Adult (Australia) (North American Premiere) Festival International Du Film Documentaire Océanien 2018| Winner - Le Prix Okeanos. Our Special Events section offers unusual, unexpected and unique one-off film events. Director/Screenwriter: Grace Snyder Decay Theory is an Episodic Sci-Fi Storytelling Experience, that follows the intergalactic adventures of SuRei, a young girl and FeiMa, the bio-mechanical horror that protects her. Director/Screenwriter: Ana Asensio After Dontre Hamilton, a black, unarmed man diagnosed with schizophrenia, was shot 14 times and killed by police in Milwaukee, his family embarks on a quest for answers, justice and reform as the investigation unfolds. Cast: Mark Webber, Cheri Honkala, Guillermo Santos, Madeline Brewer. Kisses (World Premiere) Doug Benson Master Pancake After traveling 200 miles, a young woman waits out Texas’s state-mandated 24-hour waiting period before her abortion can proceed. Director/Screenwriter: Renata Gasiorowska Killa P, a.k.a. A Bad Idea Gone Wrong (World Premiere) Life is a terrifying sci-fi thriller about a team of scientists aboard the International Space Station whose mission of discovery turns to one of primal fear when they find a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew and all life on Earth. Be Anyone, Do Anything Bloop’s Birthday is the story of an odd little pink creature bouncing around an acid-pastel landscape in search of fun. Lou (World Premiere) Premiere) Director: Benno Nelson Synesthesia is an interactive experience comprised of six movements each inspired by a different stage of life. Hot Summer Nights (World Premiere) On a routine morning, a woman on a crowded New York City subway is sexually assaulted in plain sight. Jake and Mati are two outsiders in Porto who once experienced a brief connection. Director: Ridley Scott, Screenwriter: Dan O’Bannon As he matures, he has to deal with the complexity in the confines of a refugee camp and a culture that cannot comprehend gender fluidity. Limbo The film depicts the human, personal dimension behind these icons, deconstructing gender stereotypes. Cast: Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor, Babou Ceesay, Enzo Cilenti, Sam Riley, Michael Smiley, Noah Taylor. Ten world premieres: ten real world stories that demonstrate innovation, energy and bold voices. Square the Circle (Netherlands) A man with a robust vocabulary must write a scornful letter to an old friend. Is anyone watching her? Director/Screenwriter: Jesper Dalgaard Wednesday with Goddard (Canada) (U.S. BattleScar is a linear short film with interactive components that follows a year in the life of Lupe, a Puerto Rican-American, living in the 1978 Punk rock scene of New York City. David Lynch – The Art Life A young Nigerian-American financier struggles with love, family, and a prescription drug dependency as his ambitions steer him down a criminal path. Director/Screenwriter: Josh Greenbaum Director/Screenwriter: Justin Simien On The Road (UK) (North American Premiere) Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory. The Hero tells the story of movie star Lee Hayden whose career high as Western film icon is now several decades in the past. Wonder Buffalo VR To treat the sorrow with love the same night they decide to do the drug, MDMA, together. A wide-boy estate agent unknowingly shares his home with a malicious tenant, one with a totally surprising agenda. In this coming-of-age Muslim melodrama, Zaynab copes by taking up Lucha-style wrestling. Patti Cake$ This is a true story about the making of The Room; the cult classic described as the Citizen Kane of bad movies Cast: James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Josh Hutcherson, Ari Graynor, Jacki Weaver, Alison Brie. Director: Gary Ye A film that deeply explores the experiences that shaped one of cinema's most distinctive voices: David Lynch. Directors: Ian Forester, Sook-Lei Liew, Phd Director: Roberto Drilea, Screenwriters: Roberto Drilea, Garth Herberg, Jason Weissbrod Director: Alyssa “Midori” Brown Director/Screenwriter: Adam Keleman Inspired by an essential part of the theatrical experience, these are works of art in their own right. A high-functioning autistic man balancing reality with his imaginary world, proves that one can make deliberate choices to find stability and to be more present in life. Directors: Félix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël She encourages nerd culture and shares advice along with James Enelow and Calen Hoffman to help those new to the convention scene. A small town gorilla joins a local TV program and a series of on-air mishaps threaten to shatter his identity, sending him on an adventure of self-discovery where reality and fantasy start to blend. Boss Bitch Director/Screenwriter:Jayisha Patel Director/Screenwriter: Julia Pott Director: Christian van Duuren, Daan Gielis Find the hero within. The trial between wrestler Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media pitted privacy rights against freedom of the press, but ended up as a case study in how big money can silence media through legal means. Mutt (World Premiere) Vancouver International Film Festival 2017 | Winner - Best Impact Film. Director/Screenwriter: Jared Moshé An examination of the free press in an age of inequality. Gabriel, Renée Felice Smith, Dana Scanlon Cast: Franjo Dijak, Nataša Janjić, Janko Popović Volarić, Goran Bogdan, Milan Štrljić. A famous television personality struggles to restore science to its rightful place in a world hostile to evidence and reason. Selected from 973 feature documentary submissions in 2017. Live soundtracks, cult re-issues & much more. Directors: Ciaran Cassidy, Adrian Chen Don’t delete me I’m holding space, thanks. Director: Matthew Puccini So you’re stuck in lockdown over Valentine’s day. Director/Screenwriter: Jake Billard Cast: Fawzia Mirza, Shabana Azmi, Sari Sanchez, Audrey Francis, Charin Alvarez, Mark Hood, Molly Brennan. Director/Screenwriter: Charlie Mayforth Directors/Screenwriters: Andrew Fleming, Nate Grizzell The Watchmaker (UK) (North American