EL festival de Cine Independiente Slamdance anuncion los títulos que entrarán en competición este año en su programa de cortos, en su 17ª edición. Tendrá lugar entre el 21 y 27 de Enero de 2011 en Park City, Utah. En él debutaran 10 películas y 8 documentales, que incluyen 14 premieres mundiales.

El lema del Festival este año es "All Is Not Lost", lema muy acorde con los 4 cortos seleccionados para la Muestra Especial. Además se mostrarán un total de 56 cortos en competición, en las distintas categorías.

*Todas las películas son Norteamericanos salvo que se indique lo contrario

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

“Gandu” – directed by Q (India). 90 mins. As his mother has sex with her benefactor, an Indian teenager creeps into her room and steals the man's money. He heads out with his friend Riksha on a drug/punk/rap fuelled-adventure shot in bold, stylish, fluid black and white, until he meets a beautiful kitty-girl who, in one gorgeously shocking scene, turns his world into vivid color.

“Kunst-Camera: J.X. Williams' Cabinet of Curiosities” – written and directed by J.X. Williams (US, France, Italy, Libya) World Premiere, 90 mins. In this very rare film program and presentation, the J.X. Williams Archive opens its vault to screen a collection of cinematic artifacts from its holdings in Switzerland.

“Pete Smalls Is Dead” – directed by Alexandre Rockwell (US). US Premiere, 95 mins. After hitting rock bottom when his faithful dog is kidnapped by a loan shark, K.C. (Peter Dinklage) sets off on an unexpected and hilarious adventure of redemption and retribution when he agrees to meet up with his long-time friend Jack (Mark Boone Junior) in Los Angeles to attend the funeral of their mutual friend and hot shot Hollywood director Pete Smalls (Tim Roth). Cast: Peter Dinklage, Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Rosie Perez, Tim Roth

“Summer Children” – written and directed by James Bruner; cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond (US). World Premiere, 86 mins. A brooding Adonis, Stuart Anderson, driven by his jealous infatuation for an ethereal beauty, Valora Noland, competes for alpha male dominance in this visually stylistic neo-noir 1960s film set against Vilmos Zsigmond’s cinematography on a yacht crossing to Catalina Island. (B&W 1965 fully restored in HD) Restoration Completed in 2010. Cast: ‘60s actors Valora Noland, Stuart Anderson, and David Arkin.

NARRATIVE SHORTS 

“5 Dollars” – written and directed by Clay Jeter. 18 min. Kenny and Lou Ann are paid five bucks to keep their mouths shut when their sister brings an older boy home to their trailer.

“A Family Portrait” – written and directed by Joseph Pierce. 5 min (United Kingdom) Suspicion bubbles to the surface during a tense family portrait.

“Andy” – written and directed by Andrew Ahn. 6 min. Six-year old Andy goes to the mall with his family.

“Animal Love” – written and directed by Mollie Jones. World Premiere, 16 min. In a near future of environmental degradation, a couple meets for an internet hook-up in an animal lover’s apartment.

“Aurora Borealis” – written and directed by Matt H. Mayes. World Premiere, 13 min. A grown son visits his mother in a rest home when a shift of light reveals the spaces between and inside them.

“Bassa marea (Low Tide)” - directed by Roberto De Paolis. 15 min. (Italy) A lonely man wanders a lonely city in search of medication and memories.

“Beast of Hearts” – written and directed by Jonathan Seligson. World Premiere, 11 min. Subdued… A long time ago in the distant future, a cryptic deity recounts the kismet of an Alien Space Bat and his nemesis; all wrapped in a mystery and deep-fried in a crispy, crunchy enigma.

“Bird” – written and directed by Petr Stupin. World Premiere, 31 minutes (Russia) An estranged man encounters a bird that cannot fly and discovers a purpose for himself.

“Block” – directed by Chadd Harbold; written by Mary Beth Minthorn and Helen Rogers. World Premiere, 12 min. A young actress living in Brooklyn discovers how profoundly her hostile environment has affected her.

