LAFF 2012 Program Announcement: The Big List
LA Film Fest has previously announced their opener and gala screenings and today they've released their big list of films for the full fest. Most notably is the announcement that the world premiere of Steven Soderbergh's MAGIC MIKE will close the festival. Set in the high stakes world of male strippers, the dramatic comedy stars Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Cody Horn, Olivia Munn, and more.
There are a ton of other great flicks and events that we'll be previewing in much greater detail as the June 14th kickoff draws near. For now, check out the Big List below:
OPENING NIGHT:
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To
Rome With Love
- (DIRECTOR/WRITER Woody Allen PRODUCERS Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum CAST
Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Penélope Cruz, Judy Davis, Jesse
Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig, Ellen Page) - Written and directed by Woody Allen, To Rome With Love is a story about a
number of people in Italy -- some American, some Italian, some residents, some
visitors -- and the romances and adventures and predicaments they get into. North American Premiere
CLOSING NIGHT:
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Magic
Mike -
(DIRECTOR Steven Soderbergh PRODUCERS Reid Carolin, Gregory Jacobs,
Channing Tatum, Nick Wechsler
WRITER Reid Carolin CAST Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer,
Matthew McConaughey, Cody Horn, Olivia Munn, Matt Bomer, Riley Keough, Joe
Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez, Gabriel Iglesias) - Set in the world
of male strippers, the dramatic comedy follows Mike (Tatum) as he takes a young
dancer called The Kid (Pettyfer) under his wing and schools him in the fine
arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money. World Premiere
GALA SCREENINGS:
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Beasts of the Southern Wild - (DIRECTOR Benh
Zeitlin
WRITERS Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin PRODUCERS Michael
Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn CAST Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry) - This stunningly imaginative,
boldly original film follows six-year-old Hushpuppy as she fights to protect
her father and their unique way of life in a remote, dreamlike area of the
Delta threatened by apocalyptic floods.
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Middle of Nowhere - (DIRECTOR/WRITER
Ava DuVernay PRODUCERS Howard Barish, Ava DuVernay, Paul Garnes CAST Emayatzy
Corinealdi, David Oyelowo, Omari Hardwick, Lorraine Toussaint, Edwina Findley,
Sharon Lawrence) - How
do you maintain a marriage -- and your own identity -- when your husband has been
sentenced to eight years in prison? Writer/director Ava DuVernay's elegant and
powerful portrait of a strong woman contending with conflicting feelings of
love, guilt and desire marks the arrival of a bold new voice in independent
cinema.
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the
World - (DIRECTOR/WRITER
Lorene Scafaria PRODUCERS Steve Golin, Joy Gorman, Steven M. Rales, Mark Roybal
CAST Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton, Rob Corddry, Gillian
Jacobs, Derek Luke, Melanie Lynskey, T.J. Miller, Mark Moses, Patton Oswalt,
William Petersen) -
Taking audiences on a humorous, moving and intimate journey against an epic
backdrop of Earth's final days, the film is Lorene's feature directorial debut
(she previously adapted Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist). Set in
a too-near future where time at once stands still and is slipping away forever,
the film explores what people will do and how they will feel when humanity's
end is near. World Premiere
NARRATIVE COMPETITION:
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All
Is Well -
Portugal (DIRECTOR Pocas
Pascoal
PRODUCER Luis Correia CAST Cheila
Lima, Ciomara Morais) - Strangers
in a strange land, two beautiful Angolan sisters fleeing a civil war in their
homeland struggle to survive in Lisbon. Pocas Pascoal's deeply personal saga
shows us the face of exile with quietly stunning power. North American Premiere
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Breakfast
with Curtis -
(DIRECTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER Laura Colella CAST Theo Green, Jonah
Parker, David Parker, Virginia Laffey, Aaron Jungels, Yvonne Parker, Adele
Parker, Laura Colella, Gideon Parker) - A balmy eastern summer and a lush,
rambling backyard are the perfect settings for this mirthful tale of unlikely
friendships and rekindled neighborliness amongst a quirky and charming cast of
bohemians. World Premiere
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The
Compass is Carried by the Dead Man - Mexico (DIRECTOR/WRITER Arturo
Pons PRODUCER Ozcar
Ramírez González CAST Gael Sanchez Valle, Pedro Gamez, Ana Ofelia Murguía,
Eligio Melendez, Luis Bayardo, Marco Perez) - A young man and a dead man journey
north through a subtly surreal desert landscape, picking up a wagonful of odd
characters as they go in this darkly humorous satire of contemporary Mexico. North
American Premiere
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Crazy
and Thief -
(DIRECTOR/WRITER Cory McAbee PRODUCERS Cory McAbee, Scott Miller
CAST Willa McAbee, John McAbee, Gregory Cook, Graham Stanford) - With only a homemade "Star Map" and their own imagination
to guide them, a brother and sister take a fantastical journey through the real
world in this ode to being a little kid from cult director Cory McAbee. North American Premiere
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Dead
Man's Burden - (DIRECTOR/WRITER Jared Moshé PRODUCER Veronica Nickel CAST Barlow
Jacobs, Clare Bowen, David Call, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Richard Riehle) - This
tense, classically crafted indie Western, set in the aftermath of the Civil
