16 | 7:00pm | AMC Loews Theatre Session 1 | Thurday April 16 | 7:00pm | AMC Loews Theatre SESSION 2 | FRI 4/17 | 1:00PM-3:00PM | BPE STUDIO

I NEED MY MONSTER VALIANT THE AMBASSADOR TO BERN When Ethan checks under his bed for his In a distant future, a band of wanted air pirates, A fictional account of the 1958 attack against monster, he finds a note instead: “Gone fishing. set out to find a lost child princess who may the Hungarian embassy in Bern after the 1956 Back in a week” – Gabe. What will Ethan do? hold the ticket to their freedom. Hungarian revolution. He needs a monster under his bed. Director: Robin Phillips Director: Attila Szász Director: Stephen Baker, Howard Cook Writer: John Edward Millier, Scott Baba Writer: Norbert Köbli Writer: John Edward Millier, Scott Baba Stars: Gil Darnell, Jason Hice, Andrew Varenhorst Stars: Gil Darnell, Jason Hice, Andrew Varenhorst Country: USA Country: USA Country: Hungary Language: Hungarian, German

THE PEOPLE’S FOREST THE CHALLENGER THE STONES OF QUARRIES LA BELLE VIE: THE GOOD LIFE This is the story of how those unlikely allies A struggling Bronx auto mechanic turns to A documentary connecting historians, nature A Haitian-American filmaker’s journey to helped create the first National Forests in the boxing to save he and his mother from living preservers, and quarry workers to the world of discover her Haitian roots by examining the east and save the White Mountains. on the streets. granite quarrying in northern Massachusetts. complexities of the Haitian society. Director: David Huntley Director: Kent Moran Director: Robert Apse Director: Rachelle Salnave Writer: David Huntley Writer: Kent Moran Writer: Robert Apse Writer: Rachelle Salnave Country: USA Stars: Kent Moran, Michael Clarke Duncan, S. Country: USA Country: USA, Haiti Epatha Merkerson Language: Haitian Creole, English Country: USA

LOVE ME AGAIN JIMMY GOES TO NOLLYWOOD BULLY LOVE THY NATURE The obsession of a woman with Argentinian Using the African Movie Academy Award as a When a video of Toby being brutally humiliated A cinematic immersion into the beauty and tango fashions a world where fantasy and through line, actor Jimmy guides us into the at school appears on the Internet, Toby’s high intimacy of our relationship with the natural remembrance impinge on reality. heart of a burgeoning cinema in Africa. school and parents take action. world. Director: Tatyana Bronstein Director: Rachid Dhibou, Jimmy Jean-Louis Director: Rob Weiermair Director: Sylvie Rokab Writer: Tatyana Bronstein Writer: Rachid Dhibou, Jimmy Jean-Louis Writer: Rob Weiermair, Amy Whittenberger Writer: Sylvie Rokab Stars: Fernanda Ghi, Andrea Hartnett, Stars: Ama Abebrese, Ebbe Bassey, Leila Djansi Stars: Richard Meehan, Shaw Jones, Stars: Liam Neeson, Elijah Ahmadi, Zach Allen Dan Marshall Country: Nigeria Royana Black Country: USA Country: USA Country: USA

THE HOMELESS UNFREEDOM AN EMPTY SEAT THE VIGIL A man’s life is forever changed after An urgent contemporary thriller about a society A 14 year-old junior high student decides to Gina, an undocumented single mother, armed experiencing an event that gives him a new torn apart by political, religious, and sexual take his life. How will his classmates come to with the Virgin of Guadalupe, sets out to stop perception of the world around him. turmoil betweenNew York and New Delhi. term with his death? America’s most controversial immigration law. Director: Cody Buesing Director: Raj Amit Kumar Director: Takashi Yamamoto Director: Jenny Alexander Writer: Cody Buesing Writer: Raj Amit Kumar, Damon Taylor Writer: Takashi Yamamoto Writer: Jenny Alexander Stars: Andrew Carlson, Linda Richards, Chris List Stars: Adil Hussain, Bhanu Uday, Bhavani Lee, Stars: Liam Ashizawa, Mamichi Moriya, Country: USA Country: USA Preeti Gupta, Victor Banerjee Kurahito Aragane Language: Spanish Country: USA, India Country: Japan

