ABOUT THE ARTWORK Last December, more than twenty students entered a competition created in partnership between the Sarasota Film Festival and Ringling College of Art and Design. Entrants were tasked with taking the tagline “See and Be Seen” and creating artwork that would breathe life into this year’s SFF campaign, serving as inspiration for the entire season.
After presenting their ideas and works to SFF’s Board and staff, the winning Artist was chosen. Sarasota native Tyler Mathis has created a triptych of posters organized around the homophonic, multi-dimensional play on words, as both See/Sea and Seen/Scene can be used interchangeably. You will see Tyler’s artwork throughout SFF on street banners, advertisements, trailers and merchandise. Additionally, his prize for winning the contest was to secure a staff position as animator of SFF’s screenwash, the sponsor thank you animation that runs ahead of all films during the Festival.
Throughout the Festival, you will also see SFF logo animations created by Ringling College of Art and Design’s Motion Design Department. This partnership spanning many years gives the sophomore class of Motion Design Department students a semester to create matching 15 second logo reveals and 30 second looping backdrop animations to be used at various Festival events. Congratulations go to Brittany Maugeri and Pramod Sonea whose animation will kick off the Festival on Opening Night, March 31st. Many thanks to Ringling College, the staff, and the students of the Collaboratory and Motion Design programs for their hours of creativity and dedication. INTRODUCTION SFF FILM GUIDE SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM 3 3 7 8 15 29 34 38 58 68 78 SFF 2017 FILM GUIDE FILM 2017 SFF OF CONTENTS TABLE FILMMAKER LOUNGE FILMMAKER April 1 - 9, 11:00am - 6:00pm FL 34236 • (941) 960-2305 • 1776 Main St., Sarasota, BEULAH SFF Members with authenticated Artists, Sponsors, Cinephiles, and Board gratuities is provided, Lounge. Service in the Filmmaker welcome badges are appreciated. are Sarasota Sarasota Film Festival screenings take place at the Regal Hollywood listing. FREE parking with Box in event 20 noted are Any exceptions Theatre. your ticket. of validation, or presentation Office FILM FILM SCREENINGS & PARKING INDEX...... SCHEDULE...... SHORT FILMS ...... FILMS ...... FILMS & FAMILIES...... THROUGH WOMENS EYES FESTIVAL...... EVENTS...... SPONSORS...... MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT...... FESTIVAL INFORMATION...... General Information HOW TO BUY TICKETS TICKET PRICES
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INTRODUCTION administrators with valid ID. (Available in Box Office only) BOX OFFICE Sarasota Film Festival Box Office SPOTLIGHT & CENTERPIECE SCREENING: Lobby of Regal Hollywood 20 Theatre $22 General Admission 1900 Main St., Sarasota, FL $18 Members
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Cash Bar available for anything other than Big Top! anything other for Cash Bar available Our outrageous and high-energy Festival finale! Share industry and filmmakers, friends, your with beers Top Big guests. Acclaimed Atlanta electro-disco duo HANK & CUPCAKES “spin vicious pop that is rocking just out as as it good is for for dancing” (Metromix PostHuffington describes them New as “the most funyou will York). on you year”…see any band in the new to listening have floor. the dance WRAP PARTY DIANE LANE SFF IN CONVERSATION WITH... Florida Studio Theatre 1241 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota FL 34236 Hosted at the elegant and intimate Florida Studio Theatre, the In Conversation With series features in-depth interviews with SATURDAY, APRIL 8 iconic Hollywood faces led by a member of the national press. TIME: TBA For details, call 941-366-6200 or visit SarasotaFilmFestival.com
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FEATURES SFF FOCUS: LGBTQ COMMUNITY BEACH RATS, pg 46 IN BETWEEN, pg 52 Each year, the Sarasota Film Festival presents a line-up of THE FIRST TIME CLUB, pg 51 independent films that feature significant LGBTQ characters THIS IS EVERYTHING: or themes. Our partnership with strong non-profits and allies GIGI GORGEOUS, pg 38 ensure that focused programming serves our community THE WOUND, pg 46 year-round. SHORTS GAME, pg 60 PANEL DISCUSSION: LGBTQ & BLACK THE MESS HE MADE, pg 58 IT WAS YESTERDAY, pg 58 IDENTITIES IN MEDIA LITTLE POTATO, pg 58 BAYARD & ME, pg 61 We emphasize our commitment to showcasing LGBTQ IMAGO, pg 67 voices by bringing together both local community members JORDY IN TRANSITLAND, pg 61 and celebrated filmmakers for a panel discussion. This year, we would be remiss if we did not address the urgent and SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA ongoing conversation surrounding representation in media and the intersection between race and LGBTQ identities.
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THE BLOOP, pg 66 BLOOP, THE pg 64 STAND, ELIAS' FEEDERS,FILTER pg67 NATURE: OUR WONDERFUL CHAMELEON, COMMON THE pg 64 CITIZEN JANE, pg 39 JANE, CITIZEN pg 53 BE LIGHT, THERE LET CONTROL: MISSION OF UNSUNG HEROES THE pg 42 APOLLO, pg 54 RIVERBLUE, IN DREAM, HALF SARASOTA pg 54 REPELLENT THROUGH THE pg 55 FENCE, pg 56 UNIVERSITY, THE SHORTS TOPICAL FILMS TOPICAL FEATURES WHAT WHAT DOES CLIMATE
SUNDAY, APRIL 2 APRIL SUNDAY, FREE 4PM, Florida Studio Theater PANEL DISCUSSION: DESIGNING A A DESIGNING DISCUSSION: PANEL SARASOTA SUSTAINABLE How do we grow? to as our cityenvironment continues mitigate consequences to the natural STUDENT VIDEO CONTEST VIDEO STUDENT Sarasota Film student a video contest presents LLC, Associates, Festival, in students. Each college area submissions from featuring partnership with the question: entry answers BDH A jury of SFF will select the professionals - Manatee Florida Sarasota Programmers and University of winning South films, which will premiere before several of the following feature films highlighted by Environment, our and Sustainability focus. Science, CHANGE MEAN TO MY students ? The GENERATION and the opportunity to prizes cash for competing are slate. Festival film in our 2017 their 3-minute premiere If this topic is of interest to you, we recommend seeing recommend we you, to is of interest If this topic pg 39. FOR THE CITY, CITIZEN JANE: BATTLE Now more than ever, we must employ visionary thinking to ensure the sustainability of our communities communities our of sustainability the ensure to thinking visionary employ must we ever, than more Now and our planet. SFF is proud to focus this year on urgent issues spaces. urban green and ecology, (and diverse resources, solutions) natural of our protection pertaining to the SFF FOCUS:SFF ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE,AND SUSTAINABILITY SFF FOCUS: SPORTS IN CINEMA
Since the earliest days of media, sports were among the most iconic events captured on film. Sports are a hallmark of our culture that celebrate human achievement, community, and grit. Films that document achievements in sports history bring a rich narrative and context to greater social trends. We invite you to join us — and our community partners — in conversations around films that revitalize events in sports history, and touch upon wider themes.
EVENTS SFF WELCOMES KENNY ANDERSON!
Basketball legend Kenny Anderson will visit Sarasota Film Festival with his film, MR. CHIBBS. Anderson has been traveling the country with the film and speaking to teens about how the fleeting nature of fame and success taught him the value of holding on to your integrity, community and sense of self.
MR. CHIBBS will screen for local student athletes before Anderson engages them in inspirational games of ball at both IMG Academy and the Boys & Girls Club of SPORTS IN CINEMA Sarasota. For more information about these events, FEATURES contact [email protected]. SFF FILM GUIDE DARE TO BE, pg 50 THE FOUNDERS, pg 51 MR. CHIBBS, pg 53 SUPERGIRL, pg 55 SWIM TEAM, pg 55 TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON, pg 16 TOMMY'S HONOR, pg 55 PANEL DISCUSSION: SHORTS: ATHLETICS &YOUTH EMPOWERMENT DRIBBLING DREAMS, pg 66 What does it mean to be a true athlete in today’s DUTEE, pg 61 hyper-political, deeply competitive and fame obsessed
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA world? GAME, pg 60 SATURDAY, APRIL 8 THE GRAND ILLUSION, pg 63 TIME: TBA FREE Florida Studio Theater Panelists include Kenny Anderson and members of the World Rowing Championships. For details, call 941-366-6200 or visit SarasotaFilmFestival.com 28
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SFF SPECIAL AWARDS SPECIAL SFF NARRATIVE SHORT FILM (pg 58) SHORT NARRATIVE FAVORITE AUDIENCE PRIZES JURY SPECIAL in 2009. Factory 25 is a home for conceptually provocative provocative conceptually for home a is 25 Factory 2009. in documentaries, whose mission is to expose whose mission is to documentaries, and
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narratives the-radar programs, films, music, and other curiosities. Recent titles include MA, UNCLE KENT 2, STINKING SUN HEAVEN, DON’T SHINE, THE INDEPENDENT VISIONS COMPETITION INDEPENDENT VISIONS Our annual Independent Visions competition celebrates American the filmmakers, best distribution whose a emerging receive will bold,recipients award innovativeThe 48). (pg filmmaking conventional films push the boundaries of 25. Factory deal from FACTORY 25 company is a Brooklyn-based independent film distribution WHEEL AND CHRISTMAS, AGAIN. WHEEL AND CHRISTMAS, NARRATIVE COMPETITION COMPETITION NARRATIVE Each year, we invite films which tell independent perspectives stories to compete in our Narrative fresh,category with (pg 46). global The winning film of and co-Founder Producer notable by donated prize, a cash will receive Sam Slater. Productions, Burn Later TERRY PORTER VISIONARY AWARD VISIONARY PORTER TERRY Porter was Terry a legend in Sarasota film circles, holdingcourt from behind film shone for passion Terry’s Video Renaissance. the incredible at the counter through to his clients, his friends, and and underdog, the for our eye entire an had Terry community. Never stripes, all of afraid films challenging on to take and wonderful. new, all things strange, for and cinematic voices emerging for advocate as a tireless work In honor of Terry’s Film Festival, friendship with the Sarasota his tremendous and for expressions, this year. Visionary Award Porter the 7th Terry Annual present to proud are we the Huisking Foundation. by is sponsored award This WE ARE PROUD TO AWARD DESERVING WINNERS IN THE INWINNERS THE DESERVING AWARD TO PROUD ARE WE ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES: FOLLOWING THE FOLLOWING AWARDS ARE PRESENTED TO FILMS AND THEIR AND THEIR FILMS TO PRESENTED ARE AWARDS FOLLOWING THE FILM NIGHT OUR CLOSING AT FILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM (pg 58) SHORT DOCUMENTARY ANIMATED SHORT FILM (pg 59) SHORT ANIMATED DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (pg 47) FEATURE DOCUMENTARY THROUGH WOMENS EYES PARTNERSHIPS
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Celebrating 18 years of offering fabulous films written, directed and/ BENEFACTOR $700 or produced by women, Through Women’s Eyes (TWE) welcomes you! Four Two-day Day Passes for TWE TWE partners with the Sarasota Film Festival in presenting the best films on April 1 and 2 of current domestic and international, narrative and documentary, Four Reception Tickets short and feature-length independent films. PATRON $350 In addition to seeing the best in women’s film production, watching Two Two-day Day Passes for TWE TWE films means supporting women and communities around the films on April 1 and 2 world. One hundred percent of funds raised by TWE goes toward the Two Reception Tickets non-partisan United States National Committee for UN Women. UN Women provides financial and technical assistance to innovative DONOR $200 programs that end violence against women, promote economic independence and prosperity for women, and foster gender equality.
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA The following tickets will be TWE also partners with Women Make Movies, a New York-based sold only by SFF by phone, in non-profit media arts organization, which encourages women to enter the box office, and online at the world of filmmaking and shine a light on important international sarasotafilmfestival.com women’s issues. For more information about TWE, special pricing on ticket packages, Reception Ticket - $75 and our fantastic films, go to: www.throughwomenseyes.com. TWE One-Day Pass – $65 TWE Two-Day Pass – $120 The Gulf Coast Chapter of USNC for UN Women, Sarasota/Bradenton, Individual Tickets — $15 invites you to join our efforts at empowering women. Learn more Student & Educator Tickets — $10 each about our programs at www.unwomen-usnc.org/gccaboutus. 30
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COMMUNITY premiere at the annual Sarasota Film Festival. See pg. 19 for more details. BOOKER FILM ACADEMY In July 2014, SFF launched a Film Academy at Booker High School. This program offers PHOTO CREDIT: SHAUN GREENSPAN, TRI FORCE PICTURES an intense six-week study of the filmmaking process. Participants script, produce and direct their own film about a local, socially relevant topic. See pg. 20 for more details. SENSORY-FRIENDLY SCREENING For film lovers with cognitive and
SFF FILM GUIDE developmental disabilities. Thoughtfully designed with the theatre lights turned up and the sound turned down. We complete the experience by providing gluten-free snacks at this screening. See pg. 21 for details. MOONLIGHT MOVIES SCHEDULE Bring your chairs and blankets and join SFF and our generous sponsors for public SATURDAY, MARCH 18 movies outside at our beautiful Sarasota “The Secret Life of Pets” Nathan Benderson Park County beaches and parks! All Moonlight SATURDAY, APRIL 1 Movie films are presented to the community free of charge. “Finding Dory” Siesta Beach SATURDAY, APRIL 22 FREE “Jaws” Lido Beach SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA 32
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Sarasota Film Festival is committed to educating and inspiring a future generation of filmgoers and filmmakers.
Beyond our annual Festival, the SFF Education Department offers a number of scholastic programs. Applying the State of Florida Educational standards, students from elementary school through college participate in programming designed to encourage thoughtful citizenship and creativity through film literacy. FILM & FAMILIES & FILM SFF EDUCATION
The mission of the Education Department is to inspire, educate, and entertain students by promoting creativity, collaboration, and community involvement.
