VIFF Film Catalogue

VIRGINIA INDIE FILM F E S T I VA L

CATALOGUE INDIE FILM FESTIVAL

P P34-5C P P40-7C P P26-15C

INDIE FILM FESTIVAL

INDIE FILM FESTIVAL INDIE FILM FESTIVAL

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SCREENING SCHEDULE 10 A.M

11 A.M

VIOLET CROWN 5

FRIDAY SATURDAY

A HIDDEN LIFE 174 min

AWAY FROM THE SHORE 135 min

HONEY BOY 94 min

THE PARAMOUNT THEATER

VIOLET CROWN 6

BURNING KENTUCKY 91 min

11 A.M

12 A.M

ALWAYS IN SEASON 89 min

BIRDS OF PASSAGE 125 min

THE PARAMOUNT THEATER

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MIDSOMMAR 148 min

NEWCOMB HALL THEATRE

WAVES 135 min

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11 A.M

12 A.M

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2 P.M

TEHRAN: CITY OF LOVE 102 min

WAVES 135 min

VIOLET CROWN 6

THE LIGHT HOUSE 109 min

VINEGAR HILL THEATRE

THE PARAMOUNT THEATER

2 P.M

SHORT FILMS FEELING DRAMATIC

THE SOUTHERN

THE SOUTHERN

1 P.M

SEA OF SHADOWS 104 min

VINEGAR HILL THEATRE

VIOLET CROWN 5

2 P.M

GHOST TOWN ANTHOLOGY 97 min

PARASITE 132 min

10 A.M

SUNDAY

1 P.M

THE LIGHT HOUSE 109 min

VIOLET CROWN 7

REGAL CINEMA

12 A.M

AMERICAN HERETICS 85 min

A HIDDEN LIFE 174 min

MIDSOMMAR 148 min JOJO RABBIT 108 min

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PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE 122 min THE LIGHT HOUSE 109 min

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4 P.M

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10 P.M

HARRIET 125 min

JOJO RABBIT 108 min

4 P.M

THE REPORT 119 min

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6 P,M

FRANKIE 100 min

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8 P.M

AFTER PARTY

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10 P.M

THE SOUVENIR 120 min

PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE 122 min

HER SMELL 136 min

PORTS OF DESTINY 52 min

PAHOKEE 110 min

JOJO RABBIT 108 min

PIXAR SHORT FILMS

AFTER PARTY

FAMILY DAY SHORT FILMS

PARASITE 132 min

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9 P,M

INTUITIONS 90 min

SHOOTING IN VAIN 92 min

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AMERICAN HERETICS 85 min

TEHRAN: CITY OF LOVE 102 min HER SMELL 136 min

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5 P.M

6 P,M

7 P.M

8 P.M

9 P,M

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FRANKIE 100 min

HARRIET 125 min

PAHOKEE 110 min

QUEEN OF THE CAPITAL 80 min

AMERICAN HERETICS 85 min

INTUITIONS 90 min ALWAYS IN SEASON 89 min

THE KINGMAKER 101 min DISNEY ANIMATION SHORTS

PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE 122 min

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HER SMELL

2018

DIRECTOR: ALEX ROSS PERRY WRITER: ALEX ROSS PERRY STARS: ELISABETH MOSS, CARA DELEVINGNE, DAN STEVENS PRODUCTION CO: GUNPOWDER & SKY, BOW AND ARROW ENTERTAINMENT, FALIRO HOUSE PRODUCTIONS 136 MINUTES

A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.

Drama / Music

DOMESTIC

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INTUITIONS

DIRECTOR: JAMES HELLSING WRITERS: RENÉ MENA, LASHAWN WILLIAMS, JAMES HELSING STARS: RENÉ MENA, MIKE C. MANNING, VANNESSA VASQUEZ PRODUCTION CO: INDICAN PICTURES 90 MINUTES

When Isaac Smith’s attraction to his beautiful girlfriend Ashley begins to cool, this hard charging, red-blooded criminal attorney is forced to confront his sexuality when he finds himself attracted to his sister’s friend Mark.