War, starts with a startling act of violence: a daughter shoots down her father
on the open range. Then her long lost brother returns. This is not going to be
just any old family reunion. World
Premiere
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Four
-
(DIRECTOR/WRITER Joshua Sanchez PRODUCER Christine Giorgio CAST
Wendell Pierce, Emory Cohen, Aja Naomi King, EJ Bonilla) - Over the course of a steamy 4th of July
night, a father and daughter, each trapped in loneliness, reach out for sexual
connection -- he with a self-hating teenage boy, she with a smooth-talking
wannabe homeboy -- in this psychologically complex, beautifully acted drama. World Premiere
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A
Night Too Young - Czech Republic (DIRECTOR Olmo Omerzu WRITERS Bruno Hájek, Jakub Felcman, Olmo
Omerzu PRODUCER
Jiří Konečný CAST Martin Pechlát,
Jirí Cerny, Natálie Rehorová, Vojtech Machuta, Jan Vasi) - On New Years Day, two innocent
12-year-old boys score vodka for three strangers and get invited to an adult
party they'll never forget. This darkly
comic tale by gifted 26-year-old Czech director Olmo Omerzu upends the
conventions of the coming of age movie. North American Premiere
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Pincus - (DIRECTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER David
Fenster CAST David Nordstrom, Paul Fenster, Christi Idavoy, Dietmar Franosch) -
An anchorless carpenter returns to his Miami home to help his ailing father. To
escape the burden of his responsibilities, he seeks comfort in women, weed and
his otherworldly German friend Dietmar.
World Premiere
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Red
Flag -
(DIRECTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER Alex Karpovsky CAST Alex Karpovsky,
Onur Tukel, Jennifer Prediger, Caroline White, Keith Poulson, Dustin Guy Defa)
- Writer/director/star Alex Karpovksy reveals his sterling comic chops playing
an indie filmmaker named Alex Karpovsky who, unexpectedly dumped by his
girlfriend, takes to the road for a misbegotten mini-tour of film screenings
and overly ardent groupies. World
Premiere
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Thursday
till Sunday
- Chile (DIRECTOR/WRITER Dominga Sotomayor PRODUCERS Gregorio
González, Benjamin Domenech CAST Santi Ahumada, Emiliano Freifeld, Francisco
Pérez-Bannen, Paola Giannini) - With
uncommon beauty and style, this Chilean road movie finds a family at a
crossroads, as the daughter slowly realizes the divide between the adults in
the front seat and the kids in back. North American Premiere
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION:
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25
to Life -
(DIRECTOR Mike Brown PRODUCERS Mike Brown, Yvonne Shirley) - William
Brawner contracted the HIV virus through a blood transfusion as a toddler and
kept it a secret as an adult while living a promiscuous, womanizing life. 25
years later, he comes clean, and this unflinching, sure-to-be-controversial
documentary records his struggle for redemption. World Premiere
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A Band Called
Death - (DIRECTORS Jeff Howlett, Mark Covino PRODUCERS Matthew
Perniciaro, Scott Mosier, Kevin Mann, Jerry Ferrara FEATURING David Hackney,
Bobby Hackney, Sr., Dannis Hackney) - Equal parts electrifying
rockumentary and inspiring family chronicle, this is the captivating and little
known story of the Hackney brothers and their band Death, the best punk band
the world almost never heard. World Premiere
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Birth
Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives - (DIRECTORS
Sara Lamm, Mary Wigmore
PRODUCERS Kate Roughan, Zachary Mortensen, Sara
Lamm, Mary Wigmore FEATURING Ina May Gaskin, Stephen Gaskin, Pamela Hunt, Farm
Midwives past and present, Kristina Kennedy Davis) - Ina May Gaskin and the
courageous midwives of the Farm commune inspired the modern midwifery movement.
This beguiling documentary tells their empowering story with depth,
intelligence and wit. World Premiere
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Call
Me Kuchu -
(DIRECTORS Katherine
Fairfax Wright, Malika Zouhali-Worrall PRODUCER
Malika Zouhali-Worrall) - To be openly gay in Uganda is to risk imprisonment
and death, yet brave men like David Katos, the country's first openly gay
activist, have fought back. This heartbreaking and stirring documentary takes
us inside this life and death struggle for human rights. US
Premiere
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Drought
-
Mexico (DIRECTOR Everado González PRODUCER Martha Orozco) - Contrasting the lives of a cattle-ranching community with
the arid northeastern Mexican landscape that surrounds them, this cinema
vertité documentary paints a poetic portrait of a community on the verge of
extinction. US
Premiere
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The
Iran Job -
USA/Germany/Iran (DIRECTOR Till
Schauder PRODUCERS Sara Nodjoumi, Till Schauder
FEATURING Kevin Sheppard, Leah Sheppard, Hilda, Laleh, Elaheh, Abdullah, Zoran
"Z" Milicic, Kami Jamshidvand, Ali Doraghi, Mehdi Shirjang, Gholamreza Khajeh,
Asadollah Kabir, Fereidoon Reisi, Mohammad Ahmadi, Ehsan) - An American pro
basketball player signs up for a season with upstart Iranian Super League team
A.S. Shiraz. This sports documentary takes a surprising turn when this
gregarious charmer meets three strong Iranian women fighting the repressive
regime. World Premiere
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Sun
Kissed -
(DIRECTORS Maya Stark,
Adi Lavy PRODUCERS Jocelyn Glatzer, Maya
Stark, Adi Lavy) - With remarkable strength of
spirit, a husband and wife examine their lives and why their children and
others have been struck with a rare genetic disorder in this powerful portrait
of a small Navajo community. World Premiere
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Vampira
and Me -
(DIRECTOR/PRODUCER R. H.
