THE 16th ANNUAL SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL
ANNOUNCES COMPLETE FILM PROGRAM
LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM to Open, THE ONE I LOVE to Close, GOD’S
POCKET and IVORY TOWER as Centerpiece Films
DOM HEMINGWAY, FRANK, THE GREAT INVISIBLE, THE LAST OF ROBIN HOOD, OBVIOUS CHILD, ROAD TO PALOMA, and WORDS AND PICTURES
as Spotlights
Festival features 252 films running April 4 through April 13, 2014
Sarasota, FL- March 12, 2014 – The Sarasota Film Festival, taking place April 4-13, 2014, announced today that Rory Kennedy will bring her new film LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM to open the 2014 Festival with a screening at The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Friday, April 4th, 2014. Charlie McDowell’s THE ONE I LOVE will screen as the Closing Night film on Saturday, April 12th at The Sarasota Opera House, while John Slattery’s GOD’S POCKET and Andrew Rossi’s IVORY TOWER will serve as the festival’s Centerpiece Films.
The Opening Night Film LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM will launch the festival’s ACTS OF VALOR program, examining the experience of American veterans from WW I to today. Presented in partnership with Legacy Of Valor, The Patterson Foundation and several other national and local partners, ACTS OF VALOR features an array of new, classic and archival films screening throughout the festival.
Sarasota Film Festival’s list of feature film premieres include BFE by Shawn Telford (World Premiere), BLOODY BEANS by Narimane Mari (US Premiere), IF YOU TAKE THIS by Craig Butta (World Premiere), JOY KEVIN by Caleb Johnson (World Premiere), ROAD TO PALMOA by Jason Momoa (World Premiere), SOMETHING, ANYTHING by Paul Harrill (World Premiere), SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY by Mary Dore (World Premiere), A STREET IN PALERMO (US Premiere), THOU WAST MILD AND LOVELY by Josephine
Decker (North American Premiere), and WHEN THE WORLD’S ON FIRE by James Clauer (World Premiere).
The Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) also announced their Spotlight program, showcasing Richard Shepard’s DOM HEMINGWAY, Lenny Abrahamson’s FRANK, Margaret Brown’s THE GREAT INVISIBLE, Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland’s THE LAST OF ROBIN HOOD, Gillian Robespierre’s OBVIOUS CHILD, Jason Momoa’s ROAD TO PALMOA (World Premiere), and Fred Schepisi’s WORDS AND PICTURES.
The festival’s three juried competition lineups feature several premieres and internationally acclaimed films.
The Narrative Feature Competition showcases the festival’s finest international films and includes BLUE RUIN by Jeremy Saulnier, CANNIBAL by Manuel Martín Cuneca, IDA by Pawel Pawlikowski, IF YOU DON’T, I WILL by Sophie Fillières, LOCKE by Steven Knight, STRAY DOGS by Tsai Ming-liang, WE ARE THE BEST! by Lukas Moodysson and YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL by François Ozon.
The Documentary Feature Competition will showcase ACTRESS by Robert Greene, APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT by Amanda Rose Wilder, BLOODY BEANS by Narimane Mari (US Premiere), HAPPY VALLEY by Amir Bar-Lev, MANAKAMANA by Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez, RICH HILL by Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo, SUPERMENSCH: THE LEGEND OF SHEP GORDON by Mike Myers, and THE VANQUISHING OF THE WITCH
BABA YAGA by Jessica Oreck.
The Independent Visions Competition, an established platform for the discovery of new American filmmaking talent, features BFE by Shawn Telford (World Premiere), BIG IN JAPAN by John Jeffcoat, I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS by Leah Meyerehoff, JOY KEVIN by Caleb Johnson (World Premiere), MEMPHIS by Tim Sutton, SOMETHING, ANYTHING by Paul Harrill (World Premiere), THOU WAST MILD AND LOVELY by Josephine Decker (North American Premiere), and WHEN THE WORLD’S ON FIRE by James Clauer (World Premiere). The festival’s Factory 25 will present Independent Visions Award, with the winner of this award presented with a first look distribution offer from Factory 25.
The festival also continues its youthFEST program, with FREE films and programs for kids and families, serving over 5,000 students in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Films include advance screenings of Disneynature’s BEARS, the Oscar® nominated ERNEST & CELESTINE (including a sensory friendly screening) and a screening of the family classic THE LITTLE MERMAID on Siesta Beach.
