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Opening Night Film A Bump Along The Way

Wednesday, January 15, 8:00 PM Arlington Theatre Presented by UGG®

A female-led, feel-good comedy drama set in Derry, PRESENTED BY Northern Ireland, about a middle-aged woman whose unexpected pregnancy after a one-night stand acts as the catalyst for her to finally take control of her life.

American Riviera Award Renée Zellweger

Thursday, January 16, 8:00 PM Arlington Theatre Sponsored by Bella Vista Designs

The American Riviera Award recognizes actors who have made a significant contribution to American Cinema.

Outstanding Performers of the Year Award Scarlett Johansson & Adam Driver

1. Arlington Theatre 2. Will Call and Volunteer HQ at SBIFF’s Education Center 3. Fiesta Theatre 4. Lobero Theatre & Festival Pavilion 5. Metro Theatre 6. Festival Hub & Press Office Friday, January at Hotel 17, 8:00 Santa PM Barbara Arlington Theatre Presented by Belvedere Vodka Public Parking Lot Public Restrooms The Outstanding Performer of the Year Award is given to an artist who has delivered a standout performance 1 in a leading role. Special Events Special Events

FREE Screening of THREE KINGS Montecito Award FOLLOWED BY A Q&A WITH DAVID O. RUSSELL Lupita Nyong’o

Saturday, January 18, 2:00 PM Lobero Theatre Monday, January 20, 8:00 PM Arlington Theatre FREE ADMISSION Presented by Manitou Fund

In celebration of its 20th anniversary, SBIFF will present a This year we recognize Lupita Nyong’o with the Monte- free screening of THREE KINGS followed by a Q&A with cito Award for her impressive career and most recent David O. Russell. performance in Jordan Peele’s US. Cinema Vanguard Award Virtuosos Award Laura Dern

Saturday, January 18, 8:00 PM Arlington Theatre Tuesday, January 21, 8:00 PM Arlington Theatre Presented by UGG® Presented by Manitou Fund

Honoring Awkwafina THE( FAREWELL), Taron Egerton The Cinema Vanguard Award recognizes actors who (ROCKETMAN), Cynthia Erivo (HARRIET), Beanie Feld- have forged their own path, taking artistic risks and stein (BOOKSMART), Aldis Hodge (CLEMENCY), making a significant and unique contribution to film. George MacKay (1917), Florence Pugh (LITTLE WOMEN, MIDSOMMAR), and Taylor Russell (WAVES)

Variety Artisans Award Maltin Modern Master Award Brad Pitt

Sunday, January 19, 8:00 PM Lobero Theatre Wednesday, January 22, 8:00 PM Arlington Theatre Sponsored by Variety Presented by Manitou Fund

The Artisans Award honors those who have exhibited The Maltin Modern Master Award honors an individual the most exciting and innovative work of the year in who has enriched our culture through accomplish- their respective fields. Honorees are listed at sbiff.org 2 ments in the motion picture industry. 3 Special Events Special Events

PRODUCERS PANEL FREE Screening of PARASITE Sunday, January 19, 10:00 AM Lobero Theatre

The Producers Panel brings together some of the industry’s leading producers to provide insight into the business as well as the creative sides of producing.

WRITERS PANEL Sunday, January 19, 1:00 PM Lobero Theatre

The Writers Panel brings top writers together to converse about what it takes to write a script and about their journeys to the big screen. Thursday, January 23, 4:30 PM Lobero Theatre FREE ADMISSION WOMEN’S PANEL Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly Saturday, January 25, 11:00 AM Lobero Theatre formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan. Women from all stages of film production come together to discuss the unique challenges they have Outstanding Director of the Year Award faced and successes they have had in the film industry. Bong Joon Ho

Educational Programs

MIKE’S FIELDTRIP TO THE MOVIES Sponsored by Bentson Foundation, Montecito Bank & Trust, Patagonia, Union Bank, and Volentine Family Foundation Thursday, January 23, 8:00 PM Arlington Theatre Sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter 4,000+ 4th - 6th grade students in Santa Barbara County will receive FREE transportation to a screening of the Bong Joon Ho is a director who has pushed the bound- year’s top animated films followed by a Q&A with the aries in their storytelling and created films that show- directors. case the art of filmmaking at its best. 10-10-10 STUDENT COMPETITIONS Saturday, January 25 - 2:00 PM Arlington Theatre Closing Night Film Sponsored by Final Draft Santa Barbara Documentary Shorts Joining student screenwriters and filmmakers with mentoring industry professionals, this program fosters a new generation of talent. Participants produce ten films that are publicly screened for FREE on the last day of the festival.

FILM STUDIES PROGRAM Sponsored by Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin and Netflix Saturday, January 25, 8:00 PM Arlington Theatre Sponsored by Winchester Mystery House This program brings undergraduate students from across the country for a three-day symposium with a For our CLOSING NIGHT FILM, we put the spotlight on focus on film appreciation, criticism, and analysis. Santa Barbara to highlight a series of short documen- Students attend screenings, panels, Q&A sessions, taries by local filmmakers. This distinctive selection of celebrity tribute events, and sessions with filmmakers films covers a range of iconic people and places in the and media professionals in a classroom setting for FREE. 4 Santa Barbara. See page 54 for more info. 5 Free Admission Free Admission

APPLEBOX FAMILY FILMS FILMMAKER SEMINARS Sponsored by Metropolitan Theatres Daily FREE seminars at the Festival Pavilion (Lobero Theatre Courtyard) AppleBox offers family films FREE at the Arlington Theatre, along with complimentary popcorn and DOCUMENTARY ACTIVISM refreshments! Thursday, January 16 - 11:00 AM INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS FROZEN 2 Friday, January 17 - 11:00 AM Saturday, January 18 - 10:00 AM Arlington Theatre DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS TOY STORY 4 Saturday, January 18 - 11:00 AM Sunday, January 19 - 10:00 AM Arlington Theatre MAKING SHORTS FROZEN 2 (ENCORE SCREENING) Monday, January 20 - 11:00 AM Saturday, January 25 - 10:00 AM Arlington Theatre INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKERS Tuesday, January 21 - 11:00 AM SUPER SILENT FILM THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME TBA Friday, January 24 - 7:00 PM Arlington Theatre Wednesday, January 22 - 11:00 AM Sponsored by Winchester Mystery House SANTA BARBARA FILMMAKERS Thursday, January 23 - 11:00 AM On Friday evening SBIFF will present this classic silent film FREE to the community. Live accompaniment will be SANTA BARBARA SHORTS FILMMAKERS provided by Adam Aceto on the Arlington’s Friday, January 24 - 11:00 AM Wonder Morton Theatre Pipe Organ, which is one of only five in existence. FREE DAILY FILM SCREENINGS Admission will be on a first-come, first-served basis In 15th-century Paris, Jehan (Brandon Hurst), the evil following passholder admission. brother of the archdeacon, lusts after a Gypsy named Esmeralda (Patsy Ruth Miller) and commands the THE NATURE MAKERS hunchback Quasimodo (Lon Chaney) to capture her. Thursday, January 16 - 2:00 PM Lobero Theatre Military captain Phoebus (Norman Kerry) also loves Es- meralda and rescues her, but she is not unsympathetic OVERLAND Friday, January 17 - 2:00 PM Lobero Theatre to Quasimodo’s condition, and an unlikely bond forms between them. After vengeful Jehan frames Esmeralda THREE KINGS (Q&A WITH DAVID O. RUSSELL) for the attempted murder of Phoebus, Quasimodo’s Saturday, January 18 - 2:00 PM Lobero Theatre feelings are put to the test. IF ONLY (MAGARI) YOUTH CINEMEDIA Sunday, January 19 - 2:40 PM Metro Theatre Saturday, January 25 - 10:00 AM Fiesta Theatre BASTARD’S ROAD For over a decade SBIFF has partnered with Youth Monday, January 20 - 2:00 PM Lobero Theatre CineMedia, a local non-profit that teaches OUTDEH - THE YOUTH OF JAMAICA documentary filmmaking to children, teens and young Tuesday, January 21 - 2:00 PM Lobero Theatre adults from urban and rural communities, with projects focusing on social justice issues. Film synopses are avail- THE PRISON WITHIN able in the shorts section. Wednesday, January 22 - 2:00 PM Lobero Theatre

PARASITE Thursday, January 23 - 4:30 PM Lobero Theatre

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Friday, January 24 - 7:00 PM Arlington Theatre

TELL MY STORY Saturday, January 25 - 2:00 PM Lobero Theatre

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ABOVE & BEYOND DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION FILMS: By Hand / The Last Mountain / Outdeh - The Youth of Sponsored by SEE International Jamaica / Red Penguins / Super Frenchie FILMS: Americaville / Bastards’ Road / Born 2 Drive / Born in a Ballroom / Fatei and the Sea / Mentors - Tony and Santi / The BONG JOON HO RETROSPECTIVE Oratorio / Outdeh - The Youth of Jamaica / Overland / The FILMS: The Host / Memories of Murder / Mother / Parasite Songpoet / Sovereign Soil / That Click

CINESONIC INDEPENDENT COMPETITION FILMS: The Changin’ Times of Ike White / The Grand Unified Sponsored by Panavision Theory of Howard Bloom / Lost Transmissions / My Friend Fela / FILMS: Black Conflux / A Bump Along the Way / Faith Based / The Oratorio / Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy! / The Songpoet Gutterbee / Hope Gap / James vs. His Future Self / Liberté: A Call to Spy / The Marijuana Conspiracy / The Night CRIME SCENES FILMS: Blow the Man Down / The Burnt Orange Heresy / By a JEFFREY C. BARBAKOW INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Sharp Knife / Chronology / The Goya Murders / Greed / The FILMS: A Brother’s Love / By a Sharp Knife / Chronology / The Mayor of Rione Sanità / Stitches / Supernova / The Vast of Night Flying Circus / If Only / Kuessipan / My Life / Nevia / Once in Trubchevsk / Only the Animals / The Pencil / Stitches CROSSING BORDERS FILMS: 14 Days, 12 Nights / Antigone / The Clash / Easy Living / NORDIC CINEMA COMPETITION Finding Farideh / The Flying Circus / Gipsy Queen / The Good FILMS: Amundsen / The Birdcatcher’s Son / Call Mom! / Collision One / I Was, I Am, I Will Be / Lina from Lima / Master Cheng / / Daniel / Disco / The Exception / Master Cheng / My Life as a Show Me What You Got Comedian / Psychosia

KOLNOA SOCIAL JUSTICE COMPETITION FILMS: The Art of Waiting / Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive / FILMS: Back Towards Light / Birth Wars / Bully. Coward. Victim. Breaking Bread / The Dead of Jaffa / Golda / Kosher Beach The Story of Roy Cohn / Medicating Normal / The Nature Makers / Pandora’s Box: Lifting the Lid on Menstruation / REEL NATURE Personhood / The Prison Within / River Silence / Tell My Story / A FILMS: Exploring the Pacific Northwest /The Mustangs: America’s Worm in the Heart Wild Horses / The Nature Makers / Overland / Paris: A Wild Story / Whale Wisdom SPAIN/LATIN AMERICA COMPETITION FILMS: The Clash / The Goya Murders / Land of Ashes / Lane 4 RUSSIAN ARCS / Love Beats / Mosh / The Restoration / The Retirement / Santa FILMS: Fatei and the Sea / Leaving Afghanistan / Once in Clara / Towards the Battle / White on White Trubchevsk Outlaw / The Pencil / Red Penguins / Shindisi / A Worm in the Heart Shorts Programs SANTA BARBARA FEATURES AMERICAN STORIES: SHORTS FILMS: Amazing Grace / The Delicacy / The Lafayette Escadrille ANIMATED SHORTS / The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses / She’s in Portland / CLOSING NIGHT SANTA BARBARA DOCUMENTARY SHORTS Whale Wisdom COMEDIC SHORTS DOCUMENTARY SHORTS SCREEN CUISINE LIVE-ACTION SHORTS FILMS: The Amber Light / Born in a Ballroom / Breaking Bread LIVE-ACTION SHORTS: LOVE ACTUALLY / The Delicacy / Fatei and the Sea / Gutterbee / Man in the LIVE-ACTION SHORTS: MODERN FAMILY Field: The Life and Art of Jim Denevan / Master Cheng / Sover- REEL NATURE SHORTS eign Soil / The Wandering Chef SANTA BARBARA DOCUMENTARY SHORTS SANTA BARBARA LIVE-ACTION SHORTS SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS SCREEN CUISINE SHORTS FILMS: 37 Seconds / Antigone / Finding Farideh / Invisible Life SHORTS BEFORE FEATURES / Papicha / Shindisi / System Crasher / Three Kings / Truth and YOUTH CINEMEDIA Justice / Verdict

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14 Days, 12 Nights (14 jours, 12 nuits) Americaville In this stunningly beautiful film about Hidden in the mountains north of Beijing, culture, identity, forgiveness, and friend- a replica of the Wyoming town of ship, Isabelle goes to Vietnam to search Jackson Hole promises to deliver the for the biological mother of her recently American dream to its several thousand deceased daughter. Chinese residents. 99 mins - Canada - DIRECTED BY Jean-Philippe Duval 80 mins - USA, China - DIRECTED BY Adam James Smith CROSSING BORDERS - SUBTITLED DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION - WORLD PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Thursday, January 16 - 12:00 PM - Metro 4 Thursday, January 16 - 1:00 PM - Fiesta 3 Monday, January 20 - 6:00 PM - Metro 4 Saturday, January 18 - 11:00 AM - Metro 1 Tuesday, January 21 - 2:00 PM - Metro 1 Friday, January 24 - 11:20 AM - Metro 2 Saturday, January 25 - 8:00 AM - Metro 1