“Bottle” – written and directed by Kirsten Lepore. 5 min. Animated on location at a beach, in the snow, and underwater, this stop-motion short details a transoceanic conversation between two characters via objects in a bottle.

“Bunny Boy” – written and directed by Brandon LaGanke. 5 min. When a young child walks home from school he encounters a strange-looking man lying in his backyard.

“Checkpoint” – directed by Ruben Amar; written by Ruben Amar and Lola Bessis. World Premiere, 19 min. (Israel) A young Palestinian boy living in the Gaza strip accompanies his father on monthly visits to the ruins of a destroyed village. Though he doesn’t understand his father's ritual, he feels he has a duty to help him.

“Circles and Signals” – written and directed by Ehsan Ghoreishi. World, Premiere, 6 min. A broken taxicab brings more than a headache to an angry auto mechanic and his chaotic garage.

“Death and the Blue-Eyed Boy” – written and directed by Grant Curatola. 18 min. Charlie falls in love on the first day of school, with a girl who may or may not be the spawn of evil.

“Diamond Bay” – written and directed by David Ratner. World Premiere, 9 min. (Australia) Diamond Bay is a slightly twisted love story about an elderly Chinese tourist in Sydney, who goes off the beaten path to get away from his wife for a few moments of peace – and finds the opposite.

“Everyday” – written and directed by Will Welles. World Premiere, 3 min. The infinite spaces of the mind are filled only with violence and childish ideologues berating each other endlessly.

“Flesh Color” – directed by Masahiko Adachi. US Premiere, 4 min. (Japan) An animated Japanese tattoo world on the skin.

“Gravity” – written and directed by Pamela Romanowsky. World Premiere, 12 min. Mae lives a quiet life in the north woods with her estranged husband. Amid alienation and brutality, Mae forms an unexpected connection with a wounded rabbit, and finds that its fate is tied to her own.

“Hangnail” – written and directed by Cavan Campbell. World Premiere, 12 min. (Canada) Photographed entirely in one shot, Hangnail pulls back the skin of parched love.

“Hello Caller” – directed by Andrew Putschoegl; written by Tom Lenk. World Premiere, 6 min. A suicidal woman makes a call for help with unexpected results.

“Hijo de mi madre” – written and directed by Lucas Mireles. World Premiere, 13 min. In the desert, a son finds the body of his estranged mother. As he journeys to bury her, he is haunted by memories from the last day he saw her alive.

“Houseboat” - written and directed by Nina Macintosh. World Premiere, 7 min. Shot on Connecticut's Coginchaug and Mattabesset rivers, "Houseboat" explores the tenderness and strain between a sister and brother as they take care of each other on the margins of society.

“Les chiens jappent (Barking Dogs)” – written and directed by Arthur C. Joron. US Premiere, 13 min.  (Canada) Two teenaged metal heads feel that they are the badasses of their French-Canadian suburb.

“Make Me Stronger” – written and directed by Sarah Hudson. World Premiere, 6 min. (Canada)

When a flash of a blue sweater triggers visions of a perished childhood friend, an alienated young woman is forced to face the event that continues to haunt her.

“Mam” - directed by Hugo Speer; written by Vivienne Harvey. US Premiere, 14 min. (United Kingdom) When Mam won’t get out of bed, twelve year-old Danny must fend for his brothers and sisters.

“Mouth Babies” - directed by Lisa Duva and Katherine Nolfi; written by Lisa Duva. World Premiere, 7 min. One woman's journey through oral pregnancy.

“Odd Streets Run West” – written and directed by Tannaz Hazemi. World Premiere, 7 min. A kindergarten teacher with Down Syndrome has been fired, and in her imagination she attempts something that no one would have thought her capable of doing.

“Pampeliška (Dandelion)” – written and directed by Laurel Parmet. US Premiere, 10 min., (Czech Republic, US) After a fight with her father, Klara runs away from home to spend the day with her best friend, Lucie.