“The Sarasota Film Festival continues to shine a national and international spotlight on our community,” said Sarasota Film Festival Board President Mark Famiglio. “Our community partnerships with local organizations and the international filmmaking community provide a unique opportunity for local non- profits to spread their messages through the art of film. We look forward to another outstanding year of world class films and events as we showcase our community.”
“We have worked diligently to create a balanced and exciting program that reflects the state of the art of film,” said Sarasota Film Festival Director Tom Hall. “We are very excited to bring these films and filmmakers to our audiences and to continue to create a vital platform for movies that, we hope, can have a positive impact on our community and in the national cinematic conversation.”
For tickets and a complete schedule of films and events, visit http://www.sarasotafilmfestival.com
ABOUT THE SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL
Held annually in Sarasota, FL, The Sarasota Film Festival emphasizes the best in cinema alongside exciting programs and events, with more than 180 films screened each year including features, documentaries, shorts, and kid-friendly picks. Entering our 15th year, we’re proud to bring the best new and veteran independent filmmakers to our Festival with local and kid-friendly programs that showcase our idyllic Gulf Coast community.
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APPENDIX A
2014 FEATURE FILMS
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL
A IS FOR ALEX
Director: Alex Orr
ABOVE ALL ELSE
Director: John Fiege
ACTRESS
Director: Robert Greene
AMERICAN VAGABOND
Director: Susanna Helke
THE ANIMAL PROJECT
Director: Ingrid Veninger
APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT
Director: Amanda Rose Wilder
THE AUCTION
Director: Sébastien Pilote
BEARS
Directors: Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey
BFE
Director: Shawn Telford
BICYCLING WITH MOLIERE
Director: Philippe le Guay
BIG IN JAPAN
Director: John Jeffcoat
BLOODY BEANS
Director: Narimane Mari
BLUE RUIN
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
BOB BIRDNOW’S REMARKABLE TALE OF HUMAN SURVIVAL AND THE TRANSCENDENCE OF SELF
Director: Eric Steele
BORGMAN
Director: Alex van Warmerdam
BOY MEETS GIRL (1984)
Director: Leos Carax
BRONX OBAMA
Director: Ryan Murdock
BUZZARD
Director: Joel Potrykus
CANNIBAL
Director: Manuel Martín Cuenca
CAPTIVATED: THE TRIALS OF PAMELA SMART
Director: Jeremiah Zagar
THE CASE AGAINST 8
Director: Ben Cotner, Ryan White
CHU AND BLOSSOM
Director: Charles Chu, Gavin Kelly
THE CLUB
Directors: Carlye Rubin, Katie Green
COHERENCE
Director: James Byrkit
THE CONGRESS
Director: Ari Folman
Producers: Ari Folman, Reinhard Brundig, Robin Wright
DAMNATION
Directors: Ben Knight, Travis Rummel
DANGEROUS ACTS STARRING THE UNSTABLE ELEMENTS OF BELARUS
Director: Madeleine Sackler
DEEP CITY: THE BIRTH OF THE MIAMI SOUND
Directors: Dennis Scholl, Marlon Johnson, Chad Tingle
DOM HEMINGWAY
Director: Richard Shepard
DOMESTIC LIFE
Director: Isabelle Czajka
THE DOUBLE
Director: Richard Ayoade
ELLIOT
Directors: Jaret Belliveau, Matthew Bauckman
THE EMPTY HOURS
Director: Aarón Fernández
EMPTYING THE SKIES
Director: Douglas Kass, Roger Kass
THE ENDURING BEAUTY OF MEMORY
Director: Durand Adams, Charles Clapsaddle, Charles Williams