37 Seconds Amundsen A 23-year-old manga artist, physically Roald Amundsen had an all-consuming, disabled due to cerebral palsy, forges boundless drive as a polar explorer, sac- her own path to sexual awakening and rificing everything to achieve his dreams independence, while at the same time – succeeding as an explorer but paying discovering love and forgiveness. a high price as a human being. 115 mins - Japan, USA - DIRECTED BY HIKARI 125 mins - Norway - DIRECTED BY Espen Sandberg SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS - SUBTITLED NORDIC CINEMA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED WINNER, PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD, BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Friday, January 17 - 8:20 AM - Metro 3 Monday, January 20 - 5:00 PM - Metro 1 Saturday, January 18 - 11:00 AM - Lobero Tuesday, January 21 - 5:40 PM - Metro 3 Sunday, January 19 - 8:40 PM - Metro 3 Wednesday, January 22 - 10:20 AM - Fiesta 4 Saturday, January 25 - 7:00 PM - Lobero

Amazing Grace Antigone Despite being struck at 17 with a rare This modern adaptation of the clas- disease that left her paralyzed, music sic Greek tragedy follows a family of prodigy Grace Fisher became a trium- Algerian immigrants in Montreal as they phant composer whose musical scores negotiate police racism, the criminal are played to sold-out audiences. justice system, and gang culture. 55 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Lynn Montgomery 109 mins - Canada - DIRECTED BY Sophie Deraspe SANTA BARBARA FEATURES - WORLD PREMIERE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS / CROSSING BORDERS - SUBTITLED OFFICIAL ENTRY (CANADA), ACADEMY AWARDS BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM / WINNER, BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM, TORONTO INTER- NATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Thursday, January 16 - 7:00 PM - Lobero Thursday, January 23 - 2:20 PM - Metro 2 Friday, January 17 - 1:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Saturday, January 25 - 5:40 PM - Metro 3 Friday, January 24 - 7:00 PM - Lobero

The Amber Light The Art of Waiting World-renowned spirits writer Dave Liran and Tali, who dream of having a Broom speaks to key innovators and child, learn they will have to undergo thinkers in the world of Scottish whisky, fertility treatments. What seems simple uncovering the weird and wonderful his- at first turns out to be complex. Will their tory and culture of this national drink. love survive? 93 mins - UK - DIRECTED BY Adam Park 90 mins - Israel - DIRECTED BY Erez Tadmor SCREEN CUISINE - US PREMIERE KOLNOA - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Wednesday, January 22 - 2:00 PM - Metro 1 Wednesday, January 22 - 6:00 PM - Metro 4 Friday, January 24 - 5:00 PM - Metro 1 Thursday, January 23 - 8:10 AM - Metro 2 Saturday, January 25 - 2:00 PM - Metro 1 10 11 Features Features

Back Towards Light (Takaisin valoon) Black Conflux In this dramatized documentary, a In 1980s Newfoundland, the lives of an 25-year-old woman goes through an anxious, disillusioned teen girl and a unimaginable journey trying to maintain troubled, alienated man converge in her sense of self after becoming a victim this haunting exploration of woman- of human trafficking and sex slavery. hood, isolation, and toxic masculinity. 80 mins - Finland - DIRECTED BY Arto Halonen 100 mins - Canada - DIRECTED BY Nicole Dorsey SOCIAL JUSTICE COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED INDEPENDENT COMPETITION - US PREMIERE

Monday, January 20 - 7:40 PM - Fiesta 4 Friday, January 17 - 8:20 PM - Metro 2 Wednesday, January 22 - 10:00 AM - Fiesta 3 Saturday, January 18 - 8:10 AM - Metro 2 Sunday, January 19 - 12:00 PM - Metro 4

Bastards’ Road Blow the Man Down In this story of pain, hope, and redemp- While grieving for the loss of their moth- tion, an Iraq War veteran embarks on er, two sisters suddenly find they have a a 5,800-mile journey across the coun- crime to cover up, leading them deep try—on foot—to visit fellow veterans and into the underbelly of their salty Maine families of the fallen. fishing village. 96 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Brian Morrison 90 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION - WORLD PREMIERE CRIME SCENES FEATURING MARGO MARTINDALE, JUNE SQUIBB WINNER, BEST SCREENPLAY, TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

Sunday, January 19 - 11:00 AM - Metro 1 Thursday, January 16 - 2:40 PM - Metro 3 Monday, January 20 - 2:00 PM - Lobero *FREE Friday, January 17 - 11:40 AM - Metro 3 Sunday, January 19 - 10:00 AM - Fiesta 3 Saturday, January 25 - 4:20 PM - Fiesta 4

The Birdcatcher’s Son (Fågelfångarens son) Born 2 Drive In this period drama set against the In this fast and furious documentary, rugged landscape of the Faroe Islands, 15-year-old Oliver Solberg, the world’s birdcatcher Esmar and his wife face youngest rallycross driver, lives up to the eviction from their farm unless they have legacy of his father, the three-time world a son. champion Petter Solberg. 107 mins - Sweden - DIRECTED BY Richard Hobert 88 mins - Norway - DIRECTED BY Daniel Fahre NORDIC CINEMA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Wednesday, January 22 - 4:30 PM - Lobero Monday, January 20 - 1:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Thursday, January 23 - 8:20 AM - Metro 3 Wednesday, January 22 - 8:00 AM - Metro 1 Friday, January 24 - 11:40 AM - Metro 3

Birth Wars Born in a Ballroom Told through deeply personal stories, Born in a ballroom the night her parents’ this film chronicles a power struggle cabin caught fire, Eleanor Mailloux between doctors and midwives about danced through life, ultimately co- whose vision of childbirth should prevail. founding a nationally acclaimed restau- rant in her rural West Virginia hometown. 73 mins - MEXICO - DIRECTED BY Janet Jarman 69 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Clara Lehmann, Jonathan Lacocque SOCIAL JUSTICE COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION / SCREEN CUISINE - WORLD PREMIERE

Wednesday, January 22 - 11:00 AM - Metro 1 Friday, January 17 - 11:00 AM - Metro 1 Thursday, January 23 - 2:00 PM - Metro 1 Sunday, January 19 - 2:00 PM - Metro 1 Monday, January 20 - 11:00 AM - Lobero 12 13 Features Features

Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive A Bump Along the Way To overcome his anxiety about terror at- This funny and moving film tells of a tacks, Ronen leads tours of attack sites boozy, 44-year-old single mother who along Jerusalem’s Jaffa Street. When becomes pregnant after a one-night he falls in love, he is torn between the stand. It’s the story of mothers, daugh- conflicting forces of life and death. ters, and the coming of (middle) age. 83 mins - Israel - DIRECTED BY Yossi Atia, David Ofek 95 mins - UK - DIRECTED BY Shelly Love KOLNOA - SUBTITLED INDEPENDENT COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - OPENING NIGHT FILM FEATURING BRONAGH GALLAGHER, LOLA PETTICREW, MARY MOULDS

Thursday, January 16 - 6:00 PM - Metro 4 Wednesday, January 15 - 8:00 PM - Arlington Friday, January 17 - 12:00 PM - Metro 4 Friday, January 24 - 4:30 PM - Lobero

Breaking Bread The Burnt Orange Heresy Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel - the first Muslim In this neo-noir thriller with an all-star Arab to win Israel’s MasterChef - found- cast, a European art critic and his Ameri- ed the A-Sham Arabic Food Festival, can weekend fling go to Lake Como where pairs of Arab and Jewish chefs to visit a rich collector and to meet the collaborate on exotic dishes. reclusive artist who lives on his estate. 86 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Beth Elise Hawk 99 mins - USA, UK - DIRECTED BY Giuseppe Capotondi KOLNOA / SCREEN CUISINE CRIME SCENES FEATURING CLAES BANG, ELIZABETH DEBICKI, MICK JAGGER, DONALD SUTHERLAND

Thursday, January 23 - 3:00 PM - Metro 4 Tuesday, January 21 - 8:20 AM - Metro 3 Saturday, January 25 - 4:00 PM - Fiesta 3 Wednesday, January 22 - 8:40 PM - Metro 3

A Brother’s Love (La femme de mon frère) By a Sharp Knife (Ostrým nožom) After failing to secure a faculty position, In this film based on a murder in Slovakia 35-year-old Sophia moves in with her in 2005, a father whose son has been older brother, with whom she is ex- killed in a neo-Nazi attack struggles with tremely close. When he falls in love, their his own feelings of guilt and the injustice unbreakable bond is put to the test. of the judiciary system. 117 mins - Canada - DIRECTED BY Monia Chokri 89 mins - Slovakia - DIRECTED BY Teodor Kuhn INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION / CRIME SCENES - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED WINNER, UN CERTAIN REGARD COUP DE COEUR, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Thursday, January 16 - 4:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Sunday, January 19 - 8:10 AM - Metro 2 Monday, January 20 - 8:40 PM - Metro 3 Monday, January 20 - 11:20 AM - Metro 2 Tuesday, January 21 - 10:00 AM - Fiesta 3

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn By Hand Roy Cohn, chief counsel to Senator Joe When twin brothers embark on a 2,200- McCarthy, became a darling of the mile, unassisted prone paddle from Reagan White House, an anti-homosex- Alaska to Mexico, they are forced to set uality activist, and a political mentor to aside a past filled with intense clashes Trump before dying of AIDS in 1986. and to grow into a team. 94 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Ivy Meeropol 68 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Kellen Keene SOCIAL JUSTICE COMPETITION ABOVE & BEYOND - WORLD PREMIERE

Friday, January 24 - 1:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Friday, January 17 - 7:00 PM - Lobero Saturday, January 25 - 11:00 AM - Metro 1 Saturday, January 18 - 10:00 AM - Fiesta 3 Friday, January 24 - 5:40 PM - Metro 3 14 15 Features Features

Call Mom! (Ring mamma!) Collision (Kollision) In this humorous and edgy comedy, As Leo and Olivia face a marital crisis, 35-year-old Niki lives life like an irrespon- their nine-year-old daughter becomes a sible 25-year-old when she suddenly messenger between them. The film ex- must address her past choices and rec- plores the breakup of a family and the oncile her relationships simultaneously. difficult choices parents must make. 100 mins - Sweden - DIRECTED BY Lisa Aschan 117 mins - Denmark - DIRECTED BY Mehdi Avaz NORDIC CINEMA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED NORDIC CINEMA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Thursday, January 16 - 11:20 AM - Metro 2 Thursday, January 23 - 11:20 AM - Metro 2 Friday, January 17 - 8:00 PM - Metro 1 Friday, January 24 - 4:00 PM - Fiesta 3 Saturday, January 18 - 3:00 PM - Metro 4 Saturday, January 25 - 6:00 PM - Metro 4

The Changin’ Times of Ike White Daniel (Ser du månen, Daniel) Ike White was a teenage musical prod- In one of the most spectacular kidnap- igy serving a life sentence for murder pings in recent times, Danish photojour- when he recorded Changin’ Times. The nalist Daniel Rye was held hostage for album became his ticket to freedom— 398 days in Syria by the terrorist organi- and then he disappeared. zation Islamic State. 77 mins - UK, USA - DIRECTED BY Daniel Vernon 139 mins - Denmark, Norway, Sweden - DIRECTED BY Niels Arden Oplev, CINESONIC Anders W. Berthelsen NORDIC CINEMA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Wednesday, January 22 - 8:00 PM - Metro 1 Saturday, January 18 - 8:30 AM - Metro 4 Friday, January 24 - 4:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Sunday, January 19 - 11:40 AM - Fiesta 4 Saturday, January 25 - 8:10 AM - Metro 2

Chronology (Kronoloji) The Dead of Jaffa In this psychological thriller, a man Three children from the West Bank are wrestles with his personal demons and smuggled into Israel and arrive on the discovers bitter truths about himself doorstep of Israeli Palestinians George and his marriage while he is frantically and Rita, who have vastly differing opin- searching for his missing wife. ions about whether to let them stay. 117 mins - Turkey - DIRECTED BY Ali Aydin 96 mins - Israel - DIRECTED BY Ram Loevy INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION / CRIME SCENES - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED KOLNOA - SUBTITLED

Monday, January 20 - 5:20 PM - Metro 2 Sunday, January 19 - 5:00 PM - Metro 1 Tuesday, January 21 - 12:00 PM - Metro 4 Monday, January 20 - 11:00 AM - Metro 1 Wednesday, January 22 - 9:00 PM - Metro 4

The Clash (La bronca) The Delicacy A teenager leaves Peru and goes to Filming off the coast of Santa Barbara, Montreal to join his estranged father, the director of SOMM follows a group who now has a new family. Their reunion of divers who risk life and limb to collect will be forged by a violence from which sea urchins—creatures that are way they cannot escape. more than just something to eat. 103 mins - Peru, Colombia - DIRECTED BY Daniel Vega, Diego Vega 70 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Jason Wise SPAIN/LATIN AMERICA COMPETITION / CROSSING BORDERS - US PREMIERE SCREEN CUISINE / SANTA BARBARA FEATURES - WORLD PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Thursday, January 16 - 10:00 AM - Fiesta 3 Friday, January 24 - 8:40 PM - Metro 3 Saturday, January 18 - 9:00 PM - Metro 4 Saturday, January 25 - 2:40 PM - Metro 3

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Disco Faith Based Mirjam is a champion disco freestyle In this film with an all-star cast, two dancer and the stepdaughter of a char- friends come to the realization that all ismatic evangelical pastor. When she “faith-based” films are extremely profit- begins to question her faith, she seeks a able, and they set out on a mission to more conservative congregation. make one of their own. 94 mins - Norway - DIRECTED BY Jorunn Myklebust Syversen 90 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Vincent Masciale NORDIC CINEMA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED INDEPENDENT COMPETITION - WORLD PREMIERE FEATURING JASON ALEXANDER, MARGARET CHO, LUKE BARNETT, TANNER THOMASON