Operating both in and out of local classrooms, our department has reached over 15,000 students through filmmaking, film review, screenwriting, and movie screening programs which connect students to meaningful content. When possible we enhance our curriculum with guest appearances by filmmakers and other creative talent associated with the filmmaking process.
SFF FILM GUIDE CLASSROOM CRITIC We believe it is important that students learn how to "read" films just as they learn to read books. Classroom critic is the vehicle through which SFF delivers curriculum using film review, screenwriting and movie screening encouraging mindfulness and critical thinking skills.
SEE JANE STUDIO In this partnership with The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, young boys and girls learn to evaluate the ways gender roles are portrayed in TV and film. These lesson plans help students to be conscious media consumers as they learn about gender representations and stereotypes in media and the world around them.
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA JUNIOR JURY Participation is highly competitive to be a part of Junior Jury, and students are chosen by the SFF Education Director.
Participants screen and review youth films and select the winning film to be screened during Hollywood Nights, the award celebration for youth filmmakers. They also meet with the professional SFF Jury where they learn more about the process of adjudicating films and film industry careers. 34
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workshops and programs. workshops and look forward to year-round year-round to and look forward Screenwriters Colony’s support Screenwriters Festvial is excited to have the have to is excited Festvial industry. The Sarasota Film Sarasota industry. The within the film and television now thriving professionals thriving professionals now e writers-in-residenc Nearly all of its alumni are
Since its inception, more than 40 emerging writers and 65 industry mentors have participated in the Colony’s participated have 65 industry mentors and writers emerging 40 than more inception, its Since Colony has grown into a prestigious incubator of new talent recognized throughout the film community. community. film the throughout recognized talent new of incubator prestigious a into grown has Colony and receive and guidance receive from industry professionals. a Accommodating single writer in its firstyear, the time, space and freedom from the pressures of their daily lives to develop their work, engage with peers engage with peers their work, develop to of their daily lives the pressures from and freedom time, space The Screenwriters Colony was founded in 2002 to provide a select group of emerging screenwriters with screenwriters emerging of group select a provide to 2002 in founded was Colony Screenwriters The SARASOTA HALF IN DREAM SARASOTA THE FIRST TIME CLUB ARE WE NOT CATS ARE WE NOT AMERICAN DREAMS community’s passion for cinema! passion for community’s FEATURES and animated films. Join us celebrating in our feature feature 25 independent narrative, documentary national and international markets. This year, we we year, This markets. national and international by showcasing their work to audiences from from audiences to their work showcasing by our support and of Florida Sarasota filmmakers, FILMMAKERS continue to is proud Film Festival Sarasota The SFF SUPPORTS FLORIDA FLORIDA SFF SUPPORTS
FILMS THAT REFLECT THE RICH HERITAGE AND PERSPECTIVES OF FLORIDA. OF AND PERSPECTIVES HERITAGE RICH THE REFLECT THAT FILMS FLORIDA ON FILM FILM ON FLORIDA CENTERPIECE FILMS THESE FILMS ARE HOT HOT HOT
NARRATIVE Director: Michael Almereyda Producer: Uri Singer FILMS Cast: Lois Smith, Jon Hamm, Geena Davis, Tim Robbins USA/ 99 min
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SUNDAY, APRIL 9 4:30 PM MARJORIE PRIME REGAL CINEMAS HOLLYWOOD 20 Can lost memories be re-learned? Marjorie (Lois Smith) sits in her quiet home, THEATER 10 suffering from dementia, hearing about her life from a "Prime" -- a hologram (Jon Hamm) in the younger form of Marjorie's dead husband Walter. As Marjorie bonds with the unemotional would-be Walter, Marjorie's daughter SFF FILM GUIDE TICKETS and son-in-law (Geena Davis and Tim Robbins) find that altering the past is $22 / MEMBERS $18 as slippery as it seems. Director Michael Almeryda's thoughtful drama poses questions of ethics and identity, with a terrific ensemble led by a pitch-perfect Hamm (MAD MEN).
DOCUMENTARY Director: Barbara Kopple Producers: Barbara Kopple, David Cassidy USA/ 91 min
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SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA 3:45 PM REGAL CINEMAS THIS IS EVERYTHING: GIGI GORGEOUS HOLLYWOOD 20 THEATER 8 A transgender Youtube star, Gigi Lazzarato, aka Gigi Gorgeous, tells the tale of her life, transition and fame in this intimate documentary by acclaimed TICKETS Oscar winner Barbara Kopple (HARLAN COUNTY USA, AMERICAN DREAM, MISS SHARON JONES). Formerly a competitive diver, Gregory Lazzarato's $22 / MEMBERS $18 path to who she really was includes losing her mother to cancer, coming out as gay and living out loud to over 2.4 million Youtube subscribers. Kopple's incisive style and Gigi's glitzy reinvention make for a compelling study of an unforgettable journey. 38
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$22 / MEMBERS $18 $22 / MEMBERS $18 5:00 PM 5:00 Director: Matt Tyrnauer Producers: Matt Tyrnauer, Robert Hammond, Reeser, Corey Garsse, Jessica Van Jennifer Carchman MinUSA/ 92 PM 1:00 Director: James Steve Producers: Julie Goldman, Mark Mitten USA/ 88 Min 3:30 PM 7:30 PM TUESDAY, APRIL 4 APRIL TUESDAY, REGAL CINEMAS 20 HOLLYWOOD 11 THEATER TICKETS DOCUMENTARY 2 APRIL SUNDAY, REGAL CINEMAS 20 HOLLYWOOD 10 THEATER DOCUMENTARY TICKETS SATURDAY, APRIL 1 APRIL SATURDAY, REGAL CINEMAS 20 HOLLYWOOD 10 THEATER 3 APRIL MONDAY, REGAL CINEMAS 20 HOLLYWOOD 10 THEATER SPOTLIGHT FILMS SPOTLIGHT FILMS WE FEEL HAVE AN ESPECIALLY BROAD APPEAL BROAD ESPECIALLY AN FEEL HAVE WE FILMS
a real New York landmark. York New a real particular approach fits. The journalist-turned-urban champion, we see here, was we see here, The journalist-turned-urban champion, fits. particular approach than that, it shows how and why cities work, and where in that philosophy Jacobs' in that philosophy Jacobs' and where and why cities work, how than that, it shows stopped Moses from destroying architectural gems in Greenwich Village. But more Village. But more gems in Greenwich architectural destroying Moses from stopped years ago, and Matt Tyrnauer's masterful documentary depicts how Jacobs Jacobs depicts how documentary masterful ago, and Matt Tyrnauer's years versus Jane Jacobs. The urban planner and the activist clashed more than 50 and the activist clashed urban planner more The Jane Jacobs. versus In the history of New York battles, none had more impact than Robert Moses impact than Robert battles, none had more York of New In the history CITIZEN JANE: BATTLE FOR THE CITY THE FOR BATTLE JANE: CITIZEN In English, Cantonese, and Mandarin with English subtitles. In English, Cantonese, humiliation, money loss, and heartache. loss, and heartache. humiliation, money the government and the underdog is examined as the Sung family faced faced as the Sung family is examined and the underdog the government prosecution for five years, the complex and taxing relationship between between relationship taxing complex and years, the five for prosecution immigrants in Chinatown, New York, creating a close-knit a social hub. Fighting creating York, New in Chinatown, immigrants by Thomas Sung in an effort to give back to the community, Abacus served community, Abacus served to the back give to Sung in an effort Thomas by the sole U.S. bank indicted for mortgage fraud. Family-owned and founded and founded Family-owned fraud. mortgage for the sole U.S. bank indicted In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Abacus Federal Savings Bank was Savings Bank Federal of the 2008 financial crisis, Abacus In the wake ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL TO ENOUGH SMALL ABACUS: SPOTLIGHT FILMS FILMS WE FEEL HAVE AN ESPECIALLY BROAD APPEAL
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 8:00 PM REGAL CINEMAS CITY OF GHOSTS HOLLYWOOD 20 THEATER 11 The Syrian crisis comes into focus in director Matthew Heineman's nail- biting documentary about the ISIS-resistance movement Raqqa is Being TICKETS Slaughtered Silently (RBSS). Since Raqqa, on the Euphrates river, was overtaken, RBSS has sent video to the outside world – at their own peril – to $22 / MEMBERS $18 document inhumanity, death, and desecration. Academy Award- nominated SFF FILM GUIDE Heineman (CARTEL LAND) embedded himself with the group as they moved across the region for their safety and mission. The resulting film is an amazing chronicle of destruction, and urgent resistance, happening in real time.
NARRATIVE Director: Ken Loach Producer: Rebecca O’Brien Cast: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Dylan McKiernan Briana Shann, Kate Rutter, Sharon Percy, Kema Sikazwe United Kingdom/ France/ Belgium 100 Min
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SUNDAY, APRIL 8 An incredibly topical drama of middle-class struggle. Director Ken Loach's 1:45 PM drama about Daniel (Dave Johns), a 59-year-old Brit squeezed on all sides by lack of work due to a medical emergency, a health-care system REGAL CINEMAS immobilized by bureaucracy, lack of savings in his bank account, and a HOLLYWOOD 20 discomfort with modern technology. Daniel's friendship with Katie, a mother THEATER 10 of two kids trying to find housing, helps each deal with day-to-day issues. Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes. TICKETS $22 / MEMBERS $18 40
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$22 / MEMBERS $18 $22 / MEMBERS $18 3:30 PM Director: Joshua Z. Weinstein Producers: Lipschultz, Alex Carlson, Traci Joshua Z. Danny Weinstein, Brook,Finkelman, Ruben Yoni Niborski MenasheCast: Lustig MinUSA/ Israel/ 81 PM 8:00 Director: Brett Haley Producers: Houston King, Sam Bisbee, Rommesmo Erik Cast: Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, NickKrystenOfferman, Ritter, Katharine Ross MinUSA/ 96 7:30 PM 3:15 PM THURSDAY, APRIL 6 APRIL THURSDAY, REGAL CINEMAS 20 HOLLYWOOD 9 THEATER TICKETS NARRATIVE 4 APRIL TUESDAY, REGAL CINEMAS 20 HOLLYWOOD 12 THEATER NARRATIVE REGAL CINEMAS REGAL CINEMAS 20 HOLLYWOOD 10 THEATER TICKETS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 APRIL WEDNESDAY, REGAL CINEMAS 20 HOLLYWOOD 10 THEATER 6 APRIL THURSDAY, SPOTLIGHT FILMS SPOTLIGHT FILMS WE FEEL HAVE AN ESPECIALLY BROAD APPEAL BROAD ESPECIALLY AN FEEL HAVE WE FILMS
In Yiddish with English subtitles In Yiddish of a man forced to go into crisis mode in order to live his way. live to crisis mode in order go into to of a man forced great effect in his narrative debut, letting us in on the customs and character and character us in on the customs debut, letting effect in his narrative great Menashe. Director Joshua Z. Weinstein uses his skills as a documentarian to to uses his skills as a documentarian Joshua Z. Weinstein Menashe. Director a conflict between the two men, not to mention a bunch of awkward dates for for dates mention a bunch of awkward to men, not the two between a conflict should let his brother Eizik (Yoel Weisshaus) raise the boy. This sets in motion in motion sets This the boy. raise Weisshaus) Eizik (Yoel his brother should let believes that rather than raise his son as an unmarried father, Menashe his son as father, an unmarried than raise that rather believes model; if he doesn't, his son could get kicked out of school. The community community out of school. The kicked get model; if he doesn't, his son could is putting pressure on him to marry in order to be a good father and role and role be a good father to marry in order on him to is putting pressure widower and father of a preteen son (Ruben Niborski). Menashe's community son (Ruben Niborski). Menashe's community of a preteen and father widower Borough Park Brooklyn. The title character (played by Menashe Lustig) is a by (played title character The Brooklyn. Park Borough A drama that brings us deep into another world: The Hasidic community in Hasidic community The world: another that brings us deep into A drama MENASHE make the revelations of ordinary life resonate with true grit. resonate life of ordinary the revelations make directed Elliott in the 2015 hit I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS – knows how to to how IN MY DREAMS – knows in the 2015 hit I'LL SEE YOU Elliott directed through his pot dealer (Nick Offerman) to join him. Director Brett Haley – who Haley Brett to join him. Director (Nick Offerman) dealer his pot through award. Having no one to go with him, he spontaneously asks a woman he meets he meets asks woman a he spontaneously go with him, Having no one to award. horns, traveling to a small-time western-film appreciation society to receive an receive to society appreciation a small-time western-film to horns, traveling ago. After he’s given a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, Lee grabs life by the by life Lee grabs cancer, a diagnosis of pancreatic he’s given ago. After brooding about the wife (Katharine Ross) and family he abandoned decades he abandoned decades and family Ross) (Katharine about the wife brooding Western movie star, Lee is at a point where he’s taking lesser movie roles and roles lesser movie he’s taking Lee is at a point where star, movie Western Lee Hayden (Sam Elliott) is not going to ride quietly into the sunset. A former A former the sunset. into ride quietly going to is not (Sam Elliott) Lee Hayden THE HERO SPOTLIGHT FILMS FILMS WE FEEL HAVE AN ESPECIALLY BROAD APPEAL
DOCUMENTARY Director: David Fairhead Producers: Keith Haviland, Gareth Dodds FILMS Cast: Dr Chris Kraft, Gene Kranz, Glynn Lunney, Gerry Griffin, John Aaron, Ed Fendell, Jerry Bostick, Jim Lovell, Gene Cernan, Charlie Duke United Kingdom/ 99 Min
SUNDAY, APRIL 2 6:15 PM REGAL CINEMAS HOLLYWOOD 20 THEATER 11 MISSION CONTROL: THE UNSUNG HEROES OF APOLLO MONDAY, APRIL 3 7:15 PM In almost 60 years of human space flight, astronauts have been the face of bravery, but it was the engineers on the ground who made it all possible. This REGAL CINEMAS fascinating, in-depth documentary set on Florida's space coast lets the men
SFF FILM GUIDE HOLLYWOOD 20 and women who built the space program tell their stories. Without them, the THEATER 9 moon would have remained out of reach and American adventurism would have remained Earth-bound. Combining the excitement of "Apollo 13" and the TICKETS behind-the-scenes drama of "Hidden Figures," director David Fairhead uses $22 / MEMBERS $18 new interviews and extraordinary NASA footage to craft a gripping chronicle of courage. NARRATIVE Director: Amber Tamblyn Producers: Wren Arthur, Amy Hobby, Anne Hubbell, Amber Tamblyn Cast: Alia Shawkat, Janet McTeer, Alfred Molina USA/ 96 Min
SUNDAY, APRIL 2 2:15 PM REGAL CINEMAS HOLLYWOOD 20 THEATER 12 SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA MONDAY, APRIL 3 PAINT IT BLACK 7:00 PM The void left after a loss is explored poetically and intensely throughout REGAL CINEMAS Amber Tamblyn's directorial debut. Soulful, fiery Josie (a gripping Alia HOLLYWOOD 20 Shawkat) struggles to keep her emotional bearings after her boyfriend THEATER 12 Michael's suicide. For Michael's angry, remote mother (Janet McTeer), the easiest thing to do is blame Josie. How each woman comes to terms with a TICKETS darkness that neither was expecting, and come to know each other's pain, is at the heart of this emotional drama. Costarring Alfred Molina in another $22 / MEMBERS $18 essential supporting turn. 42