SESSION 9A | SAT 4/18 | 11:00AM-2:30PM | PARAMOUNT

BEATNIKS GRAPES SUPPOSED TO BE FIRST MOUNIA IN ALL HER STATES An animated movie about the Beatniks, which Grapes explores the highs and lows of a A young couple comes to terms with their A girl laments that her unrequited love is appeared in 1959 when a book The Holy tumultuous young couple through their child’s death. rejected, yet she can’t seem to keep away from Barbarians chronicled the beatniks/dropouts innocent beginning to their bittersweet end. Director: Michelle Jackson eager suitors; none of them suitable! of Venice California. Director: Jordan Hwang Writer: John Kelley Director: Mounia Davis Director: Mick Cusimano Writer: Jordan Hwang Stars: Mackenzie Christine Hawkins, Writer: Mounia Davis Writer: Mick Cusimano Stars: Jake Cannavale, Nicole Ledoux Charlie Gorrilla Stars: Mounia Davis Country: USA Country: USA Country: USA Country: USA Language: French

LAST SHOT AFTER ELLA MAIL.MAN ONE ARMED MAN A bartender tries to close for the evening Hope is a successful photographer. Introverted Letters are an endangered species in the A wealthy cotton gin owner is confronted by a while his last customer orders five shots and and quiet, she appears in contrast with the Internet age. Mail.Man illustrates their former employee demanding the return of an tells him a series of unsettling stories that will glamorous environment she evolves in. continued importance and shows how modern arm lost in the gin’s machinery. forever change both men’s lives. Director: Marie-Emmanuelle Hartness technology can actually be part of the solution. Director: Tim Guinee Director: Greg Popp, Christopher A. Berger Writer: Marie-Emmanuelle Hartness Director: William Aydelott Writer: Horton Foote Writer: Jeff Perreca, Jim Millis Stars: Erin Cunningham, Stella Guest, Writer: David Graves, William Aydelott Stars: Charles Haid, John Magaro, Terry Kinney Stars: Eric Shephed, Lisa Sheldon, Scott Jonathan Hadley Stars: Bradley J. Van Dussen, Alison Wachtler, Country: USA Subiono Country: USA Pamela Chabora Country: USA Country: USA

MOMENTS OF CLARITY SAMBA & JAZZ An agoraphobic’s daughter meets a pastor’s A documentary that draws a parallel between Rio daughter, and they discover their worlds aren’t de Janeiro and New Orleans, where Samba and what they thought they were. Jazz are most present. Director: Stev Elam Director: Jefferson Mello Writer: Christian Lloyd, Kristin Wallace Writer: Jefferson Mello Stars: Lyndsy Fonseca, Eric Roberts, Marguerite Country: Brazil, USA Moreauhorst Language: Portuguese, English Country: Canada, USA

SESSION 11 | SAT 4/18 | 3:00PM-4:30PM | BPE STUDIO

THE PERFECT WOMAN IRIS HIPOPOTAMY OASIS A man taking part in a laboratory testing Devoted teenage boyfriend Marshall worries An animated movie about a few women and After husband’s death, Nieves inherits his job as the program is shocked by a seductive and very his girlfriend Iris, who has Asperger’s Syndrome their children, who are bathing in a river but super of an apartment complex and she found a realistic android. might be losing her grip on reality when she then encountered a terryfying attack by a young girl locked in in one of the units. Director: Dennis Collins Johnson tells him she sees another world. group of men. Director: Carmen Jimenez Writer: Chase Bailey, Derek R. Brigham, Dennis Director: Simone Stock Director: Piotr Dumala Writer: Chris Boyce, Carmen Jimenez Collins Johnson Writer: Jay Randall, Simone Stock Writer: Piotr Dumala Stars: William Scott Brown, Aida López, Juan Carlos Pinedo Stars: Chase Bailey, Morganna Ekkens, Ben Robertson Stars: Allegra Fulton, Atticus Mitchell, Bea Santos Country: Poland Country: USA, Spain, Canada Country: USA Country: Canada Language: Spanish