Thursday, January 23 - 4:00 PM - Fiesta 3 Saturday, January 18 - 2:40 PM - Metro 3 Friday, January 24 - 9:00 PM - Metro 4 Sunday, January 19 - 4:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Saturday, January 25 - 2:20 PM - Metro 2 Monday, January 20 - 8:10 AM - Metro 2

Easy Living Fatei and the Sea A fourteen-year-old kid, his older sister, Fatei runs a marine farm off the coast and a bizarre American tennis teacher of Russia. The elements are against him, come up with an absurd plan to help a and he struggles with local authorities migrant sneak across the French-Italian and poachers. But as long as Fatei has border. the sea, he has nothing to fear. 93 mins - Italy - DIRECTED BY Peter Miyakawa, Orso Miyakawa 73 mins - Russia - DIRECTED BY Alina Rudnitzkaya, Sergey Vinokurov CROSSING BORDERS - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION / SCREEN CUISINE / RUSSIAN ARCS - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Monday, January 20 - 4:30 PM - Lobero Tuesday, January 21 - 3:00 PM - Metro 4 Tuesday, January 21 - 2:40 PM - Metro 3 Wednesday, January 22 - 1:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Wednesday, January 22 - 8:20 AM - Metro 3

The Exception (Undtagelsen) Finding Farideh Four women work at a small NGO in Co- Abandoned as an infant and adopted penhagen. When two of them receive by a Dutch couple, 40-year-old Farideh death threats, they suspect a war crimi- travels to Iran for the first time to meet nal they profiled, but as tension mounts, three families who claim to be her real they begin to suspect each other. family. 117 mins - Denmark - DIRECTED BY Jesper W. Nielsen 88 mins - Iran, Netherlands - DIRECTED BY Azadeh Moussavi, Kourosh NORDIC CINEMA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED Ataee SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS / CROSSING BORDERS - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED OFFICIAL ENTRY (IRAN), ACADEMY AWARDS BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM Monday, January 20 - 12:00 PM - Metro 4 Thursday, January 16 - 4:30 PM - Lobero Tuesday, January 21 - 7:40 PM - Fiesta 4 Friday, January 17 - 4:00 PM - Fiesta 3 Wednesday, January 22 - 8:30 AM - Metro 4 Saturday, January 18 - 8:00 AM - Metro 1

Exploring the Pacific Northwest The Flying Circus (Cirku Fluturues) From volcanic mountain ranges to A troupe of actors from Kosovo weigh coastal shorelines and open drylands, the risks of illegally crossing the border the Pacific Northwest hosts a variety of into Albania in the hope of meeting their wildlife in fragile ecosystems threatened idol, Monty Python’s Michael Palin. by human activity and overuse. 64 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Ian A. Nelson 115 mins - Kosovo - DIRECTED BY Fatos Berisha REEL NATURE - WORLD PREMIERE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION / CROSSING BORDERS - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Tuesday, January 21 - 8:00 PM - Metro 1 Monday, January 20 - 8:00 PM - Metro 1 Wednesday, January 22 - 7:40 PM - Fiesta 4 Tuesday, January 21 - 4:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Wednesday, January 22 - 11:00 AM - Lobero 18 19 Features Features

Frozen 2 The Goya Murders (El asesino de los caprichos) Elsa and Anna, together with Kristoff, A mysterious serial killer terrorizes the Olaf, and Sven, embark on an adven- wealthy class of Madrid, choosing ture far away from the kingdom of Aren- victims among art collectors and using delle to find the origin of Elsa’s powers their bodies to reproduce scenes from a and save the kingdom. famous series of drawings by Goya. 103 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee 97 mins - Spain - DIRECTED BY Gerardo Herrero APPLEBOX / FREE ADMISSION SPAIN/LATIN AMERICA COMPETITION / CRIME SCENES - US PREMIERE - VOICES OF IDINA MENZEL, KRISTEN BELL, JONATHAN GROFF, JOSH GAD SUBTITLED

Saturday, January 18 - 10:00 AM - Arlington *FREE Monday, January 20 - 5:40 PM - Metro 3 Saturday, January 25 - 10:00 AM - Arlington *FREE Tuesday, January 21 - 9:00 PM - Metro 4

Gipsy Queen The Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom Ali struggles to survive as a single mother A music publicist for iconic musicians and as a Roma woman in a racist in the 1970s and ‘80s has reinvented society, but she finds a way to fight himself as a philosopher and author. He for herself in a rundown boxing club in has figured out what the universe wants Hamburg. from us, but can he get it down in time? 107 mins - Germany, Austria - DIRECTED BY Hüseyin Tabak 67 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Charlie Hoxie CROSSING BORDERS - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED CINESONIC

Friday, January 24 - 3:00 PM - Metro 4 Tuesday, January 21 - 8:30 AM - Metro 4 Saturday, January 25 - 11:20 AM - Metro 2 Friday, January 24 - 2:00 PM - Metro 1

Golda Greed Rare archival film, testimonies of sup- Set in the glamorous, celebrity-filled porters and opponents, and candid, world of luxury fashion, this sharp satire unseen footage provide a rare portrait follows a billionaire tycoon who is host- of Golda Meir, the first and only woman ing a spectacular 60th birthday party to be elected prime minister of Israel. celebration on a Greek island. 85 mins - Israel, Germany - DIRECTED BY Sagi Bornstein, Udi Nir, Shani 104 mins - UK - DIRECTED BY Michael Winterbottom Rozanes CRIME SCENES KOLNOA - SUBTITLED FEATURING STEVE COOGAN, ISLA FISHER

Sunday, January 19 - 8:00 PM - Metro 1 Thursday, January 16 - 8:20 AM - Metro 3 Monday, January 20 - 2:00 PM - Metro 1 Friday, January 17 - 4:30 PM - Lobero

The Good One (La volta buona) Gutterbee A down-and-out sports attorney with a In this character-driven comedy about destructive gambling problem searches sausages and friendship, two hopeless suburban soccer fields for the next star. dreamers in small-town America join He has no luck—until he goes to forces in a quest to erect the ultimate Uruguay and meets Pablito. German sausage restaurant. 95 mins - Italy - DIRECTED BY Vincenzo Marra 107 mins - Denmark - DIRECTED BY Ulrich Thomsen CROSSING BORDERS - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED INDEPENDENT COMPETITION / SCREEN CUISINE - US PREMIERE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE LOS ANGELES FEATURING W. EARL BROWN, ANTONY STARR

Tuesday, January 21 - 8:00 AM - Metro 1 Thursday, January 16 - 3:00 PM - Metro 4 Wednesday, January 22 - 5:00 PM - Metro 1 Saturday, January 18 - 12:00 PM - Metro 4 Monday, January 20 - 8:20 PM - Metro 2 20 21 Features Features

Hope Gap If Only (Magari) Edward announces he is leaving Grace In this sweet, sentimental comedy, three when their son comes home for a siblings are sent by their newly remarried weekend visit. Through stages of shock, mother to spend the Christmas holiday disbelief, and anger, the three must with their unconventional and broke face hard truths and fashion new lives. Italian father. 100 mins - UK - DIRECTED BY William Nicholson 104 mins - Italy, France - DIRECTED BY Ginevra Elkann INDEPENDENT COMPETITION - US PREMIERE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED FEATURING ANNETTE BENING, BILL NIGHY FEATURING ALBA ROHRWACHER AND BRETT GELMAN

Monday, January 20 - 7:00 PM - Lobero Thursday, January 16 - 8:40 PM - Metro 3 Wednesday, January 22 - 11:40 AM - Metro 3 Friday, January 17 - 4:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Thursday, January 23 - 2:40 PM - Metro 3 Sunday, January 19 - 2:40 PM - Metro 3 *FREE

The Host Invisible Life (A vida invisível de Eurídice Gusmão) A horrifying monster emerges from In this stirring melodrama set in 1950s Rio, Seoul’s Han River. When the creature two sisters are inseparable until one is abducts his daughter, a father takes banished by their conservative father. extreme measures to rescue her from Living separate lives, they never give up the creature’s clutches. hope of finding one another again. 120 mins - South Korea - DIRECTED BY Bong Joon Ho 139 mins - Brazil, Germany - DIRECTED BY Karim Aïnouz BONG JOON HO RETROSPECTIVE - SUBTITLED SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS - SUBTITLED OFFICIAL ENTRY (BRAZIL), ACADEMY AWARDS BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM WINNER, UN CERTAIN REGARD AWARD, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL Thursday, January 23 - 11:00 AM - Metro 1 Friday, January 17 - 10:20 AM - Fiesta 4 Saturday, January 18 - 7:40 PM - Fiesta 4 Monday, January 20 - 10:20 AM - Fiesta 4

The Hunchback of Notre Dame James vs. His Future Self In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is When an uptight scientist is about to framed for murder, and only Quasimodo unlock the secret of time travel, he is vis- (Lon Chaney), the deformed bellringer ited by his future self and told to stop his of Notre Dame Cathedral, can save her. work. It becomes a battle of man versus himself–literally. 117 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Wallace Worsley 94 mins - Canada - DIRECTED BY Jeremy LaLonde SUPER SILENT MONDAY/ FREE ADMISSION INDEPENDENT COMPETITION - US PREMIERE FEATURING DANIEL STERN, JONAS CHERNICK

Friday, January 24 - 7:00 PM - Arlington *FREE Thursday, January 16 - 8:00 PM - Metro 1 Friday, January 17 - 8:00 AM - Metro 1 Saturday, January 18 - 11:40 AM - Metro 3 Saturday, January 25 - 8:40 PM - Metro 3

I Was, I Am, I Will Be (Es gilt das gesprochene Wort) Kosher Beach A charming gigolo who dreams of a For the orthodox women who come to better life meets a German pilot on the Tel Aviv’s “Kosher Beach,” it is an essen- beach of a Turkish resort and convinces tial source of relaxation. When rabbis try her to marry him and bring him back to to shut it down, the women must choose Germany with her. whether to give in or fight. 122 mins - Germany - DIRECTED BY Ilker Çatak 62 mins - Israel - DIRECTED BY Karin Kainer CROSSING BORDERS - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED KOLNOA - SUBTITLED

Tuesday, January 21 - 6:00 PM - Metro 4 Tuesday, January 21 - 10:20 AM - Fiesta 4 Wednesday, January 22 - 12:00 PM - Metro 4 Wednesday, January 22 - 4:00 PM - Fiesta 3

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Kuessipan The Last Mountain (Ostatnia góra) Two childhood friends from the same In this true story of an attempt to make Quebec Innu community begin to real- the first winter climb of K2, the expedi- ize that they face very different futures, tion is interrupted by one of the most and the bond between them is tested extraordinary rescue operations in the when one falls in love with a white boy. history of mountaineering. 117 mins - Canada - DIRECTED BY Myriam Verreault 82 mins - Poland - DIRECTED BY Dariusz Załuski INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED ABOVE & BEYOND - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Thursday, January 16 - 8:10 AM - Metro 2 Thursday, January 23 - 12:00 PM - Metro 4 Friday, January 17 - 11:20 AM - Metro 2 Friday, January 24 - 10:20 AM - Fiesta 4 Tuesday, January 21 - 11:40 AM - Metro 3

The Lafayette Escadrille Leaving Afghanistan (Bratstvo) Thirty-eight Americans from every walk Based on true events, the untold story of of life volunteered to fly in the First World the courageous and tragic withdrawal War to aid our oldest ally, France—long campaign in the Soviet-Afghan war re- before the USA entered the war. veals the danger, horror, and complex- ity of human nature during wartime. 120 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Paul Glenshaw, Darroch Greer 115 mins - Russia - DIRECTED BY Pavel Lungin SANTA BARBARA FEATURES - WORLD PREMIERE RUSSIAN ARCS - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED FEATURING THE VOICE OF BRAD HALL

Friday, January 24 - 7:40 PM - Fiesta 4 Tuesday, January 21 - 5:20 PM - Metro 2 Saturday, January 25 - 10:20 AM - Fiesta 4 Wednesday, January 22 - 2:20 PM - Metro 2

Land of Ashes (Ceniza Negra) Liberté: A Call to Spy In this tender and mystical coming-of- A recruiter for Churchill’s new spy age story set in coastal Costa Rica, agency and two women she selects— 13-year-old Selva cares for her grandfa- an American with a wooden leg and a ther. He doesn’t want to live, but if she Muslim pacifist—help to undermine the helps him die, she will be left alone. Nazi regime. 82 mins - Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile, France - DIRECTED BY Sofía Quirós 123 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Lydia Dean Pilcher Ubeda INDEPENDENT COMPETITION - US PREMIERE SPAIN/LATIN AMERICA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED WINNER OF THE ADL “STAND UP” AWARD SPONSORED BY ADL SANTA BARBARA/TRI-COUNTIES

Friday, January 17 - 2:00 PM - Metro 1 Thursday, January 16 - 7:40 PM - Fiesta 4 Tuesday, January 21 - 5:00 PM - Metro 1 Friday, January 17 - 2:20 PM - Metro 2 Saturday, January 18 - 5:20 PM - Metro 2 Wednesday, January 22 - 7:00 PM - Lobero

Lane 4 (Raia 4) Lina from Lima (Lina de Lima) In this coming-of-age movie set in the In this endearing character study laced world of competitive swimming, a shy with song-and-dance numbers, a Peru- 12-year-old finds refuge in the water. vian housekeeper for a wealthy Chilean Another swimmer becomes her oppo- family prepares for a trip home to visit nent—in the pool and in life. the son she left behind. 94 mins - Brazil - DIRECTED BY Emiliano Cunha 83 mins - Chile, Peru, Argentina - DIRECTED BY María Paz González SPAIN/LATIN AMERICA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED CROSSING BORDERS - SUBTITLED