Romance / Thriller

2019

DOMESTIC

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SHOOTING IN VAIN

DIRECTOR: JARED JANUSCHKA PRODUCER: JARED JANUSCHKA WRITER: D.H. NELSON STARS: SEBASTIAN GREGORY, BLUE HAAS, WYATT GREY HAAS PRODUCTION CO: CHINA LION ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION 92 MINUTES

Still overwhelmed with guilt years after his high school sweetheart’s death, ‘Max’ returns home seeking closure. Instead, he re-experiences the memories of falling in love with her. The mystery of what happened to this alluring young woman unravels as the past plays again the present. Shooting in Vain is a timely, culturally relevant love story that appeals to teens and adults.

Drama

2019

DOMESTIC

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BURNING KENTUCKY

2019

DIRECTOR: BETHANY BROOKE ANDERSON PRODUCER: BETHANY BROOKE WRITER: BETHANY BROOKE ANDERSON STARS: ANDERSON, ELSA RAMO, TIFFANY BOYLE, RYAN LACEN, JOSHUA MARK ROBINSON, BENJAMIN FUQUA PRODUCTION CO: SNOWFORT PICTURES 91 MINUTES

In the hazy mountains of eastern Kentucky, a young woman searches for the missing pieces of a mysterious event that killed her family. When the truth is revealed, she must choose between the love of a man or avenging her blood.

Thriller

DOMESTIC

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JOJO RABBIT

DIRECTOR: TAIKA WAITITI WRITERS: TAIKA WAITITI (SCREENPLAY), CHRISTINE LEUNENS (NOVEL) STARS: ROMAN GRIFFIN DAVIS, THOMASIN MCKENZIE, SCARLETT JOHANSSON PRODUCTION CO: TSG ENTERTAINMENT, PIKI FILMS, DEFENDER FILMS 108 MINUTES

A lonely German boy has his world view turned completely upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend Adolf Hitler—played by Jewish Polynesian writer-director Taika Waititi—Jojo must choose between clinging to his blind, brainwashed sense of nationalism or embracing his humanity.

Waititi brings his signature style of humor and pathos to this biting anti-hate World War II satire as he identifies pointed parallels between the violent fascism of history and our current political moment.

Comedy / Drama / War

2019

DOMESTIC

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HARRIET

2019

DIRECTOR: KASI LEMMONS WRITERS: GREGORY ALLEN HOWARD, KASI LEMMONS STARS: CYNTHIA ERIVO, LESLIE ODOM JR., JOE ALWYN PRODUCTION CO: MARTIN CHASE PRODUCTIONS, NEW BALLOON, PERFECT WORLD PICTURES 125 MINUTES

Based on the extraordinary life of Harriet Tubman, this film chronicles the American hero’s escape from slavery and transformation into a historymaking abolitionist. Tubman’s courage, ingenuity, and tenacity through dangerous missions helped free hundreds of slaves using the Underground Railroad and changed the course of history.

From acclaimed writer/director Kasi Lemmons, this triumphant story of one woman’s journey to freedom remembers the dark and grueling realities of slavery in America. Leading with the themes of rebellion, justice, and the quest for freedom, Harriet brings to light the impact of a crucial figure who worked to dismantle an oppressive establishment unlike any other.

Action / Biography / Drama / History

DOMESTIC

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THE REPORT

DIRECTOR: SCOTT Z. BURNS WRITER: SCOTT Z. BURNS STARS: ADAM DRIVER, ANNETTE BENING, JON HAMM PRODUCTION CO: VICE STUDIOS, TOPIC STUDIOS, UNBRANDED PICTURES 119 MINUTES

THE REPORT is a thriller based on actual events.

