SEPTEMBER 11 – 23, 2018 EQUUS Film Festival FEI WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES™ FILM PROGRAM

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11th – 12 pm – 5 pm EVENTS - OPENING CEREMONY START TIME POSTER FILM / RUN TIME / DIRECTOR SYNOPSIS PACKER Explore the world of horse packing at Rocky Mountain National Park on its 100th anniversary, and discover the love, thrills, and dangers of 14:00 min this dying profession. 12:00 PM Matthew Gary Horse Packer follows Travis, in his newly appointed position as Lead Packer on the West side of Rocky Mountain National Park. USA ESSENCE: EXPLORING THE Since the dawn of time, humans have been drawn to - their strength, beauty, and power. We desire to have a deep connection HORSE-HUMAN with these wild and untamed creatures. What causes this longing for RELATIIONSHIP a relationship between humans and horses? Nature randomly taking its course? Or is this desire we have for a deeper connection a picture 9:00 min of God’s work of drawing us to Himself despite our rebellious hearts? Ivy Schexnayder Essence explores the complex connection between horses and humans and its deeper meaning with breathtaking footage taken USA from across the Midwest.

AMERICAN COWGIRL American Cowgirl is the story of the women who shaped the history and legends of the American West and the women who continue 5:00 min those traditions today. It's about women who defied convention and Jamie Williams accomplished their dreams against all odds. American Cowgirl endeavor will preserve, honor and recognize the legacy of these USA pioneers so that women and girls today will experience renewed faith and hope in themselves to accomplish their dreams and goals.

WILD HORSES Wild Horses tells the story of Mills, an established photographer, who returns to her native Nevada following an urgent call from her 20:00 min grandmother informing her that a band of wild horses close to their Stephanie Martin hearts, faces government roundup. Cruelty, courage, love and memory collide as two generations of women bear witness to the USA brutality common to roundups in the American West. In this story, that spans one day, Mills is exposed to a complex issue and follows hear heart, choosing to ignore the consequences. BREAK Croatoan’s Memoirs Croatoan is a real wild Corolla Horse that narrates the story of his life and how he left Sand Horse Beach to live in Smithfield, Virginia. He 20:00 min educates the viewer about his ancestors and the history of this 1:00 PM Aaron von Buseck special place. Explore his adventures, friends' struggles and his legacy. Are you willing to help save these horses from extinction? Kay Kerr USA GOODNIGHT LADIES Goodnight Ladies is a documentary film about the world's most famous Master of Fox Hounds. The legendary Nancy Penn Smith 38:00 min Hannum hunted the Chester County, Pennsylvania countryside for

Christianna Potter Hannum half a century. Directed by her granddaughter, Christianna. USA BREAK OF A DREAM: STALLION OF A DREAM: California and the Camarillo White Horse is the quintessential California story. From the 19th Century, CALIFORNIA AND THE Californians have sought a slicker means of locomotion, but before CAMARILLO WHITE HORSE lowriders, hotrods and freeways, California was the birthplace of an 2:15 PM endangered rare that set it apart: The Camarillo White 10:00 min Horse. Jen Miller Sophie Pegrum USA

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TARPAN REPAINTING AN This is the story of mankind’s attempt to bring back a horse from the dead. Tarpan had roamed in wild herds across Europe for millennia, ANCIENT PICTURE running through the dreams of our ancient ancestors and onto 30:00 min prehistoric cave walls. Tarpan: Repainting An Ancient Picture premiered in 2014 in New York at the renowned EQUUS film Jen Miller Festival. As well as celebrating the truly ancient and wild horse of Sophie Pegrum Europe, the film has been translated into Bulgarian and is being used by ARK Foundation and Rewilding Europe as a conservation model for BULGARIA / USA the effective “rewilding” of horses in many different parts of the world. A series of screenings and outreach in conjunction with the International Museum of the Horse in Kentucky is being planned. BREAK HEALING WITH HORSES Healing with Horses, a documentary about a local mission with a global message, using vaulting horses to help with the healing 17:00 min process. 3:00 PM Jeffrey T. Morgan Amber Elliott USA WHEN THE DUST SETTLES The film shows how the struggles of wild horses mirror those of disadvantaged girls, resulting in an earned trust when they're given 45:00 min an opportunity to prove their worthiness to the world. Glenn Sweitzer

USA

BREAK THE WILD PONIES OF The legend says that a Spanish Galleon carrying ponies crashed off the Atlantic coast. The ponies swam free of the sinking ship and CHINCOTEAGUE reached the New World. Decedents of that lost band live today, wild 59:00 min and free, on the barrier island, Assateague, Virginia. The local fire company owns the herd now. To keep the population in check foals 4:15 PM Kurt Kolaja are auctioned each year. Sabrina Dobbins made a winning bid and Tod Mesirow took a pony home. For Sabrina it was a pivotal moment. “This pony was my light in the darkness. I was in severe depression - I was self- USA harming. My pony pulled me up. I named her Blessing. A blessing indeed.

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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12th – 12 pm – 5 pm / 6:30 pm FEATURE FILM EVENTS - / ENDURANCE / START TIME POSTER FILM / RUN TIME / DIRECTOR SYNOPSIS PARA REINING World Para Reining is a global nonprofit organization with a focus on the development of reining programs designed for riders with 05:00 min physical disabilities. These programs begin with grassroots 12:00 PM Lee Schneider competitions and work toward high performance competitions for riders with varied degrees of abilities. USA

IT’S REINING Animacat Studio presents It’s Reining, a feature length documentary from Director/Producer, Natalia Elina. This educational documentary 51:00 min presents a glimpse into the culture of reining horses. As this style of Natalia Elina riding becomes increasingly popular, people with horses seek the help and advice from old timers. It’s Reining is the story of Jon USA Ingram, a first-generation cowboy, who has dedicated his life to his horses and to teaching others the ancient ways of real horsemen.