Monday, January 20 - 8:30 AM - Metro 4 Thursday, January 16 - 8:30 AM - Metro 4 Friday, January 24 - 12:00 PM - Metro 4 Friday, January 17 - 5:40 PM - Metro 3

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Lost Transmissions Master Cheng (Mestari Cheng) In this intimate look at mental illness and A recently widowed restaurant owner the inadequacies of the system to treat from Shanghai travels with his young son it, a young songwriter befriends an ac- to a remote village in Finland, where he claimed music producer who goes off finds solace and community working in his medication for schizophrenia. a local restaurant. 105 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Katharine O’Brien 114 mins - Finland, China - DIRECTED BY Mika Kaurismäki CINESONIC NORDIC CINEMA COMPETITION / SCREEN CUISINE / CROSSING BORDERS - FEATURING SIMON PEGG, JUNO TEMPLE, ALEXANDRA DADDARIO US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Thursday, January 16 - 9:00 PM - Metro 4 Friday, January 24 - 2:40 PM - Metro 3 Saturday, January 18 - 6:00 PM - Metro 4 Saturday, January 25 - 7:40 PM - Fiesta 4 Sunday, January 19 - 2:20 PM - Metro 2

Love Beats (La Banda) The Mayor of Rione Sanità (Il sindaco del Rione Sanità) In this nuanced and nostalgic love story, Antonio Barracano, the “mayor” of Edu leaves London to return to Spain for Rione Sanità, plays by his own rules as his brother’s wedding, where he recon- he exercises absolute power over the nects with friends, including Alicia, the citizens in one of the poorest neighbor- girlfriend of his best friend. hoods in Naples. 90 mins - Spain - DIRECTED BY Roberto Bueso 115 mins - Italy - DIRECTED BY Mario Martone SPAIN/LATIN AMERICA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED CRIME SCENES - SUBTITLED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE LOS ANGELES

Friday, January 17 - 8:10 AM - Metro 2 Friday, January 17 - 2:40 PM - Metro 3 Sunday, January 19 - 7:40 PM - Metro 3 Saturday, January 18 - 5:40 PM - Metro 3 Monday, January 20 - 8:00am - Metro 1

Man in the Field: The Life and Art of Jim Denevan Medicating Normal Pioneering artist and chef Jim Denevan, Combining cinema verité and investiga- founder of Outstanding in the Field, uses tive journalism, this is the untold story of two kinds of canvases for his art: epic the disastrous consequences that can land formations and dinners that tran- occur when profit-driven medicine inter- scend the meaning of a meal. sects with human beings in distress. 78 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Patrick Trefz 76 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Lynn Cunningham, Wendy Ractliffe SCREEN CUISINE - WORLD PREMIERE SOCIAL JUSTICE COMPETITION - US PREMIERE

Saturday, January 18 - 7:30 PM - Lobero Thursday, January 16 - 11:00 AM - Metro 1 Monday, January 20 - 11:40 AM - Metro 3 Friday, January 17 - 3:00 PM - Metro 4 Saturday, January 25 - 8:20 AM - Metro 3

The Marijuana Conspiracy Memories of Murder Based on a true story, this film tells of In a small Korean province in 1986, three young women who endured isolated detectives struggle to solve a case of captivity in 1972 in an outlandish 98-day multiple young women who were raped experiment to study the effects of mari- and murdered. juana on female subjects. 123 mins - Canada - DIRECTED BY Craig Pryce 132 mins - South Korea - DIRECTED BY Bong Joon Ho INDEPENDENT COMPETITION - US PREMIERE BONG JOON HO RETROSPECTIVE - SUBTITLED

Saturday, January 18 - 4:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Thursday, January 23 - 8:00 AM - Metro 1 Sunday, January 19 - 5:20 PM - Metro 2

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Mentors - Tony and Santi My Friend Fela (Meu Amigo Fela) This touching tribute to the deep and This fresh perspective on the life of lasting relationship between two re- legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti nowned photographers focuses on the goes beyond his image as an eccentric role of mentorship, shared talent, sup- African pop idol of the ghetto. port, and friendship with a fellow artist. 51 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Andrew Davis 94 mins - Brazil - DIRECTED BY Joel Zito Araújo DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION - WORLD PREMIERE CINESONIC

Tuesday, January 21 - 7:00 PM - Lobero Friday, January 17 - 9:00 PM - Metro 4 Saturday, January 25 - 1:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Saturday, January 18 - 8:00 PM - Metro 1

Mosh My Life (Mi Vida) Mosh, a 16-year-old dancer, lives with Just when she decides to realize a her terminally ill mother and a cousin longtime dream of moving to Spain, a who is involved in drug trafficking. As recently retired hairdresser is thrown a things worsen, an unexpected visit curve ball when her pregnant daughter changes the family’s fortunes. shows up unannounced. 103 mins - Dominican Republic - DIRECTED BY Juan Antonio Bisonó 88 mins - Netherlands - DIRECTED BY Norbert ter Hall SPAIN/LATIN AMERICA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Tuesday, January 21 - 2:20 PM - Metro 2 Thursday, January 16 - 11:40 AM - Metro 3 Wednesday, January 22 - 4:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Saturday, January 18 - 8:20 AM - Metro 3 Thursday, January 23 - 8:40 PM - Metro 3 Sunday, January 19 - 11:20 AM - Metro 2

Mother My Life as a Comedian (En komikers uppväxt) In this thrilling murder mystery, Do-joon is A former class clown tells stories of his accused and convicted of murdering a childhood in a successful stand-up schoolgirl. His mother, refusing to believe comedy show. When he gets an unex- he is guilty, undertakes her own investi- pected visit from an old school friend, gation to find the girl’s killer. he is forced to deal with his past. 129 mins - South Korea - DIRECTED BY Bong Joon Ho 92 mins - Sweden - DIRECTED BY Rojda Sekersöz BONG JOON HO RETROSPECTIVE - SUBTITLED NORDIC CINEMA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Thursday, January 23 - 1:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Thursday, January 23 - 5:20 PM - Metro 2 Friday, January 24 - 8:10 AM - Metro 2 Saturday, January 25 - 5:00 PM - Metro 1

The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses The Nature Makers There are more than 80,000 wild horses Three teams of persevering wildlife on federal lands and more than 50,000 conservationists go to extraordinary and in holding facilities. This film odyssey seemingly nature-disrupting lengths to across America includes a visit to a Cen- try to save three threatened species in tral Coast wild horse sanctuary. the American heartland. 80 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Steven Latham, Conrad Stanley 69 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Scott Saunders SANTA BARBARA FEATURES / REEL NATURE - WORLD PREMIERE REEL NATURE / SOCIAL JUSTICE COMPETITION - WORLD PREMIERE

Thursday, January 23 - 6:00 PM - Metro 4 Thursday, January 16 - 2:00 PM - Lobero *FREE Saturday, January 25 - 11:40 AM - Metro 3 Saturday, January 18 - 1:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Saturday, January 25 - 8:00 PM - Metro 1 28 29 Features Features

Nevia The Oratorio In a film with autobiographical roots, this Martin Scorsese reveals the story of a powerful coming-of-age story features single performance in 1826 that forever teenage Nevia, who seeks escape from changed America’s cultural landscape her gritty life on the outskirts of Naples. with the introduction of Italian opera to New York City. 86 mins - Italy - DIRECTED BY Nunzia De Stefano 63 mins - USA, ITALY - DIRECTED BY Alex Bayer, Jonathan Mann, Mary Anne INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED Rothberg IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE LOS ANGELES DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION / CINESONIC - WORLD PREMIERE FEATURING MARTIN SCORSESE

Wednesday, January 22 - 3:00 PM - Metro 4 Thursday, January 23 - 2:00 PM - Lobero Thursday, January 23 - 10:00 AM - Fiesta 3 Friday, January 24 - 11:00 AM - Lobero

The Night Outdeh - The Youth of Jamaica In this psychological thriller, an Iranian This portrait of three Jamaicans—a surf- couple and their one-year-old daughter er, a musician, a kid from the ghetto— are trapped in a hotel where insidious, shows how a new generation is breaking supernatural forces cause them to face out of old ways to bring strength and a secrets that have come between them. fresh mindset to the island. 111 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Kourosh Ahari 79 mins - Germany - DIRECTED BY Louis Josek INDEPENDENT COMPETITION - WORLD PREMIERE - SUBTITLED DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION / ABOVE & BEYOND - US PREMIERE FEATURING SHAHAB HOSSEINI

Saturday, January 18 - 8:20 PM - Metro 2 Tuesday, January 21 - 2:00 PM - Lobero *FREE Monday, January 20 - 2:20 PM - Metro 2 Thursday, January 23 - 4:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Saturday, January 25 - 8:20 PM - Metro 2

Once in Trubchevsk (Odnazhdi v Trubchevske) Outlaw (Autlo) In a small town, no matter how hard In dual stories, a gay teen and a rebel- you try to hide infidelities, the truth will lious girl compete for the same boy in come out. A decision then arises: to start present-day Moscow, while in 1980s Rus- a new life together or to confess and sia, a transgender dancer and a Soviet hope for forgiveness. general have a tragic love affair. 90 mins - Russia - DIRECTED BY Larisa Sadilova 95 mins - Russia - DIRECTED BY Ksenia Ratushnaya INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION / RUSSIAN ARCS - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED RUSSIAN ARCS - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Thursday, January 23 - 5:40 PM - Metro 3 Tuesday, January 21 - 4:00 PM - Fiesta 3 Friday, January 24 - 8:00 AM - Metro 1 Thursday, January 23 - 8:20 PM - Metro 2

Only the Animals (Seules les bêtes) Overland Following the disappearance of a Adventure unfolds across four continents woman during a snowstorm, five people as an eagle hunter, a falcon racer, and in a remote French mountain town are a hawk whisperer awaken an ancient caught up in a mystery none of them art to connect to a wild that is fading expected. out of sight and out of mind. 117 mins - France, Germany - DIRECTED BY Dominik Moll 105 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Revere La Noue, Elisabeth Haviland James INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION / REEL NATURE - WORLD PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Sunday, January 19 - 8:20 PM - Metro 2 Friday, January 17 - 2:00 PM - Lobero *FREE Monday, January 20 - 2:40 PM - Metro 3 Saturday, January 18 - 4:00 PM - Fiesta 3 Sunday, January 19 - 8:30 AM - Metro 4 Saturday, January 25 - 9:00 PM - Metro 4 30 31 Features Features

Pandora’s Box: Lifting the Lid on Menstruation The Pencil Heroes, innovators, and activists tackle Antonina follows her husband, a political the stigma and silence around menstru- prisoner, to the north of Russia. Teaching ation—and demonstrate the urgency to art at a local school, she is challenged get involved in a growing global move- by a 12-year-old boy whose brother is a ment against period poverty. feared local gang leader. 75 mins - Canada - DIRECTED BY Rebecca Snow 92 mins - Russia - DIRECTED BY Natalya Nazarova SOCIAL JUSTICE COMPETITION - US PREMIERE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION / RUSSIAN ARCS - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Thursday, January 16 - 4:00 PM - Fiesta 3 Sunday, January 19 - 6:00 PM - Metro 4 Sunday, January 19 - 1:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Monday, January 20 - 3:00 PM - Metro 4 Tuesday, January 21 - 11:00 AM - Lobero

Papicha Personhood Nedjma, an 18-year-old student in 1990s After a doctor’s visit places her preg- Algiers, rejects the new bans imposed nancy under scrutiny, an expectant on women and fights for her indepen- mother is denied her constitutional rights dence and freedom by putting on a and jailed while her fetus is provided fashion show. court protection. 108 mins - Algeria, France, Belgium, Qatar - DIRECTED BY Mounia Meddour 80 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Jo Ardinger SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS - SUBTITLED SOCIAL JUSTICE COMPETITION OFFICIAL ENTRY (ALGERIA), ACADEMY AWARDS BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Saturday, January 18 - 2:20 PM - Metro 2 Thursday, January 16 - 2:00 PM - Metro 1 Sunday, January 19 - 8:20 AM - Metro 3 Friday, January 17 - 5:00 PM - Metro 1 Tuesday, January 21 - 8:40 PM - Metro 3

Parasite The Prison Within Members of the broke and unemployed Prisoners in San Quentin seek the roots of Kim family find ways to install themselves their violence by working with survivors in the home of the wealthy Park family. of violent crime—revealing how all of us, When a parasitic interloper threatens on both sides of the wall, can escape their scheme, a battle ensues. our own personal prisons. 132 mins - South Korea - DIRECTED BY Bong Joon Ho 86 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Katherin Hervey BONG JOON HO RETROSPECTIVE / FREE ADMISSION - SUBTITLED SOCIAL JUSTICE COMPETITION - WORLD PREMIERE OFFICIAL ENTRY (SOUTH KOREA), ACADEMY AWARDS BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATED BY HILL HARPER FEATURE FILM / WINNER, PALME D’OR, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Thursday, January 23 - 4:30 PM - Lobero *FREE Thursday, January 16 - 10:20 AM - Fiesta 4 Saturday, January 18 - 5:00 PM - Metro 1 Wednesday, January 22 - 2:00 PM - Lobero *FREE

Paris: A Wild Story Psychosia (Psykosia) In this gorgeously photographed docu- Invited to a psych ward to treat a suicid- mentary, animals in search of food, love, al female patient, a researcher begins and adventures reveal a surprising look to form a close bond with her patient, at the wild side of the City of Lights. eventually discovering that something is not what it seems. 90 mins - France - DIRECTED BY Frédéric Fougea 87 mins - Denmark, Finland - DIRECTED BY Marie Grahtø REEL NATURE - US PREMIERE NORDIC CINEMA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Thursday, January 16 - 8:00 AM - Metro 1 Tuesday, January 21 - 8:20 PM - Metro 2 Friday, January 17 - 11:00 AM - Lobero Wednesday, January 22 - 11:20 AM - Metro 2 Sunday, January 19 - 5:40 PM - Metro 3 32 33 Features Features