Greene) - Before Elvira there was Vampira, the playfully
ghoulish host of a local L.A. late night horror movie show who became a
national celebrity, then disappeared.
This loving, personal portrait reveals the remarkable woman behind the
chalk-white mask. World Premiere
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Words
of Witness - Egypt/USA (DIRECTOR/PRODUCER Mai Iskander FEATURING Heba
Afify) - Updating your Facebook status
is a political act in this street-level documentary depicting the recent
Egyptian revolution as seen through the eyes and social network accounts of a
young female journalist working for an English language newspaper. US Premiere
INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE:
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Bestiaire - Canada (DIRECTOR/WRITER Denis Côté PRODUCERS Sylvain
Corbeil, Denis Côté) - This mesmerizing and
poetic movie looks at animals -- zebras, hyenas, lions rattling their cages,
rhinos taking a bath -- in ways you've never seen before. It's a beautiful and
provocative meditation on the relationship between man and beast.
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Bunohan: Return to Murder - Malaysia (DIRECTOR/WRITER
Dain Said PRODUCER Nandita
Solomon CAST Faizal Hussein, Zahiril Adzim, Pekin Ibrahim, Bront Palarae, Nam
Ron, Soffi Jikan, Wan Hanafi Su, Amerul Affendi) - Equal parts Shakespearian drama and Muay Thai crime
thriller, this contemporary Malaysian noir pits brother against brother and
friend against friend as they fight for revenge, power and their lives.
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Canícula
-
Mexico (DIRECTOR José
Álvarez WRITERS Sebastián Hoffman, José Álvarez PRODUCER Mauricio Fabre CAST Hermelinda Santes, Esteban
González, Mario García) - This is a hauntingly beautiful portrait of the
rituals and crafts of contemporary Indians in remote Veracruz, who teach their
boys to fly.
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The
First Man - France (DIRECTOR/WRITER Gianni Amelio PRODUCER Marco Chimenz CAST Jacques Gamblin, Catherine Sola, Maya Sansa, Denis
Podalydès, Ulla Baugue, Jean-Francois Stevenin) - Based on Albert Camus'
autobiographical novel, Gianni Amelio's gorgeously crafted movie follows a
famous novelist as he returns to Algeria, where he grew up, on the eve of
revolution. His journey triggers his
memories of his fatherless childhood, rendered in unforgettable vignettes by a
cinematic master. US Premiere
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The Last Elvis - Argentina (DIRECTOR Armando Bo WRITERS Armando Bo, Nicolás
Giacobone PRODUCERS Steve Golin,
Hugo Sigman, Patricio Alvarez Casado, Victor Bo, Armando Bo CAST John McInerny,
Griselda Siciliani, Margarita Lopez) - John McInerny gives a staggering
performance in this poignant tale of a Buenos Aires Elvis impersonator who only
comes alive when he dons the King's clothes to perform. How can he reconcile
his dreams of glory with his dead end factory job and an estranged wife and
daughter who can't live inside his fantasies?
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Neighboring Sounds - Brazil (DIRECTOR/WRITER Kleber Mendonça Filho PRODUCER Emilie
Lesclaux CAST Irandhir Santos, Gustavo Jahn, Maeve Jinkings, W.J. Solha) - Kleber
Mendonca Filho's astonishing, suspenseful debut film focuses on one upscale
street in the seaside town of Recife, where a private security team is enlisted
to protect the residents from crime. By its startling conclusion, you feel
you've seen all of Brazilian society exposed.
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On The Edge - France/Morocco/Germany
(DIRECTOR/WRITER Leila Kilani
PRODUCER Charlotte Vincent CAST Soufia Issami,
Mouna Bahmad, Nouzha Akel, Sara Betioui) - Powered by a fierce lead performance, this
visually striking debut film from writer/director Leila Kilani focuses on a
young Casablancan woman who refuses to accept the limitations put upon her by
contemporary Moroccan society.
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P-047 - Thailand (DIRECTOR/WRITER Kongdej
Jaturanrasamee PRODUCERS Soros Sukhum, Kongdej Jaturanrasamee CAST Parinya
Kwamwongwan, Aphichai Trakulphadejkrai) - Part meditation, part
multi-layered mystery, this mind-bending Thai movie tells the story of two
friends who break into apartments to borrow the lives of the people who live
there.