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$22 / MEMBERS $18 $22 / MEMBERS $18 2:30 PM Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Dardenne Luc Producers:Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd Cast: Adèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Minnella Louka Renier, Jérémie Min 113 Belgium/ France/ PM 5:00 Director: Jeff Malmberg, Chris Shellen Producers: Jeff Malmberg,Chris Shellen, Matt Radecki USA/ Min 90 Italy/ PM 6:00 5:30 PM TUESDAY, APRIL 4 APRIL TUESDAY, REGAL CINEMAS 20 HOLLYWOOD 12 THEATER TICKETS NARRATIVE 3 APRIL MONDAY, REGAL CINEMAS 20 HOLLYWOOD 11 THEATER DOCUMENTARY TICKETS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 APRIL WEDNESDAY, REGAL CINEMAS 20 HOLLYWOOD 9 THEATER 6 APRIL THURSDAY, REGAL CINEMAS 20 HOLLYWOOD 9 THEATER SPOTLIGHT FILMS SPOTLIGHT FILMS WE FEEL HAVE AN ESPECIALLY BROAD APPEAL BROAD ESPECIALLY AN FEEL HAVE WE FILMS
empathy. that tracks the disquieting nature of accidents and the emotional depths of depths and the emotional of accidents nature the disquieting that tracks happened and why. The Dardennes brothers' latest is a moving drama drama is a moving latest brothers' Dardennes happened and why. The girl winds up dead, Jenny becomes obsessed with piecing together what obsessed together with piecing girl winds up dead, Jenny becomes trying unsuccessfully to enter the hospital where Jenny works. When the Jenny works. where the hospital enter to trying unsuccessfully into question when it's revealed that Jenny was unaware of a young woman woman of a young unaware that Jenny was question when it's revealed into professional change but devoted to helping people. That devotion is called is called devotion helping people. That to change but devoted professional Jenny (Adèle Haenel) is a young doctor in Belgium conflicted over a over in Belgium conflicted doctor Haenel) is a young Jenny (Adèle THE UNKNOWN GIRL UNKNOWN THE In Italian with English with subtitles. In Italian documentary unlike any you've ever seen. ever any you've unlike documentary they are. It's been a tradition here for half a century. A very intimate, special intimate, A very half a century. for here It's been a tradition are. they this unique way to confront their issues, learn something new, and define who new, their issues, learn something confront to this unique way depict their lives in a play. Children, couples, the elderly -- all take part in the elderly -- all take couples, in a play. Children, depict their lives Tuscany, an annual theatrical event allows the 136 residents of a village to of a village to the 136 residents allows event an annual theatrical Tuscany, Not only is all the world a stage, but all of a small Italian town is one, too. In is one, too. town but all of a small Italian a stage, only is all the world Not SPETTACOLO COMPETITION JURIES
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ADDIE MORFOOT See pg. 46 JASON BENJAMIN DAVID EDELSTEIN Jason Benjamin is a producer David Edelstein is the chief Addie Morfoot is an and director of documentary movie critic for New York entertainment reporter who has films. His latest project, SUITED, Magazine (and its culture site, covered the film industry for BEACH RATS premiered at the 2016 Vulture) and NPR’s Fresh Air, as the last 13 years. Her work has Sundance Film Festival where it well as a commentator on film appeared in Variety, The New was nominated for an Audience and television for CBS Sunday York Times Magazine, The Wall CLASH CLASH Award. SUITED went on to Morning. For ten years, he was Street Journal, Crain's New York film critic for Slate, and before Business, The Los Angeles Times, make its international premiere that The New York Post and The GRADUATION at the Hot Docs Film Festival Documentary Magazine and Village Voice. His writing has Adweek and was broadcast on HBO. also appeared in the New York . Her personal essays KATIE SAYS GOODBYE Jason has produced multiple Times, Vanity Fair, and Rolling have been published in Marie episodes of the television show Stone. A frequent guest host Claire, Town & Country, Salon, ANIMAL PRECINCT and his first on Turner Classic Movies, he Cosmopolitan, the Los Angeles ONE WEEK AND A DAY feature documentary CARNIVAL has presented two four-Friday Times, and Brain, Child. She lives ROOTS was shown at the AFI spotlight programs on Francois in New Jersey with her husband THE WOUND Silverdocs Festival. He is the Truffaut (2014) and Orson Welles and son. recipient of a special citation (2015). He is the co-author, with from the City of New York for his producer Christine Vachon, of work on CARNIVAL ROOTS and the L.A. Times bestselling book SFF FILM GUIDE the 2016 Freedom Award from on independent filmmaking, the Transgender Legal Defense Shooting to Kill. He lives in and Education Fund for his work Brooklyn, NY. on SUITED.
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FILMS AARON HILLIS AMY BERG EDWARD DOUGLAS Aaron Hillis is the Manager Amy Berg is a critically acclaimed, Edward Douglas has been See pg. 47 of Film & Creative Outreach Emmy-award winning and reviewing and writing about for the crowdfunding platform Oscar-nominated documentary movies for over 15 years, THE CHALLENGE Indiegogo. He was praised by filmmaker. She was nominated most of those for the website Brooklyn Magazine as one of for an Academy Award and a ComingSoon.net, but more THE CINEMA "The 100 Most Influential People DGA Award for her documentary recently for the NY Daily News, in Brooklyn Culture.” Aaron is DELIVER US FROM EVIL. Film Journal, Den of Geek and TRAVELLERS also a filmmaker, programmer, She also directed WEST OF others. Recently, he revived and proprietor of Video Free MEMPHIS, which premiered at his long-running weekly movie
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA DINA Brooklyn (one of the last DVD the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, column, The Weekend Warrior, rental stores in NYC). He has was BAFTA nominated, won a at LRM (Latino Review Media). THE FORCE contributed to The Village WGA Documentary Screenplay He has lived in New York City for Voice, VICE, Vanity Fair, Time Award, and was released by thirty years. Out NY, LA Weekly, Variety, Sony Pictures Classics. Her LAST MAN IN ALEPPO IFC News, Indiewire, Filmmaker, projects include PROPHET'S Bright Ideas, GreenCine Daily, PREY and JANIS: LITTLE GIRL NOWHERE TO HIDE Premiere Magazine, and Spin. BLUE, which premiered at the His co-directorial debut feature, 2015 Venice and Toronto Film FISH KILL FLEA, premiered at Festivals. She is currently working SXSW 2007. on an HBO docuseries which is the examination of the retrial of a convicted killer and his bid to prove his innocence. 44
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I S AXIS LOVE CILAOS FRAUD LEMON FILMS FILMS MONKEY MINH TÂM See pg. 48 THE SILENCE BON VOYAGE THE BUS TRIP VISIONS SHORTS STORY A LOVE LITTLE POTATO SQUIRREL ISLAND YESTERDAY IT WAS COMPETITION THE MESS HE MADE INDEPENDENT THE STRANGE ONES - HOMELAND NUTAG PERSON TO PERSON PERSON TO FORGOTTEN REASON FORGOTTEN CALIFORNIA DREAMS NARRATIVE COMPETITION NARRATIVE ANIMATION COMPETITION ANIMATION WHAT HAPPENED TO HER HAPPENED TO WHAT DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION DOCUMENTARY THREE CONVERSATIONS ON LIFE THREE CONVERSATIONS BROKEN - THE WOMEN’S PRISON AT HOHENECK PRISON AT BROKEN - THE WOMEN’S COMPETITION COMPETITION JURIES Writer/Director Writer/Director Joel resides in Grand Rapids, MI Potrykus working with his production band, Sob recent Noisse. film, His COOKBOOK THE most ALCHEMIST along (SXSW, with the final installment of 2016), BUZZARD his (SXSW, 2014), have been released ANIMAL by Oscilloscope feature, debut His Laboratories. TRILOGY, APE (Winner Director, Locarno Film Festival of 2012), Best through New Factory 25. Along with found teaches Potrykus production, screenwriting at Grand Valley distribution State University. JOEL POTRYKUS
MATT GRADY Matt producer, Grady, is the founder of independent Factory filmcompany 25, launched distribution Factory an in 25 2009. conceptually provocative is and documentaries.narratives a home Grady was recently named "One for of the Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture," been and called has "One of important curatorial voices of the most independent American new, films." His mission isthe to world to under-the-radar expose programs, films, titles Recent curiosities. other music, HEAVEN, STINKING MA, include and SUN DON’T SHINE, COLOR WHEEL. His and production THE credits include APPLESAUCE, Onur SUMMERBLOOD, and COOKLYN. Tukel's OF SASCHKA UNSELD Saschka Unseld is a born writer and After director. German- directing multiple awards winning short the 2013 Pixar short films THE BLUE including UMBRELLA, Oculus he Story he now operates co-founded as Creative Studio Director, helping to explore where the future of VR storytelling. His latest Experience Story DEAR and his independent VR Dance Studio ANGELICA project VR THROUGH premiered YOU at Sundance 2017. both
JEREMY GERARD JEREMY Jeremy Gerard is a critic and columnist at Deadline.com, which he joined in April,after eight years at Bloomberg 2014 News. His him career from the has New York wherehe the was Times, Broadway taken wherereporter, he to Variety, was New and York chief drama bureau critic, to New magazine,York where he was chief editor andculture features columnist for nearly a decade. Gerard has served as chairman of the jury for the Pulitzer Prize NewtheDrama, president offor Drama CriticsYork Circle, and has taught cultural reporting and criticism at Columbia University University and WittesCarla wife his graduateand Jeremy New schools. inlive Manhattan. York
Andrew Hevia American is co-producedMiami,Florida.He a filmmaker Cubanthe groundbreaking, three- time Academy winning Award from film MOONLIGHT and is a co- founder of Borscht Corp, the non-profit film collective behind the Borscht Film Festival, which was named Coolest Film Festivals one in the of World" the by “25 called "the weirdest film Moviemakerfestival on and the planet"He has produced by experimental IndieWire. MacArthur the with theater Genius and Academy Award winning playwright Alvin Tarell McCraney and moonlights as a documentary filmmakertime allows. when ANDREW HEVIA ANDREW FILMS IN COMPETITION NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS BEACH RATS CLASH GRADUATION
Director: Eliza Hittman Director: Mohamed Diab Director: Cristian Mungiu Producers: Drew Houpt, Brad Becker-Parton, Producers: Mohamed Hefzy, Eric Lagesse, Producer: Cristian Mungiu Paul Mezey, Andrew Goldman Moez Masoud Cast: Adrian Titieni, Maria Drâgus, Cast: Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, Cast: Nelly Karim, Hany Adel, Tarek Abdel Lia Bugnar, Mâlina Manovici, Vlad Ivanov Kate Hodge Aziz, Mai El Ghaity, Mohaem El Sabaey Romania/ 128 Min Egypt/ France/ 97 Min USA/ 95 Min Residing in a small mountain town in Frankie, an aimless Brooklyn teen caught in Mohamed Diab presents his much anticipated Transylvania, physician Romeo Aldea's wishes between his cancer-ridden father and his follow-up to CAIRO 678, CLASH, set in Cairo, for his daughter Eliza to escape Romania and mother’s pressure to get a girlfriend, resorts summer of 2013 two years after the Egyptian study abroad are realized when she receives a to spending his days causing trouble with revolution. In the midst of celebrating the scholarship to study in the UK - contingent on delinquent friends and flirting with older men ousting of Islamist president Morsi, a number her passing her final exams. However, being online. When his webcamming intensifies, of participants diverging in political views and attacked the day before her final exams puts Frankie must balance his increasing amount social backgrounds are detained in a police Romeo in a moral dilemma where he must of hookups, a potential new girlfriend, and truck. Pro-army supporters and Brotherhood weigh the choices of corruption to ensure Eliza’s closeted sexuality. BEACH RATS examines the members are brought together only by their success or the principles he raised her on. societal expectations and internal struggle of unfortunate fate, and in suffocatingly close a teen struggling to reconcile his competing proximity. Shot entirely in an eight meter truck, In Romanian with English subtitles desires. the sense of chaos and claustrophobia makes you question whether it’s safer inside or out THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 4:00 PM, THEATER 12
SFF FILM GUIDE FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 6:30 PM, THEATER 12 as the sense of national unity disintegrates. SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 5:45 PM, THEATER 11 SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 11:00 AM, THEATER 7 In Arabic with English subtitles
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Director: Wayne Roberts Director: Asaph Polonsky Director: John Trengove Producers: Max Born, Eric Schultz, Carlo Sirtori, Producers: Saar Yogev, Naomi Levari Producers: Elias Ribeiro, Cait Pansegrouw Benjamin Steiner, David Steiner, Cast: Shai Avivi, Evgenia Dodina, Tomer Cast: Nakhane Touré, Bongile Mantsai, Jacob Wasserman Kapon Niza Jay Ncoyini Cast: Olivia Cooke, Christopher Abbott, Israel/ 98 Min South Africa/ Germany/ Netherlands/ France/ Mary Steenburgen, Jim Belushi, Mireille Enos, 88 Min After the weeklong mourning period of Shiva Keir Gilchrist, Chris Lowell
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA Xolani, a lonely factory worker, joins the men USA/ 88 Min following their son’s passing, the grief stricken couple, Eyal and Vicky, struggle to resume their of his community in a remote mountain camp to initiate a group of teenage boys during At seventeen years old, kindness is practically daily lives. Vicky seeks to keep a routine and Ukwaluka, an age old rite of passage into an affliction for Kate, a waitress at the small return to her ordinary schedule, reluctant to manhood. Tasked with mentoring Kwanda, town’s diner who gladly hands over her wages to show a break in her facade. In contrast and an a semi-westernized, defiant initiate, Xolani’s her alcoholic mother. An irrepressible optimist, effort of avoidance, Eyal turns to his marijuana- life begins to unravel as the observant boy she turns to prostitution in order to save up to fueled coping mechanism, which drives him on discovers his best-kept secret when he tries escape New Mexico and pursue a new life in an unexpected day excursion. Accompanied by to reignite relations with a fellow mentor. San Francisco. A hopeless romantic, falling his neighbor, he discovers and appreciates the In a conflict of sexuality and masculinity, he in love with ex-con, Bruno, tests her unfailing things still worth finding happiness in. must choose between his passionate love optimism and tenacity of youth. Her endearing for his childhood friend or heed Kwanda’s innocence disintegrates as she’s forced to face exhortations to face an uncertain future. In Hebrew with English subtitles betrayal and the brutal reality of life. In Xhosa with English subtitles THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 6:45 PM, THEATER 12 FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 4:15 PM, THEATER 12 FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 8:30 PM, THEATER 7 THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1:45 PM, THEATER 12 46 SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1:15 PM, THEATER 12 SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 12:45 PM, THEATER 11
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In Arabic with English subtitles Dating back 40 centuries, falconry’s prestige remains undiminished in contemporary Arab culture. A sign of extreme old sport wealth, is put in the this same context as ageluxury cars, pet leopards and private intensity planes. over The these animals Yuri is Ancarani’s depicted voyage to by the Qatar to desert document the competition and of his a bird. falconer This strangerecounts an unassuming desert mix of technological weekend advancement and mother nature. THE CHALLENGE