Red Penguins Santa Clara Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Santiago, a cattle herder, is offered Union, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the a job to move two thousand head of famed Red Army hockey team formed cattle to a distant ranch. Returning to a joint venture that showed anything Santa Clara, however, means returning was possible in the new Russia. to the past he has tried to escape. 80 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Gabe Polsky 100 mins - Bolivia - DIRECTED BY Pedro Antonio Gutiérrez ABOVE & BEYOND / RUSSIAN ARCS - SUBTITLED SPAIN/LATIN AMERICA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Wednesday, January 22 - 5:20 PM - Metro 2 Thursday, January 23 - 10:20 AM - Fiesta 4 Thursday, January 23 - 8:30 AM - Metro 4 Friday, January 24 - 5:20 PM - Metro 2

The Restoration (La restauración) Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy! Tato just moved back home penniless. This joyful celebration charts the career He decides to sell his bedridden moth- of Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes, er’s house. Now he must build a replica who remains as vital and relevant today of his mother’s bedroom to create the as when he exploded on the music illusion that she is still in her home. scene with his group, Brasil ’66. 94 mins - Peru - DIRECTED BY Alonso Llosa 100 mins - UK - DIRECTED BY John Scheinfeld SPAIN/LATIN AMERICA COMPETITION - WORLD PREMIERE - SUBTITLED CINESONIC - WORLD PREMIERE

Thursday, January 16 - 2:20 PM - Metro 2 Saturday, January 18 - 5:00 PM - Lobero Friday, January 17 - 6:00 PM - Metro 4 Sunday, January 19 - 10:20 AM - Fiesta 4 Saturday, January 18 - 11:20 AM - Metro 2 Saturday, January 25 - 8:30 AM - Metro 4

The Retirement (El retiro) She’s in Portland After 50 years of medical practice, Ro- Wes and Luke two old college friends dolfo retires. When an unexpected turn who have chosen different paths in life, of events brings his estranged daughter take a road trip up the pacific coast home, they are forced to face old griev- highway to find Luke’s “one that got ances and unresolved issues. away”. 90 mins - Argentina - DIRECTED BY Ricardo Díaz Iacoponi 100 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Marc Carlini SPAIN/LATIN AMERICA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED SANTA BARBARA FEATURES

Sunday, January 19 - 8:00 AM - Metro 1 Thursday, January 16 - 5:20 PM - Metro 2 Tuesday, January 21 - 8:10 AM - Metro 2 Monday, January 20 - 4:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Friday, January 24 - 8:20 PM - Metro 2

River Silence Shindisi This poetic film offers a rare, empathetic In 2008, Russian forces opened fire on look at the people who were living in Georgian soldiers in a designated safe the path of Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam—a corridor. In a show of courage, the vil- project that is causing massive ecologi- lagers of Shindisi risked their lives to save cal and social devastation. the few soldiers who survived. 90 mins - Canada - DIRECTED BY Rogério Soares 105 mins - Georgia - DIRECTED BY Dito Tsintsadze SOCIAL JUSTICE COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS / RUSSIAN ARCS - SUBTITLED OFFICIAL ENTRY (GEORGIA), ACADEMY AWARDS BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM WINNER, GRAND PRIX, WARSAW FILM FESTIVAL Monday, January 20 - 10:00 AM - Fiesta 3 Tuesday, January 21 - 4:30 PM - Lobero Tuesday, January 21 - 1:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Wednesday, January 22 - 8:10 AM - Metro 2 Friday, January 24 - 6:00 PM - Metro 4 34 35 Features Features

Show Me What You Got Super Frenchie In this unconventional love story, three In a story filled with heart and excite- twentysomethings embark on a journey ment, extreme athlete Matthias Giraud of self-discovery, exploring their sexuality weighs his passion for skiing and BASE while struggling to prove their worth to jumping against the grounding effects their families, themselves, and the world. of raising a young family. 96 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Svetlana Cvetko 87 mins - USA, France, Iceland, Switzerland - DIRECTED BY Chase Ogden CROSSING BORDERS - SUBTITLED ABOVE & BEYOND - US PREMIERE

Friday, January 17 - 5:20 PM - Metro 2 Thursday, January 16 - 8:20 PM - Metro 2 Sunday, January 19 - 3:00 PM - Metro 4 Saturday, January 18 - 2:00 PM - Metro 1 Friday, January 24 - 2:20 PM - Metro 2

The Songpoet Supernova This deeply personal film examines the A tragic accident in a rural Polish village life of Eric Andersen, who was at the triggers a dramatic series of events vanguard of the Greenwich Village folk involving the police, the perpetrator, music scene in the 1960s and was posi- and the vengeful townspeople seeking tioned to be a rising star. justice. 113 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Paul Lamont 75 mins - Poland - DIRECTED BY Bartosz Kruhlik DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION / CINESONIC - US PREMIERE CRIME SCENES - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Thursday, January 23 - 8:00 PM - Metro 1 Thursday, January 23 - 5:00 PM - Metro 1 Friday, January 24 - 8:30 AM - Metro 4 Friday, January 24 - 8:00 PM - Metro 1 Saturday, January 25 - 12:00 PM - Metro 4

Sovereign Soil System Crasher (Systemsprenger) This film about a handful of unlikely farm- Dangerously violent, 9-year-old Benni is ers in a tiny sub-Arctic town is an ode to expelled wherever she goes— a “system the beauty of a ferocious, remote land crasher.” Her last hope is an anger man- and to the wisdom of those who have agement trainer who tries to help her chosen to call it home. stop her spiral of anger and aggression. 91 mins - Canada - DIRECTED BY David Curtis 119 mins - Germany - DIRECTED BY Nora Fingscheidt DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION / SCREEN CUISINE - US PREMIERE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS - SUBTITLED OFFICIAL ENTRY (GERMANY), ACADEMY AWARDS BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM WINNER, SILVER BEAR, BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Monday, January 20 - 4:00 PM - Fiesta 3 Thursday, January 16 - 11:00 AM - Lobero Tuesday, January 21 - 11:00 AM - Metro 1 Friday, January 17 - 8:40 PM - Metro 3 Monday, January 20 - 8:20 AM - Metro 3

Stitches (Šavovi) Tell My Story Based on true events, a Serbian seam- A grieving father seeks answers after his stress, years after being told her son was 14-year-old son kills himself, uncovering stillborn, believes he was stolen from painful truths about the impact of unfet- her to be sold into an illegal adoption tered access to the internet and the rise market. of depression among America’s youth. 98 mins - Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina - DIRECTED BY 93 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY David Freid Miroslav Terzić SOCIAL JUSTICE COMPETITION - WORLD PREMIERE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION / CRIME SCENES - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Monday, January 20 - 9:00 PM - Metro 4 Friday, January 24 - 10:00 AM - Fiesta 3 Wednesday, January 22 - 5:40 PM - Metro 3 Saturday, January 25 - 2:00 PM - Lobero *FREE Thursday, January 23 - 9:00 PM - Metro 4 36 37 Features Features

That Click Truth and Justice (Tõde ja õigus) Photographer Douglas Kirkland has por- Estonia, 1870. A farm owner confronts trayed 60 years of pop culture, from films hard work, a spiteful neighbor, and his to global events, from photojournalism own beliefs to transform the land into a to celebrity portraits, including iconic flourishing farm—and to bring truth and photos of stars like Marilyn Monroe. justice to a godforsaken place. 90 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Luca Severi 149 mins - Estonia - DIRECTED BY Tanel Toom DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION - US PREMIERE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS - SUBTITLED FEATURING NICOLE KIDMAN, SHARON STONE, ANDY GARCIA, MICHELLE OFFICIAL ENTRY (ESTONIA), ACADEMY AWARDS BEST INTERNATIONAL WILLIAMS, ELLE FANNING FEATURE FILM

Thursday, January 16 - 5:00 PM - Metro 1 Thursday, January 16 - 1:20 PM - Fiesta 4 Friday, January 17 - 8:30 AM - Metro 4 Friday, January 17 - 7:40 PM - Fiesta 4 Friday, January 24 - 2:00 PM - Lobero Saturday, January 18 - 10:20 AM - Fiesta 4

Three Kings (20th Anniversay Screening) The Vast of Night At the end of the Gulf War, a small band In the twilight of the 1950s, a young of American soldiers in Iraq seek adven- switchboard operator and a radio DJ ture and fortune in attempting to steal a seek the source of a mysterious frequen- huge cache of gold hidden somewhere cy that has descended upon their New in the desert. Mexico town. 114 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY David O. Russell 91 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Andrew Patterson SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS CRIME SCENES FEATURING GEORGE CLOONEY, MARK WAHLBERG, ICE CUBE, SPIKE JONZE FOLLOWED BY A Q&A WTH DAVID O. RUSSELL

Saturday, January 18 - 2:00 PM - Lobero *FREE Thursday, January 16 - 5:40 PM - Metro 3 Saturday, January 18 - 8:40 PM - Metro 3

Towards the Battle (Vers la bataille) Verdict A photojournalist is sent to Mexico, Joy lives in Manila with her daughter where he attempts to convey conditions and abusive husband. When Joy seeks on the front of a nineteenth-century war justice, she learns that at best, it takes with France. An encounter with a Mexi- time—and at worst, it is impossible to can peasant changes his destiny. get. 90 mins - France, Colombia - DIRECTED BY Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux 118 mins - Philippines, France - DIRECTED BY Raymund Ribay Gutierrez SPAIN/LATIN AMERICA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS - SUBTITLED WINNER, HORIZONS AWARD JURY PRIZE, VENICE FILM FESTIVAL OFFICIAL ENTRY (PHILIPPINES), ACADEMY AWARDS BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM Tuesday, January 21 - 11:20 AM - Metro 2 Wednesday, January 22 - 2:40 PM - Metro 3 Wednesday, January 22 - 8:20 PM - Metro 2 Thursday, January 23 - 11:00 AM - Lobero

Toy Story 4 The Wandering Chef Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and the rest of In this heartwarming culinary journey, the gang embark on a road trip with a celebrated chef travels in search of Bonnie and a new toy named Forky. unique ingredients. Through an unex- pected friendship and the power of food, he begins to heal his painful past. 100 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Josh Cooley 85 mins - South Korea - DIRECTED BY Hye-Ryeong Park APPLEBOX / FREE ADMISSION SCREEN CUISINE - SUBTITLED VOICES OF TOM HANKS, TIM ALLEN, ANNIE POTTS, TONY HALE, CHRISTINA HENDRICKS, JORDAN PEELE

Sunday, Janurary 19 - 10:00 AM - Arlington *FREE Thursday, January 23 - 11:40 AM - Metro 3 Friday, January 24 - 11:00 AM - Metro 1

38 39 Features Shorts Before Features

Whale Wisdom Lean Against The Wind Captured on camera for the first time, Conquering a 45-mile stretch of stacked the astonishing behavior of whales pro- waves, crashing currents, and blistering vides clues about their intelligence, in- winds — 13 times with just a paddle in cluding their ability to share knowledge hand — is one way Olympian Lauren and change behavior accordingly. Spalding is considered a champion. 11 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Keith Malloy 50 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Rick Rosenthal PRECEEDING “BY HAND” SANTA BARBARA FEATURES / REEL NATURE NARRATED BY SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH Musical Voyage

Thursday, January 23 - 7:40 PM - Fiesta 4 MUSICAL VOYAGE documents French/ Saturday, January 25 - 5:20 PM - Metro 2 American surfer and musician Lee-Ann Curren, exploring the intersections of sound and surf.

11 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Patrick Trefz - WORLD PREMIERE White on White (Blanco en blanco) PRECEDING “OUTDEH“ The late 19th-century massacre of the indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego Whales Without Walls is the haunting undercurrent in this story A proposed sanctuary for captive about a photographer’s obsession and whales and dolphins will provide respect betrayal. and autonomy in an environment in 100 mins - Spain, Chile, France, Germany - DIRECTED BY Théo Court which they can thrive. SPAIN/LATIN AMERICA COMPETITION - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED WINNER, ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR, VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 5 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Charles Vinick, Dr. Lori Marino, WINNER, FIPRESCI PRIZE, BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Michael Mountain, Matt Stamm - WORLD PREMIERE PRECEDING “WHALE WISDOM” Sunday, January 19 - 9:00 PM - Metro 4 Saturday, January 25 - 3:00 PM - Metro 4 Screen Cuisine Shorts Thursday, January 16 - 7:20 PM - Fiesta 3 A Worm in the Heart Friday, January 17 - 1:00 PM - Fiesta 3 A gay couple from Ireland travel the Trans-Siberian Railway, stopping in mul- Backyard Chefs (Wansah Waza) tiple cities to meet with members of the LGBTQ+ community living under oppres- Whether it is for weddings or funerals, sive laws and harsh societal attitudes. these backyard chefs cook one of the 72 mins - USA, Ireland, Russia - DIRECTED BY Paul Rice most elaborate cuisines in the world. SOCIAL JUSTICE COMPETITION / RUSSIAN ARCS - WORLD PREMIERE - SUBTITLED 37 mins - India - DIRECTED BY Mehvish Rather - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Friday, January 17 - 10:00 AM - Fiesta 3 Sunday, January 19 - 4:00 PM - Fiesta 3 Kopitiam

An exploration of a Malaysian chef’s life on the Lower East Side shows how relationships are cultivated by food.

9 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Sancheev Ravichandran US PREMIERE

Last Week at Ed’s In the final emotional week of a be- loved West Hollywood diner, staff and longtime customers say goodbye to the 60-year-old institution.