Premiere) Strange / Company: Sarofsky / Designer: Erin Sarofsky, El Rey Tuerto (The OneEyedKing) / Company: Pavlo Sánchez / Designer: Pablo Sánchez, Golden Life / Company: Digital Apes / Designer: Gergely Regula, Into the Badlands / Company: Huge Designs / Designers: Paul McDonnell, Hugo Moss, Ben Hanbury, Into The Current / Company: CR Moberg / Designers: Chris R Moberg and Jarod Young, IRA (Wrath) / Company: Pastrana Lab / Designers: Kike A. Pastrana and Ángel A. Pastrana, Jessica Jones / Company: Imaginary Forces / Designer: Michelle Dougherty, LOCA / Company: Gabaeff Pictures, The Creative Alliance / Designer: Robert Baek, New York City Blues / Company: Ian Glaum / Designer: Ian Glaum, OFFF By Night 2016 / Company: The Mill  / Designer: William Arnold, OFFF CDMX / Company/Designer: Outro Studio, Of Kings And Prophets / Company: Prologue Films / Designer: Kyle Cooper, Outsiders / Company: Shine / Designer: Michael Riley, PANICROOM 13 / Company: PanicProgram / Designer: Guido Ekker, Preacher / Company / Picturemill / Designer: William Lebeda, The Shannara Chronicles / Company: Huge Designs / Designers: Paul McDonnell, Hugo Moss, Ben Hanbury, St. Nickel / Company: Oily Film Company Inc. & Morro Creative / Designers: Jay Bond and Garry Tutte, Stranger Things / Company: Imaginary Forces / Designer: Michelle Dougherty, Style Frames Design Conference / Company: Hornet / Designer: Eran Hilleli, Voyages des Cleauvard / Designer: Federico Pessa. Cast: Bill Pullman, Kathy Baker, Jim Caviezel, Tommy Flanagan, Peter Fonda, Joe Anderson, Diego Josef, Michael Speers, Lewis Pullman, Joseph Anderson. Stranger Fruit (World Premiere) Behind The Fence (World Premiere) An intimate portrait of the acclaimed North Carolina band the Avett Brothers, as they create their hit album “True Sadness.”. What happened on August 9th, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri? INITION and Roland Lane take you on a journey inspired by a famous hat by legendary designer Philip Treacy. A one night stand that just doesn’t click. Words on Bathroom Walls. Tired of being called a fat lazy water buffalo, Ann stands up for herself. A girl embarks on a physical exploration to seek the answer of an age-old question: Who am I? Directors/Screenwriters: Laura E. Davis, Jessica Kaye On the surface all seems normal, but what appears to be a simple vacation soon gives way to dark and complex truths. Director: EDWON New light is shed on childhood cultural misunderstandings when a Chinese mother and her British born daughter speak as adults for the first time. A small community in Veracruz is the guardian of one of the ecosystems facing the most risk: the cloud forest. A group of young Armenian professionals, bound by a passion for film and culture. American Paradise Director: Nevio Marasović, Screenwriter: Gjermund Gisvold Directors: Cassandra Herrman, Lauren Mucciolo Satan Said Dance (Poland) (North American Premiere) Rise Above (World Premiere) Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award: The Miseducation of Cameron Post, directed by Desiree Akhavan; U.S. See Beyond Labels (World Premiere) The pioneering design documentary Helvetica premiered at SXSW in 2007, and kickstarted a wave of dozens of design films that have been released since. Do No Harm (New Zealand) But is it all in his head, or is the truth even darker than he imagines. Directors/Screenwriters: Taylor Butler, Raven Robinson After a death in her family, struggling LA-based comedian Emily Martin returns to Austin. Square the Circle is an interactive experience which explores the possibilities of interacting with Touch controllers in room scale. Hype! Song to Song (World Premiere) Australian Screen Sound Guild 2017 | Winner - Best Sound in a Documentary 2017 Director: Ben Meinhardt Television personality Phil Keoghan retraces the 1928 Tour de France riding an original vintage bicycle, with no gears, as he tells the forgotten ‘underdog’ story about the first English speaking team to take on the toughest sporting event on earth. Follow four generations of Valley musicians as they struggle to find a voice of their own in the land of charro beans and Tejano legends. Directors: Viacom NEXT, Hot Sugar Cast: Sophia Mitri Schloss, Katherine Moennig, Sara Coats, Linas Phillips, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sarah-Eve Gazitt, Annette Toutonghi, Harry Curtis, Ronin West, Shayla Timbermoon. Directors: Chris Milk, Aaron Koblin In the middle of small-town nowhere, seven friends are forced to kill or be killed when they play the Game of Death. Director/Screenwriter: Jason Headley Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Walk With Me is a cinematic journey into the world of a monastic community who practice the art of mindfulness with Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh. After Thoughts DeathTolls Experience (Islamic Republic of Iran) (U.S. I Know You From Somewhere Life (UK) (World Premiere) A Guatemalan family’s life is transformed when their grandmother gains access to electricity and light. The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. Newcomers is a documentary about refugee students at Anderson High School who come from various background and face many challenges upon living here. The Son (World Premiere) Director: Austin Peters The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (World Premiere) Barbecue is about more than grilling a piece of meat. Become a Friend of The Festival! Cats, champagne and joy overflows in Chocolate, a psychedelic VR Music video experience set in a chrome cat-centric world, for the song Chocolate by Giraffage. After Thoughts explores just that. When Deonte and Amy’s high schools cut their music programs, The Harmony Project steps in with mentoring and music training. This weakness gets him into a world of trouble when he agrees to help his girlfriend steal $68,000. Cast: Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals, Robert Englund, Scott Wilson, Zelda Rubinstein, Kate Lang Johnson, Britain Spellings, Bridgett Newton, Ben Pace. 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