ERNEST & CELESTINE
Director: Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier
EVAPORATING BORDERS
Director: Iva Radivojevic
FOR NO GOOD REASON
Director: Charlie Paul
FORTY YEARS FROM YESTERDAY
Directors: Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, Robert Machoian
A FRAGILE TRUST: PLAGIARISM, POWER, AND JAYSON BLAIR AT THE NEW YORK TIMES
Director: Samantha Grant
FRANK
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
GLENA
Director: Allan Luebke
GOD’S POCKET
Director: John Slattery
GREASEPAINT
Director: Daniel Espeut
THE GREAT INVISIBLE
Director: Margaret Brown
THE GREEN PRINCE
Director: Nadav Schirman
HAPPY VALLEY
Director: Amir Bar-Lev
THE HEART MACHINE
Director: Zachary Wigon
HELI
Director: Amat Escalante
HELLION
Director: Kat Candler
I AM A GIRL
Director: Rebecca Barry
I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS
Director: Leah Meyerhoff
IDA
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
IF YOU DONT, I WILL
Director: Sophie Fillières
IF YOU TAKE THIS
Director: Craig Butta
IN COUNTRY
Director: Mike Attie, Meghan O’Hara
IVORY TOWER
Director: Andrew Rossi
JOY KEVIN
Director: Caleb Johnson
KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER
Director: David Zellner
THE LADIES OF THE HOUSE
Director: John Stuart Wildman
LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM
Director: Rory Kennedy
THE LAST OF ROBIN HOOD
Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
LET THERE BE LIGHT (1947)
Director: John Huston
LIES I TOLD MY LITTLE SISTER
Director: William J. Stribling
LIGHT FLY, FLY HIGH
Directors: Susann Ostigaard, Beathe Hofseth
THE LITTLE MERMAID
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
LOCKE
Director: Steven Knight
THE LUCKY 6
Director: Brad Battersby
MANAKAMANA
Director: Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez
MAUVAIS SANG (1986)
Director: Leos Carax
MEMPHIS
Director: Tim Sutton
MISS HILL: MAKING DANCE MATTER
Director: Greg Vander Veer
MISSION CONGO
Director: Lara Zizic, David Turner
MOOD INDIGO
Director: Michel Gondry
THE ONE I LOVE
Director: Charlie McDowell
NO PROBLEM! SIX MONTHS WITH THE BAREFOOT GRANDMAMAS
Director: Yasmin Kidwai
OBVIOUS CHILD
Directors: Gillian Robespierre
PING PONG SUMMER
Director: Michael Tully
RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT
Directors: Michelle Block, Jared Block
RETURN TO HOMS
Director: Talal Derki
REVENGE OF THE MEKONS
Director: Joe Angio
RICH HILL
Director: Tracy Droz Tragos, Andrew Droz Palermo
ROAD TO PALMOA
Director: Jason Momoa
SEPIDEH
Director: Berit Madsen
SEWING HOPE
Director: Derek Watson
SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY
Directors: Mary Dore
SOMETHING, ANYTHING
Director: Paul Harrill
STALAG 17 (1953)
Director: Billy Wilder
STRAY DOGS
Director: Tsai Ming-Liang
A STREET IN PALERMO
Director: Emma Dante
SUKKAH CITY
Director: Jason Hutt
SUPERMENSCH: THE LEGEND OF SHEP GORDON
Director: Mike Myers
SUZANNE
Director: Katell Quillévéré
TERRA FIRMA
Director: Christine Anthony, Owen Masterson
THOU WAS MILD AND LOVELY
Director: Josephine Decker
TO KILL A MAN
Director: Alejandro Fernández Almendras
THE TRIP TO ITALY
Director: Michael Winterbottom
UNCLAIMED
Director: Michael Jorgensen
THE VANQUISHING OF THE WITCH BABA YAGA
Director: Jessica Oreck
VESSEL
Director: Diana Whitten
WATERMARK
Director: Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky
WE ARE THE BEST!