and the community they serve. thepeople whoclaim defend to andprotect us examines examines the tumultuous relationship between return with novel accusations. THE FORCE headway, the corrupt and scandal-laden past enthusiasm, but when he seems to be making demand for transparency are initially met with mistrust. Whent’s honest intentions and divide between police and the community’s clearminded idealist, effortanin to bridge the Department hires Chief Sean Whent, a young, misconduct, the notorious Oakland Police Having been under federal monitoring for THE FORCE FILMS IN COMPETITION INDEPENDENT VISIONS FILMS AXIS CALIFORNIA DREAMS FRAUD
Director: Aisha Tyler Director: Mike Ott Director: Dean Fleischer-Camp Producers: Aisha Tyler, Barry Sonders, Producers: Heika Burnison, Nicole Arbusto, Producers: Riel Roch-Decter, Sebastian Pardo Lemar Vertel Scott, R. Vaughn Gill Alex Gioulakis USA/ 52 Min Cast: Emmett Hughes Cast: Carolan J. Pinto, Cory Zacharia, USA/ 90 Min Neil Harley, Patrick Llaguno, A middle-class family goes to extremes to Kevin "K-NINE" Gilger, Mark Borchardt achieve the American Dream in this masterfully Actress Aisha Tyler (ARCHER, THE TALK, USA/ 85 Min edited found footage documentary hybrid. WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?, CRIMINAL Director Dean Fleischer-Camp discovers on MINDS), in her directorial debut, shoots an Mike Ott presents an intimate look into the YouTube over 100 hours of home footage entire film inside one car in Los Angeles. It’s lives of five unique individuals who all possess shot by an unknown working-class man who not a great day for Tristan (Emmett Hughes, big Hollywood aspirations but have never obsessively filmed his family for more than 7 who is also the screenwriter) – his life is falling had the opportunity to pursue their dreams. years. Birthday parties, trips to the mall, family apart and everyone is abandoning him at his Ranging from celebrity impersonators to vacations--seemingly endless footage of their time of need. Taut, tense, claustrophobic, and struggling writers, these aspiring actors are mundane activities are skillfully shaped into dramatic. given the chance to play a role as themselves a provocative and unexpected narrative that in this film within a film. The ambiguity between keeps you on the edge of your seat. At once FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 6:30 PM, THEATER 8 what is true and what is fabricated creates a meditative and thrilling, FRAUD is the director’s SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 3:30 PM, THEATER 8 borderline uncomfortable yet bitingly funny unique and layered vision of capitalism, film that reveals the entrancing hypnotic grip personal identity, and biography in media. that Hollywood, in some way or form, has on SFF FILM GUIDE everyone. PRECEDED BY MOHAMMAD SO-AND-SO
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LEMON PERSON TO PERSON THE STRANGE ONES
Director: Janicza Bravo Director: Dustin Guy Defa Director: Lauren Wolkstein, Producers: David Bernon, Paul Bernon, Producers: Sara Murphy, Toby Halbrooks, Christopher Radcliff Houston King, Sam Slater, Han West James Johnston Producers: Sebastien Aubert, Michael Prall, Cast: Brett Gelman, Judy Greer, Michael Cera, Cast: Abbi Jacobson, Michael Cera, Tavi Eric Schultz, Shani Geva, Nia Long, Shiri Appleby, Fred Melamed Gevinson, Philip Baker Hall, Daniela Taplin Lundberg USA/ 85 Min Bene Coopersmith, George Sample III Cast: Alex Pettyfer, James Freedson-Jackson, USA/ 84 Min Emily Althaus, Gene Jones
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA Isaac, a middle-aged acting teacher residing USA/ 80 Min in Los Angeles, watches his life unravel after Over the course of a windy day in Manhattan, his girlfriend of 10 years leaves him. LEMON PERSON TO PERSON follows the lives of an As two brothers traverse the remote America presents a deranged self-portrait of Isaac as eclectic cast of characters on a seemingly landscape, mysterious events surround their he accepts that things don’t come naturally normal day. From a jazz buff record dealer, travels. In what appears to be a simple to him and satiates his passive-aggressive a youth style journalist, a crime reporter with vacation, events quickly take a turn to reveal a tendencies by berating his college students. her trainee, a depressive houseguest, and a dark and complex web of secrets. His limited social skills and self-obsession repairman - this cast of characters never cross FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 4:15 PM, THEATER 8 create a quirky amalgamation of feelings as paths but rather are brought together by the SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 12:45 PM, THEATER 8 we are presented with the awkward series of city, focusing on the appreciation of otherwise events that comprise his life as a failing actor. overlooked emotional triumphs.
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America, since the beginning of its history, has served as a haven for those who are in search of a place to live free from the things which have always compelled people to move. AMERICAN DREAMS chronicles the stories of four young women who explain their decisions, or a decision made for them, of abandoning their homeland to come to America. This intimate documentary discusses the history of the country’s immigration and examines the driving forces, among them poverty, fear, persecution, and hope, that make men and women risk everything to come to America. AMERICAN DREAMS
Following the creation of the Anniversary 70th issue, constructs 44 PAGES a portait of the cultural phenomenon, Highlights introducing the quirky people who Magazine, diligently and passionate produce this publication - from the first editorial meeting to its delivery in homes nationwide. Family-owned since revealing icon, American 1946, an remains Highlights the rich, tragic history, the state of childhood, the impact of technology, and the journey of the publication for “the world’s most important people” - our children. 44 PAGES FILMS NARRATIVE DOCUMENTARY DOCUMENTARY FILMS
BORN GUILTY BRIMSTONE & GLORY CALL ME DAD
Director: Max Heller Director: Viktor Jakovleski Director: Sophie Weisner Producers: Raymond Hauserman, Max Heller, Producers: Dan Janvey, Elizabeth Lodge Producers: Madeleine Hetherton, Rebecca William Mahoney Stepp, Kellen Quinn, Affonso Gonçalves, Benh Barry Cast: Jay Devore, Rosanna Arquette, David Zeitlin Australia/ 80 Min USA/ Mexico/ 67 Min Coussins Can a violent man change? CALL ME DAD USA/ 101 Min Since 1989, the small Mexico City suburb is the story of men who have perpetrated Lonely and frazzled New York social worker of Tultepec has celebrated the National family violence. The film follows a group of Judy (Rosanna Arquette) constantly messes Pyrotechnic Festival, a nine day firework men in counseling as they attempt to change up her own life. Her son Marty (Jay Devore) is festival celebrating San Juan de Dios, the themselves and modify their behavior. These trying to be creative in his advertising career patron saint of fireworks makers. Known for men struggle to maintain intimate relationships and be a good boyfriend to Leslie (Keesha hand-making more than half the fireworks for without resorting to abuse, physical or Sharp). When Marty's free-spirited Aussie pal the entire country, they take pride in displaying otherwise, while working to heal the fragile Rawl (David Coussins) shows up, Marty hires them at this annual event. BRIMSTONE & bonds with their loved ones. Rawl to see Judy and "restore her to health" GLORY places you in the midst of explosions -- any way it takes. Director Max Heller's and smoke filled scenes, creating a mix of In English and Tok Pisin with English subtitles heartfelt, ensemble comedy is filled with wry, palpable danger and indescribable awe. sly, funny and sexy connections reminiscent of SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1:30 PM, THEATER 7 Nora Ephron, Woody Allen and Rob Reiner’s SFF FILM GUIDE In Spanish with English subtitles WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2:30 PM, THEATER 8 romantic concoctions. PRECEDED BY THE BLOOP FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2:15 PM, THEATER 10 SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 4:00 PM, THEATER 11 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 5:45 PM, THEATER 12 THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1:30 PM, THEATER 9
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COMMUNION DARE TO BE DEALT Director: Adam Reist Director: Anna Zamecka Director: Luke Korem Producers: Adam Reist, Dayna Reist, Matt Producers: Anna Wydra Producers: Russell Wayne Groves, Luke Korem Lagle Poland/ 72 Min Cast: Richard Turner USA/ 91 Min USA/ 85 Min Ola, a fourteen year old girl, is forced to grow DARE TO BE follows a series of rowers ranging up quickly in order to take care of her autistic Sixty-two year old Richard Turner holds the from novice girls to women training for the title of one of the greatest card magicians and brother Nikodem, dysfunctional, alcoholic Olympics on their journey to not only excel at SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA is known within the community as a master father, and absent mother, who resides with their sport, but chronicle the development of her boyfriend. Forced to adapt and adopt a “card mechanic” yet is completely blind. DEALT the human spirit. Rowing causes more than chronicles Turner’s life as he struggled with role she’s much too young to fill, Ola strives just a physical change but exhibits influence to reunite her family during Nikodem’s First losing his vision as a child, his mentoring by Dai that molds the unique qualities of rowers, who Vernon, overcoming insurmountable obstacles, Communion where the seemingly impossible on a journey to discover the sport, discover strength, hope, and optimism of a young girl and his unwavering dedication in the face of themselves. We learn along their journey to adversity to achieve his current reputation and reveals the possibility of change when change overcome obstacles and achieve greatness that seems impossible. success. The combination of archival materials, success is defined by more than just a medal, family interviews, and intimate footage reveal but rather individual triumphs and the fact that one of magic’s greatest hidden treasures. In Polish with English subtitles they can define their own success. PRECEDED BY BECAUSE THE WORLD SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2:00 PM, THEATER 11 FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 7:15 PM, THEATER 10 NEVER STOPS SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 10:30 AM, THEATER 10 MONDAY, APRIL 3, 6:30 PM, THEATER 8 50
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SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 1:30 PM, THEATER 7 PM, THEATER 1:30 9, APRIL SUNDAY, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1:45 PM, THEATER 8 PM, THEATER 3, APRIL 1:45 MONDAY, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 7:30 PM, THEATER 7 PM, THEATER 1, APRIL 7:30 SATURDAY, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 10:45 AM, 11 THEATER 1, APRIL 10:45 SATURDAY, Director: Kôji Fukada Producers: Masa Sawada, Hiroshi Niimura Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Mariko Tsutsui, Kanji Furutachi, , Momone Taiga Shinokawa, Kana Mahiro Japan/ France/ 118 Min Director: Carrie Schrader, Charlene Fisk Producers: Carrie Schrader, Phoebe Brown, Charlene Fisk USA/ 89 Min HARMONIUM An explosive chronicles family the collapse of a seemingly ordinary drama, old acquaintance an makes Japanese as family HARMONIUM a reappearance in their lives requesting a job. In the midst of trying to make ends meet for his mysteriousfamily, Toshio’s acquaintance, Mr. becomesYasaka, more involved in his family’s life, throwing it into disarray revealing by the true depth of their relationship, the hidden strains of marital life, and human motives. subtitles Japanese English In with THE FOUNDERS They were not supposed to be athletes. They were not supposed to get paid to play. They were not supposed to call the shots. But in battled 1950, society, finances 13 and sometimes even each other amateur to stake their claim to become women professional sportswomen golfers creating by the Ladies Professional Golf THE Association FOUNDERS (LPGA). is about finallythose recognizing unseen effortswomen and identifying PRECEDED IDAC BY NARRATIVE DOCUMENTARY SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2:15 PM, THEATER 9 PM, THEATER 1, APRIL 2:15 SATURDAY, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 11:15 AM, 10 THEATER 8, APRIL 11:15 SATURDAY, Director: Maite Alberdi Producer: Maite Alberdi, Denis Vaslin Chile/ France/ Netherlands/ 83 Min Director: Laura Terruso Producers: Margherita Arco, Neda Armian, Laura Terruso Cast: Wyatt Cenac, Greta Lee, Maria Dizzia USA/ Min 82 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2:45 PM, THEATER 10 PM, THEATER 5, APRIL 2:45 WEDNESDAY, THE GROWN UPS four middle-aged students at a school for chronicles the Down Syndrome children as their desire for lives of independence clashes with the emotional and financial shortcomings.quarrels, misbehavior, secrets, Following and love their and desire, this film creates anempathetic view on the intimate tragic, inescapable and and inability conflict between will make to progress as they approach old age. subtitles English SpanishIn with THE GROWN-UPS Struggling writer David Warwik (Wyatt Cenac) lives in the shadow of his wife Jennifer (GretaLee), a young, popular literary figure. Having just released a new bestseller, the couple is invited her by publisher to attend an artists’ salon at his home in Connecticut where David is thrust into a competitive art setting that forces him to face his fears and creativeown short- comings. In the company of a various literary success, wife’s escape unablefigures his and to the trip takes an unexpected turn where David must reconcile his demons and regain control of his life and work. FITS AND STARTS NARRATIVE NARRATIVE
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In Bulgarian with English subtitles BulgarianIn English with A poor world railway worker’s is turned upside down when he abandoned on the tracks in Kristina finds Grozeva absorbing tragicomedy, Valchanov’s and Petar a huge pile GLORY. He decides toof cash do the honorable thing and turn it over the police, but a careless government propaganda team eager to capitalize on the story sends his life spinning out of control. Set against the backdrop contemporary where of Bulgarian society, corruption and bureaucracy are givens, GLORY is a mysterious journey of one race against man’s time to expose the truth and regain his dignity. GLORY
Four teenagers on the brink of adolescence, full of vitality and naiveté, make of friendshipa vow by pricking their fingers andThe teens sharing embark on midnight adventures and blood. unknowingly venture into the dangerous world of sex, drugs, and HIV where their friendshipis tested as they experience the pain of loss, ache of betrayal, and chaos.centers on the difficulties This teensface local in today’s film America and the unexpected consequences of their actions. THE FIRST TIME CLUB TIME FIRST THE FILMS DOCUMENTARY NARRATIVE NARRATIVE FILMS