BREAK RIDING HIGH Riding High is a documentary on the history of three-day in Australia, featuring interviews with Australia's leading Olympic 20:00 min equestrians. 2:10 PM Hanna Brooks

Australia

THE EQUESTRIAN Freddie Forester, a young dressage rider, is at the start of a promising career. Talented and ambitious, with a gifted stallion he is set to 25:00 min compete in his biggest championship yet. But on his journey to Sybil Mair manhood, he will struggle to discover hidden truths about his relationships with his father, his horse and ultimately himself. UK Starring: Layke Anderson; featuring James Wilby with cameo by Carl Hester. BREAK INTO THE SPOTLIGHT PART 2 Into the Spotlight Part 2 feature length documentary also shines the spotlight on horse rescue and unwanted horses in the United States 63:00 min and the unimaginable risk of horses whose lives take the fateful turn 3:00 PM Yvonne Barteau that places them on the road to slaughter. USA

BREAK DYNA DOES DRESSAGE A , often mistaken as a , is defined as the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Historically, have most 60:00 min commonly been known as “working animals' with an attitude 4:15 PM Sarah Crowe problem. Dyna Does Dressage is a documentary about the first mule ever to compete at the national level in the competitive equestrian USA sport of dressage.

BREAK DOWN THE FENCE Each year, horse trainers journey to Reno, Nevada to compete for one of the most challenging equestrian championships in the world. 6:30 PM 94:00 min For the trainers, winning means putting food on the table and hay in FEATURE MJ ISAKSON the barn for another year. For the world, it means another year of survival for a culture at risk and the continued refinement of the art FILM LORI ADAMSKI-PEEK - USA of vaquero-style horsemanship that dates back to the first Spanish missions in California.

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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13th – 12 pm – 5 pm / 6:30 pm FEATURE FILM EVENTS – REINING / ENDURANCE / DRESSAGE / EVENTING START TIME POSTER FILM / RUN TIME / DIRECTOR SYNOPSIS GREAT FLORIDA CATTLE The mission of the Great Florida Cattle Drive: Unbroken Circles is to share Florida’s unique cow culture and heritage through living DRIVE: UNBROKEN CIRCLES history. The goal for Live Oak Production Group was to showcase the 57:00 min lifestyle of the working Florida cow hunters moving cattle across 12:00 PM private and public lands from St. Cloud (just south of Orlando) to Elam Stoltzfus Kenansville in January 2016. One important element of the project is Nic Stoltzfus to educate the public about the 500 years of cattle and horses in Florida. USA BREAK COWGIRLS American folklore is anchored by legends of the frontier and the men who tamed it. The cowboy is iconic—we see him in John Wayne, the 23:00 min Marlboro man, the hero who rides into the sunset. But there is a Sarah Briggs & Anna Carrol glaring absence in the cultural documentation of the American 1:15 PM West… what about the cowgirl? Cowgirls is a documentary about USA Claudia Ogilvie and Patti Hayes, two cowgirls who after 50 years of riding horses and working together in the stock industry of the West have formed a lifelong friendship. These men grew up doing anything that a cowboy could do and oftentimes doing it better. THE ISLAND PROJECT Imagine surviving on a deserted island on your own for a month, attempting something nobody has done before. Meet Emma 54:00 min Massingale. The professional horse trainer from Devon, UK, took on Nathan Horrocks her biggest challenge. Using only her incredible horse sense, she’ll try to ride two wild ponies who have, up to now, been untouched by UK human . No tack, no ropes, no boundaries, just Emma, six Connemara ponies and a 70-acre island off the west coast of Ireland.

BREAK SLOW AND STEADY WINS A pre-games feature from NBCOlympics.com. Their story begins on a small farm in Vermont, but the journey of Laura Graves and her THE RACE: THE STORY OF horse, Verdades, has been nothing short of incredible. It's the story LAURA GRAVES AND DIDDY of a horse that was deemed "unrideable" and a rider that pulled 2:45 PM them both up from the brink of defeat to the Olympic podium. 7:00 min NBCOlympics.com live streamed all of the equestrian events at the Netta-Lee Lax 2016 Rio Olympics including the bronze-medal winning rides of Laura Graves and the U.S. Dressage team. USA TORRINHA: GIVING IT ALL Torrinha, a place out of time, makes us live the passion transmitted by David Ribeiro Telles for the art of bullfighting on horseback. 45:00 min Knowledge, self-giving, risk-taking transport us to these marked lands Jennifer Ajuriaguerra by the men, the horses, and the bulls that inhabit them. FRANCE / PORTUGAL

BREAK FLOATING HORSES: THE LIFE American cowboy Casey Tibbs, a nine-time world champion who left home at the age of 13 in 1942 due to his father’s disdain of , OF CASEY TIBBS had a rags-to-riches life after his groundbreaking spurring lick was 4:00 PM 94:00 min developed and he was launched to stardom. Justin Koehler - USA

BREAK WOLFGANG AMADEUS The French equine artist and theatrical genius Bartabas presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem. Horses and riders from the 6:30 PM MOTZART: REQUIEM formidable Academie Equestre de Versailles join forces with the FEATURE 70:00 min Musiciens du Louvre, conducted by Marc Minkowski, the Salzburger Bachchor and ''an excellent quartet of soloists.'' An absolute highlight FILM Bartabas / Marc Minowski of Salzburg's Mozart Week with ''highest art of sound and riding.” GERMANY

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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14th – 12 pm – 5 pm / 6:30 pm FEATURE FILM EVENTS – DRESSAGE / EVENTING START TIME POSTER FILM / RUN TIME / DIRECTOR SYNOPSIS FREEDOM TRACKS Humans have long felt a deep connection to the horse. Over the centuries, our natural bond with this amazing animal has been lost. 72:00 min Today, scientists and horse lovers across the world are rediscovering 12:00 pm Leila Audrey Pages that connection and the liberation it can bring, not just to the horse, but to ourselves. COSTA RICA / FRANCE