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Return
to Burma - Taiwan/Myanmar (DIRECTOR/WRITER Midi Z. PRODUCERS Midi Z., Patrick Mao Huang CAST
Wang Shin-Hong) -
In this peculiar blend of fact and fiction, a laborer
returns home after a ten-year stint working in Taipei to reacquaint himself
with the backstreets and personal finances of contemporary Burma.
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Sister
- Switzerland (DIRECTOR Ursula Meier WRITERS Antoine Jaccoud,
Ursula Meier PRODUCERS Denis Freyd, Ruth Waidburger CAST Léa Seydoux, Kacey
Mottet Klein, Gillian Anderson) - Simon
is a 12-year-old thief who steals equipment from rich tourists at a luxurious
Swiss ski resort, then descends to the industrial town below where he lives
with his jobless, irresponsible sister. This stunning tale of secrets and lies
won the Silver Bear in Berlin. North
American Premiere
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The Strawberry Tree - Canada/Cuba/Italy (DIRECTOR/PRODUCER Simone
Rapisarda Casanova) - Filmed
in a small Cuban fishing village mere weeks before a hurricane decimated the
entire region, this stunning documentary unknowingly captures the town's final
days even as it reframes the usual filmmaker-film subject relationship.
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Summer Games - Switzerland (DIRECTOR Rolando Colla WRITERS Rolando
Colla, Roberto Scarpetti, Olivier Lorelle, Pilar Anguita-MacKay PRODUCER Elena
Pedrazzoli) - While his parents fight violently, a troubled 12-year-old boy on
holiday in seaside Tuscany plays dangerous games with some newfound
friends. This captivating story of lost
innocence and first love swept the Swiss Film Awards.
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Teddy
Bear - Denmark
(DIRECTOR Mads
Matthiesen WRITERS Mads Matthiesen, Martin
Pieter Zandvliet PRODUCER Morten Kjems Juhl CAST Kim Kold, Elsebeth Steentoft,
Lamaiporn Sangmanee Hougaard, David Winters, Allan Morgensen) - This
award-winning feature follows mama's boy bodybuilder Dennis as he searches for
true love at home in Denmark. When that fails, this gentle giant sets his
sights on a more exotic location--Thailand.
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Unforgivable - France (DIRECTOR André Téchiné WRITERS Mehdi Ben Attia,
André Téchiné, Philippe Djian PRODUCER
Saïd Ben Saïd CAST André Dussollier, Carole Bouquet, Mélanie
Thierry, Adriana Asti) - In André
Téchiné's sensual, slippery psychological thriller, a jealous mystery
writer in Venice hires an ex-con to tail his beautiful, bisexual new wife and a
woman detective to search for his missing daughter.
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Without
Gorky -
UK (DIRECTOR Cosima
Spender PRODUCER Valerio Bonelli) - The suicide of the great abstract
expressionist Arshile Gorky in 1948 hangs over his surviving family. This intimate documentary, made by Gorky's
granddaughter, is both a brilliant portrait of an artist and the tale of a
family still haunted by his turbulent ghost.
SUMMER SHOWCASE:
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About
Face -
(DIRECTOR Timothy
Greenfield-Sanders PRODUCERS Timothy Greenfield-Sanders,
Chad Thompson FEATURING Marisa Berenson, Christie Brinkley, Isabella
Rossellini, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Paulina Porizkova, Carol Alt, Bethann
Hardison, Beverly Johnson, Cheryl Tiegs, China Machado, Christy Turlington,
Dayle Haddon, Eileen Ford, Esme, Jerry Hall, Karen Bjornson, Kim Alexis, Lisa
Taylor, Nancy Donahue, Pat Cleveland, Harry King, Calvin Klein, Jade Hobson) -
The great fashion models of the past 60 years -- Christie Brinkley, Marisa
Berenson, China Machado, Isabella Rossellini, Jerry Hall and many more -- tell
their stories in this candid, lively and dishy behind-the-scenes exploration of
what it means to be the object of our dreams.
·
Beauty
Is Embarrassing -
(DIRECTOR Neil
Berkeley PRODUCERS Neil Berkeley, Chris
Bradley, Morgan Neville, Eddie Schmidt, Bart McDonough, Milan Erceg, Aimee
Bothwell, Liah Corral, Anthony Maiuri FEATURING Wayne White, Matt Groening, Paul
Reubens, Mark Mothersbaugh, Todd Oldham, Gary Panter, Rick Heitzman, Jonathan
Dayton, Valerie Faris, Woodrow White, Lulu White, Mimi Pond) - Expect the unexpected from artist Wayne White, whose
iconoclastic career stretches from the East Village to the set of Pee Wee's
Playhouse to the thrift stores of Los Angeles, as seen in this lively and
humorous documentary.