“Protect the Nation” – written and directed by C.R. Reisser. 16 min. (Germany, South Africa) When faced with the unexpected kindness of a stranger, a young boy begins to question himself. Does he have the courage to do what's right?

“Push Bike” - directed by Mairi Cameron; written by Tracey Walker. 12 min. (Australia) When a married woman's clothes are stolen from a local pool one night, she has no choice but to brave a nude bike ride home.

“Raymond and Lina” – written and directed by Mark Pagán. 11 min. Raymond Johnson, 63 and tired. Lina Overton, eight and troubled. One late summer day, the two will discover that their lives will be closer than they expected.

“Refresh” – written and directed by Hayato Ando. 5 min. (Japan) How can we relieve ourselves when we are under stress? And what happens to those of us who cannot alleviate the mounting frustration?

“Resolved” - directed by Kseniya Rukavishnikova; written by Brandon Maurice. US Premiere, 13 min. (Russia, US) Tormented by a decision from her past, a nurse tries to find redemption through her patient.

“Rice” – written and directed by Taj J. Musco. 20 min. (Singapore) A man struggles to cook the perfect bowl of rice under the tutelage of a stern Japanese rice master.

“Rita” – written and directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza. 19 min. (Italy) A blind, ten-year-old girl's claustrophobic world of her home is breached by a wounded boy on the run.

“Scumbag, Pervert and the Girl in Between” – written and directed by Bruce Hwang Chen. World Premiere, 15 min. (Taiwan, US) A high school outcast tries to impress a girl by retrieving her stolen pair of P.E. shorts from a town pervert.

“Sis” – written and directed by Deborah Haywood. 11 min. (United Kingdom) When Lauren and Amy hear there is a man who ‘likes children’ living in the area, they decide to track him down to show him their handstands.

“Sister” – written and directed by Michael Rittmannsberger. US Premiere, 6 min. (Austria) A couple takes their two daughters to the seaside. It is an ordinary day until one of the girls disappears and drowns. The parents cannot bear the loss and their other daughter goes searching for her sister. She does not even shed a tear; her eyes mirror guilt, fear and loneliness.

“Six Strands” – written and directed by Chaitanya Tamhane. US Premiere, 16 min. (India) A lonely, mysterious woman in the hills of an unknown town produces the most elusive and expensive tea in the world. Plucked under mysterious conditions, the 'Moonlight Thurston' tea triggers layered sensations encompassing taste, memory, love and pleasure.

“Son of None” – written and directed by Todd Looby. 16 min. (Liberia, West Africa) Joshua is a seven-year-old Liberian war orphan who is constantly disheveled and falling behind in school, but when a goat goes missing he chooses to help the one thing even more vulnerable than he.

“Stanley Pickle” - directed by Victoria Mather; written by Orhan Boztas and Victoria Mather. 11 min. (United Kingdom) Stanley lives his life like clockwork, until a mysterious girl turns his world upside down.

“TELEPHONEME” - directed by MK12. 3 min. The Voice Research Laboratory along with Swedish Secrets Productions produced this colorful, geometric televideo as a means to inform the public of a massive linguistic conspiracy discovered while conducting routine tests on letters & phrases previously thought to be benign.

“The Bellows March” - directed by Eric Dyer. 5 min. Crowds of animated concertinas live out a cycle of destroy-create-destroy.

“The Strange Thing About the Johnsons” – written and directed by Ari Aster. US Premiere, 29 min.

The Johnsons are an attractive, well-to-do, upper-middle class family. But they hide a secret, and Mr. Johnson has written a memoir that chronicles the ins and outs of a bizarre family dynamic.

“The Wonder Hospital” – written and directed by Beomsik Shimbe Shim. 12 min. A surreal journey through a mysterious hospital that alters the perception of physical beauties.

“Twist and Blood” – written and directed by Kuba Czekaj. World Premiere, 30 min. (Poland) A young boy is ridiculed by his peers for being overweight. His parents want to slim him down at any cost, but he has found a way to relieve the pressures of his family and friends.