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CHANGING THE WORLD Director: Maysaloun Hamoud Director: Rachel Lambert Producer: Shlomi Elkabetz Producers: Jeff Nichols, Sonny Mallhi Director: Lilly Rivlin Cast: Mouna Hawa, Sana Jammelieh, Cast: Michael Abbott Jr., Marin Ireland, Producer: Lilly Rivlin Shaden Kanboura Paul Sparks, Madisen Beaty, Celia Weston, USA/ 62 Min Israel/ France/ 103 Min Jon Michael Hill, Deirdre O'Connell USA/ 95 Min Heather Booth is one of the most productive The lives of three contemporary Palestinian social change organizers in history that you women intertwine in a Tel Aviv apartment Andrew, a bearded loner who returns to his have NEVER heard of. She epitomizes the where they struggle to break free of societal small hometown in Kentucky, faces familial power of a single individual “in the trenches” and cultural expectations. Living independently animosity for testifying in the murder trial to make a difference on behalf of the causes in the heart of Tel Aviv, separated from their against his brother, and must now decide in which she believes. Over the past 50 years, families and the imposition of tradition, they whether or not to participate in his parole plea. she has masterminded 70+ varied and (mostly) struggle with staying true to themselves Bearing the brunt of the blame for his family’s successful community actions and political as they challenge the cultural ideals and misfortune, Andrew struggles with betrayal, campaigns, for a wide variety of causes about expectations that surround them. However, resentments, and how far he’ll go to repair his which she is passionate. She is a master of the they discover unity through their attempts to broken relationships. art, tactics, strategy and magic of organizing balance tradition and modernity, citizenship PRECEDED BY ON TIME for social and political transformation. and culture, fealty and freedom. SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 6:00 PM, THEATER 8 SFF FILM GUIDE SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 3:15 PM, THEATER 7 In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 6:45 PM, THEATER 9 MONDAY, APRIL 3, 4:15 PM, THEATER 8 PRECEDED BY IMAGO SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1:00 PM, THEATER 8 TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 7:45 PM, THEATER 9
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INTO THE WHO KNOWS! KING OF THE BELGIANS LA SOLEDAD
Director: Micah Barber Directors: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth Director: Jorge Thielen Armand Producers: Alexandra Malick, Producers: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth Producers: Jorge Thielen Armand, Adriana Brittney Shepherd Cast: Peter Van den Begin, Bruno Georis, Lucie Herrera, Rodrigo Michelangeli Cast: Bryce Gheisar, Delaney Wingrove, Debay, Titus De Voogdt, Cast: José Dolores López, Marley Alvillares, Macon Blair, Lee Eddy Pieter Van der Houwen Adrializ López, Jorge Roque Thielen, Maria USA/ 75 Min Belgium/ Netherlands/ Bulgaria/ 94 Min Agamez Ten year old Thomas, possessing more Filmmaker Duncan Lloyd is commissioned by Venezuela/ 89 Min SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA creativity than social skills, prefers the company Queen Ursula to make a documentary that will In the midst of Venezuela’s economic crisis, 27 of his imaginary best friend Felix the Fox. In humanize Belgian King Nicolas III and depict year old José lives with his six year old daughter a push to get him to make real friends, his him in a flattering light to contrast his true bland in La Soledad, a dilapidated villa formerly parents sentence him to a week at the Camp and reserved disposition. While celebrating belonging to his grandparents in a wealthy Bartle summer camp, which Thomas takes an Turkey’s admission into the EU, the monarch neighborhood of Caracas. Upon hearing the immediate disliking to and escapes into the receives news that Wallonia has declared news that the property will be sold, José seeks forest of Who Knows with Felix. The duo aim independence, necessitating his return home. In to uncover one of the property’s secrets that to have their own adventures and capture the the midst of a cosmic storm, the king hatches may save his family from homelessness. LA mythical Totem, but what they discover will a comedic and dubious escape plan on his SOLEDAD depicts Venezuela’s socio-economic change Thomas and Felix’s friendship forever. mission to escape Istanbul and return home crisis through José’s inner turmoil, hope, and across the Balkans. the struggle of not being forgotten. PRECEDED BY BLIND VAYSHA PRECEDED BY LEGAL SMUGGLING WITH In Spanish with English subtitles SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 11:00 AM, THEATER 12 CHRISTINE CHOY SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 12:30 PM, THEATER 9 PRECEDED BY SALVATION SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 7:00 PM, THEATER 12
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SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 5:45 PM, THEATER 7 PM, THEATER 8, APRIL 5:45 SATURDAY, Director: Andrei Konchalovsky Director: Andrei Deyle Florian Konchalovsky, Andrei Producers: Clauß, Christian Julia Vysotskaya, Cast: Philippe Duquesne Russia/ Germany/ Min 131 Director: Mila Royko Aung-Thwin, Van Producers: Bob Moore, Mila Aung-Thwin Canada/ 84 Min
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In French, German, and Russian with English subtitles In the midst of Nazi soulsthree of lives the occupied Ward, Second World the France, during intertwine circumstances the amidst unlikely and devastation member of of the French resistance, is arrested war. Olga,and succumbs to the sexual pressures of a Russianher French-Nazi captor, Jules, relocated to a concentration before camp where she being crossespathsHelmut,with German officera SS with whom she shares a romantic history. Recounting to the time where their paths intersectedfirst reveals costs of loyalty to one’s convictions and Olga’s inevitable fate. PARADISE
Clean, safe, and unlimited energy is a concept that scientists have strived after for decades, with the only solution being the holy grail of energy - previously thwarted failure, by politics, and nuclear fusion. miscalculation, scientists and inventors from Having been countries37 are now pursuing the creation of nuclear fusion with a renewed zeal with the world’smost complex experiment artificialan - star on Earth. In the face of skeptics and failure, LET THERE BE LIGHT chronicles the work some of the brightest of minds on their journey to create perpetual, cheap, clean energy for all mankind.of LET THERE BE LIGHT BE THERE LET FILMS DOCUMENTARY DOCUMENTARY DOCUMENTARY FILMS
RIVERBLUE: SACRED SANTOALLA
CAN FASHION SAVE Director: Thomas Lennon Director: Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer Producers: Jessica Wolfson Producers: Daniel Mehrer, Cristina de la Torre, THE PLANET? USA/ 86 Min Andrew Becker USA/ 82 Min In a time where religious persecution dominates Director: David McIlvride, Roger Williams the world’s headlines, SACRED explores the Looking to escape the stress of modern life in Producers: Lisa Mazzotta, Roger Williams global effect of faith on human existence. Shot Holland, Martin and Margo find a simple and Canada/ 95 Min by 40 filmmaking teams around the globe, the quiet way of life nestled in an isolated village in stories of people spanning across continents Northern Spain. An idyllic setting for the young River conservationist Mark Angelo embarks and countries are strung together to illustrate on a journey to inspect and examine the the intimate way in which religion helps couple, Santoalla is also home to the Rodriguez fashion industry’s devastating impact on river everyone from teenagers to elders navigate family, the only remaining locals in town. pollution. Traveling around Asia, Angelo the most profound issues and passages of Divided by cultural and ideological differences speaks with fashion designers as well as fellow their lives. With a sweeping global reach and for a decade, their story comes to a boiling environmental conservationists to reveal the visceral raw intimacy, this film unifies the world point when Martin mysteriously disappears. under the singular guise of faith. horrifying reality of how this multi-billion dollar With a devastated Margo left behind, an industry discards chemical waste. The disregard engrossing and tense village strife turns into a In Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, English, Creole, for the calamitous effects of pollution highlights thrilling search for the truth in Andrew Becker French, Hebrew, Japanese, Malagasy, Marathi, not only environmental consequences, but also and Daniel Mehrer’s atmospheric debut, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Punjabi, Spanish, and SANTOALLA. SFF FILM GUIDE the effect on humanity and presents potential Tagalog with English subtitles solutions to create a sustainable future. PRECEDED BY THE BROTHER PRECEDED BY FILTER FEEDERS PRECEDED BY CROWN CANDY SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 4:15 PM, THEATER 9 SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 6:30 PM, THEATER 11 SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 4:30 PM, THEATER 9 SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 6:15 PM, THEATER 8 SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 11:15 AM, THEATER 12 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 3:30 PM, THEATER 9 DOCUMENTARY NARRATIVE NARRATIVE
SARASOTA HALF IN THE STUDENT SUNNY SIDE UP DREAM Director: Kirill Serebrennikov Director: Mike Melo Producer: Ilya Stewart Producers: Mike Melo, Nelson Reis, Director: Derek Murphy Cast: Petr Skvortsov, Aleksandr Gorchilin, Luis Carvalho Producers: Mitchell Zemil Victoria Isakova Julia Aug Cast: Hunter Davis, Samantha Creed USA/ 70 Min Russia/ 118 Min USA/ 87 Min There is more that goes on in the sleepy Venjamin, a high-school student in Kaliningrad, Young funeral director, Gregory Samuel, becomes gradually obsessed with the Bible, suffers from debilitating social anxiety and SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA suburban city of Sarasota, Florida than meets the eye. In this experimental documentary, interpreting it with a fundamental literalness a self-deprecating inner self-doubt which Derek Murphy attempts to capture and bottle where he falls into the grasp of unwavering prevents him from leading the “normal life” he the bizarre and sometimes astonishing energy religious obscurantism. Only his biology desires. Given a 30-day leave of absence in that appears in the most unexpected places. teacher, Elena Lvovna, objects to his mounting order to address his disorder, he takes a month From abandoned golf courses to early morning sexist and homophobic outbursts alongside the long, self-imposed house arrest, only to have expeditions in parking garages, SARASOTA school’s theological bullying where she, herself his comfort challenged by the curiosity of an HALF IN DREAM captures the small, iridescent falls into a dubious predicament. A satire on enthusiastic neighbor searching for a friend. impressions of this tropical city and its secrets. Russia’s state of religious imposition in schools , THE STUDENT reveals the profound impact of SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 11:15 AM, THEATER 9 faith on our lives. MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2:15 PM, THEATER 11 SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 5:30 PM, THEATER 7 SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1:15 PM, THEATER 8 In Russian with English subtitles
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PAID FOR IN PART BY SARASOTA COUNTY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUES FILMS SFF FILM GUIDE SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM 55 FILMS NARRATIVE DOCUMENTARY SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 7:00 PM, THEATER 10 PM, THEATER 7:00 9, APRIL SUNDAY, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 4:30 PM, THEATER 12 PM, THEATER 3, APRIL 4:30 MONDAY, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 4:00 PM, THEATER 11 PM, THEATER 1, APRIL 4:00 SATURDAY, Director: Jason Connery Jason Director: Producers: Keith Bank, Jim Kreutzer, BobLast, Tim Moore Cast: Peter Mullan, Jack Lowden, Ophelia Lovibond, Sam Neill United Kingdom/ Min 117 Director: Lara Stolman Producers: Ann Collins, Shanna Belott USA/ 100 Min TOMMY'S HONOUR TOMMY'S Father and son meet on the golf course, but it's not a relaxed game: "Old Tom" Morris (Peter Mullan) and "Young Tom" Tommy Morris (Jack Lowden) are champions a in country 1860s storied in Scotland, the legend; sport. youngis a talent Tom to watch, with Old Tom is a a powerful club captain corner. Father and son play local rivals, but (Sam Neill) in soon their focus turns on each Director other. his Jason Connery whose -- Sean, father, has long touted his pride in being a Scot -- a fantastic storyfinds in a game that can have real rough patches under its genteel image. SWIM TEAM In response to the lack of programs and public services for their residents Maria autistic and son, Mike McQuay Jersey New form the Jersey Hammerheads, team, comprised a of diverse autistic teenagers competitive trained with high expectations swim and zero pity. SWIM TEAM chronicles the extraordinary rise of the team as they vie for state and national titles, following three of the star athletes as they navigate the trials and tribulations both in and out of the pool on their quest for independence, inclusion, recognition. and AND SKY Y IN THE BEGINNING WAS WATER WATER Y IN BEGINNING THE WAS DOCUMENTARY DOCUMENTARY MONDAY, APRIL 3, 5:15 PM, THEATER 9 PM, THEATER 3, APRIL 5:15 MONDAY, SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 10:00 AM, 7 THEATER 2, APRIL 10:00 SUNDAY, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 5:15 PM, THEATER 12 PM, THEATER 4, APRIL 5:15 TUESDAY, Director: Sam Wainwright Douglas Producers: Julianna Brannum, Jeffrey Brown, David Hartstein Min USA/ 74 Director: Jessie Auritt Producers: Jessie Auritt, Carmen Delaney, Levy Justin USA/ 80 Min WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 3:45 PM, THEATER 12 PM, THEATER 5, APRIL 3:45 WEDNESDAY, PRECEDED B PRECEDED Postcommodity, an art activist collective comprising of three Native creates a two-mile long American art installation of a artists, metaphorical suture stitching between Mexico and the United States. Aided by on communities both sides spheres were installed emblazoned of with the the an insignia border, “open eye,” existing in indigenous 28 inflatableTHROUGH THEyears. thousands of for cultures profoundandtheexplores REPELLENTFENCE transformativeeffect Land examinesArt and of our complex relationship with the environment. THROUGH THE A FENCE: REPELLENT FILM ART LAND In many ways, Orthodox Jewish pre-teen, Naomiuntil she breaks a Kutin powerlifting world record, and turns into an is a international phenomenon. Her typical extraordinary talent transforms the lives of her family and thrusts her into follows Naomi’s the unique headlines. coming of trying to hold age SUPERGIRL on to her title while dealing story, with the perils of adolescence, cyber-bullying and health issues. Can she still be “Supergirl” if she is not breaking world records? SUPERGIRL . NARRATIVE DOCUMENTARY PRECEDED BY BRIAN MICKLER BY PRECEDED
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SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 10:00 AM, 7 THEATER 1, APRIL 10:00 SATURDAY, Director: Jan Hřebejk Producers: Tibor Búza, Zuzana Mistríková, Ľubica Orechovská, Ondřej Zima, Prušinovský Jan Cast: Zuzana Mauréry, Csongor Kassai, Zuzana Konečná, Czech Republic/ Slovakia/ Min 102 Director: Kasha Sequoia Slavner Producers: The Global Sunrise Project Africa/ South Tanzania/ Canada/ Mozambique/ Thailand/ China/ USA/ 64 Min
In Slovak with English subtitles English with Slovak In THE TEACHER A witty satire set in communist Czechoslovakia, THE TEACHER explores and power plays that were all too common the during veiled the Communist corruption era. Since the arrival of the new teacher at their school, students and parents alike slowly discover that a few well-timed favors can greatly increase the odds of getting a good grade. Parents are asked to sign a petition to remove the teacher from the school, but she has powerful connections within the Communist Party, and doing the right thing might prove to be more difficult than they had originally anticipated A 16-year-old youngA 16-year-old woman sets out on a six- month journey around the globe, camera in hand. She intersects with a variety of individuals in several countries, from trailblazers finding sustainablesolutions to major world issues, to those who have overcome major adversity with tremendous resilience. All the while, this a make to takes youngfilmmaker it learns what difference and inspire others in a call to action.