Idealistic staffer Daniel J. Jones (Adam Driver) is tasked by his boss Senator Dianne Feinstein (Annette Bening) to lead an investigation of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program created in the aftermath of 9/11. Jones’ relentless pursuit of the truth leads to findings that uncover the lengths to which the nation’s top intelligence agency went to destroy evidence, subvert the law, and hide a shocking secret from the American public. THE REPORT is written and directed by Scott Z. Burns, and the film also stars Jon Hamm, Sarah Goldberg, Michael C. Hall, Douglas Hodge, Fajer Kaisi, Ted Levine, Jennifer Morrison, Tim Blake Nelson, Linda Powell, Matthew Rhys, T. Ryder Smith, Corey Stoll, and Maura Tierney.

Biography / Drama / Crime / History / Thriller

2019

DOMESTIC

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THE LIGHTHOUSE

DIRECTOR: ROBERT EGGERS WRITERS: ROBERT EGGERS, MAX EGGERS STARS: ROBERT PATTINSON, WILLEM DAFOE, VALERIIA KARAMAN PRODUCTION CO: A24, NEW REGENCY PICTURES, PARTS AND LABOR 109 MINUTES

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity whilst living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

Horror / Fantasy / Drama / Mystery

2019

DOMESTIC

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HONEY BOY

DIRECTOR: ALMA HAR’EL WRITER: SHIA LABEOUF STARS: SHIA LABEOUF, LUCAS HEDGES, NOAH JUPE PRODUCTION CO: AUTOMATIK ENTERTAINMENT, DELIRIO FILMS, KINDRED SPIRIT 94 MINUTES

From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his own experiences, award-winning filmmaker Alma Har’el brings to life a young actor’s stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father through cinema and dreams. Fictionalizing his childhood’s ascent to stardom, and subsequent adult crash-landing into rehab and recovery, Har’el casts Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges as Otis Lort, navigating different stages in a frenetic career. LaBeouf takes on the daring and therapeutic challenge of playing a version of his own father, an ex-rodeo clown and a felon. Artist and musician FKA Twigs makes her feature-film debut, playing neighbor and kindred spirit to the younger Otis in their garden-court motel home. Har’el’s feature narrative debut is a one-of-a-kind collaboration between filmmaker and subject, exploring art as medicine and imagination as hope.

Drama

2019

DOMESTIC

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WAVES

DIRECTOR: TREY EDWARD SHULTS WRITER: TREY EDWARD SHULTS STARS: TAYLOR RUSSELL, KELVIN HARRISON JR., ALEXA DEMIE PRODUCTION CO: BRON STUDIOS, JW FILMS 135 MINUTES

Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, Waves traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family - led by a well-intentional but domineering father - as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. From acclaimed director Trey Edward Shults, Waves is a heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times.

Action / Biography / Drama / History

2019

DOMESTIC

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MIDSOMMAR

DIRECTOR: ARI ASTER WRITER: ARI ASTER STARS: FLORENCE PUGH, JACK REYNOR, VILHELM BLOMGREN PRODUCTION CO: B-REEL FILMS, NORDISK FILM, SQUARE PEG 148 MINUTES

Dani (Florence Pugh) and Christian (Jack Reynor) are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday in a land of eternal sunlight takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that render the pastoral paradise increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing.

Drama / Mystery / Horror / Thriller

2019

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AWAY FROM THE SHORE DIRECTOR: KOSTADIN BONEV WRITERS: KOSTADIN BONEV, EVGENI KUZMANOV STARS: PENKO GOSPODINOV, STEFAN VALDOBREV, JORETA NIKOLOVA PRODUCTION CO: ODESSA FILM STUDIOS 135 MINUTES

A talented theatre director has been expelled from the capital for two years. And he has been sent to a small provincial theatre where he wants to put a play that his thoughts are obsessed with. This play talks about people who are being constantly watched and are living in constant fear of punishment. Gradually, the nightmares of the play begin to move into the life of the troupe...