BREAK HORSEPOWERS: From The HORSEPOWERS: From the Land of the Vikings follows the adventures & lifestyles of a mountain Horsewoman competing in the world’s Land Of The Vikings toughest horse race, a Viking horse family living and working with 60:00 min horses, and a war veteran healing with horses. With a backdrop of 1:15 PM pure nature & traditions unique to Norway, the Norwegian people Jonathan Learn are positively affected by horses. Their close bonds with horses run Eva Learn as deep as the fjords. NORWAY BREAK WHEN THE DUST SETTLES The film shows how the struggles of wild horses mirror those of disadvantaged girls, resulting in an earned trust when they're given 45:00 min an opportunity to prove their worthiness to the world. 2:30 PM Glenn Sweitzer

USA BREAK THE ADVENTURES OF SELIKA When Selika Lazevski flees the comfort and safety of her French home, she sets out for Paris to forge her own path in the world. This 07:00 min film is based on an image by Felix Nadar, renowned 19th Century 3:30 PM Sybil H Mair French photographer, of a woman about whom little is known, who was “struck by the strength and pride … of a beautiful black woman UK elegantly dressed in a riding habit, believed to be an equestrian of haut dressage in 19th century France. JAR – JOURNEY OF A Follow the entertainer’s incredible life from Motown recording artist to his 5-star rated charity working with at risk youth using horses in HORSEMAN his programs. Jean Albert Renaud, an internationally acclaimed 51:00 min horseman, takes us through the world of equine and his life as a composer, performer, activist, mentor, and horseman. Brian Barber USA

BREAK TARPAN REPAINTING AN Tarpan: Repainting An Ancient Picture premiered in 2014 in New York at the renowned EQUUS Film Festival. As well as celebrating the ANCIENT PICTURE truly ancient and wild horse of Europe, the film has been translated 4:45 PM 30:00 min into Bulgarian and is being used by ARK Foundation and Rewilding Europe as a conservation model for the effective “rewilding” of Jen Miller Sophie Pegrum horses in many different parts of the world. BULGARIA / USA BREAK THE STORY OF TOTILAS The most-talked about horse in the world, came, saw and conquered 6:30 PM the dressage with his rider Edward Gal. Together they won the heart 83:00 min of millions all over the world, winning three titles at the FEI World FEATURE Annette van Trigt Equestrian Games and setting multiple record scores in Kentucky in 2010 FILM NETHERLAND

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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 15th – 12 pm – 5 pm / 6:30 pm FEATURE FILM EVENTS – REINING / EVENTING START TIME POSTER FILM / RUN TIME / DIRECTOR SYNOPSIS WIND EATERS KEEPING UP Three sisters on a journey to save 's wild Kaimanawa horses. Based on the 2012 wild Kaimanawa horse muster where the WITH THE KAIMANAWAS Wilson sisters first began their journey taming wild horses. 12:00 PM 65:00 min Wilson Sisters New Zealand BREAK A RACETRACK SOMEWHERE A Racetrack Somewhere will take you on a journey like never before across Australia and into the heart of some of the country's most 49:00 min iconic and remote events. Destinations include Birdsville, King Island, 1:15 PM Jo McKinnon Warrnambool, Kangaroo Island and Darwin

AUSTRALIA BREAK WE ARE MEDIEVAL TIMES Have you ever wondered what it is like to work at Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament in Schaumburg, Illinois? Check out this in- CHICAGO: A DOCUMENTARY depth and behind the scenes look at the Chicago castle atmosphere 2:15 PM 60:00 min and hear the stories of 18 amazing team members that make a show possible! Since this documentary was made, the Chicago castle has Colleen Ochab USA now released its BRAND-NEW SHOW titled SOVEREIGN featuring a sole female ruler as Queen of the realm. BREAK LES CHEVAUX DU VENT Les Chevaux du Vent (Horses of the Wind), a short documentary exploring the history, practices, and culture surrounding Moroccan (HORSES OF THE WIND) horses interwoven with myths and stories about the Arabian and 3:30 PM 19:00 min Berber horse. Susan Friedman (photographer/filmmaker) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and photographer. Her Susan Friedman recent film project What’s Up in the Universe? Aired on PBS. MOROCCO BREAK LI’L HERC A HORSE Li'l Herc: The Power of Kindness shares how Li’l Herc helps ‘Marie’ heal from a difficult time in her life due to a lifelong illness. Because 7:00 min she is unable to run and play or even go to school, Marie feels Suzanne Kopp Moskow ‘different’ than other kids, and worries things may never change for 4:00 PM her. Li’l Herc is based on Hercules, the real-life Lusitano bay colt Beatrice Bulteau owned by first time horse owner and author, Suzanne Kopp-Moskow. PORTUGAL / USA Li’l Herc is brought into Marie’s life by Frida, based on Suzanne’s real- life tri-color Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. WILD HORSE ROAD TRIP These Soul Sisters have traveled across the country to Be Life Farm. Their journey is inspiring and reaching people across the country. BRINGING THE SOUL SISTERS Not only are they being trained together, but their journey is being HOME made into a documentary! 60:00 min Mary Miller Jordan USA BREAK HEALING WITH HORSES Healing with Horses, a documentary about a local mission with a 6:30 PM global message, using vaulting horses to help with the healing 17:00 min process. FEATURE Jeffrey T. Morgan FILMS Amber Elliott USA

WHEN THE DUST SETTLES The film shows how the struggles of wild horses mirror those of 6:30 PM disadvantaged girls, resulting in an earned trust when they're given 45:00 min an opportunity to prove their worthiness to the world. FEATURE Glenn Sweitzer FILMS USA

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SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 16th – 12 pm – 5 pm / 6:30 pm FEATURE FILM EVENTS – DRESSAGE / EVENTING START POSTER FILM / RUN TIME / DIRECTOR SYNOPSIS TIME HEALING WITH HORSES Healing with Horses, a documentary about a local mission with a global message, using vaulting horses to help with the healing 17:00 min process. 12:00 PM Jeffrey T. Morgan Amber Elliott USA WHEN THE DUST SETTLES The film shows how the struggles of wild horses mirror those of disadvantaged girls, resulting in an earned trust when they're given 45:00 min an opportunity to prove their worthiness to the world. Glenn Sweitzer

USA

BREAK DYNA DOES DRESSAGE A mule, often mistaken as a donkey, is defined as the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Historically, mules have most 60:00 min commonly been known as “working animals' with an attitude 1:15 PM Sarah Crowe problem. Dyna Does Dressage is a documentary about the first mule ever to compete at the national level in the competitive equestrian USA sport of dressage.