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Big
Easy Express -
(DIRECTOR Emmett Malloy PRODUCERS Tim Lynch, Mike Luba, Bryan Ling) - Ride the
rails with Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Old
Crow Medicine Show as the bands travel from Oakland to New Orleans, playing
their unique blend of bluegrass and modern Americana.
·
Celeste
and Jesse Forever -
(DIRECTOR Lee Toland
Krieger WRITERS
Rashida Jones, Will McCormack PRODUCERS Jennifer
Todd, Suzanne Todd, Lee Nelson
CAST Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Chris Messina, Ari Graynor,
Emma Roberts, Elijah Wood) - This fresh,
delightful romantic comedy stars Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg as an L.A.
couple who married young and are now going through an "amicable" divorce. Their
goal: to remain best friends, which is easier said than done.
·
Gayby
-
(DIRECTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER Jonathan Lisecki CAST Jenn Harris,
Matthew Wilkas) - A hilarious and heartfelt comedy about two best friends -- a
gay man and a straight woman -- who decide to have a baby the old fashioned
way. This baby makes more than three.
·
Gimme
the Loot -
(DIRECTOR/WRITER Adam Leon PRODUCERS Natalie Difford,
Dominic Buchanan, Jamund Washington CAST Tashiana Washington, Ty Hickson,
Meeko, Zoe Lescaze) - Sofia and Malcolm have a plan to become the most famous
graffiti artists in New York City, but first they have to hustle their way
through two days of schemes, dreams and spray paint.
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The
House I Live In -
(DIRECTOR/WRITER Eugene Jarecki PRODUCERS Eugene
Jarecki, Melinda Shopsin, Sam Cullman, Christopher St. John) - Eugene Jarecki's
powerful, award-winning documentary exposes the monumental failure of the War
on Drugs, which has torn apart communities, weakened our police forces and
turned incarceration into a big time America business.
·
It's
a Disaster - (DIRECTOR/WRITER Todd Berger PRODUCERS
Jeff Grace, Kevin M. Brennan, Gordon Bijelonic, Datari
Turner CAST Rachel Boston, Kevin M. Brennan, David Cross, America Ferrera, Jeff
Grace, Erinn Hayes, Blaise Miller, Julia Stiles) - Assembled
for their regular Sunday brunch, a clique of hip Angelinos become hilariously
entangled in a web of personal drama so complex they hardly notice the
apocalypse is knocking on their front door. World Premiere
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La
Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus - USA/Guatemala (DIRECTOR Mark
Kendall PRODUCERS Mark Kendall, Rafael González, Bernardo Ruiz) - The
journey and transformation of a yellow American school bus into a vibrant
Central American camioneta sensitively
reveals both the beauty and violence of everyday life in Guatemala.
·
Neil
Young Journeys
- (DIRECTOR Jonathan
Demme PRODUCERS Jonathan Demme, Elliot Rabinowitz FEATURING
Neil Young) - Jonathan Demme and Neil Young team
up for a third time to capture a dual homecoming for Young, as he performs at
Toronto's Massey Hall and reminisces about his childhood town of Omemee,
Ontario.
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An
Oversimplification of her Beauty - USA/France (DIRECTOR/WRITER Terence Nance PRODUCERS Terence Nance, James
Bartlett, Andrew Corkin CAST Terence Nance,
Namik Minter, Chanelle Pearson) - A fresh and original take on young love in
the big city, Terence Nance's playfully personal narrative pushes the cinematic
envelope.
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People
Like Us -
(DIRECTOR Alex
Kurtzman WRITERS Alex Kurtzman, Jody Lambert,
Roberto Orci
PRODUCERS Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Bobby
Cohen, Clayton Townsend CAST Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia
Wilde, Michael Hall D'Addario, Philip Baker Hall, Mark Duplass, Michelle
Pfeiffer) - In a story inspired by true events, Sam
(Pine), a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, is tasked with fulfilling
his estranged father's last wishes--delivering an inheritance to a sister he
never knew he had. World
Premiere
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The
Queen of Versailles -
(DIRECTOR Lauren
Greenfield PRODUCER
Danielle Renfrew Behrens FEATURING David Siegel, Jackie Siegel, the Siegel
Family) - When their plans for constructing the world's largest home are halted
by the 2008 economic collapse, a flamboyant billionaire couple must reconcile
their grandiose dreams with new financial realities in Lauren Greenfield's
award-winning documentary.
·
Reportero
-
(DIRECTOR Bernardo
Ruiz PRODUCERS Bernardo Ruiz, Patricia Benabe, Anne
Hubbell FEATURING Sergio Haro Cordero, Adela Navarro Bello) - A look at the
incredible danger facing journalists in Mexico through the eyes of
investigative reporter Sergio Haro and other staff at Zeta, the defiant Tijuana-based newsweekly.
·
Robot
and Frank -
(DIRECTOR Jake
Schreier
WRITER Christopher D. Ford PRODUCERS Jackie
Kelman Bisbee, Sam Bisbee, Galt Niederhoffer CAST Frank Langella, James
Marsden, Liv Tyler, Susan Sarandon, Peter Sarsgaard) - In the near future, an aging widower is forced to accept a
robot caretaker into his home, which inspires him to pick up some old bad
habits in this charming comedy of circuits and companionship.