Drama / Mystery

2019

INTERNATIONAL

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FRANKIE

DIRECTOR: IRA SACHS WRITERS: IRA SACHS, MAURICIO ZACHARIAS STARS: ISABELLE HUPPERT, MARISA TOMEI, JÉRÉMIE RENIER PRODUCTION CO: SBS PRODUCTIONS, O SOM E A FÚRIA, BELUGA TREE 100 MINUTES

Françoise Crémont, known to her family as Frankie, is a well-known French art-house movie star. Struggling with terminal illness and her own mortality, Frankie decides to invite her extended family on a vacation to Sintra, a picturesque village in the mountains of Portugal. Frankie remains at the center of the narrative, while the various stories of her family revolve around her on several different orbits. Although the entirety of the film occurs over just one day, the complexities of the family’s dynamics are quickly made known and deeply explored.

Drama

2019

INTERNATIONAL

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GHOST TOWN ANTHOLOGY DIRECTOR: DENIS CÔTÉ WRITERS: DENIS CÔTÉ, LAURENCE OLIVIER (LOOSELY BASED ON NOVEL BY) STARS: ROBERT NAYLOR, JOSÉE DESCHÊNES, JEAN-MICHEL ANCTIL 97 MINUTES

In Irénée-les-Neiges, a small, isolated town with a population of 215, Simon Dubé dies in a car accident. The stunned townspeople are reluctant to discuss the circumstances of the tragedy. From that point on, for the Dubé family as well as for Mayor Smallwood and a handful of others, time seems to lose all meaning, and the days stretch on without end. Something descends slowly upon the area. In this period of mourning and in this fog, strangers start to appear. Who are they? What is happening?

Drama / Fantasy

2019

INTERNATIONAL

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A HIDDEN LIFE

2019

DIRECTOR: TERRENCE MALICK WRITER: TERRENCE MALICK STARS: AUGUST DIEHL, VALERIE PACHNER, MARIA SIMON PRODUCTION CO: FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES, TSG ENTERTAINMENT, ELIZABETH BAY PRODUCTIONS 174 MINUTES

This historical drama features the true story of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer and devout Catholic whose idyllic life is shattered when he becomes a conscientious objector during World War II. The Nazi Party charges Jägerstätter with treason, whisking him away to a remote holding facility. Ripped from his family and faced with the threat of execution, Jägerstätter undergoes a crisis of faith, embarking on a tumultuous moral journey. Interweaving vibrant cinematography with haunting orchestration, Terrence Malick’s triumphant follow-up to Tree of Life is a poignant rumination on faith, humanity, and compassion.

Drama / Biography / War / Romance

INTERNATIONAL

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TEHRAN: CITY OF LOVE DIRECTOR: ALI JABERANSARI WRITERS: ALI JABERANSARI, MARYAM NAJAFI STARS: FOROUGH GHAJABAGLI, MEHDI SAKI, AMIR HESSAM BAKHTIARI PRODUCTION CO: HERE & THERE PRODUCTIONS, VIKING FILM, KAVIR FILM 102 MINUTES

Three downhearted individuals— an exchampion bodybuilder, an overweight beauty clinic secretary, and a dispirited religious singer—long for love in Tehran, Iran. As they attempt to change their solo status in the Iranian capital, their search for warmth and connection in a society that fails to embrace them back becomes the driving force in this poignant film about acceptance. Filmmaker Ali Jaberansari provides a pointed take on contemporary Iranian society as the trials of his disenchanted characters divulge what it means to be unlucky in love. With a heightened emphasis on the value of relationships and the lack thereof, this beautifully shot film conveys the importance of hope, courage, and perseverance in the face of adversity.

Drama

2018

INTERNATIONAL

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THE SOUVENIR

DIRECTOR: JOANNA HOGG WRITER: JOANNA HOGG STARS: NEIL YOUNG, TOSIN COLE, JACK MCMULLEN PRODUCTION CO: BBC FILMS, BFI FILM FUND, JWH FILMS 120 MINUTES

A young film student in the early ‘80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.