BETWEEN TIMES REM BULLY From the wall of a small town bakery, a cuckoo A young man sleeps to meet the woman he An exploration of cultural disagreements about clock recounts a day where bread was sliced loves. His whole world changes when she intimacy, love and marriage proposals in the one second thick, lovers fell in sync and time comes into the real world to rescue him. age of YouTube. rarely flowed at an even rate. Director: Joseba Alfaro Director: Marcelo Mitnik Director: Ru Kuwahata, Max Porter Writer: Joseba Alfaro Writer: Marcelo Mitnik Writer: Ru Kuwahata, Max Porter Stars: Jorge Esteban Blein, Maggie Civantos, Stars: Valeria Blanc, Jeremy Glazer, Martín Stars: Tatiana Gomberg, Petra Schmidt-Schaller Javier Server Piroyansky Country: USA, Netherlands Country: Spain Country: Argentina Language: Spanish, English Language: Spanish

9 SESSION 12 | SAT 4/18 | 3:00PM-5:30PM | PARAMOUNT

TENNIS GIRL PADDY’S IN THE BOOT HOW I DUMPED MY EX- Consumed in a marathon of family chaos, In Dalkey, Ireland, murdering a pedophile is BOYFRIEND’S BODY SMS texting and hormones, the improbable doing gods work. For two small time Irish stick After Maxine accidentally kills her boyfriend pubescent tennis player runs from a secret.. up men burdened with the task, being Catholic she recruits her best friend Shae to help her Director: Daniel Barosa can be an occupational hazard. clean up the mess. Writer: Daniel Barosa, Humberto Palmas Director: Kevin Shulman Director: Dennis Nadeau Stars: Gabriel Godoy, Bianca Melo, Renata de Paula Writer: George Robert Thompson Writer: Dennis Nadeau Country: Brazil Stars: Gil Darnell, Jason Hice, Andrew Varenhorst Stars: Ezra Brown, Ben Chase, Ryan Convery Language: Portuguese Country: Ireland Country: USA

CONFESSION OF AN EX HIPPIE A SMALL GOOD THING TALE OF A SEX TAPE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE Gawaine Ross offers us a brief but tantalizing Following six people in one community over a Joe, Stanley’s best friend, become boyfriend of Four lovers collide into each others’ lives view of the hippie counter culture movement year, the film looks at the small truths that are Brina who used to date Stanley. Brina shows as one marriage morphs into several of the late 60s, early 1970s. creating the New American Dream. distress over a sex tape with Stanley. intertwining affairs. Director: John McGuinness Director: Pamela Tanner Boll Director: Patrick Jerome Director: Lanre Olabisi Writer: John McGuinness Writer: Pamela Tanner Boll Writer: Patrick Jerome Writer: Lanre Olabisi Stars: Gawaine Ross Stars: Tim Durrin, Sean Stanton, Pete & Jen Stars: Jordan Lloyd, Keith Mascoll, Scott Stars: Cassandra Freeman, Charles Miller, Country: USA Salinetti, Shirley Edgerton, Mark Gerow Neufville Marisol Miranda, Louisa Ward Country: USA , Rwanda, Greece Country: USA Country: USA

SESSION 15 | SAT 4/18 | 8:30PM-10:30PM | PARAMOUNT

THE HEEBIE-JEEBIES 100 YARDS AWAY THE SISTERHOOD OF NIGHT After hearing a scary bedtime story, a young A 15-year-old girl is going through a phase in When a teenage girl says she’s the victim of a boy and girl become convinced they have her life when she has a bitter attitute towards secret network called The Sisterhood of Night, a monsters under their beds. They may be right... all of her surroundings. quiet suburban town becomes the backdrop for a Director: Todd Slawsby Director: Patrick Jerome modern-day Salem witch trial. Writer: Todd Slawsby Writer: Patrick Jerome Director: Caryn Waechter Stars: Katie Preisig, Liam Slawsby Stars: Marie Blaise, Rebecca Zama Writer: Marilyn Fu Country: USA Country: USA Stars: Georgie Henley, Kara Hayward, Laura Fraser Country: USA

