Austin’s South By Southwest Film Festival announced their Film lineup for this year’s fest, which starts in under a month and for which I really need to get off my butt and set up a hotel room. Sleeping on the street isn’t fun.
Some of the biggest films on the list are movies that were also shown at Sundance a few weeks ago. But that’s alright, the all also happen to be the movies I wasn’t able to catch while I was in Park City. Thanks SXSW for giving me a second chance at Baghead.
There’s no shortage of SXSW exclusives though either. Harold and Kumar Go To Guantanamo Bay will get it’s debut at the Paramount in Austin, as will the new Jason Siegel/Jonah Hill comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I think it’s safe to assume that a lot of weed will be smoked on March 7th.
Below is the full list of everything showing this year at SXSW. If you’re going, drop me a line so I know who to avoid. I’ll see you down on Congress.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION'Bulletproof Salesman' Director: Michael Tucker & Petra Epperlein Fidelis Cloer is a self-confessed war profiteer who found The Perfect War when the US invaded Iraq. It wasn1t about selling a dozen cars, or even a hundred, it was a thousand-car war where security would become the ultimate product. (World Premiere)'FrontRunners' Director: Caroline SuhThe campaign for student body president at Stuyvesant, perhaps the most prestigious public high school in the country, is almost as sophisticated as any presidential election. But unlike presidential candidates, they also have to do their homework, take their SATs and write their college applications. (World Premiere)'Full Battle Rattle' Directors: Jesse Moss & Tony GerberA feature documentary about life inside the US Army's Iraq Simulation in California's Mojave Desert. The film follows one Army Battalion's efforts to pacify the town of Medina Wasl, one of thirteen villages in the simulation, as it tips precariously on the brink of civil war. (North American Premiere)'The Matador' Directors: Stephen Higgins & Nina Gilden Seavey The epic tale of David Fandila's quest to become the world1s top-ranked bullfighter. Heart-wrenching setbacks and thrilling successes dramatize his three-year journey across Spain and Latin America and into the pages of bullfighting history. (World Premiere)'Sex Positive' Director: Daryl WeinA look at the life of Richard Berkowitz, a revolutionary gay S&M hustler turned AIDS activist in the 1980s, whose incomparable contribution to the invention of safe sex has long since been forgotten. (World Premiere)'Some Assembly Required' Director: Dori BerinsteinOver 2000 kids. 400 teams nationwide. Eight months of brainstorming, designing and building. One goal: to create the next great toy. (WorldPremiere)'They Killed Sister Dorothy' Director: Daniel JungeOn February 12th, 2005, a 73 year-old Catholic nun from Ohio, was shot six times at point blank range and left to die on a muddy Amazon road. Who was this woman, and why was she killed? What will become of her murderers, and who else was involved? What are the implications of her murder and these trials on the future? (World Premiere)'We Are Wizards' Director: Josh KouryAn entertaining and comprehensive portrait of the passionate culture of Harry Potter fans. (World Premiere) NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION'Explicit Ills' Director/writer: Mark Webber. Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci, Frankie Shaw,Tariq Trotter, Rosario Dawson, Noamie Harris, Paul Dano.Young love, drugs and poverty collide in the city of Philadelphia creating abeautiful tale of hope and the power of coming together. (World Premiere)'The Lost Coast' Director/writer: Gabriel Fleming. Starring: Ian Scott McGregor, LucasAlifano, Lindsay Benner, Chris Yule.As a group of old high school friends wander through San Francisco onHalloween night, two of them are forced to confront their unspoken sexualhistory. (World Premiere)'My Effortless Brilliance' Director: Lynn Shelton. Writers: Lynn Shelton, Sean Nelson, Basil Harris.Starring: Sean Nelson, Basil Harris, Calvin Reeder, Jeanette Maus.Successful and self-involved novelist Eric Lambert Jones has beenunceremoniously dumped by his life long buddy, Dylan. In an attempt to piecetogether the fractured friendship, Eric takes