40 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Lawrence Kasdan, Meg Kasdan

40 41 Animated Shorts

Tuesday, January 21 - 7:20 PM - Fiesta 3 Wednesday, January 22 - 1:00 PM - Fiesta 3

Abe’s Story The Kite (Šarkan) Abe, an overworked Irish writer, draws Showing that death doesn’t mean the inspiration from his day job in the the- end of our journey, a little boy and his ater to write a bloody brilliant novel. grandpa share a special relationship.

12 mins - Ireland - DIRECTED BY Adam H. Stewart 13 mins - Czech Republic - DIRECTED BY Martin Smatana

The Coin Monsters in the Dark On a journey to a new country, a young A boy with an abused past fears the woman loses the lucky Chinese New love of his new family and runs away, Year coins she has saved since her meeting a monster that will change his childhood. life.

6 mins - China - DIRECTED BY Siqi Song - SUBTITLED 6 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Apollonia Thomaier

Con Fuerza Saguaro A Venezuelan refugee living in Colom- The loneliest saguaro cactus in the world bia faces the pain of leaving home with befriends a tumbleweed, falls in love, the help of some local folk characters. and experiences loss—all in one day.

9 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Andrés Eduardo - SUBTITLED 5 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Damon Stea

Cosmic Fling Song Sparrow An intergalactic garbage man spots The freezing temperature of a smug- a fellow astronaut on a passing comet gler’s truck turns refugees’ hopes for a and resorts to extreme measures to be better future into a struggle for survival. with her.

10 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Jonathan Langager - US PREMIERE 11 mins - Denmark - DIRECTED BY Farzaneh Omidvarnia

The Death Vendor Wild Love When a boy meets a vendor selling While on a romantic getaway, Alan chicks, he believes that since the birds and Beverly cause a fatal accident. This will die, the man is selling death itself. crime won’t remain unpunished.

5 mins - South Korea - DIRECTED BY Jeon Jinkyu 7 mins - France - DIRECTED BY Paul Autric, Quentin Camus, Léa Georges, Maryka Laudet, Zoé Sottiaux, Corentin Yvergniaux

The Haunted Swordsman In a world of demons and ghosts, a lone samurai and his odd companion seek vengeance.

16 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Kevin McTurk - US PREMIERE

42 43 Comedic Shorts

Saturday, January 18 - 7:20 PM - Fiesta 3 Sunday, January 19 - 1:00 PM - Fiesta 3 Saturday, January 25 - 7:20 PM - Fiesta 3

Bad Assistant No Hard Feelings A Hollywood assistant is pushed to the Rodney’s crumbling ego is at a breaking limits when her manipulative boss seeks point, and he needs his best pal Slim to her help in moving a dead body. help him before a big date.

26 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Kyle Cogan 6 mins - Australia - DIRECTED BY James Ballard, Paul Henri - US PREMIERE FEATURING JASON SCHWARTZMAN

Basic Pizza Exploring the dumb, insecure, lil’ ho in José is a pizza deliverer. He delivers a all of us, this dark comedy is about the small margherita for Edu, a customer worst thing you can be—basic. with an unusual request.

3 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Chelsea Devantez - WORLD PREMIERE 9 mins - Spain - DIRECTED BY Iñaki Rikarte, Aitor de Kintana FEATURING NELSON FRANKLIN US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Coffee Shop Names Shoot Three Indian people imagine their per- In an absurdist story inspired by real sonas as the names they give baristas, events, two renowned auction houses because their real names are hard to battle for a $20 million art collection. pronounce.

8 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Deepak Sethi - WORLD PREMIERE 11 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Veronica Rodriguez - WORLD PREMIERE FEATURING DANNY PUDI AND KARAN SONI FEATURING JAY ELLIS, ALLY MAKI, JOHN GEMBERLING, RAYMOND LEE

Heirloom The Watchmaker When two siblings go through their Master Japanese watchmaker Takumi recently deceased grandfather’s things, Oshiro nears the completion of one of they uncover scandalous facts about his greatest masterpieces. his past.

9 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Paul Walter Hauser 5 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Charlie Fonville - US PREMIERE FEATURING PAUL WALTER HAUSER

Marsha! Thanks to a mix of bad luck and bad behavior, Aiden finds himself stuck in a hole in his little brother’s directorial debut.

17 mins - Canada - DIRECTED BY Rowen Kahn

44 45 American Stories: Shorts Documentary Shorts Friday, January 24 - 7:20 PM - Fiesta 3 Thursday, January 23 - 7:20 PM - Fiesta 3 Saturday, January 25 - 1:00 PM - Fiesta 3 Friday, January 24 - 1:00 PM - Fiesta 3 North Country Dear Georgina In the rugged White Mountains of north- Separated from her parents at age 2, a ern New Hampshire, Lahout’s has been Passamaquoddy elder tries to sharpen open 365 days a year since 1920. the blurry outlines of her identity.

20 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Nick Martini 14 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Adam Mazo, Ben Pender-Cudlip

Santa Barbara In the Dark Room (En cuarto oscuro) Inspired by a 1980s soap opera, the di- A famous Spanish photographer recalls rector’s mother came to Santa Barbara memories while processing photos in her from the Soviet Union as a mail-order darkroom. bride.

13 mins - USA, Russia - DIRECTED BY Diana Markosian - WORLD PREMIERE 10 mins - Spain - DIRECTED BY Luigi Abanto Varese - SUBTITLED

Then They Laid Themselves Down Lady Samurai In 1903, the U.S. government removed Samurai sword performer, singer, and the Cupeño Indians from their ancestral motion capture actor, Kaori Kawabuchi, homeland. keeps ancient Japanese traditions alive.

6 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Andrew Baxt - WORLD PREMIERE 6 mins - Japan - DIRECTED BY James Latimer - SUBTITLED

Tribes Second Sight Three young hoodlums trying to rob a A Filipino man cares for his family and subway car learn that self-identity is a his blind wife. When she has cataract bitch. surgery, she sees her family for the first time in years.

10 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Nino Aldi - WORLD PREMIERE 27 mins - USA, Philippines - DIRECTED BY Cole Sax - SUBTITLED

The Way Home Sixth of June Chasing the American dream, two For 75 years, people have come to Chinese immigrants realize that dreams Sainte-Mère-Église to commemorate can be nightmares when the price is D-Day. With few veterans left, who will too high to pay. preserve their legacy?

20 mins - China - DIRECTED BY Yiran Zhou - SUBTITLED 16 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Henry Roosevelt - US PREMIERE

46 47 Live-Action Shorts: Love Actually Live-Action Shorts: MODERN FAMILY Friday, January 17 - 7:20 PM - Fiesta 3 Wednesday, January 22 - 7:20 PM - Fiesta 3 Saturday, January 18 - 1:00 PM - Fiesta 3 Thursday, January 23 - 1:00 PM - Fiesta 3 Attorneys at Love After Class Two young lovers are given a glimpse Marginalized by the school registration of their future relationship and must system in China, a mother tries to send decide if they want to continue their life her daughter to school at all costs. together. 15 mins - China - DIRECTED BY Charles Xiuzhi Dong - WORLD PREMIERE - 11 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Daniel Findlay - WORLD PREMIERE SUBTITLED NARRATED BY ANGELA BASSETT / FEATURING PETER KRAUSE, KENNETH CHOI

Date Nite Chicken In a world where love can lead to gro- All Barbara wants to do is watch The tesque physical transformation, a lonely Simpsons, but her mother was just ripped man risks his life for a chance at human off, and Barbara must sort it out—as connection. usual. 9 mins - Australia - DIRECTED BY Alana Hicks 15 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY JJ Shpall - WORLD PREMIERE FEATURING JOSH BRENER, LAUREN LAPKUS

Debbie & Doug Drop Acid in the Desert A Million Eyes Debbie and Doug enlist the help of A gifted young photographer, grap- an alternative therapist to help them pling with his alcoholic mother, sets out reignite the fire of their once passionate to capture something he loves. marriage. 24 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Richard Raymond 21 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Scott Brown FEATURING KATIE LOWES FEATURING MARIA BAMFORD, LARRY KING, PAUL SHEER

A Glimpse The Name of the Son (Le nom du fils) A blossoming relationship unfolds when Tina and Fred, a couple in their fifties, two strangers have a chance encoun- are desperate in their search for a boy’s ter in a London café. name.

10 mins - France - DIRECTED BY Louis Delva 10 mins - UK - DIRECTED BY Tom Turner

Ride in Progress Please and Thank You When Sarah’s long-term relationship A single mother raising her 8-year-old abruptly ends, she and her friend em- son in the Bronx attempts to save her bark on the post-breakup Uber trip of a apartment before winter hits. lifetime. 7 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Jake Oleson 11 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY April Moreau - WORLD PREMIERE

The Takeback Sky West and Crooked Kobi takes things from others to avoid A young girl is forced to grow up when giving himself to anyone--until he gets she runs into her absent father at the caught. local bowling alley.

15 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Heather Edwards 14 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Jesse D. Turk FEATURING MATT JONES

Wonder Sammy, an 11-year-old boy growing up in “the hood,” secretly dreams of trick-or-treating as Wonder Woman for Halloween.

48 16 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Javier Molina 49 Live-Action Shorts Reel Nature Shorts Sunday, January 19 - 7:20 PM - Fiesta 3 Monday, January 20 - 7:20 PM - Fiesta 3 Monday, January 20 - 1:00 PM - Fiesta 3 Tuesday, January 21 - 1:00 PM - Fiesta 3 A Battle in Waterloo A Fistful of Rubbish During the Battle of Waterloo, Ellen searches for her missing husband and The Tabernas Desert in Spain is the resorts to desperate measures to survive. backdrop for many famous Westerns. Although it is being trashed, a posse is taking things into their own hands. 11 mins - UK - DIRECTED BY Emma Moffat 13 mins - Spain - DIRECTED BY David Regos - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED

Dear Jane Ghost of the Towers With her sister’s help, Jane, who is six months pregnant, flees the religious cult A team of experts makes an eight-day in which they were both raised. expedition to southern Chile to docu- ment the legendary and elusive puma.

13 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Noah Kistler - WORLD PREMIERE 25 mins - USA, Chile - DIRECTED BY Michael Blake

God Grizzly Country The sexuality of a daydreaming college student comes into question when his With the protection of Yellowstone griz- fraternity becomes obsessed with a zlies threatened, an eco-warrior reflects poem and its poetess. on why he continues to fight for wild causes. 13 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Greg Brunkalla 12 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Ben Moon

Sin Cielo A Little Piece of Earth In the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, two teenagers pursue young love in a region In 1968, Charles Bello and his wife where violence may be inescapable. moved to a ranch in a redwood forest. Now 86, Charles reflects on his life’s work and its uncertain future. 25 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Jianna Maartin 15 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Ryan Malloy

Sophie’s Quinceañera The Love Bugs A building manager dealing with his own grief must help his tenant In this exploration of the love of nature perform a messy task at her daughter’s and the nature of love, two entomolo- quinceañera. gists, married for 55 years, plan to give away their bug collection. 13 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Keith Powell 34 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Allison Otto, Maria Clinton

Tattoo To renew her driver’s license, a young girl needs psychological approval at the police hospital because of her tattoos.

15 mins - Iran - DIRECTED BY Farhad Delaram - SUBTITLED

50 51 Santa Barbara DOCUMENTARY Shorts Santa Barbara Live-Action Shorts

Sunday, January 19 - 5:00 PM - Arlington Sunday, January 19 - 7:30 PM - Arlington Affinity Blue Noise With a focus on the role of gender in our survival, this film explores possibility After a horrible realization, a successful and hope through women’s common university swimmer finds the courage to bonds. speak out against her abusive coach.

15 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Margaret Lazarus - WORLD PREMIERE 12 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Jonah Moshammer Birds of Los Baños Some of Santa Barbara’s most extraor- dinary birds have nesting sites near the Calaveras Creek City’s Los Baños del Mar pool. A young nurse in the 1850s is shocked to learn the true identity of the notorious 14 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Gail Osherenko - WORLD PREMIERE gunfighter in her care.

Cry of the Wild 23 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Jon Zuber - WORLD PREMIERE The capture of almost 100 whales destined for aquariums in China drew worldwide attention to a cruel industry. Earache He’s hearing. She’s deaf. Her strict 3 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Harry Rabin - US PREMIERE mother forbids the relationship. How far will they go to be together? The Dumpling King Wang, a Chinese fisherman and cook, 25 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Alara Worrick - US PREMIERE - SUBTITLED fishes in Santa Barbara Harbor and owns a dumpling restaurant in Isla Vista. Mother of Chernobyl

7 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Zizheng Liu - WORLD PREMIERE After the Chernobyl disaster, a woman who remained in the radiation zone with Fishbon: The Art of Interactive Theater her newborn baby must fight to survive. For 20 years, a local underground art collaborative has produced inter- 30 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Alexander Shuryepov - SUBTITLED active theatrical events, parties, and performances. Not For Sale 11 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Justin Gunn - WORLD PREMIERE At his yard sale, a man watches a Healing Hands young couple reenact memories from his life. Dr. Gloria Kaye bridges the gap between modern and alternative medicine, healing ailments that Western 9 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Julia Kupiec medicine has failed.