BREAK RIDING HIGH Riding High is a documentary on the history of three-day eventing in Australia, featuring interviews with Australia's leading Olympic 20:00 min equestrians. 2:30 PM Hanna Brooks

Australia

GOODNIGHT LADIES Goodnight Ladies is a documentary about the world's most famous Master of Fox Hounds. The legendary Nancy Penn Smith Hannum 38:00 min hunted the Chester County, Pennsylvania countryside for half a

Christianna Potter Hannum century. Directed by her granddaughter, Christianna. USA BREAK SLOW AND STEADY WINS A pre-games feature from NBCOlympics.com. Their story begins on a small farm in Vermont, but the journey of Laura Graves and her THE RACE: THE STORY OF horse, Verdades, has been nothing short of incredible. It's the story LAURA GRAVES AND DIDDY of a horse that was deemed "unrideable" and a rider that pulled 3:30 PM them both up from the brink of defeat to the Olympic podium. 7:00 min NBCOlympics.com live streamed all of the equestrian events at the Netta-Lee Lax 2016 Rio Olympics including the bronze-medal winning rides of Laura Graves and the U.S. Dressage team. USA TRUE APPALOOSA Horse breeder Scott Engstrom has been trying for years to prove the Appaloosa, a rare horse breed, came from Asia, not Spain. With only 72:00 min 109 true Appaloosas left in the world, the question is vital. After Connor Woodman spotting a horse uncannily like an Appaloosa on a Kyrgystan TV show, the 69-year-old contacted the producer, Connor Woodman, and UK convinced him to return with her to central Asia.

BREAK ALL THE WILD HORSES All The Wild Horses follows five international riders from the USA, Canada, South Africa, Ireland and the UK as they compete in the 6:30 PM 90:00 min Mongol Derby horse race in Mongolia. This multi-horse, multi-station FEATURE Ivo Marloh race over a 1000 kilometers of Mongolian steppe is the longest and toughest horse race on the planet. The riders are out on their own FILM UK and navigate with GPS from horse station to horse station, where they change their horses every 40 kilometers. 7 | P a g e 12- A u g - 18 www.equusfilmfestival.net #EFFFEIWEG18 #EFF18

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 17th – 12 pm – 5 pm / 6:30 pm FEATURE FILM EVENTS – OPEN LOCAL DAY / NO SCHEDULED EVENTS START TIME POSTER FILM / RUN TIME / DIRECTOR SYNOPSIS

HERD IN ICELAND Iceland, roughly the size of Kentucky, has about 300,000 residents and nearly 100,000 horses. Each summer, the farmers guide their 28:00 min herds into the highlands. The horses spend the summer in the Lindsay Blatt mountains, grazing and raising their young. Giving the herds the 12:00 PM opportunity to explore and run through the many different types of Paul Taggart Icelandic terrain makes the horses nimble and capable of detecting ICELAND the best route, even at high speeds and with a rider.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE For nine months KOLO's news team was given unprecedented access to the Stewart Conservation Camp at N. Nev Correctional Center for FENCE the inmate wild horse gentling program. We follow one inmate's 24:05 min quest to tame the big black bay Hollywood, who will eventually patrol our nation's borders. "The other side of the fence" shows not Terri Russell only the success of the program, but also the very personal bond USA between a troubled soul and a wild spirit.

BREAK SGT RECKLESS - BOOK The story of Reckless is not only remarkable - it is unusual. And once you learn about her, you will see why the Marine Corps not only fell TRAILER in love with her - but honored her and promoted her every chance 4:00 min they got. And it wasn’t just the Marines that served with her in the 1:00 PM trenches that honored her - her last promotion to Staff Sergeant was Robin Hutton by Gen. Randolph McC Pate - the Commandant of the entire Marine USA Corps. You can’t get higher than that in the Marines

ONE EIGHTY OUT Twenty-two US veterans commit suicide every day. At over 8,000 a year, this is four times greater than the casualties in the Afghanistan 9:00 min War. And that doesn’t account for the one in five veterans diagnosed Ben Masters with PTSD, depression or other psychological disabilities. These men and women are suffering, and in some cases, killing themselves on USA the very soil they offered their life to protect. Why? If you ask ex- Navy SEAL Micah Fink, he will tell you it’s because the current “treatment” these men and women are receiving isn’t working.

BACK COUNTRY RECOVERY Green Beret and Army veteran Ray Knell was a broken man with PTSD and severe anxiety when he returned home from Afghanistan. 6:00 min His trust in humans was gone. A friend introduced him to Phillip Baribeau backcountry horsemanship, and the wilderness and animal relationship gave him hope and peace of mind. To inspire others, Ben Masters Knell embarked on a 1,000-mile ride along the Continental Divide. USA Filmmaker Ben Masters joined Knell through Yellowstone to witness the importance of conserving wilderness to heal ourselves.

RIDING MY WAY BACK Riding My Way Back is a short documentary that chronicles one soldier’s journey back from the brink of suicide. In 2010, Staff 30:00 min Sergeant Aaron Heliker returned from multiple deployments to Iraq Robin Fryday and Afghanistan with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), in addition to third-degree burns and nerve Peter Rosenbaum damage from a roadside bomb. At his most desperate and isolated, USA on 42 medications and suicidal, Aaron is introduced to the unlikeliest of saviors: a horse named Fred.