a side trip from his latestbook tour to drop in on Dylan, newly settled in the picturesque backwoods ofWashington state. (World Premiere)'Older Than America' Director: Georgina Lightning. Writers: Georgina Lightning, Christine Kunewa.Starring: Adam Beach, Tantoo Cardinal, Bradley Cooper, Georgina Lightning,Wes Studi. A woman's haunting visions reveal a Catholic priest's sinister plot tosilence her mother from speaking the truth about atrocities that occurred ata Native Indian boarding school. (World Premiere)'Paper Covers Rock' Director/writer: Joe Maggio. Starring: Jeannine Kaspar, Sayra Player, ClintJordan, Tom Brangle.The story of Sam, a troubled young woman who loses custody of her sixyear-old daughter in the wake of an unsuccessful suicide attempt. (WorldPremiere)'Up With Me' Director: Greg Takoudes. Writers: Maeve McQuillan, Greg Takoudes. Starring:Francisco Vicioso, Erika Rivera, Brandon Thorpe, Justin Coltrain.When Francisco, a teenager from Harlem, is admitted to an upstate boardingschool on scholarship, he is torn between his life at home (his loyalgirlfriend and his jealous best friend) and the new environment. (WorldPremiere)'Wellness' Director/writer: Jake Mahaffy. Starring: Jeff Clark, Paul Mahaffy. The chaotic journey of one man trying to succeed in a business that doesn'texist. (North American Premiere)'Yeast' Director/writer: Mary Bronstein. Starring: Mary Bronstein, Amy Judd, GretaGerwig, Sean Williams.A maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young womantries her best to negotiate two toxic friendships. (World Premiere) EMERGING VISIONS'A Necessary Death' Director: Daniel Stamm. Starring: GJ Echternkamp, Matt Tilley, Valerie Hurt,Michael Traynor."Documentary Filmmaker looking for suicidal individual to follow from firstpreparation to final act." Cut from 142 video tapes, this project shedslight on the tragedy following the infamous internet ad. (World Premiere)'The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela' Director/writer: Olaf de Fleur. Starring: Raquela Rios, Stefan Schaefer,Olivia Galudo.Raquela is looking for a way out of her tireless job as a "ladyboy"prostitute, which brings her to Iceland with some unexpected outcomes.(North American Premiere)'A?o Una' Director/writer: Jonas Cuaron. Starring: Eireann Harper, Diego Catano.An impossible romance between Molly, a 21 year-old American, and Diego, aMexican in the throes of puberty. (Regional Premiere)''Bama Girl' Director: Rachel Goslins. A charismatic black woman at the University of Alabama runs for HomecomingQueen, going up against a century of ingrained racial segregation, internalblack politics, and a secret association of all-white fraternities. (WorldPremiere)'Bootleg Wisconsin' Director: Brandon Linden. Writers: Brandon Linden, Tim Donovan. Starring:Lepolion Henderson, Angela Harris, Alissa Bailey, Joyce Porter.A married Chicago Public School Teacher spends part of her summer vacationvisiting outlet malls across the Midwest. At her penultimate stop, inPleasant Prairie Wisconsin, she meets a young man who works at the mall. Arelationship develops that makes them both question their lives and theirfutures. (World Premiere)'Flying On One Engine' Director: Joshua Z Weinstein. The documentary story of an Indian-American surgeon who, despite beingcritically ill himself and living in a one-room Brooklyn apartment, travelsback to India every year to perform marathon surgery "camps" where herepairs the cleft lips of 700 children in a week. (World Premiere)'Half-Life' Director/writer: Jennifer Phang. Starring: Sanoe Lake, Alexander Agate,Julia Nickson, Ben Redgrave.As troubling signs of global cataclysms accelerate, a brother and sisterreact to their father's desertion and the powerful presence of theirmother's new boyfriend. (Regional Premiere)'Humboldt County' Director/writer: Danny Jacobs & Darren Grodsky. Starring: Fairuza Balk,Peter Bogdanovich, Frances Conroy, Madison Davenport.When Peter Hadley, a promising yet disillusioned medical student, stumblesupon an eccentric community of marijuana farmers, his life will never be thesame. (World Premiere)'I'll Come Running' Director: Spencer Parsons. Writers: Spencer Parsons, Line Langebek Knudsen.Starring: Melonie Diaz, Jon Lange, Christian Tafdrup.A young American woman finds herself drawn to a last-minute trip to Denmark,so that she can learn more about the man she loves. (World Premiere)'IBID' Director/writer: Russell Friedenberg. Starring: Christian Campbell, RussellFriedenberg, Chris Kriesa, Heather Rae.Recently escaped from Trinity Psychiatric Center, a pair of patients hit theroad on a mission to inscribe an addendum to the Ten Commandments in orderto save the world. (World Premiere)'In A Dream' Director: Jeremiah Zagar.The chaotic story of Julia Zagar and her husband Isaiah Zagar, a renownedmosaic artist, who for the past 30 years has covered more than 40,000 squarefeet of Philadelphia top to bottom with tile, mirror, paint, and concrete.