8 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Christopher Sibley - WORLD PREMIERE You Got The Part Margaret Singer: Seeking Light An affable actor (Koz McRae) lands a role on a popular gladiator TV show, but With courage and purpose, 97-year-old there’s just one catch: full-frontal nudity. Margaret Singer bent darkness into light *FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY* utilizing her gifts as an artist and a poet and her innate sense of truth and joy. 46 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Jason Sereno

20 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Louise Palanker

Mochitsuki A close-knit, intergenerational commu- nity revels in the ceremonial creation of mochi as they prepare for Japanese 52 New Year. 53 4 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Sky Bergman - WORLD PREMIERE CLOSING NIGHT Santa barbara Youth CineMedia Documentary Shorts Saturday, January 25 - 8:00 PM - Arlington Saturday, January 25 - 10:00 AM - Fiesta 3 Youth CineMedia is a local Santa Barbara non-profit 10 Miles Out founded by filmmaker, activist, and educator Osiris In uplifting and inspiring journeys, back- Castañeda. YCM teaches documentary filmmaking to packers of various skill and experience diverse children, teens, and young adults-- with projects levels navigate the Los Padres National focusing mostly on social justice issues. Forest. HIV Orphans - Directed by Judson Grosvenor 12 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Preston Maag - WORLD PREMIERE This short documentary explores an orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico where 27 children with HIV try to live a regular life while facing an uncertain future. Cabrillo Village Former braceros tell how they risked Speak Up - Directed by Felicia Bladh their lives and livelihoods to form the first In a world affected by the climate crisis, young people farmworkers cooperative in the U.S. and children use their most powerful weapon to survive —their voices.

3 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Chris Ward, Ben Leanos, Dyvianne Martinez, Eric Coronado, Ingrid Bolio - WORLD PREMIERE - SUBTITLED The Hardest Pet in the World - Directed by Chase Nunez A man and a rock made a million-dollar empire, turning Carrizo Plain: A Sense of Place the Pet Rock into more than just a social phenomenon. Three artists explore the beauty of the Mobles - Directed by Mia Sweeney Carrizo Plain National Monument, re- After the polo match is over, we are taken behind the vealing the remarkable character of this scenes to understand how a man’s devotion to horses hidden corner of California. is what makes it all possible.

32 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Jeff McLoughlin - WORLD PREMIERE Homeless and Happy? - Directed by Lukas Abraham This intimate look at homelessness in Santa Barbara Hannah’s Ride shows how one man’s well-being and search for happi- ness are tied to this coastal town. Confined to a hospital bed until age 6, competitive junior cyclist Hannah Jor- El Derecho de Vivir en Paz dan beat the odds to rise to the highest Directed by Vanessa Munoz Orellana level of her sport. A filmmaker from El Salvador retraces the steps of three 9 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Andrew Schoneberger - WORLD PREMIERE immigrants, exploring the reasons they left their country and the consequences of a brutal civil war.

The Last Ride Sad - Directed by Dimitri Fouras Rock climbing can help people move away from drugs Randy Johnson, a 65-year-old bronc and alcohol and turn their lives around. This documen- rider, defies his age as he prepares for tary simply rocks! what could be his last rodeo. Why You Should Play Dungeons and Dragons 6 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Andrew Schoneberger Directed by Taylor Dzukola Is the tabletop adventure game known as DnD more than just fantasy? State Street Serenade Social Me - Directed by Grace James Playing in an echoing city parking lot for This documentary takes a deeper look at the social over a decade, a guitarist casts a musi- cal spell over downtown Santa Barbara. media phenomenon Instagram and how it’s changed young folks’ perception of themselves and what is real.

22 mins - USA - DIRECTED BY Michael Love - WORLD PREMIERE Aloha ‘Āina - Directed by Kapono Lizama A filmmaker returns home to his native Hawaii and tells a story of resistance, from the peaks of Mauna Kea to the University of Hawaii.

Sir Please - Directed by Madison McGovern Five friends with a passion for music create a band as they are becoming adults. 54 55 THURSDAY JANUARY SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE LEGEND: Start time (Running time) Q&A 16 FOR THE UPDATED SCHEDULE, DOWNLOAD THE SBIFF APP Film Name

FIESTA 10:00 AM (103 mins) 1:00 PM (80 mins) Q&A 4:00 PM (75 mins) 7:20 PM (87 mins) Q&A THEATRE 3 The Clash Americaville Pandora’s Box: Lifting Screen Cuisine Shorts (240 Seats) the Lid on Menstruation

FIESTA 10:20 AM (86 mins) Q&A 1:20 PM (149 mins) Q&A 4:20 PM (117 mins) 7:40 PM (123 mins) Q&A THEATRE 4 The Prison Within Truth and Justice A Brother’s Love Liberté: A Call to Spy (240 Seats)

LOBERO 11:00 AM (119 mins) 2:00 PM (96 mins) Q&A 4:30 PM (88 mins) 7:00 PM (55 mins) Q&A THEATRE System Crasher The Nature Makers Finding Farideh Amazing Grace (600 Seats) FREE ADMISSION

METRO 8:00 AM (90 mins) 11:00 AM (76 mins) Q&A 2:00 PM (80 mins) 5:00 PM (90 mins) Q&A 8:00 PM (94 mins) Q&A THEATRE 1 Paris: A Wild Story Medicating Normal Personhood That Click James vs His (150 Seats) Future Self

METRO 8:10 AM (117 mins) 11:20 AM (100 mins) Q&A 2:20 PM (94 mins) Q&A 5:20 PM (100 mins) Q&A 8:20 PM (87 mins) Q&A THEATRE 2 Kuessipan Call Mom! The Restoration She’s in Portland Super Frenchie (250 Seats)

METRO 8:20 AM (104 mins) 11:40 AM (88 mins) 2:40 PM (90 mins) Q&A 5:40 PM (91 mins) 8:40 PM (104 mins) THEATRE 3 Greed My Life Blow the Man Down The Vast of Night If Only (350 Seats)

METRO 8:30 AM (83 mins) 12:00 PM (99 mins) 3:00 PM (107 mins) Q&A 6:00 PM (83 mins) 9:00 PM (105 mins) THEATRE 4 Lina From Lima 14 Days, 12 Nights Gutterbee Born in Jerusalem Lost Transmissions (150 Seats) and Still Alive

ARLINGTON 8:00 PM (90 mins) THEATRE American Riviera Award (2000 Seats) Renée Zellweger

NOTES: FRIDAY JANUARY SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE LEGEND: Start time (Running time) Q&A 17 FOR THE UPDATED SCHEDULE, DOWNLOAD THE SBIFF APP Film Name

FIESTA 10:00 AM (72 mins) Q&A 1:00 PM (87 mins) Q&A 4:00 PM (88 mins) Q&A 7:20 PM (101 mins) Q&A THEATRE 3 A Worm in the Heart Screen Cuisine Shorts Finding Farideh Live-Action Shorts: (240 Seats) Modern Family

FIESTA 10:20 AM (139 mins) 1:20 PM (55 mins) Q&A 4:20 PM (104 mins) 7:40 PM (149 mins) Q&A THEATRE 4 Invisible Life Amazing Grace If Only Truth and Justice (240 Seats)

LOBERO 11:00 AM (90 mins) 2:00 PM (105 mins) Q&A 4:30 PM (104 mins) 7:00 PM (68 mins) Q&A THEATRE Paris: A Wild Story Overland Greed By Hand (600 Seats) FREE ADMISSION

METRO 8:00 AM (94 mins) Q&A 11:00 AM (69 mins) Q&A 2:00 PM (82 mins) 5:00 PM (80 mins) Q&A 8:00 PM (100 mins) Q&A THEATRE 1 James vs His Born in a Ballroom Land of Ashes Personhood Call Mom! (150 Seats) Future Self

METRO 8:10 AM (86 mins) 11:20 AM (117 mins) 2:20 PM (123 mins) Q&A 5:20 PM (96 mins) Q&A 8:20 PM (100 mins) Q&A THEATRE 2 Love Beats Kuessipan Liberté: A Call to Spy Show Me What You Got Black Conflux (250 Seats)

METRO 8:20 AM (115 mins) 11:40 AM (90 mins) Q&A 2:40 PM (115 mins) 5:40 PM (83 mins) 8:40 PM (119 mins) THEATRE 3 37 Seconds Blow the Man Down The Mayor of Lina From Lima System Crasher (350 Seats) Rione Sanità

METRO 8:30 AM (90 mins) Q&A 12:00 PM (83 mins) 3:00 PM (76 mins) Q&A 6:00 PM (94 mins) Q&A 9:00 PM (94 mins) THEATRE 4 That Click Born in Jerusalem Medicating Normal The Restoration My Friend Fela (150 Seats) and Still Alive

ARLINGTON 8:00 PM (90 mins) THEATRE Outstanding Performers Award (2000 Seats) Scarlett Johansson & Adam Driver

NOTES: SATURDAY JANUARY SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE LEGEND: Start time (Running time) Q&A 18 FOR THE UPDATED SCHEDULE, DOWNLOAD THE SBIFF APP Film Name

FIESTA 10:00 AM (68 mins) Q&A 1:00 PM (101 mins) Q&A 4:00 PM (105 mins) Q&A 7:20 PM (101 mins) Q&A THEATRE 3 By Hand Live-Action Shorts: Overland Comedic Shorts (240 Seats) Modern Family

FIESTA 10:20 AM (149 mins) Q&A 1:20 PM (96 mins) Q&A 4:20 PM (123 mins) Q&A 7:40 PM (139 mins) THEATRE 4 Truth and Justice The Nature Makers The Marijuana Invisible Life (240 Seats) Conspiracy

LOBERO 11:00 AM (115 mins) 2:00 PM (114 mins) Q&A 5:00 PM (100 mins) Q&A 7:30 PM (78 mins) Q&A THEATRE 37 Seconds Three Kings Sergio Mendes Man in the Field: The (600 Seats) (20th Anniversay) in the Key of Joy! Life and Art of Jim FREE ADMISSION Denevan

METRO 8:00 AM (88 mins) Q&A 11:00 AM (80 mins) Q&A 2:00 PM (87 mins) Q&A 5:00 PM (86 mins) Q&A 8:00 PM (94 mins) THEATRE 1 Finding Farideh Americaville Super Frenchie The Prison Within My Friend Fela (150 Seats)

METRO 8:10 AM (100 mins) Q&A 11:20 AM (94 mins) Q&A 2:20 PM (108 mins) Q&A 5:20 PM (123 mins) Q&A 8:20 PM (111 mins) Q&A THEATRE 2 Black Conflux The Restoration Papicha Liberté: A Call to Spy The Night (250 Seats)

METRO 8:20 AM (88 mins) 11:40 AM (94 mins) Q&A 2:40 PM (90 mins) Q&A 5:40 PM (115 mins) 8:40 PM (91 mins) THEATRE 3 My Life James vs His Faith Based The Mayor of The Vast of Night (350 Seats) Future Self Rione Sanità

METRO 8:30 AM (139 mins) Q&A 12:00 PM (107 mins) Q&A 3:00 PM (100 mins) Q&A 6:00 PM (105 mins) Q&A 9:00 PM (103 mins) THEATRE 4 Daniel Gutterbee Call Mom! Lost Transmissions The Clash (150 Seats)

ARLINGTON 10:00 AM (97 mins) 8:00 PM (90 mins) THEATRE Frozen 2 Virtuosos Award (2000 Seats) FREE ADMISSION

NOTES: SUNDAY JANUARY SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE LEGEND: Start time (Running time) Q&A 19 FOR THE UPDATED SCHEDULE, DOWNLOAD THE SBIFF APP Film Name

FIESTA 10:00 AM (90 mins) Q&A 1:00 PM (101 mins) Q&A 4:00 PM (72 mins) 7:20 PM (96 mins) Q&A THEATRE 3 Blow the Man Down Comedic Shorts A Worm in the Heart Live-Action Shorts (240 Seats)

FIESTA 10:20 AM (100 mins) Q&A 1:20 PM (75 mins) Q&A 4:20 PM (90 mins) Q&A 7:40 PM (86 mins) THEATRE 4 Sergio Mendes Pandora’s Box: Lifting Faith Based Love Beats (240 Seats) in the Key of Joy! the Lid on Menstruation

LOBERO 10:00 AM (90 mins) 1:00 PM (90 mins) 8:00 PM (90 mins) THEATRE Producers Panel Writers Panel Variety Artisans Award (600 Seats)

METRO 8:00 AM (90 mins) 11:00 AM (96 mins) Q&A 2:00 PM (69 mins) Q&A 5:00 PM (96 mins) 8:00 PM (85 mins) THEATRE 1 The Retirement Bastards’ Road Born in a Ballroom The Dead of Jaffa Golda (150 Seats)

METRO 8:10 AM (89 mins) 11:20 AM (88 mins) 2:20 PM (105 mins) Q&A 5:20 PM (123 mins) Q&A 8:20 PM (117 mins) THEATRE 2 By a Sharp Knife My Life Lost Transmissions The Marijuana Only the Animals (250 Seats) Conspiracy

METRO 8:20 AM (108 mins) Q&A 11:40 AM (139 mins) 2:40 PM (104 mins) 5:40 PM (90 mins) 8:40 PM (115 mins) THEATRE 3 Papicha Daniel If Only Paris: A Wild Story 37 Seconds (350 Seats) FREE ADMISSION

METRO 8:30 AM (105 mins) Q&A 12:00 PM (100 mins) Q&A 3:00 PM (96 mins) Q&A 6:00 PM (92 mins) Q&A 9:00 PM (100 mins) THEATRE 4 Overland Black Conflux Show Me What You Got The Pencil White on White (150 Seats)

ARLINGTON 10:00 AM (100 mins) 5:00 PM (82 mins) 7:30 PM (145 mins) THEATRE Toy Story 4 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (2000 Seats) FREE ADMISSION Documentary Shorts Live-Action Shorts

NOTES: MONDAY JANUARY SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE LEGEND: Start time (Running time) Q&A 20 FOR THE UPDATED SCHEDULE, DOWNLOAD THE SBIFF APP Film Name

FIESTA 10:00 AM (90 mins) 1:00 PM (96 mins) Q&A 4:00 PM (91 mins) Q&A 7:20 PM (86 mins) Q&A THEATRE 3 River Silence Live-Action Shorts Sovereign Soil Reel Nature Shorts (240 Seats)

FIESTA 10:20 AM (139 mins) 1:20 PM (88 mins) 4:20 PM (100 mins) Q&A 7:40 PM (80 mins) Q&A THEATRE 4 Invisible Life Born 2 Drive She’s in Portland Back Towards Light (240 Seats)