·
Searching
for Sugar Man
- (DIRECTOR/WRITER Malik
Bendjelloul PRODUCERS Simon Chinn, Nicole Stott,
George Chignell) - Years after fading into obscurity
at home, the music of '70s U.S. singer/songwriter Rodriguez became an
underground sensation in South Africa. Decades after his disappearance, two
fans uncover the startling truth behind the legend.
COMMUNITY SCREENINGS:
·
E.T.:
The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - (DIRECTOR Steven Spielberg WRITER Melissa
Mathison PRODUCERS Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg CAST Henry Thomas, Drew
Barrymore, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Peter Coyote) - Steven Spielberg's
classic tale of a kind-hearted little alien who miraculously befriends a
precocious young boy remains as touching, delightful and inspiring today as it
did when it first premiered thirty years ago.
·
Dirty Dancing Dance-A-Long - (DIRECTOR Emile Ardolino WRITER Eleanor
Bergstein PRODUCER Linda
Gottlieb CAST Patrick
Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach) - Celebrate this romantic, music-packed
classic with an evening of audience participation under the stars. We'll dance,
laugh, and reminisce as Swayze reminds us all that "nobody puts Baby in the
corner." Produced in cooperation with Dance Camera
West and Grand Performances
·
G-Dog - (DIRECTOR/PRODUCER Freida Mock FEATURING Greg Boyle) - A look at Father Greg Boyle, aka G-Dog, as he
and his Homeboys and Homegirls struggle to keep one of the country's leading
gang intervention programs afloat during troubling economic times. World Premiere
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The Invisible War - (DIRECTOR/WRITER
Kirby Dick PRODUCERS Amy
Ziering, Tanner King Barklow) - In this devastating exposé of injustice,
Academy Award-nominated documentarian Kirby Dick uncovers the epidemic of
sexual abuse that pervades America's military system, in which over 500,000 US
soldiers have been victimized.
·
LUV - (DIRECTOR Sheldon Candis WRITERS Sheldon
Candis, Justin Wilson PRODUCERS Jason Michael Berman, W. Michael Jenson, Gordon
Bijelonic, Datari Turner, Joel Newton, Common, Derek Dudley CAST Common,
Michael Rainey Jr., Dennis Haysbert, Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Michael
Kenneth Williams) - Boasting stellar performances,
Sheldon Candis' feature directorial debut is a riveting portrait of a young boy
learning some harsh truths at the side of his uncle, who has recently been
released from prison. Project
Involve Screening
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Star
Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - (DIRECTOR Nicholas Meyer WRITERS Jack
B. Sowards, Nicholas Meyer PRODUCER Robert Sallin CAST William Shatner, Leonard
Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle
Nichols, Kirstie Alley, Ricardo Montalban, Paul Winfield) - When a long-forgotten enemy reappears, thirsty for
vengeance, Captain Kirk takes the helm of the USS Enterprise once again in this
action-packed fan favorite of the long-running franchise.
THE BEYOND:
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The History of
Future Folk - (DIRECTORS J. Anderson Mitchell, Jeremy Kipp Walker WRITER
J. Anderson Mitchell PRODUCERS Jeremy
Kipp Walker, Jon Bulette, Andrew Goldman, Smokey Nelson CAST Jay Klaitz, Nils
d'Aulaire, Julie Ann Emery, April Hernandez Castillo, Onata Aprile, Dee Snider)
- Aliens from the planet Hondo cancel their plans of world domination to form a
bluegrass band and fall in love in this wonderfully odd, surprisingly sweet
sci-fi musical comedy. World Premiere
·
Juan
of the Dead - Cuba
(DIRECTOR/WRITER Alejandro
Brugués PRODUCERS Gervasio Iglesias, Inti Herrera CAST
Alexis Días de Villegas, Jorge Molina, Andrea Duro, Andros Perugorría, Jazz
Vila, Eliecer Ramírez) - The streets of Havana are alive with the undead in
Cuba's first zombie comedy, a wild and bloody romp that sinks its sharp
satirical teeth into the Cuban body politic. Castro may not be amused, but you
will be.
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Saturday Morning
Massacre -
(DIRECTOR Spencer
Parsons WRITERS Jory Balsimo, Aaron Leggett,
Jason Wehling PRODUCERS
Jonny Mars, Jason Wehling CAST Josephine Decker, Paul
Gordon, Jonny Mars, Ashley Spillers, Adam Tate) - Four
professional ghost hunters, who travel in a vintage van accompanied by their
canine companion (sound familiar?), get far more than they bargained for when
they take on a rambling mansion with a mysterious past. World Premiere
RETRO:
·
Ballads, Blues, and Bluegrass (1961) - (DIRECTOR Alan Lomax PRODUCER George Pickow) - Filmed in 1961 but never released until now, this impromptu
concert film, shot by famed music archivist Alan Lomax in his West Village
apartment, captures amazing performances by Roscoe Holcolm, Doc Watson, Willie
Dixon, Jack Elliott and others.