(World Premiere)'The Marconi Bros.' Director/writers: Marco Ricci, Michael Canzoniero. Starring: Brendan SextonIII, Dan Fogler, Jon Polito, Zoe Lister Jones.Anthony and Carmine Marconi have been dutifully serving out life sentencesin the family carpet business. Their opportunity to escape occurs when theymeet the undisputed king of the Long Island wedding video business. (WorldPremiere)'Medicine For Melancholy' Director/writer: Barry Jenkins. Starring: Wyatt Cenac, Tracey Heggins. A love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-Americantwenty-somethings dealing with issues of class, identity, and the evolvingconundrum of being a minority living in a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco.(World Premiere)'Natural Causes' Director: Alex Cannon, Michael Lerman. Writers: Alex Cannon, Michael Lerman,Paul Cannon. Starring: Jerzy Gwiazdowski, Leah Goldstein, Shonda LeighRobbins, Peter Davenport Swan III.In the wake of a brief, but intense relationship with Shaina, Davidstruggles to find the same connection with Cara, his new flame and Shaina'sformer best friend. (World Premiere)'The New Year Parade' Director/writer: Tom Quinn. Starring: Greg Lyons, Jennifer Welsh, AndrewConway, MaryAnn McDonald.When Mike and Lisa separate, their children suffer quietly in the middle ofthe annual Mummer's Parade. (Regional Premiere)'One Minute to Nine' Director: Tommy Davis.A haunting and touching documentary look at one family, thrown into thedisturbing reality that follows a history of domestic abuse, as one memberprepares to serve a jail sentence. (North American Premiere)'The Ostrich Testimonies' Director: Jonathan VanBallenberghe. The dramatic story of the Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch near Tucson,Arizona, where in 2002, two hot-air balloons triggered a stampede of 1,600ostriches. (World Premiere)'The Pleasure of Being Robbed' Director: Josh Safdie. Writers: Josh Safdie & Eléonore Hendricks. Starring:Eléonore Hendricks, Josh Safdie, Wayne Chin, Francesca & Miranda LaPrelle.A curious and lost Eléonore looks for something everywhere, even in the bagsof strangers who find themselves sadly smiling only well after she's lefttheir lives. They owe her their thanks. (World Premiere)'Present Company' Director/writer: Frank V. Ross. Starring: Anthony Baker, Tamara Fana, SashaGioppo, Allison Latta.Leading very separate lives, Christy and her boyfriend Buddy live togetherin her parent1s basement with their baby Mikey. As they struggle with therealities of their lives, questions are formed about obligations,consequences, and all the identities we employ to get through the day.(World Premiere)'Woodpecker' Director: Alex Karpovsky. Writers: Alex Karpovsky, Jon E. Hyrns. Starring:Jon E. Hyrns, Wesley Yang, Ken Parham.Fanatical birdwatchers have descended upon a small town in the Arkansasbayou in hopes of finding the celebrated Ivory Billed Woodpecker. Declaredextinct in the 1940s, the bird has apparently been spotted by numerousexperts over the past few months. The news is miraculous, yet concrete proofremains elusive. (World Premiere) SPOTLIGHT PREMIERES'21' Director: Robert Luketic. Writers: Peter Steinfeld, Allan Loeb. Starring:Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne.Based on the true story of a group of MIT students who, under the guidanceof a cryptic professor, take Vegas casinos for millions through themathematical art of counting cards. (Opening Night Film)'American Teen'Director: Nanette Burstein.A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town, and theirvarious cliques. (Regional Premiere)'Assassination of a High School President' Director: Brett Simon. Writers: Tim Calpin, Kevin Jakubowski. Starring:Reece