BREAK RIDING WITH thisABILITIES Disabled children participating in a therapeutic horse program in NYC benefit over time. After their graduation the stable is sold and the 56:00 min program ends. Other programs fill the void left but the need 2:00 PM Matthew Handal outweighs the availability. As a society we need to spend more money on programs like therapeutic riding so that everyone has a USA chance to “Ride with their Ability.”

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BREAK BAND OF REBELS: WHITE The Brotherhood of the Camargue Horsemen, also known as guardians or ‘cowboys of the Riviera,’ have tended to the distinctive HORSES OF CAMARGUE white horses of Camargue since the 1500s. Living deep within the 4:00 min Camargue Marshland and far from any metropolitan area, the 3:15 PM guardians have earned the trust of these horses, and their lives Drew Doggett revolve around the tradition of caring for them. These are wild FRANCE / USA animals and the symbiotic relationship of the guardians and horses has had a huge impact on shaping both of their identities.

STRONGHOLD OF This short film takes viewers to the shores of Sable Island, a small strip of land less than a mile-wide whose only full-time inhabitants RESISTANCE: SABLE ISLAND are wild horses; no human attempts at colonization have ever AND HER LEGENDARY succeeded. HORSES 4:00 min Drew Doggett CANADA / USA IN THE REALM OF LEGENDS In a land filled with waterfalls, volcanic black sand beaches, epic glaciers and other dreamlike & surreal natural features live a breed of 2:00 min horses whose existence you have to see to believe.

Drew Doggett USA UNBRIDLED "Unbridled" is an emotionally gripping, unforgettable and uplifting story of redemption, healing, and overcoming some of life’s greatest 110:00 min obstacles. This captivating feature film tells the tale of an abused girl John David Ware who teams up with an abused horse and their journey to healing. Inspired by a true story, the movie features actors Eric Roberts (The NORTH CAROLINA USA Dark Knight; The Expendables) and T.C. Stallings (War Room; Courageous). "Unbridled" was created to draw attention to the practice of sexual slavery, which is growing in all parts of the world, particularly in the suburbs of the USA. "Unbridled" is inspired by the Corral Riding Academy in Cary, NC, which since 2008 has been privileged to help over 100 abused girls through one-year long therapy programs. They pair up abused girls with abused horses and through intensive one-on-one training the girls teach the horses to trust. In the process the girls also learn to trust again. These true stories of hope and healing were the inspiration for "Unbridled." A portion of the proceeds from "Unbridled" sales go directly to Corral.

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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18th – 12 pm – 5 pm / 6:30 pm FEATURE FILM EVENTS – VAULTING / PARA-EQUESTRIAN DRESSAGE START TIME POSTER FILM / RUN TIME / DIRECTOR SYNOPSIS HEALING WITH HORSES Healing with Horses, a documentary about a local mission with a global message, using vaulting horses to help with the healing 17:00 min process. 12:00 PM Jeffrey T. Morgan Amber Elliott USA BREAK AGRINOUI A young mare visits Cyprus to take part in races. Frustrated from failure, she abandons the racetrack after confronting her strict 20:00 min father. The mare will meet new friends who will try to help her find 12:30 PM Alexis Chaviaras her lost courage.

CYPRUS

THE EDGE Bruce Anderson believes that man's capacity to reduce the wild is the cause and effect of mental imbalance. As a boy, Anderson spent most 39:00 min of his time in "Mother Nature's classroom" learning key tools to James O’Connor the mindset; be more AlphA. The impact that horses have had on his life is fundamental to his work which uses a 1000 lb animal TRINIDAD to deliver an epiphany: you are merely a steward of this earth.

BREAK SPOTLIGHT RESCUE SERIES SPOTLIGHT RESCUE SERIES IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN EQUUS FILM FESTIVAL AND JA MEDIA 60:00 min Working together to shine a light on the issues facing our horses, 1:45 PM Julianne Neal dogs and cats in need of rescue. The Spotlight Rescue Series features shorts, docs and trailers for films about rescue situations (equine, USA canine, feline and human), and the individuals that work so tirelessly to save lives. 10 min with Director Julianne Neal and Bruce Anderson BREAK WE ARE MEDIEVAL TIMES Have you ever wondered what it is like to work at Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament in Schaumburg, Illinois? Check out this in- CHICAGO: A DOCUMENTARY depth and behind the scenes look at the Chicago castle atmosphere 60:00 min and hear the stories of 18 amazing team members that make a show 3:00 PM possible! Since this documentary was made, the Chicago castle has Colleen Ochab now released its BRAND-NEW SHOW titled SOVEREIGN featuring a USA sole female ruler as Queen of the realm.

BREAK THE GREAT FLIP OFF Meet the last of the great bareback artists, past and present, as they band together for the largest gathering of riders of this century - one 98:00 min last, death-defying performance in the face of extinction from the American . 4:15 PM Dafna Yachin USA

BREAK THE HORSE DANCER When one of America's most promising young gymnasts, Samantha Wick, is cut from the Olympic team, she decides to follow her dreams 6:30 PM 114:00 min of horseback riding by joining a girl’s horse camp. With financial FEATURE Joel Paul Reisig troubles threatening to shut the camp down, Samantha uses her gymnastic prowess to start an equestrian vaulting ("horse-dancing") FILM USA team to raise money and save the camp!

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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 19th - 12 pm – 5 pm / 6:30 pm FEATURE FILM EVENTS – JUMPING / VAULTING / PARA-EQUESTRIAN DRESSAGE START TIME POSTER FILM / RUN TIME / DIRECTOR SYNOPSIS HERD We learn from the Herd that when one suffers we all suffer. We're all here to heal together. Liz Mitten-Ryan and her herd take us on a 53:00 min healing journey. At http://www.equinisity.com the herd of horses 12:00 PM Stefan Morel teach and heal humans. They heal at liberty offering Equinistic Healing Certification in this method of healing entirely invented and CANADA orchestrated by horses who are free to come and go as they please.