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Director: Katarina Zrinka Matijevic Director: Matt Rutherford Director: Alex Smith, Andrew Smith Producer: Ivan Maloca Producers: Matt Rutherford Producers: Brunson Green, Laura Ivey Cast: Franka Mikolaci, Tena Nemet Brankov, USA/ 83 Min Cast: Matt Bomer, Josh Wiggins, Bill Pullman, Alex Neustaedter, Lily Gradstone Marija Tadić, Lana Barić, Frano Mašković, Singularity University, tucked away on a hidden Asja Jovanović, Nina Violić, Igor K ovač, USA/ 95 Min NASA base in Silicon Valley, recruits, and Enes Vejzović Fourteen year old David reluctantly leaves Croatia/ 82 Min challenges 80 young geniuses each summer to create a company that will impact billions his comfortable urban Texas home for his THE TRAMPOLINE follows three soulmates of people within ten years. With the support annual visit with his estranged father, Cal, in – a traumatized child, a rebellious teenager of NASA and elite companies, mentored by rural Montana. Having planned his son’s first and a thirty-something woman as they deal astronauts, billionaire tech icons, scientists, big game hunt, Cal attempts to bond over with the emotional fallout from their past, and and inventors, and provided with unlimited stories of his late father’s hunting trips as the the legacy of violence inflicted by a loving resources, we follow four teams on their pair descends into the Montana backwoods. parent. When their paths intersect, they share journey through the most intense pressure A brutal, chance encounter disrupts their trip a moment of mutual recognition, and a shared cooker, where they have ten weeks to bring and forces them to assess the strength and longing for clarity in the chaos dogging them. their dreams to life. resiliency of their relationship and reinforces the unbreakable bond between father and
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Director: Jesse Klein Director: Deepak Rauniyar Producers: Evren Boisjoi, Marley Sniatowsky Producers: Deepak Rauniyar, Joslyn Barnes, Cast: Jesse Camacho, Joey Klein Tsering Rhitar Sherpa, Michel Merkt, Canada/ 82 Min Cast: Dayahang Rai, Asha Magrati Nepal/ USA/ Qatar/ Netherlands/ 89 Min Chris, an unassuming, overweight teenager wishes that he could be as invisible as he In the wake of the Nepalese civil war, Chandra SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA feels. Seeing him fall victim to bullies, single returns to his remote village after a decade father Bobby intervenes and befriends the to mourn the death of his Royalist father. teen, dragging him along on his hectic night Inevitable conflicts arise when Maoist rebel, expedition through Montreal only to reveal the Chandra and brother Suraj struggle to set self-destructive streak that underlies his own aside political feelings while carrying out the charisma. This bittersweet drama examines local ritual for his father’s cremation, resulting in what it means for strangers to connect and how the abandonment by Suraj. Chandra reluctantly must obey not only with the strict discriminatory only with true transparency and acceptance gender traditions that he fought to eliminate can we learn to live, love, and know ourselves. but ambiguous paternity dilemma with ex-wife Durga, illustrating the ever-present romantic SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1:45 PM, THEATER 12 and social friction. SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 11:45 AM, THEATER 9 In Nepali with English subtitles
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99 min | Friday, April 7 2:30 PM | Hollywood 20 Theater 9 | Sunday, April 9 1:45 PM | Hollywood 20 Theater 8
BON VOYAGE CILAOS IT WAS YESTERDAY
SHORT FILMS Director: Marc Wilkins Director: Camilo Restrepo Director: Valentina Pedicini Switzerland/ 21 Min France/ 13 Min Italy/ 15 Min While on a sailing trip across the To keep a promise to her mother, Gio, a 13 year-old girl, is the head Mediterranean, a couple’s compassion a young woman sets out to find of a boys’ gang. She’s ready to is put to the test when they come her estranged father. compete with the boys to win the across a sinking ship of refugees. heart of her crush.
THE MESS HE MADE MINH TÂM THE SILENCE Director: Matthew Puccini Director: Vincent Maury Director: Farnoosh Samadi, Ali Asgari USA/ 10 Min France/ 25 Min Italy/ France/ 15 Min
SFF FILM GUIDE A man spends 15 minutes waiting Minh Tâm has given up on love, for the results of a Rapid HIV Test and instead devoted her life to her Fatma must translate for her in a small-town strip mall. autistic son. Then she meets Oliver. mother while they visit the doctor, but she decides to keep silent. SHORTS2 DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION 75 min | Friday, April 7 5:00 PM | Hollywood 20 Theater 9 | Sunday, April 9 4:00 PM | Hollywood 20 Theater 7
BROKEN – THE WOMEN’S THE BUS TRIP LITTLE POTATO PRISON AT HOHENECK Director: Sarah Gampel Directors: Wes Hurley, Directors: Volker Schlecht, Nathan M. Miller Sweden/ 14 Min Alexander Lahl USA/ 14 Min Germany/ 7 Min Isolated by her desire to talk politics at an Israeli film festival, An autobiographical tale of Interviews with former inmates of a filmmaker talks to her dead growing up gay in Soviet Union East Germany’s main prison reveal father over a noisy telephone line Russia, escaping, and finding devastating complexities in the instead. a new form of oppression in prison system. America. SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA
THREE CONVERSATIONS ON LIFE WHAT HAPPENED TO HER Director: Julia Staniszewska Director: Kristy Guevara- Poland/ 25 Min Flanagan Three conversations between a USA/ 15 Min mother and a daughter, and their Our cultural obsession with opposing views on religion and images of dead women goes 58 science. deep. One woman describes her experience playing one on PAID FOR IN PART BY SARASOTA COUNTY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUES camera. SHORT FILMS SFF FILM GUIDE SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM 59 TOND A LOVE STORY A LOVE [OUT OF FR]AME SQUIRREL ISLAND Directors: Josh Ruben, Vince Peone USA/ Min 21 up wakes oneTond day and realizes he doesn’t have any friends aside from his mean Janice. wife, Director: Astrid Goldsmith Astrid Director: United Kingdom/ Min 21 Dot, a grey squirrel, and her new friend, Acorn, Mr. are trapped on a mysterious red squirrel island. What they uncover is much more dangerous than they could have imagined. Directors: Anushka Kishani Anushka Directors: Naanayakkara United Kingdom/ 7 Min A powerful tale of love faced with depression. Director: Sophie Linnenbaum Germany/ 18 Min When Paul ends up falling out of his frame, he finds solace in The Outtakes, a support group for people with film defects. LOVE STUCK MADE IN SPAIN NUTAG-HOMELAND Director: Réka Bucsi Hungary/ 15 Min France/ Abstract and poetic, LOVE describes affection in 3 different chapters, through an impact on a solardistant system. Director: Coke Riobóo Coke Director: Spain/ Min 11 A miniature surrealist portrait of epic dimensions takes place on a Spanishsunny beach. Director: Mathijs Geijskes Netherlands/ Min 11 A marriage is tested when a car flips over and the couple finds themselves stuck. Director: Alisi Telengut Alisi Director: Canada/ 6 Min A hand-painted visual poem about diaspora, homeland, and the tragic mass-deportations of the Kalmyk people during WWII. ANIMATION COMPETITION COMPETITION ANIMATION NARRATIVE 1 NARRATIVE
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78 min78 | Sunday, April 2 10:30 AM | Hollywood Theater 20 | Monday, 11 April PM 3 2:00 | Hollywood Theater 20 12 68 min | Friday, April 7 7:00 PM | Hollywood April68 min 7 7:00 | Friday, Theater 20 9 | Saturday,April AM 8 11:30 | Hollywood Theater 20 11 Director: Fredric Lehne Fredric Director: USA/ 8 Min Just two pee-shy guys supporting each Nothing other. to see here. Director: Jie Shen Jie Director: China/ 5 Min What happens when one of three monkeys is dead? Director: Larsson Peter Sweden/ Min 14 A group of lost bodies wander through a forest towards an open field; a gathering with an unclear purpose. Directors: Smeets, Tobias Merijn Scholte Albers Netherlands/ 9 Min A married couple wins free shopping for 1 minute. This is gonna be good.
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SHORT FILMS Director: Thyrone Tommy Director: Jeannie Donohoe Director: Erin Sanger Canada/ 20 Min USA/ 16 Min USA/ 14 Min When an incident from his past A new kid makes a big impression A family’s planned intervention returns to haunt him during his at the high school boys’ basketball derails when they discover final exams, a young marine tryouts. Will talent and drive be Michael has grown attached to a navigation student must choose to enough to make the team? mutt he’s taken off the street. suffer or benefit from the anxiety.