Thompson, Mischa Barton, Melonie Diaz, Bruce Willis.A rookie journalist for the school paper unravels a mysterious plotinvolving the class president, drugs, and a ring of stolen test scores inthis noir caper set at a quirky Catholic High School. (Regional Premiere)'At the Death House Door' Director: Steve James & Peter Gilbert. An investigation of the wrongful death of Carlos DeLuna, who was executed inTexas on December 7, 1989, after prosecutors ignored evidence inculpating aman, who bragged to friends about committing the crimes of which DeLuna wasconvicted. (World Premiere)'Baghead' Director/writers: Jay Duplass & Mark Duplass. Starring: Steve Zissis, RossPartridge, Greta Gerwig, Elise Muller.An in-depth study of the relationship dynamics for a group of desperateactor friends. And a bag. And a head. (Regional Premiere)'Bananaz' Director: Ceri Levy.An in-depth and revealing glimpse at the cryptic cartoon band, Gorillaz.(North American Premiere)'Battle in Seattle' Director/writer: Stuart Townsend. Starring: Martin Henderson, CharlizeTheron, Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta.An all-star, edge-of-your-seat glimpse at the 1999 WTO demonstrations inSeattle, told from the perspective of protesters, police, and cityofficials. (U.S. Premiere)'Beautiful Losers' Directors: Aaron Rose & Joshua Leonard. A feature documentary film celebrating the independent and D.I.Y. spiritthat unified a loose-knit group of American artists who emerged from theunderground youth subcultures of skateboarding, graffiti, punk rock andhip-hop. (World Premiere)'Choke' Director/writer: Clark Gregg. Starring: Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, KellyMacdonald. An adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel, this is the sardonic story aboutmother and son relationship, fear of aging, sexual addiction, and the darkside of historical theme parks. (Regional Premiere)'Crawford' Director: David Modigliani Just a short time before George W. Bush announced his intentions to run forthe Presidency, the New Haven-born hopeful bought a ranch in tiny Crawford,Texas. This is what happened next. (World Premiere)'Dreams With Sharp Teeth' Director: Erik Nelson.A documentary portrait of acclaimed author Harlan Ellison, as he looks backon his fabled and influential career as one of the world1s top genre writersfor television and print. (World Premiere)'Flawless' Director: Michael Radford. Writer: Edward Anderson. Starring: Demi Moore,Michael Caine.In 1960s London, a talented but overlooked diamond executive is convinced toparticipate in a jewelry heist when a veteran janitor hatches a plan.(Regional Premiere)'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' Director: Nicholas Stoller. Writer: Jason Segel. Starring: Jason Segel,Kristen Bell, Jonah Hill, Russell Brand.A comic look at one guy's arduous quest to grow up and get over theheartbreak of getting dumped. If only his ex-girlfriend and her newboyfriend weren't staying at the same hotel.'Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay' Director/writers: Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg. Starring: Kal Penn, JohnCho, Rob Corddry, Neil Patrick Harris. The triumphant return of the two hilarious, slacker anti-heroes. This time,the boys get themselves in trouble trying to sneak a bong onboard a flightto Amsterdam. Now, being suspected of terrorism, they are forced to run fromthe law and try to find a way to prove their innocence. What follows is anirreverent and epic journey of deep thoughts, deeper inhaling and a wildtrip around the world that is as "un-PC" as it gets. 'Living with the Tudors' Directors: Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope.After four years of participation as costumed historical re-enactors, KarenGuthrie & Nina Pope were given unprecedented access with their cameras tothe UK1s oldest and largest historical re-enactment at Kentwell Hall inrural Suffolk. (North American Premiere)'Lou Reed's Berlin' Director: Julian Schnabel.An artful document of musical legend Lou Reed, performing his influentialrecord, "Berlin," to audiences in New York City. (U.S. Premiere)'Love Songs' Director/writer: Christophe Honore. Starring: Louis Garrel, LudivineSagnier, Chiara Mastroianni, Clotilde Hesme.Isma?l and Julie are the ideal young Parisian couple. They both have goodjobs, a