Drama / Mystery / Romance

2019

INTERNATIONAL

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PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE DIRECTOR: CÉLINE SCIAMMA WRITER: CÉLINE SCIAMMA STARS: NOÉMIE MERLANT, ADÈLE HAENEL, LUÀNA BAJRAMI PRODUCTION CO: LILIES FILMS, ARTE FRANCE CINÉMA, HOLD UP FILMS 122 MINUTES

In 18th century France a young painter, Marianne, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse without her knowing.

Therefore, Marianne must observe her model by day to paint her portrait at night. Day by day, the two women become closer as they share Héloïse’s last moments of freedom before the impending wedding.

Drama / Romance

2019

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BIRDS OF PASSAGE

2018

DIRECTOR: CRISTINA GALLEGO, CIRO GUERRA WRITERS: MARIA CAMILA ARIAS, JACQUES TOULEMONDE VIDAL STARS: CARMIÑA MARTÍNEZ, JOSÉ ACOSTA, NATALIA REYES PRODUCTION CO: CIUDAD LUNAR PRODUCCIONES, BLOND INDIAN FILMS, PIMIENTA FILMS 125 MINUTES

During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.

Drama / Crime

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PARASITE

DIRECTOR: BONG JOON HO WRITER: BONG JOON HO STARS: KANG-HO SONG, SUN-KYUN LEE, YEO-JEONG JO PRODUCTION CO: BARUNSON E&A, CJ E&M FILM FINANCING & INVESTMENT ENTERTAINMENT & COMICS, CJ ENTERTAINMENT 132 MINUTES

Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

Drama / Comedy / Thriller

2019

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AMERICAN HERETICS: POLITICS OF THE GOSPEL

2019

DIRECTOR: JEANINE ISABEL BUTLER FEATURING: DR. REVEREND ROBIN MEYERS, REVERED LORI WALKE, REVEREND BISHOP CARLTON PEARSON, DR. BERNARD BRANDON SCOTT, OKLAHOMA STATE REP COLLIN R. WALKE, DR. ROBERT JONES, REVEREND MARLIN LAVANHAR, AND NEHEMIAH D. FRANK PRODUCTION CO: BUTLERFILMS, AMERICAN DIALOGUES 85 MINUTES

Religion, race, and politics in America have been intertwined for as long as the country has existed. In this empowering piece, director Jeanine Isabel Butler follows a bold group of Oklahomans working to bring change to their communities. These religious leaders from the Bible Belt refuse to accept that religion is meant only for a very specific group and are more interested in saving people from an earthly hell than the otherworldly one.

This film questions all that we think we know about the Christian heartland and compels audiences to engage in new and difficult conversations to impact change

Documentary

DOCUMENTARY

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PORT OF DESTINY: PEACE DIRECTOR: ROBERT ABBOTT STARS: TONY BLAIR, JUAN MANUEL SANTOS CALDERON, BILL CLINTON PRODUCTION CO: SELLERSEASTON MEDIA 52 MINUTES

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won international praise for signing a peace agreement to end five decades of civil war that left some 260,000 people dead and 8 million displaced. His persistence transformed a country that was once the murder capital of the world into a global destination for investment and tourism. Port of Destiny tells the story of Santos’ path to peace: As Defense Minister he waged war on FARC, a terrorist guerrilla movement; as President, he brokered peace-but paid a steep political price. Featuring interviews with former United States President Bill Clinton and former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair, the film draws on deep access to Santos, his family, and top Colombian officials to chronicle this historic achievement in leadership and conflict resolution.

Documentary

2018

DOCUMENTARY

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PAHOKEE

DIRECTORS: PATRICK BRESNAN (CO-DIRECTOR), IVETE LUCAS (CO-DIRECTOR) PRODUCTION CO: TOPIC STUDIOS 110 MINUTES

In a small agricultural town in the Florida Everglades, hopes for the future are concentrated on the youth.