World Premiere
·
Banishment (2007) - (DIRECTOR Andrey Zvyagintsev WRITER
Oleg Negin PRODUCER Dmitry
Lesnevsky CAST Konstantin Lavronenko, Maria Bonnevie, Alexander Baluev, Maxim
Shibaev, Katya Kulkina, Dmitry Ulianov, Alexey Vertkov) - In
this breathtaking Russian film, a loving husband and father relocates his
family to the idyllic countryside, but this would-be Eden soon disintegrates
when his wife reveals a terrible secret: she's pregnant with another man's
child. LAFCA's The Films
That Got Away
·
The Breaking Point (1950) - (DIRECTOR Michael Curtiz WRITER Ranald MacDougall PRODUCER Jerry Wald CAST John
Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter) - Based on Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, this
little seen, action-packed classic sees a down on his luck sport fishing boat
captain drawn into a sea of crime off the coast of California. Preservation funding provided by Warner
Bros. in association with The Film Foundation and the Hollywood Foreign Press
Association
SHORT FILMS:
Shorts Program 1-4
- 3113 - DIRECTOR Eric Demeusy
- 663114 - Japan - DIRECTOR Isamu
Hirabayashi
- '92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card - DIRECTOR Todd Sklar
- Against the Sea - Mexico/USA - DIRECTOR Richard
Parkin
- Another Bullet Dodged - DIRECTOR Landon Zakheim
- The Arm - DIRECTORS Jessie Ennis, Brie
Larson, Sarah Ramos
- Asad - South Africa/USA - DIRECTOR
Bryan Buckley
- Bear - Australia - DIRECTOR Nash
Edgerton
- Big Man - Nigeria - DIRECTOR Julius Onah
- Black Doll - Mexico - DIRECTOR Sofia Carrillo
- Cadaver - DIRECTOR Jonah D. Ansell
- CatCam - DIRECTOR Seth Keal
- The Chair - DIRECTOR Grainger David
- Cheap Extermination - DIRECTOR Minka Farthing-Kohl
- Dog Eat Dog - DIRECTOR Sian Heder
- Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared - England - DIRECTORS Joseph
Pelling, Rebecca Sloan
- Fireworks - DIRECTOR Victor Hugo Duran
- First Birthday - DIRECTOR Andrew Ahn
- The Fuse: or How I Burned Simon
Bolivar - Canada/Bosnia and Herzegovina -
DIRECTOR Igor Drljaca
- Good Bread - DIRECTOR Eddie Schmidt
- Hellion - DIRECTOR Kat Candler
- Hold On Tight - Ireland - DIRECTOR Anna Rodgers
- I Am John Wayne - DIRECTOR Christina Choe
- Izzy & Salvador - DIRECTOR Jean-Pierre Caner
- Kendo Monogatari - Cuba/Guatemala - DIRECTOR
Fabián Suárez
- Kudzu Vine - DIRECTOR Josh Gibson
- Laura Keller - NB - DIRECTOR Mo Perkins
- Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke - DIRECTORS Jillian Mayer, Lucas
Leyva
- Long Distance Information - England - DIRECTOR Douglas Hart
- Meaning of Robots - DIRECTOR Matt Lenski
- Moxie - England - DIRECTOR Stephen
Irwin
- Mr. Christmas - DIRECTOR Nick Palmer
- New Gift - DIRECTOR Supriyo Sen
- Next Door Letters - Sweden - DIRECTOR Sascha
Fülscher
- Once It Started It Could Not End
Otherwise
- DIRECTOR Kelly Sears
- Paperman - DIRECTOR John Kahrs
- Paraíso - DIRECTOR Nadav Kurtz
- The Pub - England - DIRECTOR Joseph
Pierce
- Record / Play - DIRECTOR Jesse Atlas
- Reindeer - England - DIRECTOR Eva Weber
- Remote Area Medical - DIRECTORS Jeff Reichert,
Farihah Zaman
- Robots - DIRECTOR Liz Garbus
- Sacrifice - Russia - DIRECTOR Anar Abbasov
- Scanning - Cuba - DIRECTOR Aleksandra
Maciuszek Mukoid
- Soil - DIRECTOR Meejin Hong
- Song of the Spindle - DIRECTOR Drew Christie
- Thumb Snatchers From The Moon Cocoon - DIRECTOR Bradley Schaffer
- Voice Over - Spain - DIRECTOR Martín Rosete
FUTURE FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE:
High School Shorts 1-2
- The Artist's Way
- DIRECTOR Elmer Reyes
- Binary - DIRECTOR Hunter Peterson
- Break Up?