BREAK LI’L HERC A HORSE Li'l Herc: The Power of Kindness shares how Li’l Herc helps ‘Marie’ heal from a difficult time in her life due to a lifelong illness. Because 7:00 min she is unable to run and play or even go to school, Marie feels 1:00 PM Suzanne Kopp Moskow ”different” than other kids, and worries things may never change for her. Li’l Herc is based on Hercules, the real-life Lusitano bay colt. Beatrice Bulteau Li’l Herc is brought into Marie’s life by Frida to help Marie overcome PORTUGAL / USA her sadness and frustration. BASK THE REVELATION OF This documentary film “Bask: The revelation of America,” presents the unique and fascinating story of the Bask. It’s a AMERICA beautiful but also tragic story. The main goal of the movie is to 42:15 MIN present the formal path to success of the Arabian horse Bask, who exemplifies the best genetic model for these horses. Bask sired 1050 Hanna Luiza Ceglińska- purebred Arabian foals, and 196 of these were United States, Europe Leśnodorska or Canadian National Champions. POLAND BREAK DESERT FLIGHT Desert Flight is a featurette-length documentary about the sport of equestrian . Described as "a love letter to the sport of 40:00 min show jumping,” and with insights from world class Olympic riders as 2:00 PM John Azoni well as amateurs, this film shows why people go to such physical, mental, and financial lengths to compete in this sport. USA LABOR OF LOVE The 22-minute length video "Labor of Love" dissects the freelance labor conditions of professional horseracing through an endearing 22:00 min series of portraits of .three German-based international jockeys Christa Joo Hyun D'Angelo including champion jockey Andrasch Starke, considered by many as the best German jockey of all time. GERMANY

BREAK Sacred Ground 25th Sacred Ground is a rare look behind the scenes of Newport International in their 25th anniversary season. We discover a Anniversary of Newport passionate equestrian culture and celebrate the Polo roots of International Polo Newport RI 3:15 PM 49:00 min Kevin Friend Jason Carter USA BREAK HEALING WITH HORSES Healing with Horses, a documentary about a local mission with a global message, using vaulting horses to help with the healing 17:00 min process. 4:15 PM Jeffrey T. Morgan Amber Elliott USA

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THE FOUR HORSEMEN The Four Horsemen tells the true Australian story of four Ashton brothers who grew up in the NSW outback in the 1920s and together 50:00 min formed a polo team. After eventually dominating Australian polo, the Peter Davies brothers set out to take on the English and American polo worlds at the height of the sport's glamour. Against the backdrop of the great AUSTRALIA depression, they risked everything they had to ship a string of 25 polo ponies across two continents on their quest to prove their mettle. It remains one of the riskiest ventures in Australia's sporting history, and a story that has been virtually untold until now. Featuring interviews with the Ashton family, polo historians and past greats of the game, never before seen archival footage and reenactments shot on location in England, USA, and Australia, the Four Horsemen is a celebration of a great Australian story. BREAK LI’L HERC A HORSE Li'l Herc: The Power of Kindness shares how Li’l Herc helps ‘Marie’ heal from a difficult time in her life due to a lifelong illness. Because 6:30 PM 7:00 min she is unable to run and play or even go to school, Marie feels FEATURE Suzanne Kopp Moskow ”different” than other kids, and worries things may never change for her. Li’l Herc is based on Hercules, the real-life Lusitano bay colt. FILMS Beatrice Bulteau Li’l Herc is brought into Marie’s life by Frida to help Marie overcome PORTUGAL / USA her sadness and frustration. THE WILD PONIES OF the Atlantic coast. The ponies swam free of the sinking ship and reached the New World. Decedents of that lost band live today, wild CHINCOTEAGUE and free, on the barrier island, Assateague, Virginia. The local fire 59:00 min company owns the herd now. To keep the population in check foals are auctioned each year. Sabrina Dobbins made a winning bid and Kurt Kolaja took a pony home. For Sabrina it was a pivotal moment. “This pony Tod Mesirow was my light in the darkness. I was in severe depression - I was self- harming. My pony pulled me up. I named her Blessing. A blessing USA indeed.

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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20th – 12 pm – 5 pm / 6:30 pm FEATURE FILM EVENTS – JUMPING / VAULTING / PARA-EQUESTRIAN DRESSAGE START TIME POSTER FILM / RUN TIME / DIRECTOR SYNOPSIS HORSE OF KINGS THIEF OF In the early morning as I gaze over the misty pastures of my garden and I see the first rays of sunlight carefully making its appearance in HEARTS this Dutch landscape. A young Carthusian stallion, his coat a soft grey 90:00 min color, makes his entrance out of the mist and starts to play in the still moist grass. Poetry becomes alive as he performs his game of trot, 12:00 PM Mario Dirkx canter and prancing throwing his young body loose in the pleasure of SPAIN / NETHERLANDS being outdoors. My heart fills with joy when he carefully interrupts his wild display of passion to approach me with his gentle touch. Showing me his friendship and trust by including me in his world for a moment... before continuing his delightful game.

BREAK THE BLACK COWBOY The Black Cowboy is a look at a little known chapter in the history of the United States. It is a story that illuminates the often overlooked 2:00 min people who contributed to the building of the ideal that is the Charles Perry American dream. Most of us know the cowboy as a gun-toting white 1:45 PM man - like John Wayne. But the Hollywood portrayal of the Wild West USA is a whitewashed version of reality. It is thought that, on some Texas trails, about 25% of cowboys were black.

