PROGRAM LINE-UP ADDENDUM OPENING NIGHT: • Iʼm So Excited
PROGRAM LINE-UP ADDENDUM OPENING NIGHT: • Iʼm So Excited! – (DIRECTOR/WRITER Pedro Almodovar PRODUCERS Agustin Almodovar, Esther Garcia CAST Antonio De La Torre, Hugo Silva, Miguel Angel Silvestre, Layla Marti, Javier Camara, Carlos Areces, Raul Arevalo, Jose Maria Yazpik, Guillermo Toledo, Jose Luis Torrijo, Lola Duenas, Cecilia Roth, Blanca Suarez) – A psychic, a hitman, a dominatrix, a crooked businessman and a soap star are among the passengers aboard a disaster-prone aircraft in Pedro Almodovarʼs bawdy, mischievous, mescaline-laced new comedy of bad manners. North American Premiere CLOSING NIGHT: • The Way, Way Back – (DIRECTORS/WRITERS Nat Faxon, Jim Rash PRODUCERS Kevin J. Walsh, Tom Rice CAST Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb, Sam Rockwell, Maya Rudolph, Rob Corddry, Amanda Peet and Liam James) – The Way, Way Back is the funny and poignant coming of age story of 14-year-old Duncanʼs (Liam James) summer vacation with his mother, Pam (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), and his daughter, Steph (Zoe Levin). Having a rough time fitting in, the introverted Duncan finds an unexpected friend in gregarious Owen (Sam Rockwell), manager of the Water Wizz water park. Through his funny, clandestine friendship with Owen, Duncan slowly opens up to and begins to finally find his place in the world – all during a summer he will never forget. GALA SCREENINGS: • Fruitvale Station – USA (DIRECTOR/PRODUCER Ryan Coogler PRODUCERS Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker CAST Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Ahna O'Reilly, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray and Octavia Spencer) – First-time feature filmmaker Ryan Coogler brings cinematic grace and maturity to the tragic true story of Oscar Grant, a young African-American man, on the fateful day he was killed by Oakland's BART transit police.
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