- DIRECTOR Matt Thompson
- Bully
- DIRECTORS Harry Barnes, Greg Nachmanovitch
- Code Red
- DIRECTOR Zach Prengler
- Connecting the Dots - DIRECTOR Marissa Dodds
- Creative Growth
- DIRECTORS Matthew Zabb-Parmley, Julian Compagni-Portis, Stephanie Hwang
- Dr. Funkenstein
- DIRECTORS Roz Naimi, Joe Kitaj
- Even Handed
- DIRECTORS Samantha Highsmith, Gabriella Huggins
- Full Out
- DIRECTOR Camille Wilson
- The Girl Who Lived in her Nightmare - Mexico - DIRECTORS
Juan Gerardo Hernández Santiz, Victor Díaz Gómez, Patricia López Hernández
- The Girl with the Birds - DIRECTORS Dova Isabel Castaneda Zilly, Eliza Otto,
Natalie Andreen
- HUMANIZED
- DIRECTOR Olivia DeLaurentis
- I Am an Asiacan
- DIRECTOR Jesus Olvera
- James
- DIRECTOR Maya Ragazzo
- Knit-Picky
- DIRECTOR Bobby Jorgenson
- The Landlady
- DIRECTOR Katherine Maxwell
- Learn the Difference - DIRECTORS Rebecca Hutman, India Wilson, Adam Yaron
- Maestro
- DIRECTOR Neeraj Jain
- Metro
- DIRECTORS Eric Brownrout, Nick Escobar
- My License
- DIRECTOR Elizabeth Herrick
- Need
Gas - DIRECTOR Alex Herz
- Playing Pirates
- DIRECTOR Hanna Peterson
- The Power of Words - DIRECTORS Renee DuBois, Annicia McLellan
- The Rialto: A Fading Treasure - DIRECTOR Miranda Gontz
- Secret Club
- DIRECTOR Ben Kadie
- Self Deterioration - DIRECTOR Madeline Spanier
- Sunday
- DIRECTORS Erin Cole, Mallory McDaniel
- This PSA Is Gay
- DIRECTORS Miranda Kasher, George Khabbaz, Patric Verrone
- Unplugged: A 14 Day Challenge - DIRECTOR Kaylor Myers
- Whither from Above - DIRECTOR Joshua Masters
MUSIC VIDEOS:
Eclectic Mix
- Abducted: Cults - DIRECTOR David Altobelli
- Amateur Rocketry: Dan Wholey - DIRECTOR Sean Donnelly
- Big Bad Wolf: Duck Sauce - DIRECTOR Keith Schofield
- Control: Spoek Mathambo - South Africa - DIRECTORS Pieter
Hugo, Michael Cleary
- Echo Chamber: Parts & Labor - DIRECTOR Nicholas
Chatfield-Taylor
- Ice Cream: Battles f. Matias
Aguayo
- Spain - DIRECTOR Nicolas Mendez
- In Your Arms: Kina Grannis - DIRECTOR Greg Jardin
- It: Rich Aucoin - Canada - DIRECTOR Noah Pink
- Latinoamerica: Calle 13 - Peru - DIRECTORS Milovan
Radovic, Jorge Carmona
- Lose this Child: Eatliz - DIRECTORS Yuval, Meral Nathan
- Machine Civilization: World Order - Japan - DIRECTOR Genki Sudo
- Piranhas Club: Man Man - DIRECTOR Lex Halaby
- Shady Love: Scissor Sisters vs
Krystal Pepsy
- DIRECTOR Hiro Murai
- Staring Out the Window: Fulton
Light
- England - DIRECTOR Ninian Doff
- The Greeks: Is Tropical - France - DIRECTOR Megaforce
- To the Sea: Mint Julep - Germany - DIRECTOR A Nice Idea
Every Day
- True Loves: Hooray for Earth - DIRECTOR Young Replicant
- Tuck the Darkness In: Bowerbirds - DIRECTOR Carlos Lopez Estrada
- Two Against One: Danger Mouse
& Daniele Luppi f. Jack White - DIRECTORS Chris Milk, Anthony
Francisco Schepperd
- Weights and Measures: Dry the
River
- England - DIRECTOR Corin Hardy
Thunderdome: DANIELS vs Walter Robot
DANIELS
and Walter Robot go head to head in an event peppered with music videos,
shorts, production secrets, feats of strength, audience challenges and possible
mime.
DIRECTORS:
DANIELS
- Dogboarding, 2011
- Houdini: Foster the People, 2011
- My Best Friend's Sweating, 2011
- My Machines: Battles f. Gary Numan, 2011
- Pockets, 2011
- Puppets, 2011
- Rize of the Fenix: Tenacious D, 2012
- Simple Math: Manchester Orchestra, 2011
- Simple Song: The Shins, 2012
- That New Kanye Song, 2011
DIRECTORS:
WALTER ROBOT
- C/U Porn, 2012
- Give Me the Meltdown: Rob Thomas, 2009
- Grapevine Fires: Death Cab for Cutie, 2009
- HP Soldiers, 2009
- I Hate Drake (Mortified), 2006
- Missed the Boat: Modest Mouse, 2009
- Mojowski, 2012
- Slippin: Quadron, 2011
- Teleport 2 Me: Kid Cudi, 2012
- Underneath the Sycamore: Death Cab for Cutie, 2011