great apartment and are considered part of each other1s families.After several years together, they decide to add a spark to theirrelationship and take on a third lover, Alice. (Regional Premiere)'Mister Foe' Director: David Mackenzie. Writers: David Mackenzie, Ed Whitmore. Starring:Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, Ciaran Hinds, Claire Forlani.Driven to expose the true cause of his mother1s death, young Hallam Foeinstead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city of Edinburgh forlove. (U.S. Premiere)'Mister Lonely' Director: Harmony Korine. Writers: Avi Korine & Harmony Korine. Starring:Werner Herzog, Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant.A Michael Jackson impersonator lives alone in Paris and performs on thestreets to make ends meet. At a performance in a retirement home, Michaelfalls for a beautiful Marilyn Monroe look-alike who suggests he move to acommune of impersonators in the Scottish Highlands. (U.S. Premiere)'New Orleans Mon Amour' Director: Michael Almereyda. Starring: Christopher Eccleston, ElisabethMoss, Isabel Gillies.A year after Hurricane Katrina, an affluent surgeon in New Orleans isattempting to get his life back on track. He is remarrying his ex-wife,renovating her house and restarting his medical practice. His plan begins tounravel when he runs into an old flame. (World Premiere)'Nights and Weekends' Director/writers: Joe Swanberg & Greta Gerwig. Starring: Joe Swanberg, GretaGerwig, Elizabeth Donius, Jay Duplass, Lynn Shelton, Kent Osborne. A man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during along-distance relationship. (World Premiere)'Obscene' Directors: Daniel O'Connor, Neil Ortenberg. Under Barney Rosset, Grove Press and Evergreen Review fought decisivebattles to defeat legal censorship, and opened American life to new anddangerous currents of freedom. This is Rosset's story. (U.S. Premiere)'The Order of Myths' Director: Margaret Brown. A probing and artful portrait of the divided Mardi Gras communities thatstill exist today in Alabama. (Regional Premiere)'The Promotion' Director/writer: Steven Conrad. Starring: Seann William Scott, John C.Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Lili Taylor.The story of two mid-level supermarket employees who compete ruthlessly fora coveted post at a new store location. (World Premiere)'Run, Fat Boy, Run' Director: David Schwimmer. Writers: Michael Ian Black, Simon Pegg. Starring:Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Hank Azaria.An out-of-shape divorced father makes one last attempt to win back therespect of his son, his ex-wife, and the community around him. All he has todo is finish his first marathon. (Regional Premiere)'Second Skin' Director: Juan Carlos Pineiro.An intimate look at people whose lives have become transformed by thevirtual worlds in online games such as World of Warcraft, Everquest andSecond Life. (World Premiere)'Shine A Light'Director: Martin Scorsese.A career-spanning documentary on the Rolling Stones, with concert footagefrom their "A Bigger Bang" tour. (North American Premiere)'Shot In Bombay' Director: Liz Mermin. Yes, Bollywood makes gangster films. This fast paced documentary, populatedby a charismatic and often surreal cast of characters, goes beyond thetinselly glamour of "Bollywood" to explore some of the industry's darkersides.(North American Premiere)'Stop-Loss' Director: Kimberly Peirce. Writers: Kimberly Peirce, Mark Richard. Starring:Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt.Back home in Texas after fighting in Iraq, a soldier refuses to return tobattle despite the government mandate requiring him to do so. 'Super High Me' Director: Michael Blieden Comedian Doug Benson, a famous marijuana advocate, decides to test thelimits of his body during two, 30-day stretches. (Regional Premiere)'Then She Found Me' Director: Helen Hunt. Writers: Alice Arlen, Victor Levin, Helen Hunt.Starring: Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick. Adapted from Elinor Lipman1s novel of the same name, Helen Hunt makes herfeature directing debut with this touching story of schoolteacher AprilEpner and her very unlikely path towards personal fulfillment. (RegionalPremiere)'The Toe Tactic' Director/writer: Emily Hubley. Starring: Lily Rabe, Daniel London, KevinCorrigan, Sakina Jaffrey.In this hybrid of live-action and animation, a young woman grieves for herfather while unaware of the magical world around her. (World Premiere)'Where In The World is Osama Bin Laden?'Director: Morgan Spurlock.Acclaimed filmmaker Morgan Spurlock heads to the Middle East for tworeasons: to understand cultures overseas and to find Osama Bin Laden.