“X.O. Genesis” - directed by Rowan Wernham. US Premiere, 12 min. (New Zealand) As an alien protagonist walks the path to rapture through a tactile, painterly landscape, he becomes an unwitting participant in religious cacophony and planetary rebirth. A reclamation of science-fiction on anarchy's terms.

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

“Irma” - directed by Charles Fairbanks. 12 min. (Mexico, US) Filmed in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl – a notorious district of Mexico City, Irma is an intimate musical portrait of Irma Gonzalez, the former world champion of women’s professional wrestling.

“Kinbaku” - directed by Jouni Hokkanen. US Premiere, 29 min. (Finland) Rope meets flesh in Tokyo, the S/M capital of the world. It started with samurais capturing enemies on a battlefield and after tying over 3,000 people still inspires rope master Haruki Yukimura.

“Missed Connections” - directed by Mary Robertson. 8 min. Once found on the back pages of local papers, "Missed Connections" is a forum on Craigslist where those who regret their timidity make appeals to the Ones Who Got Away. This documentary short peers inside these popular online messages-in-a-bottle, asking whether love lost can be found again?

“Oaks” - directed by Charles Wittenmeier. 17 min. Ethan Rose discovers a silent-era pipe organ at the Oaks Park roller skating rink in Portland. He befriends the resident organist, Keith Fortune and this friendship results in Rose’s critically acclaimed record “Oaks.” The film chronicles how the recording of “Oaks” elicits new life from the Wurlitzer.

“Rhag” - directed by Doug Walker. World Premiere, 40 min. RHAG recognizes the shear, whacky brilliance of painter and experimental composer Roy Henry Alexander Gover.

“The Laying on of Hands” - directed by Nick Twemlow. World Premiere, 8 min. Martial arts death dealing meets biblical faith healing.

“This Chair is Not Me” - directed by Andy Taylor Smith. 10 min. (United Kingdom) While cerebral palsy confines Alan Martin to a wheelchair and inhibits his speech, he refuses to limit himself. When he gains access to technology that enables him to find a voice, his life is transformed.

“Two” - directed by Maya Newell. World Premiere, 17 min. (Australia, England) Delves into the secret world of adult babies and an Englishman who is locked in a continual state of wanting to be two years old and pampered by his adoring nanny.

“Ultra Violet for Sixteen Minutes” - directed by David Gerson. 17 min. A sixteen-minutes portrait of Ultra Violet - mistress to Salvador Dali, muse to Andy Warhol, and a born-again Mormon.

$99 SPECIALS

“Autofocus” – directed by Paul Sbrizzi. World Premiere, 10 min. Gemma, a wannabe actress, tries to milk her elderly Aunt Rita for acting lesson money, and gets into a cat-fight with her friend Piper over a borrowed sweater. Meanwhile Piper positions herself to pull a real estate scam on the kindly old aunt.

Cast: Laura Russell, Jenny Lee

“Cargo” – directed by Daniel Casey. World Premiere, 7 min. A man working off a debt to his bail bondsman agrees to drive a potentially dangerous package across the country. Disaster ensues.

“Dead In The Room” – directed by Adam Pertofsky; written by Marjory Kaptanoglu. World Premiere, 7 min. At a screenwriters' pitch event, a menacing writer turns the tables on an arrogant studio executive.

Fuente: Slamdance Film Festival

EL festival de Cine Independiente Slamdance anuncion los títulos que entrarán en competición este año, en su 17ª edición. Tendrá lugar entre el 21 y 27 de Enero de 2011 en Park City, Utah. En él debutaran 10 películas y 8 documentales, que incluyen 14 premieres mundiales.

Como organización activa durante todo el año, Slamdance sirve como un escaparate para el descubrimiento de nuevos talentos emergentes y se dedica a la crianza y desarrollo de nuevos artistas independientes y su visión del cine.

El Slamdance Film Festival, tendrá lugar simultáneamente con el Festival de Cine de Sundance, en Park City, Utah.