FREE SPIRITS SAVING Wild are beautiful, powerful, and majestic but they face uncertainty for their survival out west. The public lands that these AMERICA’S WILD HORSES horses make a living on are also land for cattle, sheep, wildlife, oil 81:00 min drilling and recreation. This movie exposes the real reason why these wild horses are being rounded up and put up for adoption. It follows Joseph Piner the US government round ups, while also following the horse activist USA and organizations as they try to stop these round ups by buying a lot of the horses. Featuring: Jamie Dodson, Craig Dodson, Clarke Peters, Ginger Katherns, Craig Downer, Lisa Friday

BREAK UNE ALLURE DANS LA NUIT The story of a man who became blind and made a new life with his horses. Handicap / hope / happy life ... 52:00 min 3:30 PM Baume Julien FRANCE BREAK HARRY & SNOWMAN Dutch immigrant, Harry deLeyer, journeyed to the United States after World War II and developed a transformative relationship with a 84:00 min broken-down Amish plow horse he rescued off a slaughter truck Ron Davis bound for the glue factory. Harry paid 80 dollars for the horse and named him Snowman. In less than two years, Harry & Snowman 4:30 PM USA went on to win the triple crown of show jumping, beating the nation’s blue bloods. They became famous and traveled around the world together. Their chance meeting at a Pennsylvania horse auction saved them both and crafted a friendship that lasted a lifetime. Eighty-six-year-old Harry tells their Cinderella love story firsthand, as he continues to train on today's show jumping circuit. BREAK GOLDEN GENES Show jumping horses bred in the Netherlands are some of the best in the world. It is no coincidence that foreign riders won gold and silver 6:30 PM 53:00 min medals in the of 2008 on Dutch horses. This is big FEATURE Annette van Trigt business and passionate breeders have everything they need available in the Netherlands. FILMS NETHERLANDS

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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21st – 12 pm – 5 pm / 6:30 pm FEATURE FILM EVENTS – JUMPING / PARA-EQUESTRIAN DRESSAGE / START TIME POSTER FILM / RUN TIME / DIRECTOR SYNOPSIS

THE STORY OF TOTILAS The most-talked about horse in the world, came, saw and conquered the dressage with his rider Edward Gal. Together they won the heart 83:00 min of millions all over the world, winning three titles at the FEI World 12:00 PM Annette van Trigt Equestrian Games and setting multiple record scores in Kentucky in 2010. NETHERLAND

BREAK DESERT FLIGHT Desert Flight is a featurette-length documentary about the sport of equestrian show jumping. Described as "a love letter to the sport of 40:00 min show jumping", and with insights from world class Olympic riders as 1:30 PM John Azoni well as amateurs, this film shows why people go to such physical, mental, and financial lengths to compete in this sport. USA TARPAN REPAINTING AN Tarpan: Repainting An Ancient Picture premiered in 2014 in New York at the renowned EQUUS Film Festival. As well as celebrating the ANCIENT PICTURE truly ancient and wild horse of Europe, the film has been translated 30:00 min into Bulgarian and is being used by ARK Foundation and Rewilding Europe as a conservation model for the effective “rewilding” of Jen Miller horses in many different parts of the world. Sophie Pegrum BULGARIA / USA BREAK AMISH 2.0 A farmer from the Netherlands dreams about moving to the United States with his family. His goal is to live closer to his most satisfied 53:00 min clients: the Amish. This documentary provides a rare peek into the 2:45 PM Annette van Trigt world of the - usually so isolated - Amish Community. Sober and simple, would define the Amish lifestyle, but the temptations are NETHERLAND becoming rather great for them.

BREAK THE EDGE Bruce Anderson believes that man's capacity to reduce the wild is the cause and effect of mental imbalance. As a boy, Anderson spent most 39:00 min of his time in "Mother Nature's classroom" learning key tools to 3:45 PM Julianne Neal balance the mindset; be more AlphA. The impact that horses have had on his life is fundamental to his work which uses a 1000 lb animal USA to deliver an epiphany: you are merely a steward of this earth.

BREAK THE MAN FROM COXS RIVER Can a near impossible mission to save a mob of bring a fiercely a independent bushman and a National Parks ranger to see 90:00 min through each other’s eyes? 2:45 PM Russell Kilbey www.themanfromcoxsriver.com AUSTRALIA

BREAK HARRY & SNOWMAN Dutch immigrant, Harry deLeyer, journeyed to the United States after World War II and developed a transformative relationship with a 84:00 min broken-down Amish plow horse he rescued off a slaughter truck Ron Davis bound for the glue factory. Harry paid 80 dollars for the horse and 6:30 PM named him Snowman. In less than two years, Harry & Snowman FEATURE USA went on to win the triple crown of show jumping, beating the nation’s blue bloods. They became famous and traveled around the FILM world together. Their chance meeting at a Pennsylvania horse auction saved them both and crafted a friendship that lasted a lifetime. Eighty-six-year-old Harry tells their Cinderella love story firsthand, as he continues to train on today's show jumping circuit.

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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd – 12 pm – 5pm / 6:30 pm FEATURE FILM EVENTS – VAULTING / PARA-EQUESTRIAN DRESSAGE / DRIVING START TIME POSTER FILM / RUN TIME / DIRECTOR SYNOPSIS THE ADVENTURES OF SELIKA When Selika Lazevski flees the comfort and safety of her French home, she sets out for Paris to forge her own path in the world. This 07:00 min film is based on an image by Felix Nadar, renowned 19th Century 12:00 PM Sybil H. Mair French photographer, of a woman about whom little is known, who was “struck by the strength and pride … of a beautiful black woman UK elegantly dressed in a riding habit, believed to be an equestrian of haut dressage in 19th century France. GOLDEN GENES Show jumping horses bred in the Netherlands are some of the best in the world. It is no coincidence that foreign riders won gold and silver 53:00 min medals in the Olympic Games of 2008 on Dutch horses. This is big