(Regional Premiere)'Wild Blue Yonder' Director: Celia Maysles.Celia Maysles had no idea her father and his brother Albert were pioneers ofverite documentary filmmaking. Determined to uncover the secrets surroundingher background, Celia sets out on a quest to rediscover her father by usinghis own artistic process. (North American Premiere)'Young@Heart' Director: Stephen Walker.The touching and heartfelt portrait of a New England senior citizens chorusthat has delighted audiences worldwide with their covers of songs byeveryone from The Clash to Coldplay. (Closing Night Film) 24 BEATS PER SECOND'Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet' Director: Paul Owens. A documentary look at the movement known as ChipTunes, a vibrant undergroundscene based around creating new, original music using old video gamehardware. (World Premiere)'Heavy Load' Director: Jerry Rothwell.Heavy Load are a punk outfit subject to the combustible flux of ego,ambition, fantasy, expectation and desire that fuels any emerging band. Butthey're also, uniquely, made up of musicians with and without learningdisabilities. (World Premiere)'Heavy Metal in Baghdad' Director: Suroosh Alvi.Playing heavy metal in a Muslim country has always been a difficultproposition, but after Saddam1s regime was toppled, there was a brief momentfor the band in which real freedom seemed possible. (U.S. Premiere)'Nerdcore Rising' Director: Negin Farsad."Nerdcore" is the newest, dorkiest wave of hip-hop, born out of the internetand made possible by computer-obsessed geeks. (World Premiere)'Of All The Things' Director: Jody Lambert.A Filipino concert promoter has been begging Dennis Lambert (one of the mostsuccessful and gifted songwriter/producers of the ?70s and ?80s) to cometour for decades. Thirty-five years after the release of his solo album, hefinally agreed. (World Premiere)'Rainbow Around the Sun' Director/writer: Kevin Ely. Starring: Matthew Alvin Brown, Jamie Buxton,Doug Van Liew, Brian Stockton.A rock musical about the healing power of creativity. Matthew Alvin Brownstars as Zachary Blasto, a hard-drinking, talented songwriter and performerwho envisions madcap musical fantasies in order to avoid dealing with thedownward spiral of his personal life. (World Premiere)'Throw Down Your Heart' Director: Sascha Paladino.Cameras follow American banjo virtuoso Bto explore the little known African roots of the banjo, and record an album.(World Premiere)'The Upsetter: The Life & Music of Lee Directors: Ethan Higbee and Adam Bhala Lough.The fascinating story of Lee "Scratch" Perry, a visionary musician andartist from poor rural Jamaica who soon became of the most influentialartists in reggae and dub. (World Premiere)'Wesley Willis's Joyrides' Director: Chris Bagley.A portrait of the self-proclaimed rock 'n' roll star and Chicago cityartist, Wesley Willis. (Regional Premiere)'The Wrecking Crew' Director: Denny Tedesco.You heard them playing on the Beach Boys hits, on the Mamas and the Papas'recordings, on Frank Sinatra records, on Monkees' singles, and they werePhil Spector's Wall of Sound. Most likely, you never heard their name. Ifyou knew who they were, you called them "the Wrecking Crew." (WorldPremiere) LONE STAR STATES'Cook County' Director/writer: David Pomes. Starring: Anson Mount, Xander Berkeley, RyanDonowho, Polly Cole.Set in the deep woods of East Texas, an abused and alienated teenage boy andhis absentee father struggle to reconnect and beat their respectiveaddictions to crystal meth amidst a family of meth addicts and a communitycrumbling under the meth epidemic. (World Premiere)'Intimidad' Directors: David Redmon & Ashley Sabin. Cecy and Camilo recently migrated to Reynosa, Mexico with a dream to buyland and build a home. A year later they return to their rural hometown toreunite with their daughter. What seems like a satisfying reunion turns intoa confusing dilemma that transforms the course of their marriage.