NO PLACE FOR SOFT EYES FRANK VS. GOD OPEN 24 HOURS MONOGAMISH A young man must come to terms with the death After his house is destroyed by a tornado, A contract killer gets more than he bargained Helen and John desperately attempt to salvage of his brother after he learns that his brother’s former hotshot lawyer is determined that for after a pit-stop at the convenience store. their relationship. They visit the home of killer has been released from prison. someone must pay. He decides to sue God. Director: Henry Chaisson Sheryl, a lively yet mysterious housewife who Director: Nathaniel Lezra Director: Stewart Schill Writer: Mike Makowsky, Henry Chaisson befriends the unhappy couple. Writer: Nathaniel Lezra Writer: Stewart Schill Stars: Dale Raoul, Chad Todhunter, Brad Leland Director: Bill Hendricks Stars: Jose Guns Alves, Jared Brown, Talli Clemons Stars: Henry Ian Cusick, Ever Carradine, Country: USA Stars: Anthony Alabi, Troy Mittleider, Nicole Country: USA Natalya Oliver Hawkyard, Melanie Lyons Country: USA Country: USA

SESSION 18 | SUN 4/19 | 3:00PM-5:30PM | PARAMOUNT

M CREAM WITHOUT THE ANCESTORS THE LAST DELIVERY CHASING RAINBOWS A motley crew of university students set out on An immigrant Haitian grandmother in Boston A Russian spy is arrested. As the news spreads, Scarlet discovers she was adopted and goes on a journey in pursuit of a mythical form of hash, helps her granddaughter discover Haiti’s history a young Russian woman is facing people’s search for her parents. Thie brings her to the confronting a series of encounters that begin against the will of a religious reactionary. biased judgements. darker side of Boston. to unravel the myriad realities of rebellion. Director: Jonathan Dimaio Director: Patrick Jerome Director: Robert Fritz Director: Agneya Singh, Aban Raza Writer: Jonathan Dimaio, Christelle Pierre-Louis Writer: Patrick Jerome Writer: Robert Fritz Writer: Agneya Singh Stars: Marie Ange Pérou, Kayla Burnett, Rosette Stars: Joe Jafo Carriere, Dan Marshall Stars: Chris Cotton, Jack Gallo, Douglas Korb Stars: Tom Alter, Raaghav Chanana, Ira Dubey Desdunes Country: USA Country: USA, Sweden Country: India Country: USA

SESSION 19 | SUN 4/19 | 3:00PM-5:30PM | BPE STUDIO

HOME SINNERS TOM IN AMERICA THE LOYALIST A homeless man overcome the demons in his In a blue-collar factory town, an alcoholic priest A Tom of Finland doll triggers Michael’s long- A North Korean general checks in on his daughter head to find his way home. The story captures wrestles with his faith when young children buried desires, Betty discovers there have been at a Swiss boarding school to test her loyalty to the universal complexity of all humans. start disappearing at the hands of a serial killer. secrets in their marriage. her motherland. Director: Jennifer Potts Director: Derek Dubois Director: Flavio Alves Director: Minji Kang Writer: Jennifer Potts, Jessica Killam Writer: Derek Dubois Writer: Flavio Alves, Scott Alexander Hess Writer: Storm Garner, Minji Kang Stars: Will Bouvier, Ariana Adrien, Manny Alers Stars: Michael A. LoCicero, Aidan Pine, Stars: Burt Young, Sally Kirkland, Jacques Mitchell Stars: Hyuk Poong Kwon, Woorim Jung, Jong-man Kim Country: USA Noel Ramos Country: Brazil, USA Country: South Korea Country: USA Language: Korean, German