Four teens face heartbreak and celebrate in the rituals of an extraordinary senior year.

Documentary

2019

DOCUMENTARY

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QUEEN OF THE CAPITAL DIRECTOR: JOSH DAVIDSBURG STARS: DANIEL HAYS, KEVIN ALICIA, RICK LEGG BENAVIDES PRODUCTION CO: LOT 1 FILMS, THE PRODUCTION STABLE 80 MINUTES

Bureaucrat by day, drag queen crusader by night, Muffy Blake Stephyns has high aspirations. Muffy and her everyday persona, Daniel, must navigate her bureaucratic day job at the Department of Labor in Washington, DC, all while balancing her role in the Imperial Court of Washington DC, a philanthropic organization full of drag queens, drag kings, and other vibrant performers. Every year, the court elects an emperor and an empress.

Drawing on experience as a former political consultant, Muffy spends a year campaigning for the title. Davidsburg’s documentary illuminates the thriving D.C. drag scene and explores the story of an individual on a crusade for the community.

Documentary

2020

DOCUMENTARY

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ALWAYS IN SEASON

DIRECTOR: JACQUELINE OLIVE WRITERS: DON BERNIER, JACQUELINE OLIVE STARS: WILLIAM J. BARBER II, DANNY GLOVER, SHERRILYN IFILL PRODUCTION CO: MULTITUDE FILMS, NAKED EDGE FILMS, TELL IT MEDIA 89 MINUTES

When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother’s search for justice and reconciliation begins while the trauma of more than a century of lynching African Americans bleeds into the present.

Documentary

2019

DOCUMENTARY

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THE KINGMAKER

DIRECTOR: LAUREN GREENFIELD WRITER: LAUREN GREENFIELD STARS: NOYNOY AQUINO III, BENIGNO AQUINO, CORAZON AQUINO PRODUCTION CO: EVERGREEN PICTURES, CANDESCENT FILMS 101 MINUTES

An extraordinary look into the controversial political career of Imelda Marcos. As the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos is best known for her opulent lifestyle, but it was her behind-the-scenes influence of her husband’s presidency that rocketed her to the global political forefront. A journey through the Marcos family’s long history of corruption, extravagance and brutality, this documentary tells a cautionary tale of a powerful female leader whose questionable sense of reality divided a nation.

Documentary

2020

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SEA OF SHADOWS

2019

DIRECTORS: RICHARD LADKANI, SEAN BOGLE (CO-DIRECTOR) STARS: ROMEL EDUARDO LEDEZMA ABAROA, RAFAEL PACCHIANO ALAMÁN, HECTOR CAPETILLO PRODUCTION CO: TERRA MATER FACTUAL STUDIOS, APPIAN WAY, MALAIKA PICTURES 104 MINUTES

The vaquita, the world’s smallest whale, is near extinction as its habitat is destroyed by Mexican cartels and Chinese mafia, who harvest the swim bladder of the totoaba fish, the “cocaine of the sea.” Environmental activists, Mexican navy and undercover investigators are fighting back against this illegal multi-million-dollar business.

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39 SHORT FILMS: FEELING DRAMATICS NANA (LULLABY): 2019

PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN AT DAWN: 2019.

DIRECTOR: ROGER VILLARROYA FEATURING: ALBA GARCÍA, AINA CLOTET, YANN LABAYE, JOSEP MARIA ALEJANDRE, EVA LLORACH

DIRECTOR: CULLEN DOUGLAS FEATURING: SCOTTIE THOMPSON, ELIZABETH ROBERTS, BRIAN LETSCHER, PHIL ABRAMS 15 min

17 min Laura is young, alone, and pregnant. She helps take care of an elderly French man, Nicolas.

Sixty years earlier, in France, Nico takes care of his mother, Alice, and she takes care of him. In Laura’s dreams, a wound demands to be healed, deeper than anything that time and space define or reason explains.