SUBMARINE WHEN JEFF TRIED TO Director: Mounia Akl SAVE THE WORLD Lebanon/ 21 Min Director: Kendall Goldberg Under the imminent threat of USA/ 22 Min
SFF FILM GUIDE Lebanon’s garbage crisis, Hala is When Jeff discovers that the the only one to refuse evacuation, bowling alley he manages is being clinging to whatever remains of sold, he must do everything he can home. to save the place he’s come to call home. SHORTS6 NARRATIVE 3 92 min | Saturday, April 8 10:30 AM | Hollywood 20 Theater 9 | Sunday, April 9 11:15 AM | Hollywood 20 Theater 8
ALIBI BALCONY DOBRO Director: Cameron Burnett Director: Toby Fell-Holden Director: Marta Hernaiz Pidal USA/ 33 Min United Kingdom/ 17 Min Bosnia and Herzegovina/ 15 Min A man in a small town is accused In a neighborhood rife with racial Mira, a Romany woman enjoys of murder. His only alibi is being tension, a local girl falls for a her daily sit at the front entrance with his brother’s wife. recent immigrant who is the victim of Selma’s house. A power of prejudice and shame. struggle ensues. SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA
MARE NOSTRUM ONE MAN Directors: Rana Kazkaz, Anas Director: Philippe Grégoire Khalaf Canada/ 13 Min France/ Syria/ 13 Min An 80-year-old man follows On a Mediterranean shore, a the traces left by a car Syrian Father makes a decision accident. that puts his daughter’s life at risk. 60
PAID FOR IN PART BY SARASOTA COUNTY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUES SHORT FILMS SFF FILM GUIDE SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM 61 THE HANGING THE THESEARCH COMMODITY CITY Director: GeoffreyFeinberg USA/ 15 Min Kirill is19-year-old a fearless leader in Moscow’s “roofing” culture. He spends his days buildings, into breaking and climbing rooftops and towers that have earned him the nickname “Russian Spiderman.” Director: Melina Tupa USA/ Argentina/ Min 24 Thirty-seven years after her daughter was kidnapped and duringmurdered the Argentinean Estela“Dirty is stillsearching War”, for her long-lost grandchild. Director: Jessica Kingdon USA/ China/ Min 11 This is Yiwu International Trade Market, the world’s largest wholesale market. THE RABBIT HUNT THEWATCHMAKER Director: Patrick BresnanDirector: Patrick USA/ Min 12 During harvest season, seventeen year old Chris and his family hunt rabbits in the sugarcane fields of Everglades. Florida the Director: Marie-Cecile Embleton United Kingdom/ 9 Min A poetic portrait of a Persian watchmaker, whose philosophical musings on his craft invite us to reflect on how engage we with time in a globalized, fast-paced world. DUTEE AMERICAN MODERATE Director: Vanessa Hudson India/ USA/ Min 24 Indian Dutee Chand sprinter makes sports challenging history by the policies gender testing international that led to her disqualification from competition due to her naturally levels. hormones high Director: Callahan Jared USA/ Min 17 Liz is a Southern girland a first-timevoter struggling to find herself, and a candidate that represents her in the 2016 election. presidential BORN OF STONE JORDY IN TRANSITLAND Director: Willem Timmers Netherlands/ 6 Min Will Jordy ever escape the persistent narrow-mindedness as transgender? a Director: Bellu Emilio CzechItaly/ Republic/ 16 Min Artist Pinuccio Sciola’s have sculptures remarkable proven that stones are alive, plastic and a fundamental to way communicate with nature. DOCUMENTARY 2 DOCUMENTARY D OCUMENTARY 1 DOCUMENTARY 10 DOLLAR PERSPECTIVE
BAYARD & ME BAYARD Director: Keith Donavan Director: Keith Jamaica/ USA/ Min 31 The largest garbage dump in the Caribbean is also home to about 2,400 people who struggle to survive there.
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SHORTS7 SHORTS7 SHORTS8 SHORTS8 Walter NaegleWalter remembers Bayard Rustin, the organizer of the March on Washington, one of the leaders of the civil rights movement, and his longtime partner. USA/ 16 Min Director: Matt Wolf A man has lost a very special nickel City in a New York phone booth and must seek the help of service. customer USA/ Min 13 Director: Heath Frank SHORTS9 MIDNIGHT SHORTS
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ETAGE X FILS INSECT BITE MOMS ON FIRE
SHORT FILMS Director: Francy Fabritz Director: Cyrus Neshvad Director: Grace Nayoon Rhee Director: Joanna Rytel Germany/ 14 Min Luxembourg/ 15 Min USA/ 3 Min Sweden/ 12 Min Two women, a broken elevator, Sébastien cannot come to terms A tiny bug tries to figure out what What’s it like to be massively and a bathroom emergency. with his son being in a coma and it wants to become. pregnant and bored out of your begins to question his reality. mind? At least you’re in this together.
PARTHENON SADHU IN BOMBAY WHISKEY FIST Director: Frank Mosley Director: Kabir Mehta Director: Gillian Wallace Horvat USA/ 14 Min India/ 15 Min USA/ 11 Min A naked body moves a stranger A portrait of a man with ascetic Young Justin is at risk of becoming SFF FILM GUIDE to empathy. origins who has been radically a misogynistic jerk. After an transformed by city life. encounter with a mysterious blonde and her whiskey bottle, he’s forced to see things differently. SHORTS10 NYU SHORTS 79 min | Saturday, April 8 1:00 PM | Hollywood 20 Theater 7 | Sunday, April 9 6:45 PM | Hollywood 20 Theater 8
$4.59 LIKE WE NEVER LEFT MALA NIGHT Director: Lasse Ulvedal Tolbøll Director: Yu-Chieh Chung Director: Marly Hernández Cortés Director: Joosje Duk USA/ 18 Min USA/ Denmark/ 9 Min Cuba/ USA/ 8 Min USA/ Netherlands/ 10 Min Lucinda tries to navigate between A sick wife and a sleep-deprived After years of living in the U.S., teenage life and being a migrant An unpleasant encounter with a husband enter a grocery store. a Cuban girl returns to her farm worker. When an encounter bouncer changes the mood of Things escalate. hometown to celebrate her with the farm owner’s son takes the night for four girls with quinceañera. a dark turn, she risks losing everything. different perspectives. SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA
ORIGIN SPLENDONA WAKE Director: Jordan Nikolic Director: Kevin Vu Director: Molly Gandour USA/ 15 Min USA/ 10 Min USA/ 9 Min A young boy in rural Yogoslavia A physically disfigured fashion When Maggie returns to her hometown for her brother’s is raised to fear the world outside model becomes haunted by eerie and the atrocities his father funeral, she struggles to find ways visions as she prepares for her to grieve. witnessed.
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PAID FOR IN PART BY SARASOTA COUNTY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUES SHORT FILMS SFF FILM GUIDE SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM 63 KLASSE LAST SHOT HEADS TOGETHER Director: Aemilia Widodo USA/ 3 Min A young girl breaks her camera and throws it unaware itaway, has feelings. THE WITCHING HOUR Director: Malia Bruker USA/ Germany/ 9 Min A performative documentary, KLASSE a reanimates classroom at the Israelitsche building a Töchterschule, in the Jewish section of Hamburg which has been maintained intact since 1938. Directors: Job, Joris & Marieke Netherlands/ Min 21 An encounter with a broken washing machine forces three friends to gain some perspective on each other. Director: Riley GeisDirector: Riley USA/ Min 13 One spooky Halloween night, a young boy meets the daring girl next door who takes him on a haunted adventure. SWEET LOVE TEN FINGERS, TEN TOES Director: Stephen Crompton USA/ Min 20 Alvin is a retired producer entertainment living in a Florida “active living” community. He recounts his brief foray into a soft core porn production in the 1970s. Director: Pieter Miller Pieter Director: USA/ 2 Min A surprise incident interrupts Felix Spoon’s outstanding magic show. WANNABE HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HAPPY Director: Mark Kuczewski United Kingdom/ 6 Min Jeremy attempts to celebrate his one year wedding anniversary with his undead demon bride. Director: Matthew Manson USA/ 16 Min In order to win over his crush, a neurotic Jewish boy must first Jamaican her skeptical impress family. ILLEGAL MOVE RETURN SENDER TO Director: Catherine Bailey USA/ 3 Min The romantic story of a girl,a guy, and the mailbox that brings them together. Directors: Sana Directors: Srinivasan, Kyle Lopez USA/ 3 Min In the game of Chess, where rules are the law, what would happen if them? someone broke TEST DRIVE BULLET TIME PIGSKIN Director: Frodo Kuipers Netherlands/ 6 Min A good old-fashioned western shoot-out, in which both the fired bulletsfall in withlove each other... Director: Ford Jim USA/ 2 Min A Stuntman is in the market for a new car. YOUTHFEST (AGES 8+) (AGES YOUTHFEST
FLORIDA SHORTS SHORTS FLORIDA Director: Jake Hammond USA/ Min 13 High school cheerleader, Laurie, must face her gruesome bodily insecurities when asked on a date the by quarterback. THE GRAVEYARD SHIFTTHE GRAVEYARD Director: Lara Arikan Director: Lara USA/ 2 Min midnightIt’s and a sleepy waitress at a roadside coffee shop braves the night to investigate an noise. ominous BEYOND
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Architect Hilario Candela reflects on his signature Miami Marinecreation: Stadium, the firstvenue ever built for powerboat racing. USA/ 4 Min Director: Gaspar González THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LINE When a rock traps his parents inside a burning a 7 year-old car, boy must come to their rescue. USA/ Min 11 Director: Jeremy Haccoun A young apprentice must complete the final step of his initiation into an elite secret society. USA/ 3 Min Directors: Susie Jackson Webb, Read SHORTS12 SHORTS12 35 years ago, the Miami Hurricanes baseball team executed one of the all time great plays in College SeriesWorld history: the trick! hidden ball USA/ 19 Min Director: Preston Mack 78 min78 | Saturday, April PM| Hollywood 1 1:15 Theater 20 10| Sunday, April AM | Hollywood 2 10:45 Theater 20 10
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149TH AND GRAND CONCOURSE THE BOOKWORM DUST BUDDIES Directors: Andy London, Carolyn SHORT FILMS Director: Richard Wiley Directors: Sam Wade, Beth London Tomashek USA/ 2 Min USA/ 3 Min USA/ 4 Min A librarian discovers a bookworm An animated documentary among the books and must act Dust buddies don’t let dust portrait of New York City, and its quickly. buddies get sucked into a overlooked and diverse voices. vacuum.
ELIAS’ STAND INVISIBLE LUCKY CHICKEN Director: Jyllian Gunther Directors: Andrew Wilson, Michael Director: Gulliver Moore USA/ 11 Min Trikosko United Kingdom/ 12 Min Eight-year-old Elias is an animal USA/ 3 Min A down-on-his-luck baker meets lover, and his vision to change the a magic chicken. That’s really all A shy chameleon seeks the SFF FILM GUIDE world starts with one sheep at a he needed. attention of his crush at a local animal sanctuary. school dance. Unfortunately, he’s so nervous that he keeps disappearing.
OUR WONDERFUL NATURE: SUMMER CAMP ISLAND THE COMMON CHAMELEON QUITTING TIME Director: Julia Pott Director: Tomer Eshed Director: Robert Dollase USA/ 9 Min Germany/ 4 Min USA/ Spain/ 9 Min Oscar and his best friend The feeding habits of the common A time-traveling scientist refuses Hedgehog just got dropped off chameleon as never seen before. to learn from the lessons of his future. at Summer Camp. This sleepover may not be like all the others. SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA
THE WISHGRANTER TRASHONAUTS Directors: Kal Athannassov, John Director: Jack Corpening McDonald, Echo Wu USA/ 2 Min USA/ 5 Min A tired, grumpy space garbage When a fountain malfunctions, the man happens upon a magnetic creature responsible for granting alien that changes his life forever. wishes must go above ground. 64
PAID FOR IN PART BY SARASOTA COUNTY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUES SHORT FILMS SFF FILM GUIDE SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM 65 IRIS STRIKING A CHORD: THE VOICE IN THE HEAD INSTRUMENTS OF HEALING Director/Producer: Susan Rockefeller USA/ 28 Min Returning soldiers with find PTSD their back way to themselves through music and art. Director: Nikki Lee USA/ 6 Min “Iris” struggles to make the “human connection” with an patient. Alzheimer’s WOMAN IN DEEP Director: Janicza Bravo USA/ 15 Min A woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown struggles to make it through her birthday in one piece. Director: Trafford Cyrus United Kingdom/ Min 12 Where are the margins between sanity and insanity? IT’S ALRIGHT THE GRAVEDIGGER’S DAUGHTER GabayDirector: Shira Israel/ Min 17 A prickly film about conflict in an Orthodox Jewish gravedigger’s family, with more than a sprinkling of “graveyard humor.” Director: Nina Knag Norway/ 10 Min When a young single mother finds herself broke and desperate, her young daughter makes a very adult decision. THROUGH WOMENS EYES 2 EYES WOMENS THROUGH THROUGH WOMENS EYES 1 EYES WOMENS THROUGH HUX POOL GIRLS LEVEL UP
TOO YOUNG WED:TOO NEPAL TO Director: Goddinho Leandro Brazil/ 30 Min Investigating her late grandmother’s past leads a young woman to an old Brazilian woman abandoned an in living swimming pool. Director: Anne Edgar USA/ 9 Min A gaming summer camp for bet! You girls??!! Director: Stephanie Sinclair, Director: Stephanie Sinclair, Arianna LaPenne Nepal/ 10 Min Nepal has one of the highest rates of child marriages in the world. YOUNG WEDTOO profiles TO practice. this Director: Mageina Tovah USA/ Min 12 A new beginning starts at the end of the world.
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SHORT FILMS Director: Phedon Papamichael Director: Sarah Gampel Director: Erica Liu USA/ 21 Min Sweden/ 14 Min USA/ 13 Min Gene arises every day and follows Isolated by her desire to talk Three generations of women the same monotonous routine. But politics at an Israeli film festival, crammed into a car with their not today. a filmmaker talks to her dead emotional baggage experience father over a noisy telephone line an unexpected moment of instead. connection.
FLORA WIG SHOP Director: Alexandrina Andre Director: Kat Coiro USA/ 10 Min USA/ 16 Min A visit to a small café exposes At a routine visit to the local wig SFF FILM GUIDE a transgender woman to shop, an Orthodox Jewish woman discrimination. uncovers a secret.