11 SESSION 20 | SUN 4/19 | 6:00PM-8:00PM | PARAMOUNT

GIRLS BIKE OCEAN POND HOMOPHONIA THE BEST DRIVER IN THE COUNTY A silent short film told in just six words. A black Union soldier trapped behind enemy A Comic Take on Gay Marriage. While tending his garden one morning, Joe’s Director: Jim Ford lines after a Civil War battle is astonished by a Director: Jim Jermanok simple tranquil world is randomly ambushed Writer: Jim Ford, Simon Yeo (idea) slave’s refusal to escape with him to freedom. Writer: Jim Jermanok, Mary Niederkorn at gunpoint by Vivian and Jane, a bi-polar pair Country: USA Director: Jay Pennington Stars: Albert M. Chan, Jim Jermanok, of escaped convicts looking to steal his car. Writer: Daniel Irizarry, Jay Pennington Mary Niederkorn Director: Marcus McCollum Stars: Steve Anderson Jr., Jon Coen, Country: USA Writer: Neal Foard Daniel Irizarry Stars: Jenica Bergere, Tara Buck, Pam Cook Country: USA Country: USA

SESSION 21 | SUN 4/19 | 6:30PM-8:30PM | BPE STUDIO SESSION 22 | SUN 4/19

OVUM THE BIG BREAK THE GREAT VICTORY THE ROAD TO SAINTE-MÈRE-ÉGLISE A quirky Brooklyn actress tries The Method to Auditioning for a role in a big production, Biography of a Brazilian judo player with Two soldiers left behind during the Allied approach an Off Broadway role and is drawn a young actress believes this will be her a great victory that went beyond the mats advance in Western France. Discipline will into the shady world of egg donation clinics ‘big break!’ and medals. be tested. and the characters who populate them. Director: Tony Marquez Director: Stefano Capuzzi Lapietra Director: Benjamin Kramer Director: Matt Ott Writer: Rene Burgos, Mannon Butt, Tony Marquez Writer: Stefano Capuzzi Lapietra Writer: Benjamin Kramer Writer: Sonja O’Hara Stars: Sami Ahmed, Joshua Lee Bryant, Stars: Suzana Pires, Sabrina Sato, Caio Castro Producer: Benjamin Kramer, Hunter Nolan, Stars: Sonja O’Hara, Hassan Johnson, Rutanya Alda Dave Brown Country: Brazil Nick Libbey Country: USA Country: USA Language: Portuguese Country: USA

DESCENDANTS OF THE PAST, A SORT OF HOMECOMING MOTHER THE FOURTH CHILD ANCESTORS OF THE FUTURE A coming of age drama set in the world of high As a young man lays dying, his history of anger, An actress who gave up cinema and a man who Before becoming a dad, the son of Chinese school speech and debate. addiction, and resentment is forced to the lost his factory both go to Somalia, where human immigrants try to understand his parents. Director: Maria Burton surface as his mother displays the depths to dignity proves to be the conqueror. Director: Albert M. Chan Writer: Lynn Reed which she’ll go for the love of a child. Director: Vahid Mousaian Writer: Albert M. Chan Stars: Laura Marano, Katherine McNamara, Director: Gregory G. Allen Writer: Vahid Mousaian Stars: Tina Chen, Albert M. Chan, Corey Tow Kathleen Wilhoite Writer: Gregory G. Allen Stars: Mehdi Hashemi, Mahtab Keramati, Hamed Country: USA Country: USA Stars: Michael Nigro, David Skyler, Ari Gelman Behdad, Hossein Moheb Ahari Country: USA Country: Iran