COMPETICON NARATIVA (Todas las películas son Norteamericanos salvo que se indique lo contrario)

Atrocious – directed by Fernando Barreda Luna. (Mexico, Spain) World Premiere, 75 min. Recorded evidence of the "Quintanilla Murder Investigation." Cast: July Quintanilla, Cristian Quintanilla

Beneath Contempt – directed by Benjamin Brewer. World Premiere, 101 min. A young man returns to his hometown after serving a prison sentence for killing his friends in a drunk driving accident. Cast: Colin Janson, Melanie May, Eric Eastman, Mike Bash, Abby Austin, Sarah Newhouse

Drama – directed by Matias Lira. (Chile) World Premiere, 80 min. Three kids thinking that life is theatre. Cast: Benjamin Vicuña, Diego Ruiz, Eusebio Arenas, Fernanda Urrejola, Isidora Urrejola

Fred and Vinnie – directed by Steve Skrovan. 89 min. Lonely guy Fred Stoller is thrilled when his good buddy, Vinnie D’Angelo, the world’s happiest agoraphobic and fattest vegetarian, comes to live with him, until Vinnie also proves to be the world’s most maddening roommate. Cast: Fred Stoller, Angelo Tsarouches, Scott Chernoff, Bill Rutkoski, John Asher, Harriet Rose, Sarah Rush, Lee Reherman

Pleasant People – directed by David Bonawits. World Premiere, 69 min. When a frustrated singer songwriter finds herself at odds with friends and coworkers, she pushes through it the only way she knows how - faking a smile. Cast: Jiyoung Lee, Josh Hall, Dave Marder, Sarah Atchison, Paula Trude

Silver Tongues – directed by Simon Arthur. World Premiere, 87 min. Two lovers travel from town to town playing a dark game of deceit that soon spirals out of control, threatening their very relationship. Cast: Lee Tergesen, Enid Graham, Tate Ellington, Emily Meade, Harvey Evans, Portia, Rosa Arrendondo, Adam Lefevre

Snow On Tha Bluff – directed by Damon Russell. World Premiere, 79 min. This is the story of Atlanta robbery boy and crack dealer, Curtis Snow who stole a camera from some college kids in a dope deal and made a documentary about his life. Cast: Curtis Snow, Frank Ringer, Curtis Lockett, Adrienne Lockett, D’Angelo Snow, Brandon Snow, Kita Snow

Stranger Things – directed by Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal. (United Kingdom, US) 77 min. An unusual and touching bond develops when grieving Oona reaches out to a mysterious homeless man, offering him a place to stay in her garden shed. Cast: Bridget Collins, Adeel Akhtar

The Beast Pageant – directed by Albert Birney and Jon Moses. 74 min. A film about a man who goes on an adventure. Cast: Jon Moses, Ted Greenway, Emily Osinski, S. Michael Smith, Sam Hughes, Jon Eaton, Ron Bauerle, and Tigran Vardanyan

Without – directed by Mark Jackson. World Premiere, 88 min. On a remote wooded island, a young woman becomes caretaker to an old man in a vegetative state. Her isolated routine devolves into a struggle with sexuality, guilt and loss. Cast: Joslyn Jensen, Ron Carrier

COMPETICION DOCUMENTAL (Todas las películas son Norteamericanos salvo que se indique lo contrario)

Bhopali – directed by Van Maximilian Carlson. (India, US) World Premiere, 84 min. In 1984, the world's worst industrial disaster devastated and contaminated Bhopal, India. Today the suffering continues, prompting victims to fight for justice and corporate responsibility, which has long been ignored. 

Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football – directed by Rashid Ghazi. World Premiere, 93 min. Fordson follows a predominately Arab-American high school football team from Dearborn, Michigan during the last ten days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and unearths the story of a community desperately holding onto its Islamic faith while struggling to gain acceptance in post 9-11 America

Last Fast Ride – The Life, Love and Death of a Punk Goddess – directed by Lilly Scourtis Ayers. World Premiere, 86 min. A documentary film about the infamous bay-area punk rock performer Marian Anderson. Marian died all too young, and this is her story.