Director: Lukas Moodysson
WETLANDS
Director: David Wnendt
WHEN EVENING FALLS ON BUCHAREST OR METABOLISM
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
WHEN JEWS WERE FUNNY
Director: Alan Zweig
WHEN THE WORLD’S ON FIRE
Director: James Clauer
WHERE THE WAR STILL ECHOES
Directors: Severine Vanel, Pierre Julien Quiers
WHITEY: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. JAMES J. BULGER
Director: Joe Berlinger
WILD CANARIES
Director: Lawrence Michael Levine
WINGS (1927)
Director: William A. Wellman
WORDS AND PICTURES
Director: Fred Schepisi
YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL
Director: François Ozon
APPENDIX B
2014 SHORT FILMS
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL
101 CUPCAKES
Director: Jane Eakin
7 DAY GIG
Director: Kate Marks
ADVENTURES OF AN * (1956)
Director: John Hubley
AFRONAUTS
Director: Frances Bodomo
ALINA HATSON
Director: Venetia Evripiotou
THE APOTHECARY
Director: Helen Hood Scheer
AT THE OPERA
Director: Juan Pablo Zaramella
BABY MARY
Director: Kris Swanberg
THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY (1942)
Director: John Ford
BALLKONI
Director: Lendita Zeqiraj
BELIEF
Director: Shaun Greenspan
BLUE:
Directors: Rena Cheng, Katelyn Bianchini, Asia Lancaster
BROKEN TONGUE
Director: Mónica Savirón
CAP OR KIPPAH
Director: Susanne Engels
CHINA “THE DRAGON” SMITH
Directors: Lori Collins, Ray Rodriguez, Ron Klineschmidt
CHOCOLATE HEART
Director: Harrison Atkins
CHUB
Director: Samuel Albis
CODA
Director: Alan Holly
THE COLLECTOR’S GIFT
Director: Ryan Kravetz
CONFUSION THROUGH SAND
Director: Danny Madden
CRUISING ELECTRIC (1980)
Director: Brumby Boylston
CRUMBS
Director: Cyrus Trafford
EAGER
Director: Allison Schulnik
EASY
Director: Daniel Laabs
EGGS (1970)
Director: Faith Hubley, John Hubley
EMMELINE
Director: Daniela Pasquini
EPHERMERAL (EFÍMERA)
Director: Diego Modino
FE-MALE
Director: Anka Schmid
THE FIGHTING LADY (1945)
Director: Commander J. Edward Steichen, USNR
FLAMINGO
Director: Carl Zitelmann
FORTUNE HOUSE
Director: Matthew Bonifacio
THE FOX AND THE CHICKADEE
Director: Evan DeRushie
FRESH GUACAMOLE
Director: PES
FUNNEL
Director: Andre Hyland
GEAR UP
Director: Justin Owensby
GLOBE TROT
Director: Mitchell Rose
GRANNY BABY
Director: Eva Colmers
THE GREAT ZOMBINI
Director: Andrew Halley
THE GREGGS
Directors: Bruce Bundy, Nigel DeFriez, Kira Pearson, Rob Malone, Jessie Levandov, Alex Mechanik, Jonathan Rosenblit
GYPSY (CIGANO)
Director: David Bonneville
HANNAH AND THE MOON
Director: Kate Charter
THE HAT (1964)
Directors: Faith Hubley, John Hubley
HIS NEW HANDS
Director: Sudhanshu Saria
A HOLE IN THE SKY (GODKA CIRKA)
Directors: Antonio Tibaldi, Àlex Lora
THE HOME TEAM
Director: Joshua Seftel
HOP FROG
Director: Leonid Shmelkov
THE HOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE GALAXY
Director: Gleb Osatinski
HYPOTHETICALLY
Director: Peter Zinn
I THINK THIS IS THE CLOSEST TO HOW THE FOOTAGE LOOKED
Directors: Yuval Hameiri, Michal Vaknin
I’M A MITZVAH
Director: Benjamin Berman
I’M GOING TO MUM’S
Director: Lauren Jackson
ICE QUEEN
Director: Rohan Khublall
INTO THE SILENT SEA
Director: Andrej Landin
IT’S UP TO YOU
Director: Kajsa Næss
IT’S YOUR WAR TOO! (1944) JONATHAN’S CHEST
Director: Christopher Radcliff
JUICE OF MY HEART
Director: Carol Rhyu
KARA WOMEN SPEAK
Director: Jane Baldwin
KILLER KART
Director: James Feeney
L’AMI
Directors: Christophe Defaye, Olivier Defaye
THE LANDING
Director: Josh Tanner
THE LAST ORANGE GROVE OF MIDDLE FLORIDA