(World Premiere)'The King of Texas' Director: René Pinnell.Although Eagle Pinnell was quickly becoming a regional film legend, hisacute alcoholism and legendary ego alienated many of his friends andcollaborators. Eagle remained a forgotten and mostly unsung talentthroughout his life, which ended in 2002. Friends, family, and fellowfilmmakers recall Eagle1s life, the excitement of working alongside him, andthe burden of his addictions. (World Premiere)'Tulia, Texas' Director: Cassandra Herrman & Kelly Whalen. At the end of one of the biggest drug stings in Texas history, dozens ofresidents of the small farming town of Tulia had been rounded up and thrownbehind bars. Of 46 people indicted for cocaine dealing, 39 were AfricanAmerican. In the years to follow, troubling evidence about Coleman'sinvestigation and his past began to surface. (World Premiere) ?ROUND MIDNIGHT'Dance of the Dead' Director: Gregg Bishop. Writer: Joe Ballarini. Starring: Jared Kusnitz,Greyson Chadwick, Justin Welborn, Chandler Darby.A horror/adventure that takes place on the night of the big High SchoolProm: the dead rise to eat the living, and the only people who can stop themare the losers who couldn't get dates to the dance. (World Premiere)'Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie'Director: Jay Delaney.Through the experiences of two amateur bigfoot researchers in southern Ohio,we see how the power of a dream can bring two men together and provide asource of hope and meaning. (World Premiere)'Otis' Director: Tony Krantz. Writer: Thomas Schnauz & Erik Jendresen. Starring:Daniel Stern, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Pollak, Jere Burns.In the midst of a serial abductor/killer's rampage, a beautiful young teengoes missing but soon turns the tables on her tormentor. (World Premiere)'Registered Sex Offender' Director/writer: Robert Byington. Starring: Gabriel McIver, Kristen Tucker,Andrew Bujalski, Kevin Corrigan.There may be one thing worse than being a sex offender sent to prison: Beinga sex offender released from prison. (World Premiere)'Shuttle' Director/writer: Edward Anderson. Starring: Peyton List, Cameron Goodman,Cullen Douglas, Dave Power.A late-night shuttle ride home from airport descends into darkness. (WorldPremiere)'Southern Gothic' Director/writer: Mark Young. Starring: Yul Vazquez, Nicole DuPort, WilliamForsythe.A man must atone for a tragic mistake by saving a little girl from aruthless, undead preacher. (World Premiere) SPECIAL SCREENINGS'Agile, Mobile, Hostile: A Year With Andre Williams' Director: Tricia Todd.A year in the life of Andre Williams, one of the unsung heroes of theAmerican R&B community, who walks us through the hard life he's led overfive decades of making music. (World Premiere)'Bi The Way' Director: Brittany Blockman.This documentary looks at recent statistics, real-life stories, and more topaint a picture of the growing acceptance of bisexuality in America. (WorldPremiere)'The Black List' Director: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Writer: Elvis Mitchell.In a film that works as series of living portraits, twenty prominent AfricanAmericans of various professions, disciplines and backgrounds offer theirown stories and insights on the struggles, triumphs and joys of black lifein this country and manage to re-define "blacklist" for a new century in theprocess. (Regional Premiere)'Body of War' Directors: Ellen Spiro & Phil Donahue. "Support our troops" has long been a rallying cry for war proponents. Butthat phrase will never sound the same after you meet Tomas Young, aneloquent former soldier and current war protester. (Regional Premiere)'Dancing Alfonso' Director: Barak Heymann.Alfonso is the lead dancer in a flamenco troupe, which rehearses in a TelAviv suburb After the death of his wife, he begins to obsessively courtSima, a dancer with the troupe, to the displeasure of his children, who areunwilling to accept the fact that their father might be interested inanother woman. (U.S. Premiere)'Dear Zachary: a letter to a son about his father' Director: Kurt Kuenne.After Dr. Andrew Bagby was brutally murdered, the prime suspect (his formergirlfriend) announced that she was pregnant with Andrew's baby. Andrew'schildhood friend began this film as a way for the baby to learn about hisfather, until things started to take an even more unpredictable turn.