Road Dogs – directed by Shane Aquino. World Premiere, 83 min. The film follows three of Hollywood's most visually vibrant and heavily psychotic bands across the U.S. on a D.I.Y. tour occasionally having disastrous results.

Scrapper – directed by Stephan Wassmann. World Premiere, 81 min. As the global war on terror takes a heavy toll on some local economies, a defiant group of desert outlaws turn an active US military bombing range near the Mexican border into their own free-enterprise zone of extreme survival. Driven by adrenaline and hunger, Crystal Meth and even scripture, they risk their lives to scavenge lucrative debris from exploded and unexploded ordnance in the kill zones.

Shunka – directed by CJ Gardella. US Premiere, 75 min. A vision of the material and spiritual worlds, and their coalescence; and of finding stark poetry in the haze of the every day in a small community in the Badlands.

Superheroes – directed by Michael Barnett. World Premiere, 90 min. A journey inside the world of real life caped crusaders. From all over America, these self-proclaimed crime fighters, don masks, homemade costumes and elaborate utility belts in an attempt to bring justice to evildoers everywhere.

Zielinski – directed by Chase Thompson and Ryan Walker. World Premiere, 65 min. The rise and fall of John Zielinski - the most blacklisted author in the history of Iowa.

Fuente: Slamdance Film Festival

EL festival de cine Independiente Slamdance anuncion los títulos que entrarán en competición este año, en su 16ª edición. Tendrá lugar entre el 21 y 28 de Enero de 2010 en Park City, Utah. En él debutaran 10 películas y 8 documentales.

Todo en línea con el lema del festival: 'By filmmakers, for filmmakers' (Por cineastas, para cineastas). No hay otro festival totalmente programado por los cineastas.

Como organización activa durante todo el año, Slamdance sirve como un escaparate para el descubrimiento de nuevos talentos emergentes y se dedica a la crianza y desarrollo de nuevos artistas independientes y su visión del cine. Para el Festival de Slamdance de 2010 recibió un número récord de más de 5.000 presentaciones.

El Slamdance Film Festival, patrocinado de nuevo por Kodak, tendrá lugar simultáneamente con el Festival de Cine de Sundance, en Enero 21-28 de 2010 en Park City, Utah.

Slamdance cuenta entre sus ex alumnos muchos guionistas y directores notables que se dieron a concocer por primera vez durante el festival, como Christopher Nolan, Marc Forster y Jared Hess.

La película de Oren Peli "Paranormal Activity" originalmente se presentó en Slamdance y ha recaudado desde entonces más de $ 100 millones en taquilla y convertirse en la película más rentable de Paramount.

Los nuevos cineastas y guionista de hoy en día se dan cuenta de que Slamdance es un gran lugar para lanzar sus carreras profesionales.

COMPETICON NARATIVA

(Todas las películas son Norteamericanos salvo que se indique lo contrario)

“Cummings Farm” - directed by Andrew Drazek. World Premier, 103 min

Cast: Laura Silverman

Cummings Farm is a disturbing comedy about an orgy at a lakeside strawberry farm. Three couples at the end their twenties give group sex a go, naively hoping it will grant them enlightenment.

“Drones” - directed by Amber Benson & Adam Busch. World Premier, 96 min

Cast: Angela Bettis, Jonathan M. Woodward

When Brian walks in on his best friend’s closet time, he discovers a universal threat to his life, job and the Earth itself!

“The Four-Faced Liar” - directed by Jacob Chase. World Premier, 100 min

Cast: Emily Peck, Marja-Lewis Ryan, Todd Kubrak

When small town couple, Molly and Greg, meets best friends Trip and Bridget, unexpected sparks fly. As friendship slides into passion, Molly must choose between a guy she took for granted, and the girl she can't resist.

“The Last Lovecraft: The Relic of Cthulhu” - directed by Henry Saine. World Premier, 82 min

Cast: Devin McGinn

Jeff is an ordinary guy that is stuck at a dead end job with a boring life, but when a strange old man gives him an Ancient relic and tells him that he is the last bloodline of H.P. Lovecraft. He and his friend Charlie embark on an adventure to protect the relic piece from falling into the hands of the Starspawn and his minions that wish to reunite the relic and release Cthulhu back into the world.

