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Buried Land (Country: USA, UK, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Director: Geoffrey Alan Rhodes; Writer: Geoffrey Alan Rhodes, Steven Eastwood, and Dzenan Medanovic)
The small town of Visoko heralds to the world a remarkable discovery: A valley of ancient pyramids predating Egypt exists under the hills of central Bosnia. Tourists flood the war-scarred region, and locals are caught between the real and the imagined (mirroring the film’s vacillation between documentary and fiction). With the help of a young man returning to his homeland, an American film crew determines the role of faith in capturing what cannot yet be proven. In English, Bosnian with English subtitles. World and TFF Virtual Premiere.
Dog Pound (Country: France; Director: Kim Chapiron; Writer: Kim Chapiron, Jeremie Delon; Cast: Adam Butcher, Shane Kippel, Mateo Morales, Lawrence Bayne, Alexander Conti, Tim Turnell, Dewshane Williams, Greg Butcher, Jason Daley, Shawn Doucette, William Christopher Ellis, Jason Foote, Trent McMullen, Robbie O'Neill, Slim Twig)
In North America more than 100,000 children are held in detention centers. Sixty per cent are destined to become repeat offenders. Director Kim Chapiron (Sheitan, TFF ’06) takes a searing look at three incarcerated teenagers fighting for their lives and for hope.
World Premiere. Full Review Official Site,
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Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) (Country: France; Director: Joann Sfar; Writer: Joann Sfar; Cast: Eric Elmosnino)
From a young man in Nazi-occupied Paris to the sultry crooner who bedded Brigitte Bardot and married Jane Birkin to the vulnerable poet hidden behind a shroud of provocation - Serge Gainsbourg’s is a life large enough for grand treatment on film. One of France’s greatest mavericks is brought back to life.
International Premiere. Full Review
Loose Cannons (Mine vaganti) (Country: Italy; Director: Ferzan Ozpetek; Writer: Ferzan Ozpetek, Ivan Cotroneo; Cast: Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo, Alessandro Preziosi, Lunetta Savino, Ennio Fantastichini, Elena Sofia Ricci, Ilaria Occhini, Bianca Nappi, Daniele Pecci, Carolina Crescentini, Massimiliano Gallo, Paola Minaccioni, Giorgio Marchesi, Matteo Taranto, Carmine Recano)
Tomasso, a reluctant soon-to-be-partner in his wealthy family’s pasta business, has plans to come out—and hopefully get out of his familial obligation. But when his plans are thwarted by his brother, Tomasso gets stuck on the path that he was desperately trying to avoid. In Italian with English subtitles. North American Premiere.
Lucky Life (Country: US; Director: Lee Isaac Chung; Writer: Samuel Gray Anderson, Lee Isaac Chung, Gerald Stern; Cast: Samuel Gray Anderson, Yohei Kawamata, Susan Springer Anderson, Daniel O'Keefe, Megan McKenna, Kenyon Adams, Nancia Patterson, Nancy Huse, Kyoko Shakagori, Stephanie Skaff, Richard Harvell)
When one of them falls ill, a group of friends takes one last trip to the beach, desiring a meaningful farewell. Years later, as one of the couples plans to have a child, the trip lingers as a haunting memory. World Premiere.
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My Brothers (Country: Ireland; Director: Paul Fraser; Writer: William Collins; Cast: Timmy Creed, Paul Courtney, TJ Griffin, Kate Ashfield, Don Wycherley, Sarah Greene, Terry McMahon, Eamonn Hunt, Siobhan Palmer)
When 17-year-old Noel accidentally breaks his dying father’s most prized possession - a cheap wristwatch - he and his two cheeky younger brothers "borrow" the boss’ bread van for a clandestine quest to replace it. But what begins as a quick road trip soon turns into an emotional odyssey for the boys.
World Premiere. Full Review
Open House (Country: US; Director: Andrew Paquin; Writer: Andrew Paquin; Cast: Brian Geraghty)
The prim and taciturn David is forced for years to watch over his sexually predatory partner Lila and her violent urges. David longs for human connection and a less violent existence, and when a would-be victim becomes a chance at redemption, he is torn between his humanity and the only life he’s ever known. World Premiere.
Paju (Country: South Korea; Director: Park Chan-ok; Writer: Park Chan-ok; Cast: Seo Woo, Lee Seon-gyun, Shim Yi-young)
Joongshik and Eunmo live in Paju: a grey town where the urban landscape is as bleak as the fate of its residents. The personal travails of two antiheros are delicately unveiled through an anachronistic period of eight years, demonstrating how easily the lines of development and destruction are sometimes blurred. In Korean with English subtitles.
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Snap (Country: Ireland; Director: Carmel Winters; Writer: Carmel Winters; Cast: Eileen Walsh, Aisling O'Sullivan)
Psychological drama about three generations of a family poised to repeat the mistakes of the past. World Premiere.
When We Leave (Die Fremde) (Country: Germany; Director: Feo Aladag; Writer: Feo Aladag; Cast: Sibel Kekilli, Nizam Schiller, Derya Alabora, Settar Tanriogen, Serhad Can, Almila Bagriacik, Tamer Yigit, Alwara Höfels, Florian Lukas, Blanca Apilanez Fernandez, Mustafa Jouni, Aram Arami, Ufuk Bayraktar, Edin Hasanovic, Nursel Köse)
hen young Turkish-German woman Umay can no longer stand her husband’s ill-treatment, she flees from Istanbul with her five-year-old son into the arms of her family in Berlin. But love, affection, and loyalty soon become irrelevant as they struggle to reconcile Umay’s willful self-determination with the social system that governs their lives. North American Premiere.
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The White Meadows (Keshtzarhaye Sepid) (Director: Mohammad Rasoulof; Cast: Hasan Pourshirazi, Younes Ghazali, Mohammad Rabbani, Mohammad Shirvani)
A man travels round a series of islands, collecting tears. North American Premiere.
William Vincent (Country: US; Director: Jay Anania; Writer: Jay Anania; Cast: James Franco, Josh Lucas, Julianne Nicholson)
the story of William Vincent, a quiet and peculiar criminal uninterested in the fruits of crime. When he falls for a gangster’s favorite call girl, William is forced to flee New York. But after four years in exile, William secretly returns, intent on rescuing the woman he loves from her dangerous fate. World Premiere.