Director: Carl Knickerbocker
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF TOM SMITH (1943)
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
LET GO
Director: Daniel Ruczko
LET THE BAND PLAY ON
Director: Naomi S. Boak
LETTER FOR HOPE
Director: Raquel Roderick
LIEBE
Director: Cameron Macgowan
LIGHT IN ME
Director: Ora Dekornfeld
LOVE POPS
Director: Wes Roberts
LUCKY DOG
Director: Terence Connors
MAESTRA
Director: Catherine Murphy
MANUFACTURED FORTUNES
Director: Kevin Gordon
MARILYN MYLLER
Director: Mikey Please
ME + HER
Director: Joseph Oxford
MISS TODD
Director: Kristina Yee
THE MISSING SCARF
Director: Eoin Duffy
THE MOLE AT THE SEA
Director: Anna Kadykova
MOONBIRD (1959)
Director: John Hubley
MOUNTAINS WILL MOVE
Director: Douglas A. McCann
MUNGGE, NOT AGAIN
Director: Adrian Flückiger, Claudia Rothlin, Irmgard Walthert
MY DEAR AMERICANS
Director: Arpita Kumar
MY LITTLE FRIENDS
Director: Megan Mylan
MY SUPER VALENTINE
Director: Jing Yang
THE NECKLACE
Director: Joan Stein-Schimke
NO REAL THAN YOU ARE
Director: Vincent Dale
NOTES ON BLINDNESS
Director: Peter Middleton, James Spinney
OF MEN AND DEMONS (1968)
Director: John Hubley
THE OLD MAN
Director: Ryan LeBoeuf, Cody LeBoeuf
OLD MONSTER
Director: Kevin Clark-Ryan
THE ORPHAN AND THE POLAR BEAR
Director: Neil Christopher
OVO
Director: Mihai Wilson
PARADISAEA APODA
Director: Luxi Jin
PASSER PASSER
Director: Louis Morton
PEDRO PAN
Director: Andrea Puente
PERSON TO PERSON
Director: Dustin Guy Defa
PHANTOM LIMB
Director: Alex Grigg
PIECE, PEACE
Director: Park Jae-In
PIERROT
Director: Stephen Reeves
PISHTO GOES AWAY
Director: Sonya Kendel
A PLACE CALLED PLUTO
Director: Steve James
RABBIT AND DEER
Directors: Péter Vácz, Attila Bertóti
RAT PACK RAT
Director: Todd Rohal
THE REMEMBRANCE (DE’MEM’UNCE)
Director: Roger Ross Williams
REQUIEM FOR A ROBOT
Director: Christoph Rainer
RHYTHMS OF RESISTANCE
Director: Jason O’Hara
ROE AT RISK: FIGHTING FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE
Director: Susan Koch
THE RUNAWAY
Director: Victor Carrey
SHAME AND GLASSES
Director: Alessandro Riconda
SHE
Director: Kriti Dhawan
SHIP OF FOOLS
Director: Mike McGuirk
THE SIDEKICK
Director: Michael J. Weithorn
A SPRING HAS PASSED BY
Director: Eva Daoud
THE SQUEAKIEST ROAR
Director: Maggie Rogers
SUPER SLEUTHS
Director: Benjamin Dickinson
TALL EVIL
Director: Wally Chung
TENDER GAME (1958)
Director: John Hubley
THE PIANO. THE BALLERINA. THE RAIN.
Director: Samuel Curtis
TITS
Director: Louisa Bertman
TOBACCO BURN
Director: Justin Liberman
TOWARD INDEPENDENCE (1947)
Director: George L. George
TRANSIDENTITY
Director: Jenny Phillips, Grace Powell
TWO ALTARS & A CAVE
Director: Alexandra Aron
UNCLE FLOYD
Director: Charles Poekel
UPON THE ROCK
Director: James Bascara
URBANISSMO (1967)
Director: John Hubley
THE VISION QUEST™
Director: Andrea Sisson, Pete Ohs
WAITING FOR MAMU
Director: Thomas Morgan, Francois Caillaud, Dan Chen
WAWD AHP
Director: Steve Girard, Josh Chertoff
A WEDDING DAY
Director: Anthony Nicolau
WHILE YOU WEREN’T LOOKING
Director: Jeremy Mackie
WHITE EARTH
Director: J. Christian Jensen
WHY WE FIGHT: PRELUDE TO WAR (1942)
Director: Frank Capra
WINDY DAY (1968)
Director: John Hubley
WITH THE MARINES AT TARAWA (1944)
Director: Louis Hayward
WOMBO
Director: Daniel Acht
WOODLAND DANCE
Director: Jeffrey Boos
WOODY
Director: Stuart Bowen
WRITE BACK
Director: Emily Hubley
YEARBOOK
Director: Bernardo Britto
YELLOW STICKY NOTES: CANADIAN ANIJAM
Director: Jeff Chiba Stearns