Annette van Trigt business and passionate breeders have everything they need available in the Netherlands. NETHERLANDS BREAK COBRA THE : WILD The true story of Marsha Hartford Sapp and her wild Mustang, Cobra, is as magical as any Disney fairytale. It is a tale of second chances, TO WORLD CHAMPION belief, love and redemption. It is what inspired the writing of the 1:15 PM 7:00 min song and creation of this heartwarming video. Ashley Mancuso USA CHEVAL MARWARI This is the story of Bonnie and Francesca's journey to promulgate and promote the horse in India and abroad. The Marwari horse has faced 54:00 min many challenges including near extinction. In this story you will see Valentine BORTOT two modern day heroes with outstanding passion and dedication do everything in their power to promote and raise awareness of the Blandine NICOT issues facing the Marwari horse. This film will move and inspire you INDIA / FRANCE to be the best you can be! BREAK THEIR LAST RIDE Through her heritage, an Enrolled Cherokee by blood, Neta Rhyne has a deep-rooted connection to the spirit of the horse. Every year 6:00 min Neta witnesses thousands of horses, burros and mules being hauled M. Aku RoDirguez through Toyahvale for THEIR LAST RIDE. This is an unacceptable 2:30 PM ending for these majestic animals! Today Neta fights to bring USA awareness to the hardships that horses face through her community- based organization, Thundering Hooves.

Talking To The Air: Horses of On a tenuous border with China, the vanishing medieval culture of Mustang is where a man's wealth is measured in horses and riding is The Forbidden Kingdom as elemental as breathing. TALKING TO THE AIR tells the story of the 56:00 min ascent of civilization in the high Himalaya and turns a lens on issues of globalization, fragile border politics and the precarious future for Sophie Pegrum the horse in this remarkable region. NEPAL / USA BREAK THE LAST HORSEMEN OF This documentary follows the New York horse carriage drivers’ fight to save their livelihoods after the new NY mayor vowed to eliminate NEW YORK them. The film puts us inside their fight against City Hall and features 80:00 min powerful accusations made by former mayoral candidate Christine 3:45 PM Quinn outlining how she declined a quid pro quo to eliminate the Mary Haverstick carriage industry, which may have cost her the mayoral election. The USA film exposes how dark money fueling an obscure special interest can tip an entire election, with working class New Yorkers in the crossfire. BREAK THE CARAVAN An inside look aboard The Caravan where adventurers grapple with 6:30 PM route-finding, mother nature & group dynamics in an epic horse- 110:00 min drawn experience across America. The film follows carriage drivers & FEATURE Margot McMaster horse riders who alter their lives for a five-month pilgrimage. Aged FILM from 11 to 80 they travel from California to Florida over 2,500 miles. CANADA Gerard Paagman leads the group with his team of Friesian horses.

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SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23rd – 12 pm – 5 pm EVENTS – JUMPING / DRIVING START TIME POSTER FILM / RUN TIME / SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR OF GODS AND KINGS THE This documentary film introduces the critically-endangered Skyrian Horse of Skyros Island in Greece and the people who are trying to SKRYIAN HORSE save them. Sadly, this national treasure, with an incredible history 12:00 PM 28:00 min and unique relationship with the islanders, faces immense obstacles to secure survival. These horses have gone to battle for Jen Miller Sophie Pegrum humanity and now their fate lies in our hands. GREECE / USA Croatoan’s Memoirs Croatoan is a wild Corolla Horse that narrates the story of his life and how he left Sand Horse Beach to live in Smithfield, Virginia. He 20:00 min educates the viewer about his ancestors and the history of this

Aaron von Buseck special place. Explore his adventures, friends' struggles and his legacy. Are you willing to help save these horses from extinction. Kay Kerr USA BREAK COBRA THE MUSTANG: The true story of Marsha Hartford Sapp and her wild Mustang, Cobra, is as magical as any Disney fairytale. It is a tale of second WILD TO WORLD CHAMPION chances, belief, love and redemption. It is what inspired the writing 1:00 PM 7:00 min of the song and creation of this heartwarming video. Ashley Mancuso USA WILD HORSE RESOLUTION Wild on public lands is a disaster. Nearly 50,000 Wild Horses & burros are held in government holding, 6:00 min costing taxpayers 50 Million annually. Over twice the appropriate Ben Masters management level of horses threaten overgrazing on 30 million public acres. Activist TJ Holmes views this as a reproduction issue. USA Each year he wanders Disappointment Valley in SW Colorado darting Wild Horses with PZP, a one year fertility control vaccine. TAMING WILD A GIRL AND A One mustang off the range, one trainer, no tools, just body language. What if horses were given a choice? Would they let us MUSTANG ride them? Without force or tools to control, and without bribes to 45:00 min lure them? Elsa Sinclair USA

BREAK THE EQUESTRIAN Freddie Forester, a young dressage rider, is at the start of a promising career. Talented and ambitious, with a gifted stallion he 25:00 min is set to compete in his biggest championship yet. But on his 2:00 PM Sybil Mair journey to manhood, he will struggle to discover hidden truths about his relationships with his father, his horse and ultimately UK himself. BREAK CORRALS TO COMPETITION The film follows Oregon horse trainer, Stacey Riggs, in her journey to prepare for and compete in two separate Extreme Mustang 70:00 min Makeover events. Beginning on a cold day in February, and ending Tory Kelly on a warm July evening, the film documents the 100-day process of 2:30 PM gentling each wild mustang and transforming them into willing USA partners. The catch is that at the end of each competition, the horses are placed in a competitive public auction, and the highest bidder wins. BREAK THE WILD PONIES OF The legend says: a Spanish Galleon carrying ponies crashed off the Atlantic coast. Decedents of that lost band live today on the barrier CHINCOTEAGUE island, Assateague, VA. The local fire company owns the herd. To 4:00 PM 59:00 min USA keep the population in check foals are auctioned each year. Sabrina Dobbins made a winning bid. It was a pivotal moment for Kurt Kolaja Tod Mesirow her. “This pony was my light in the darkness. I was in severe depression and self-harming. My pony Blessing pulled me up.

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