“One Hundred Mornings” - directed by Conor Horgan. (Ireland) US Premier, 85 min

Cast: Ciaran McMenamin, Alex Reid, Rory Keenan

Set in a world upended by a complete breakdown of society, two couples hide out in a lakeside cabin hoping to survive the crisis.

“The Scenesters” - directed by Todd Berger, 96 min

Cast: Sherilyn Fenn, Suzanne May, Blaise Miller

In this dark comedy, when a serial killer starts picking off beautiful young hipsters on the east side of Los Angeles, a group of crime scene videographers hatch a plan to catch him.

“Snow and Ashes” - directed by Charles Olivier-Michaud. (Canada)World Premier, 104 min

Cast: Rhys Coiro, Lina Roessler, Frederic Gilles

A War Correspondent covers an armed conflict in Eastern Europe. When he wakes from a coma, Blaise discovers that his collaborator is missing and sets out to recapture the events that led to his friend’s disappearance.

“URFrenz” - directed by Jeff Phillips. World Premier, 84 min

Cast: Lily Holleman, Gayla Goehl, CaroleAnne Johnson

High school girls and their parents collide over the use of a popular social networking site when the identity and motives of an on-line boy come into question.

“The Wild Hunt” - directed by Alexandre Franchi. (Canada) World Premier, 95 min

Cast: Kaniehtiio Horn, Mark Anthony Krupa, Ricky Mabe

A medieval re-enactment game turns into a Shakespearean tragedy when a non-player crashes the event to win back his girlfriend.

“YellowBrickRoad” - directed by Andy Mitton & Jesse Holland. World Premier, 94 min

Cast: Cassidy Freeman, Lee Wilkof, Anessa Ramsey

An expedition looks for answers to something horrible in the forest, but the forest finds something horrible in them.

COMPETICION DOCUMENTAL

(Todas las películas son Norteamericanos salvo que se indique lo contrario)

“American Jihadist” - directed by Mark Claywell. US Premier. 72 min

What makes a man willing to kill and die for his religion?

“Biker Fox” - directed by Jeremy Lamberton. World Premier, 94 min

By taking the road less traveled, Biker Fox leads you to another dimension by "cogitating positive vibes to the cortex of your cerebellum" in this part documentary, part self-help testimonial.

“Candyman” - directed by Costa Botes. World Premier, 76 min

Candyman is the story of the rise and fall of David Klein, the man who invented Jelly Belly jelly beans. With Weired Al Yankovich

“General Orders No. 9” - directed by Robert Persons, 72 min

Take one last trip down the rabbit hole before it gets paved over. A history of the State of Georgia or Anywhere. Deer trail becomes Indian trail becomes county road becomes...

“Mamachas Del Ring” - directed by Betty M. Park. US Premier, 75 min

Bolivian women wrestlers throw down in the ring in this documentary about what it really means to fight like a girl. Carmen Rosa the Champion is their passionate leader, and is faced with a brutal decision when she is forced to choose between her love of sport and love of her family.

“Mind of a Demon: The Larry Linkogle Story” - directed by Adam Barker, 62 min

The birth of freestyle motocross became the demise of the sport's most infamous legend. Narrated by Lemmy.

“Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae” - directed by Stascha Bader. (Canada) US Premier, 98 min

The singers and musicians of Jamaica’s Golden Age of music, Rocksteady, come together after 40 years to record an album of their greatest hits, to perform together again at a reunion concert in Kingston, and to tell their story. With Rita Marley

“William Burroughs: A Man Within” - directed by Yony Leyser. World Premier, 90 min

Leyser paints a tender portrait of the Beat author and American icon, whose works at once savaged conservative ideals, spawned vibrant countercultural movements and reconfigured 20th century culture. With David Cronenberg, Gus Van Sant, Peter Weller, Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson.

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