LOBERO 11:00 AM (69 mins) Q&A 2:00 PM (96 mins) Q&A 4:30 PM (93 mins) Q&A 7:00 PM (100 mins) THEATRE Born in a Ballroom Bastards’ Road Easy Living Hope Gap (600 Seats) FREE ADMISSION

METRO 8:00 AM (86 mins) 11:00 AM (96 mins) 2:00 PM (85 mins) 5:00 PM (125 mins) 8:00 PM (115 mins) Q&A THEATRE 1 Love Beats The Dead of Jaffa Golda Amundsen The Flying Circus (150 Seats)

METRO 8:10 AM (90 mins) Q&A 11:20 AM (89 mins) Q&A 2:20 PM (111 mins) 5:20 PM (117 mins) 8:20 PM (107 mins) Q&A THEATRE 2 Faith Based By a Sharp Knife The Night Chronology Gutterbee (250 Seats)

METRO 8:20 AM (119 mins) 11:40 AM (78 mins) 2:40 PM (117 mins) 5:40 PM (97 mins) 8:40 PM (117 mins) THEATRE 3 System Crasher Man in the Field: The Only the Animals The Goya Murders A Brother’s Love (350 Seats) Life and Art of Jim Denevan

METRO 8:30 AM (94 mins) 12:00 PM (117 mins) 3:00 PM (92 mins) 6:00 PM (99 mins) 9:00 PM (98 mins) THEATRE 4 Lane 4 The Exception The Pencil 14 Days, 12 Nights Stitches (150 Seats)

ARLINGTON 8:00 PM (90 mins) THEATRE Montecito Award (2000 Seats) Lupita Nyong’o

NOTES: TUESDAY JANUARY SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE LEGEND: Start time (Running time) Q&A 21 FOR THE UPDATED SCHEDULE, DOWNLOAD THE SBIFF APP Film Name

FIESTA 10:00 AM (117 mins) 1:00 PM (86 mins) Q&A 4:00 PM (95 mins) 7:20 PM (103 mins) Q&A THEATRE 3 A Brother’s Love Reel Nature Shorts Outlaw Animated Shorts (240 Seats)

FIESTA 10:20 AM (62 mins) 1:20 PM (90 mins) 4:20 PM (115 mins) Q&A 7:40 PM (117 mins) THEATRE 4 Kosher Beach River Silence The Flying Circus The Exception (240 Seats)

LOBERO 11:00 AM (92 mins) Q&A 2:00 PM (79 mins) Q&A 4:30 PM (105 mins) Q&A 7:00 PM (51 mins) Q&A THEATRE The Pencil Outdeh - The Youth Shindisi Mentors - (600 Seats) of Jamaica Tony and Santi FREE ADMISSION

METRO 8:00 AM (95 mins) 11:00 AM (91 mins) Q&A 2:00 PM (99 mins) 5:00 PM (82 mins) 8:00 PM (64 mins) Q&A THEATRE 1 The Good One Sovereign Soil 14 Days, 12 Nights Land of Ashes Exploring the (150 Seats) Pacific Northwest

METRO 8:10 AM (90 mins) 11:20 AM (90 mins) 2:20 PM (103 mins) 5:20 PM (115 mins) 8:20 PM (87 mins) THEATRE 2 The Retirement Towards the Battle Mosh Leaving Afghanistan Psychosia (250 Seats)

METRO 8:20 AM (99 mins) 11:40 AM (117 mins) 2:40 PM (93 mins) Q&A 5:40 PM (125 mins) 8:40 PM (108 mins) THEATRE 3 The Burnt Orange Kuessipan Easy Living Amundsen Papicha (350 Seats) Heresy

8:30 AM (67 mins) Q&A METRO 12:00 PM (117 mins) 3:00 PM (73 mins) Q&A 6:00 PM (120 mins) 9:00 PM (97 mins) The Grand Unified THEATRE 4 Chronology Fatei and the Sea I Was, I Am, I Will Be The Goya Murders Theory of Howard (150 Seats) Bloom

ARLINGTON 8:00 PM (90 mins) THEATRE Cinema Vanguard Award (2000 Seats) Laura Dern

NOTES: WEDNESDAY JANUARY SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE LEGEND: Start time (Running time) Q&A 22 FOR THE UPDATED SCHEDULE, DOWNLOAD THE SBIFF APP Film Name

FIESTA 10:00 AM (80 mins) Q&A 1:00 PM (103 mins) Q&A 4:00 PM (62 mins) 7:20 PM (96 mins) Q&A THEATRE 3 Back Towards Light Animated Shorts Kosher Beach Live-Action Shorts: (240 Seats) Love Actually

FIESTA 10:20 AM (125 mins) 1:20 PM (73 mins) 4:20 PM (103 mins) 7:40 PM (64 mins) Q&A THEATRE 4 Amundsen Fatei and the Sea Mosh Exploring the (240 Seats) Pacific Northwest

LOBERO 11:00 AM (115 mins) Q&A 2:00 PM (86 mins) 4:30 PM (107 mins) Q&A 7:00 PM (123 mins) THEATRE The Flying Circus The Prison Within The Birdcatcher’s Son Liberté: A Call to Spy (600 Seats) FREE ADMISSION

METRO 8:00 AM (88 mins) 11:00 AM (73 mins) Q&A 2:00 PM (93 mins) 5:00 PM (95 mins) 8:00 PM (77 mins) THEATRE 1 Born 2 Drive Birth Wars The Amber Light The Good One The Changin’ Times (150 Seats) of Ike White

METRO 8:10 AM (105 mins) Q&A 11:20 AM (87 mins) 2:20 PM (115 mins) 5:20 PM (80 mins) 8:20 PM (90 mins) THEATRE 2 Shindisi Psychosia Leaving Afghanistan Red Penguins Towards the Battle (250 Seats)

METRO 8:20 AM (93 mins) Q&A 11:40 AM (100 mins) 2:40 PM (118 mins) 5:40 PM (98 mins) 8:40 PM (99 mins) THEATRE 3 Easy Living Hope Gap Verdict Stitches The Burnt Orange (350 Seats) Heresy

METRO 8:30 AM (117 mins) 12:00 PM (120 mins) 3:00 PM (86 mins) 6:00 PM (91 mins) 9:00 PM (117 mins) THEATRE 4 The Exception I Was, I Am, I Will Be Nevia The Art of Waiting Chronology (150 Seats)

ARLINGTON 8:00 PM (90 mins) THEATRE Maltin Modern Master Award (2000 Seats) Brad Pitt

NOTES: THURSDAY JANUARY SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE LEGEND: Start time (Running time) Q&A 23 FOR THE UPDATED SCHEDULE, DOWNLOAD THE SBIFF APP Film Name

FIESTA 10:00 AM (86 mins) 1:00 PM (99 mins) Q&A 4:00 PM (94 mins) 7:20 PM (72 mins) Q&A THEATRE 3 Nevia Live-Action Shorts: Disco American Stories: (240 Seats) Love Actually Shorts

FIESTA 10:20 AM (100 mins) 1:20 PM (129 mins) 4:20 PM (79 mins) Q&A 7:40 PM (50 mins) Q&A THEATRE 4 Santa Clara Mother Outdeh - The Youth Whale Wisdom (240 Seats) of Jamaica

LOBERO 11:00 AM (118 mins) 2:00 PM (63 mins) Q&A 4:30 PM (132 mins) 7:00 PM (115 mins) THEATRE Verdict The Oratorio Parasite Corpus Christi (600 Seats) FREE ADMISSION

METRO 8:00 AM (132 mins) 11:00 AM (120 mins) 2:00 PM (73 mins) Q&A 5:00 PM (75 mins) Q&A 8:00 PM (113 mins) Q&A THEATRE 1 Memories of Murder The Host Birth Wars Supernova The Songpoet (150 Seats)

METRO 8:10 AM (90 mins) 11:20 AM (117 mins) Q&A 2:20 PM (109 mins) 5:20 PM (92 mins) 8:20 PM (95 mins) THEATRE 2 The Art of Waiting Collison Antigone My Life as a Comedian Outlaw (250 Seats)

METRO 8:20 AM (107 mins) Q&A 11:40 AM (85 mins) 2:40 PM (100 mins) 5:40 PM (90 mins) 8:40 PM (103 mins) THEATRE 3 The Birdcatcher’s Son The Wandering Chef Hope Gap Once in Trubchevsk Mosh (350 Seats)

METRO 8:30 AM (80 mins) 12:00 PM (82 mins) 3:00 PM (86 mins) Q&A 6:00 PM (80 mins) Q&A 9:00 PM (98 mins) THEATRE 4 Red Penguins The Last Mountain Breaking Bread The Mustangs: Stitches (150 Seats) America’s Wild Horses

ARLINGTON 8:00 PM ( mins) THEATRE Outstanding (2000 Seats) Directors Award Bong Joon Ho

NOTES: FRIDAY JANUARY SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE LEGEND: Start time (Running time) Q&A 24 FOR THE UPDATED SCHEDULE, DOWNLOAD THE SBIFF APP Film Name

FIESTA 10:00 AM (100 mins) Q&A 1:00 PM (72 mins) Q&A 4:00 PM (117 mins) Q&A 7:20 PM (91 mins) Q&A THEATRE 3 Tell My Story American Stories: Collison Documentary Shorts (240 Seats) Shorts

FIESTA 10:20 AM (82 mins) 1:20 PM (94 mins) Q&A 4:20 PM (77 mins) 7:40 PM (120 mins) Q&A THEATRE 4 The Last Mountain Bully. Coward. Victim. The Changin’ Times The Lafayette (240 Seats) The Story of Roy Cohn of Ike White Escadrille

LOBERO 11:00 AM (63 mins) Q&A 2:00 PM (90 mins) 4:30 PM (95 mins) 7:00 PM (55 mins) THEATRE The Oratorio That Click A Bump Along The Way Amazing Grace (600 Seats) FREE ADMISSION

METRO 8:00 AM (90 mins) 11:00 AM (85 mins) 2:00 PM (67 mins) 5:00 PM (93 mins) 8:00 PM (75 mins) THEATRE 1 Once in Trubchevsk The Wandering Chef The Grand Unified The Amber Light Supernova (150 Seats) Theory of Howard Bloom

METRO 8:10 AM (92 mins) 11:20 AM (80 mins) 2:20 PM (96 mins) 5:20 PM (100 mins) 8:20 PM (100 mins) THEATRE 2 My Life as a Comedian Americaville Show Me What You Got Santa Clara She’s in Portland (250 Seats)

METRO 8:20 AM (115 mins) 11:40 AM (107 mins) Q&A 2:40 PM (114 mins) 5:40 PM (68 mins) 8:40 PM (70 mins) Q&A THEATRE 3 Corpus Christi The Birdcatcher’s Son Master Cheng By Hand The Delicacy (350 Seats)

METRO 8:30 AM (113 mins) 12:00 PM (94 mins) 3:00 PM (107 mins) 6:00 PM (105 mins) Q&A 9:00 PM (94 mins) THEATRE 4 The Songpoet Lane 4 Gipsy Queen Shindisi Disco (150 Seats)

ARLINGTON 7:00 PM (133 mins) THEATRE Super Silent Film - (2000 Seats) The Hunchback of Notre Dame FREE ADMISSION

NOTES: SATURDAY JANUARY SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE LEGEND: Start time (Running time) Q&A 25 FOR THE UPDATED SCHEDULE, DOWNLOAD THE SBIFF APP Film Name

FIESTA 10:00 AM (90 min) Q&A 1:00 PM (91 mins) 4:00 PM (86 mins) Q&A 7:20 PM (121 mins) THEATRE 3 Youth Cinemedia Documentary Shorts Breaking Bread Comedic Shorts (240 Seats)

FIESTA 10:20 AM (120 mins) Q&A 1:20 PM (51 mins) Q&A 4:20 PM (90 mins) 7:40 PM (114 mins) THEATRE 4 The Lafayette Mentors - Blow The Man Down Master Cheng (240 Seats) Escadrille Tony and Santi

LOBERO 11:00 AM 2:00 PM (100 mins) 4:30 PM (115 mins) 7:00 PM (115 mins) THEATRE Women’s Panel Tell My Story Corpus Christi 37 Seconds (600 Seats) FREE ADMISSION

METRO 8:00 AM (99 mins) 11:00 AM (94 mins) Q&A 2:00 PM (90 mins) 5:00 PM (92 mins) 8:00 PM (69 mins) THEATRE 1 14 Days, 12 Nights Bully. Coward. Victim. The Art of Waiting My Life as a Comedian The Nature Makers (150 Seats) The Story of Roy Cohn

8:10 AM(139 mins) 11:20 AM (107 mins) 2:20 PM (94 mins) 5:20 PM (50 mins) Q&A 8:20 PM (111 mins) METRO Daniel Gipsy Queen Disco Whale Wisdom The Night THEATRE 2 (250 Seats)

METRO 8:20 AM (78 mins) 11:40 AM (80 mins) Q&A 2:40 PM (70 mins) Q&A 5:40 PM (109 mins) 8:40 PM (94 mins) THEATRE 3 Man in the Field The Mustangs: The Delicacy Antigone James vs His (350 Seats) America’s Wild Horses Future Self

METRO 8:30 AM (94 mins) 12:00 PM (75 mins) 3:00 PM (100 mins) 6:00 PM (117 mins) Q&A 9:00 PM THEATRE 4 The Restoration Supernova White on White Collison Overland (105 mins) (150 Seats)

ARLINGTON 10:00 AM (97 mins) 2:00 PM (120 min) 8:00 PM (94 min) THEATRE Frozen 2 10-10-10 Screenings Santa Barbara (2000 Seats) FREE ADMISSION & Awards Documentary Shorts FREE ADMISSION CLOSING NIGHT FILM

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