PEPPER: 2018 DIRECTOR: JAYIL PAK FEATURING: LEE YONG NYEO, OH JI MIN, KIM YE JIM

LADIES MOST DEJECT: 2019 DIRECTOR: MARTHA ELCAN FEATURING: CONNER WHARTON, MULLINS, AND PEPPER BINKLEY

A #MeToo inspired story. The put-upon wife of a charismatic art dealer in 1920’s Paris witnesses the empowering and intoxicating love of a gifted artist and his bewitching muse.

ROBIN

15 min A teenage girl from the Appalachian Mountains struggles to protect her siblings from their drugaddicted mother.

A PURGATORY STORY: 2019 DIRECTOR: TOM ALBANESE FEATURING: JOEY LONG, JOANA METRASS 16 min Winner of the Audience Award for ‘Best After Hours Short Film’ at the 43rd Cleveland International Film Festival, A Purgatory Story follows a demon stuck with Ouija board duty as he falls for a girl on the other side.

15 min When the Korean Goddess of Birth prepares to grant a couple their son, a boy soul’s refusal to cooperate and an unforeseen ghost alter her plans.

COLD STORAGE (T. FREUNDLICH): 2016 DIRECTOR: THOMAS FREUNDLICH FEATURING: VALTTERI RAEKALLIO, VESTERINEN

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9 min On a desolate Arctic shore, a lonely fisherman discovers his prehistoric counterpart frozen in the ice, and thaws him out as his newfound soul brother.

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FAMILY DAY SHORT FILMS

LOTTE THAT SILHOUETTE GIRL 2018

TOMNODDY 2017

DIRECTOR: CARLA PATULLO

DIRECTOR: CHARLES POEKEL

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One of animation’s biggest influencers, Lotte Reiniger, had a unique manner of storytelling and visual contrast that inspired many. This stunning documentary uses Lotte’s unique silhouette style as it rewrites history from a new point of view to tell the magical and charming fairy tale that was her life.

A look into soap bubble pioneer Tom Noddy and his famous Bubble Magic act.

TWO MEDUSAS 2018 DIRECTOR: SCOTT HAMILTON KENNEDY

THE RUBY GLASSES 2018 DIRECTOR: STEPHEN SAVAGE 12 min What would you do for a new life every day?

A Southern fairytale set in Fairhope, Alabama.

Be careful what you wish for.

SHOEBOX 2018 DIRECTOR: MICHAEL KILLEN 13 min On a Pennsylvania farm in the 1980’s, if an animal didn’t serve their purpose they did not survive. Five-year-old Beth, the youngest in a large family, struggles with the parallels to her own position, so she makes it her mission to care for the weak.

12 min A funny and bittersweet coming-of-age story set around the drama that happens when two girls have the same costume for their elementary school Halloween contest: they both are going to be Medusa.

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43 WALT DISNEY ANIMATION SHORTS A wonderful new collection of twelve awardwinning and beloved short films, Walt Disney Animation Studios Shorts includes the never-before-released Frozen Fever, with Frozen’s Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Sven, and Kristoff, and the Oscar-nominated short film Lorenzo. The collection also features the 2012 groundbreaking Mickey Mouse cartoon Get A Horse! as well as celebrated Oscar winners Paperman and Feast.

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PIXAR SHORT FILMS

DIRECTOR: JOHN LASSETER, ANDREW STANTON, PETE DOCTER FEATURING: TOM HANKS, TIM ALLEN, JOAN CUSACK Disney and Pixar present an incredible collection of 12 short films, featuring multiple Academy Award nominees (including Presto, 2008; Day & Night, 2010; and La Lune, 2011) and a host of family favorites. This collection is a celebration of imagination packed with unforgettable animation, fantastic stories, and captivating characters. The extras of this collection share how Pixar’s storied talent got their start—and includes student films from acclaimed directors John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Pete Docter.

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