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BECAUSE THE WORLD BLIND VAYSHA THE BLOOP BRIAN MICKLER NEVER STOPS Director: Theodore Ushev Director: Cara Cusumano Director: Michael Jackson Directors: Axel Danielson, Canada/ France/ 8 Min USA/ 7 Min USA/ 8 Min Maximilien Van Aertryck Vaysha was born with a left eye In 1997, a mysterious sound was A delusional man endeavors to Sweden/ 10 Min that sees only the past and a recorded from deep in the ocean heal his sick mother, but first must Behind the scenes of a live right eye that sees only the future, by the National Oceanic and cope with his own illness. unable to live in the present like broadcast, we may be in for a Atmospheric Administration. Plays with THE TEACHER surprise. the rest of us. Plays with BRIMSTONE & GLORY Plays with DEALT Plays with INTO THE WHO SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA
THE BROTHER THE COLLECTION CROWN CANDY DRIBBLING DREAMS Director: Lea Triboulet Director: Adam Roffman Directors: David Wilson, Kamau Director: Varun Tandon Bilal France/ USA/ 10 Min USA/ 11 Min India/ 7 Min USA/ 10 Min Three sisters go about their Two friends stumble upon the Basketball is empowering everyday life in the absence of mother lode of movie A portrait of a 100-year-old children in rural India. They’re their missing brother. Inspired by memorabilia. candy store and lunch counter in about to change the world. stories from New Orleans. St. Louis. Plays with SPETTACOLO Plays with MR. CHIBBS 66 Plays with SANTOALLA Plays with SACRED
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PAID FOR IN PART BY SARASOTA COUNTY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUES SCHEDULE GRID SFF FILM GUIDE SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM 69 DESIGNING A SUSTAINABLE PANEL SARASOTA 60 min | 4:00 PM Florida Studio Theatre 28 Page PAINT IT BLACK IT BLACK PAINT with LAPS 102 min | 2:15 PM 42 Page GO 95 AND 6 TO & with VICTOR ISOLINA 91 min | 5:00 PM 49 Page SHORTS 8: 2 DOCUMENTARY 85 min | 7:15 PM 61 Page RIVERBLUE with FEEDERS FILTER 101 min | 11:15 AM 54 Page Page 55 Page WHITE SUN with MILES OF SAND 99 min | 3:30 PM 56 Page MISSION THE CONTROL: UNSUNG HEROES OF APOLLO 99 min | 6:15 PM 42 Page SHORTS 4: 1 NARRATIVE 78 min | 10:30 AM 59 Page THE TEACHER 110 min | 12:30 PM CITIZEN JANE 92 min | 1:00 PM 39 Page THE FIRST TIME CLUB 69 min | 2:30 PM HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS 1 60 min | 5:15 PM 18 Page HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS 2 90 min | 7:00 PM 18 Page SHORTS 11: SHORTS FLORIDA 78 min | 10:45 AM 63 Page SUNDAY, APRIL SUNDAY, 2 Page 52 Page SACRED with SACRED CANDY CROWN 96 min | 4:30 PM 54 Page IN THE RADIANT CITY with ON TIME 93 min | 6:45 PM Page 56 Page SHORTS 7: 1 DOCUMENTARY 105 min | 2:00 PM 61 Page WE'RE STILL with TOGETHER FLOOD 91 min | 11:45 AM SANTOALLA with SANTOALLA THE BROTHER 92 min | 6:15 PM 54 Page GORGEOUS 91 min | 3:45 PM 38 Page THIS IS EVERYTHING: GIGI SARASOTA HALF HALF SARASOTA IN DREAM min | 1:15 PM 70 54 Page SHORTS 12: 8+ YOUTHFEST 78 min | 10:15 AM 63 Page THEATER 7THEATER 8 THEATER 9 THEATER 10 THEATER 11 THEATER 12 THEATER EVENTS A REVOLUTION IN A REVOLUTION FOUR SEASONS 90 min | 6:30 PM 53 Page Page 66 Page SHORTS 16: TWE 3 75 min | 3:15 PM 81 min | 1:30 PM 56 Page THE TRAMPOLINE SHORTS 15: TWE 2 71 min | 11:45 AM 65 Page SUPERGIRL 80 min | 10:00 AM 55 Page ------9:00 PM 8:00 PM 7:00 PM 6:00 PM 5:00 PM 4:00 PM 3:00 PM 2:00 PM 1:00 PM 11:00 PM 10:00 PM 12:00 PM 11:00 AM 10:00 AM 941.366.6200 SFF Box Office: 1993 Main Street 1993 Office: SFF Box SarasotaFilmFestival.com Schedule Subject To Change MONDAY, APRIL 3 Check our website or box office for the latest details and additions
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1:30 PM - 2:00 PM SCHEDULE GRID SCHEDULE - - - SHORTS 4: THE FOUNDERS NARRATIVE 1 3:00 PM 89 min | 1:45 PM 78 min | 2:00 PM - Page 51 THE SUNRISE AFTERIMAGE with Page 59 STORYTELLER SUNNY SIDE UP - HOME IS WHERE 64 min | 2:45 PM THE SUNSETS 87 min | 2:15 PM - Page 55 107 min | 2:30 PM Page 54 4:00 PM Page 49 - - HEATHER BOOTH: - CHANGING THE WORLD 5:00 PM 60 min | 4:15 PM - Page 52 - -
SFF FILM GUIDE SWIM TEAM 6:00 PM 44 PAGES with LES SUPERGIRL CLOYS 100 min | 4:30 PM - THE UNKNOWN Page 55 80 min | 5:15 PM 107 min | 4:45 PM GIRL - Page 55 Page 49 113 min | 5:00 PM - Page 43 7:00 PM - DEALT with - BECAUSE THE - WORLD NEVER STOPS 8:00 PM 96 min | 6:30 PM MISSION - Page 50 CONTROL: THE PAINT IT BLACK with LAPS - UNSUNG HEROES OF APOLLO 102 min | 7:00 PM - ABACUS: SMALL Page 42 99 min | 7:15 PM ENOUGH TO JAIL 9:00 PM Page 42 LA SOLEDAD with 88 min | 7:30 PM SALVATION - Page 39 100 min | 7:45 PM - Page 52 - SHORTS 9: MIDNIGHT 10:00 PM 84 min | 9:00 PM - Page 62 - -
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with IN THE THROUGH THE REPELLENT FENCE 55 Page MENASHE 81 min | 8:00 PM 41 Page THE UNKNOWN THE UNKNOWN GIRL 113 min | 2:30 PM 43 Page 87 min | 5:15 PM BEGINNING WAS BEGINNING WAS AND SKY WATER CITIZEN JANE 92 min | 5:00 PM 39 Page LET THERE BE LIGHT 90 min | 7:15 PM 53 Page THE TRAMPOLINE 82 min | 2:15 PM 56 Page TUESDAY, APRIL 4 APRIL TUESDAY, WALKING OUT WALKING 95 min | 7:00 PM 56 Page THE TEACHER THE TEACHER 110 min | 4:15 PM 55 Page THE FIRST TIME CLUB 69 min | 1:45 PM 51 Page THEATER 9THEATER 10 THEATER 11 THEATER 12 THEATER EVENTS Page 49 Page IN BETWEEN with IMAGO 111 min | 7:45 PM 52 Page 44 PAGES with LES 44 PAGES CLOYS 107 min | 2:45 PM 49 Page GO 95 AND 6 TO & with VICTOR ISOLINA 91 min | 5:30 PM THEATER 8 THEATER HASSANA HASSANA 93 min | 7:30 PM 56 Page THE UNIVERSITY FOR with WAITING Page 52 Page LA SOLEDAD with SOLEDAD LA SALVATION 100 min | 4:45 PM A REVOLUTION IN A REVOLUTION FOUR SEASONS 88 min | 2:00 PM 53 Page ------9:00 PM 6:00 PM 8:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 4:00 PM 3:00 PM 2:00 PM 1:30 PM 11:00 PM 10:00 PM 941.366.6200 SFF Box Office: 1993 Main Street 1993 Office: SFF Box SarasotaFilmFestival.com Schedule Subject To Change WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 Check our website or box office for the latest details and additions
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SCHEDULE GRID SCHEDULE 2:00 PM - - - 3:00 PM - CALL ME DAD - 80 min | 2:30 PM FITS AND STARTS - Page 50 88 min | 2:45 PM THROUGH THE 4:00 PM Page 51 LET THERE BE LIGHT REPELLENT - 90 min | 3:00 PM FENCE with IN THE - SACRED with Page 53 BEGINNING WAS CROWN CANDY WATER AND SKY - 96 min | 3:30 PM 87 min | 3:45 PM 5:00 PM Page 54 Page 55 - - THE UNIVERSITY - with WAITING FOR
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1:30 PM - 2:00 PM - NOWHERE TO SCHEDULE GRID SCHEDULE - HIDE 86 min | 1:30 PM - CALIFORNIA Page 47 3:00 PM DREAMS 85 min | 1:45 PM - Page 48 CLASH 97 min | 2:00 PM - Page 46 SHORTS 1: BORN GUILTY - NARRATIVE 101 min | 2:15 PM COMPETITION 4:00 PM 99 min | 2:30 PM Page 50 - Page 58 - LAST MEN IN ALEPPO SHORTS 5: - 104 min | 3:30 PM NARRATIVE 2 5:00 PM 90 min | 3:45 PM Page 47 - Page 60 THE STRANGE KING OF THE KATIE SAYS ONES BELGIANS with GOODBYE - 80 min | 4:15 PM SHORTS 2: LEGAL SMUGGLING 95 min | 4:15 PM - Page 48 DOCUMENTARY WITH CHRISTINE Page 46 COMPETITION CHOY 6:00 PM 75 min | 5:00 PM 98 min | 4:45 PM - Page 58 Page 52
SFF FILM GUIDE - - 7:00 PM MR CHIBBS with DRIBBLING - DREAMS - 93 min | 6:00 PM SHORTS 3: AXIS DINA BEACH RATS ANIMATION - 90 min | 6:30 PM 101 min | 6:15 PM 95 min | 6:30 PM COMPETITION 8:00 PM Page 48 66 min | 7:00 PM Page 47 Page 46 - Page 59 DARE TO BE - 91 min | 7:15 PM - FRAUD with Page 51 9:00 PM MOHAMMAD SO- AND-SO - ONE WEEK AND A DAY 63 min | 8:45 PM THE CHALLENGE - 98 min | 8:30 PM Page 48 70 min | 8:45 PM - Page 46 Page 47 10:00 PM - SEA AND BE - SCENE - PARTY J.D. HAMEL PARK 11:00 PM 8:00 PM - Page 23 - - SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA 74
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10:00 AM - - - SHORTS 13: YOUTHFEST ALL AGES SCHEDULE GRID SCHEDULE 11:00 AM 64 min | 10:45 AM - Page 64 - - THE FORCE with SHORTS 6: SHOT. 12:00 PM NARRATIVE 3 LGBTQ BEACH RATS 102 min | 10:45 92 min | 11:15 AM COMMUNITY Panel - 95 min | 11:00 AM AM Page 60 12:00 PM - Page 46 Page 47 STARLITE ROOM - Page 26 LIKE CRAZY 1:00 PM SENSORY FRIENDLY 116 min | 11:30 AM - SCREENING Page 53 INTO THE WHO - KNOWS with BLIND VAYSHA - 83 min | 12:30 PM THE WOUND 2:00 PM Page 21 88 min | 12:45 PM - Page 46 - - SHORTS 1: HARMONIUM LAST MEN IN 3:00 PM 118 min | 1:30 PM NARRATIVE TBA SCREENING COMPETITION ALEPPO - Page 51 99 min | 1:45 PM 104 min | 2:00 PM SFF FILM GUIDE - Page 58 Page 47 - 4:00 PM - CLASH - SHORTS 2: 97 min | 3:15 PM - DOCUMENTARY Page 46 COMPETITION 5:00 PM NOWHERE TO 75 min | 4:00 PM HIDE - Page 58 TBA SCREENING GLORY 86 min | 4:15 PM - MARJORIE PRIME Page 47 101 min | 4:15 PM 99 min | 4:30 PM - Page 51 6:00 PM Page 38 - - - 7:00 PM - GRADUATION - AMERICAN DREAMS SHORTS 10: NYU THE STUDENT 127 min | 5:45 PM - Page 46 110 min | 6:00 PM 79 min | 6:45 PM 118 min | 6:15 PM A QUIET PASSION 8:00 PM Page 49 Page 62 Page 54 118 min | 6:30 PM - Page 53 TOMMY'S HONOR - 117 min | 7:00 PM - Page 55 9:00 PM - SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA - - 10:00 PM - - - 11:00 PM 76
PAID FOR IN PART BY SARASOTA COUNTY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUES 2017 SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL FILM SELECTION SHEET Customer Name: ______Current SFF Member Y / N Member Number: ______Email address: ______Zip Code ______Phone Number: ______
Street Address ______Use this worksheet to simplify and expedite the ticket-buying process. Make sure your selections do not overlap, as we commence seating for our films 15 minutes before the printed screening time. BOX OFFICE USE ONLY Date Time Film/Event Name Quantity Ticket Type New Memberships
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INDEX SWEET LOVE ...... 63 SWIM TEAM ...... 55 TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON...... 16 THE TEACHER ...... 55 TEN FINGERS, TEN TOES ...... 63 TEST DRIVE ...... 63 THIS IS EVERYTHING: GIGI GORGEOUS...... 38 THREE CONVERSATIONS ON LIFE ...... 58 THROUGH THE REPELLENT FENCE: A LAND ART FILM ...... 55 TOMMY'S HONOR ...... 55 TOND ...... 59
SFF FILM GUIDE TOO YOUNG TO WED: NEPAL ...... 65 THE TRAMPOLINE ...... 56 TRASHONAUTS ...... 64 THE UNIVERSITY ...... 56 THE UNKNOWN GIRL ...... 43 VICTOR & ISOLINA ...... 67 THE VOICE IN THE HEAD ...... 65 WAITING FOR HASSANA ...... 67 WAKE ...... 62 WALKING OUT ...... 56 WANNABE ...... 63 THE WATCHMAKER ...... 61 WE'RE STILL TOGETHER ...... 56 WHAT HAPPENED TO HER ...... 58 WHEN JEFF TRIED TO SAVE THE WORLD ... 60 WHISKEY FIST ...... 62 SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL.COM SARASOTA WHITE SUN ...... 58 WIG SHOP ...... 66 THE WISHGRANTER ...... 64 THE WITCHING HOUR ...... 63 WOMAN IN DEEP ...... 65 THE WOUND...... 46 80
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