OPENING RED CARPET 6:00pm After Ella 16 min Monogamish 22 min Mail Man 23 min M Cream 114 min OPENING NIGHT PARTY 9:00pm One Armed Man 27 min SESSION 18 SUNDAY APRIL 19 SESSION 1 THU 04/16 SESSION 9B SAT APRIL 18 3:00PM - 5:30PM (PARAMOUNT) 7:00PM - 9:00PM (AMC THEATRE) 12:45PM - 2:30PM (PARAMOUNT) Without the Ancestors 9 min Lines 10 min Moments of Clarity 97 min The Last Delivery 19 min Friends and Romans 97 min Chasing Rainbows 95 min SESSION 10 SAT APRIL 18 SESSION 2 FRI 04/17 1:00PM - 2:30PM (BPE STUDIO) SESSION 19 SUNDAY APRIL 19 1:00PM - 3:00PM (BPE STUDIO) Samba & Jazz 90 min 3:00PM - 5:30PM (BPE STUDIO) I Need my Monster 11min Girls Bike 1 min Valiant 29 min SESSION 11 SAT APRIL 18 Home 14 min The Ambassador To Bern 75 min 3:00PM - 4:30PM (BPE STUDIO) Sinners 18 min The Perfect Woman 7 min Tom in America 16 min SESSION 3 FRI APRIL 17 Iris 9 min The Loyalist 19 min 3:00PM - 5:30PM (PARAMOUNT) Hipopotamy 12 min Ocean Pond 24 min The People’s Forest 48 min Oasis 15min The Challenger 95 min Between Times 14 min SESSION 20 SUNDAY APRIL 19 REM 16 min 6:00PM - 8:00PM (PARAMOUNT) SESSION 4 FRI APRIL 17 In The Clouds 20 min Homophonia 3 min 5:00PM - 7:00PM (BPE STUDIO) The Best Driver in the County 15 min The Stones of Quarries 9 min SESSION 12 SATURDAY APRIL 18 Ovum 86 min La Belle Vie: The Good Life 62min 3:00PM - 5:30PM (PARAMOUNT) Tennis Girl 14 min SESSION 21 SUNDAY APRIL 19 SESSION 5 FRI APRIL 17 Paddys in the Boot 23 min 6:30PM - 8:30PM (BPE STUDIO) 6:00PM - 8:00PM (PARAMOUNT) How I Dumped My Ex Boy Friend’s Body 71 min The Big Break 5 min Love Me Again 25 min The Great Victory 106 min Jimmy Goes to Nollywood 55 min SESSION 13 SATURDAY APRIL 18 5:00PM - 6:30PM (BPE STUDIO) SESSION 22 SUNDAY APRIL 19 SESSION 6 FRI APRIL 17 Confession Of an Ex Hippie 2 min 8:30PM - 10:30PM (PARAMOUNT) 7:30PM - 9:30PM (BPE STUDIO) A Small Good Thing 75 min The Road to Sainte-Mere Eglise 10 min Bully 24 min Descendant of the Past 16 min Love Thy Nature 75 min SESSION 14 SATURDAY APRIL 18 A Sort of Homecoming 88 Min 6:00PM - 8:00PM (PARAMOUNT) SESSION 7 FRI APRIL 17 Tale of a Sex Tape 18 min SESSION 23 SUNDAY APRIL 19 8:30PM - 10:30PM (PARAMOUNT) Somewhere in the Middle 93 min 9:00PM - 11:00PM (BPE STUDIO) The Homeless 20 min Mother 10 min Unfreedom 102 min SESSION 15 SATURDAY APRIL 18 The Fourth Child 85 min 8:30PM - 10:30PM (PARAMOUNT) SESSION 8 SAT APRIL 18 The Hebbie Jibbies 9 min SESSION 24 MONDAY APRIL 20 11:00AM - 12:30PM (BPE STUDIO) 100 Yards Away 20 min (BOSTON MARATHON DAY) An Empty Seat 37 min The Sisterhood of Night 98min 11:00AM - 1:30PM (BPE STUDIO) The Vigil 53 min Extra Screening SESSION 16 SUNDAY APRIL 19 SESSION 9A SAT APRIL 18 12:00PM - 2:30PM (PARAMOUNT) SESSION 25 MONDAY APRIL 20 11:00AM - 2:30PM (PARAMOUNT) No Place for Soft Eyes 18 min (BOSTON MARATHON DAY) Beatniks 2 min Frank Vs God 100 min 2:00PM - 4:30PM (BPE STUDIO) Grapes 8 min Extra Screening Supposed to be First 8 min SESSION 17 SUNDAY APRIL 19 Mounia 9 min 12:00PM - 2:30PM (BPE STUDIO) CLOSING NIGHT PARTY 6:00pm Last Shot 10 min Open 24 Hours 7 min

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