(Regional Premiere)'Do You Sleep In the Nude?' Director: Marshall Fine.Forty years after he blazed across the scene, Rex Reed is still going strongéla Fleck on his journey to Africa3Scratch2 Perry' a brand-name movie critic whose name and face remain easily recognizable,even if his influence has waned. (Regional Premiere)'Don't Get Me Wrong' Director: Adina PintilieWithin a stark Romanian psychiatric hospital, patients move stones, helpeach other perform daily tasks and discuss the existence of God and how tostop the rain. (U.S. Premiere)'Goliath'Director: David Zellner. Writers: David and Nathan Zellner. Starring: DavidZellner, Caroline O'Connor, Nathan Zellner.A recently divorced man tries to find the one aspect of his marriage thatstill matters to him: his missing cat, Goliath. (Regional Premiere)'Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson' Director: Alex Gibney.With access to never-before-seen archives, this is a fascinating documentarylook at the legendary and undeniable Hunter S. Thompson. (Regional Premiere)'Here Is What Is' Director: Adam Vollick & Adam Samuels.An invitation to experience a year of creation, looking over Daniel Lanoisshoulder. His psychedelic past emerges throughout the film as thehyperrealism of the in-studio documentation is contrasted by moments of wildfantasia. (U.S. Premiere)'Here's Johnny' Director: Kat Mansoor.Previously renowned for his work in the comics Judge Dredd and 2000AD,Johnny now lives in an increasing state of immobility and frustration. Heescapes the confines of his front room by drawing, and through theexpression of his brilliant, and sometimes troubled, imagination we learnabout the disease that he is forced to co-exist with. (World Premiere)'Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry' Director: Erich Weiss A feature-length documentary exploring the roots of American tattooingthrough the life of its most iconoclastic figure Norman 3Sailor Jerry2Collins. (World Premiere)'Joy Division' Director: Grant Gee.The filmmakers investigate why Joy Division's collective musical genius andsingular vision enjoys a larger audience and influence thirty years on.(U.S. Premiere)'Mongol' Director: Sergei Bodrov. Writers: Arif Aliyev, Sergei Bodrov. Starring:Tadanobu Asano, Honglei Sun, Khulan Chuluun.The first part in a planned trilogy about the epic, violent, and romanticlife of Genghis Khan. (Regional Premiere)'The Night James Brown Saved Boston' Director: David Leaf.A documentary look at the historic James Brown concert, held just days afterMartin Luther King's assassination, when the city of Boston was ready toboil. (Work-In-Progress)'Secrecy' Director: Peter Galison & Robb Moss.The film is about the vast, invisible world of government secrecy. Byfilming people from the Central Intelligence Agency, the National SecurityAgency, reporters, information seekers, and individuals whose lives havebeen marked by their encounters with the classification bureaucracy, thefilm probes secrecy's relationship to fear, executive power and nationalsecurity. (Regional Premiere)'The Sweet Lady with the Nasty Voice'Director: Vincent Kralyevich.This documentary is the culmination of a two-year journey with WandaJackson, now 70, in performances across the United States and Europe. (WorldPremiere)'The Visitor' Director/writer: Thomas McCarthy. Starring: Richard Jenkins.A college professor becomes embroiled in the lives of a young immigrantcouple he discovers squatting in his Manhattan apartment. Confronted withadversity, these strangers become inextricably bound together. (RegionalPremiere)'Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma'Director: Patrick Reed.The former head of Doctors Without Borders returns to Africa, to confrontits harsh realities. (Regional Premiere)'We Dreamed America'Director: Alex Walker.A documentary that delves deep into the dark and hilarious recesses of theBritish Americana music scene, exploring the gritty underworld of the NewBritish Country movement. (U.S. Premiere)'The Wild Horse Redemption'Director: John Zaritsky.At a prison in the high desert foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains,hard-core criminals are given 90 days to tame wild mustang horses. Most ofthe inmates who volunteer for the program have never trained a horse before,or even ridden one. (U.S. Premiere)1
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