Florida Film Festival to Feature 182 Films, Opens with THE HERO

The upcoming 26th Florida Film Festival taking place April 21 to 30, 2017, in Maitland and Winter Park, Florida, will feature a lineup of 182 films.

The festival will open with the feature film The Hero, directed by Brett Haley, preceded by the Florida premiere of the short film 5 Films About Technology directed by Peter Huang.

2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION:

OPENING NIGHT FILM:

The Hero – Directed by Brett Haley, USA, 2016, 96 minutes
Preceded by:
5 Films About Technology – Directed by Peter Huang, Canada, 2016, 5 minutes, Florida Premiere

SPOTLIGHT FILMS:

Bitch – Directed by Marianna Palka, USA, 2017, 93 minutes, Florida Premiere
Buster’s Mal Heart – Directed by Sarah Adina Smith, USA, 2016, 98 minutes, In English and Spanish with English Subtitles, Southeast Premiere
Colossal – Directed by Nacho Vigalondo, Canada/Spain, 2016, 110 minutes
The Commune – Directed by Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark/Sweden/Netherlands, 2016, 111 minutes, In Danish with English Subtitles, Southeast Premiere
Dean – Directed by Demetri Martin, USA, 2016, 87 minutes, Rated PG-13
The Exception – Directed by David Leveaux, UK, 2016, 107 minutes, Southeast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Manifesto – Directed by Julian Rosefeldt, Germany, 2017, 95 minutes, Southeast Premiere
Menashe – Directed by Joshua Z. Weinstein, USA, 2017, 81 minutes, In Yiddish with English Subtitles
Paris Can Wait – Directed by Eleanor Coppola, USA, 2016, 92 minutes, In English and French with English Subtitles, Rated PG
Patti Cake$ – Directed by Geremy Jasper, USA, 2017, 108 minutes
Soul on a String – Directed by Zhang Yang, China/Tibet, 2016, 142 minutes, In Tibetan with English Subtitles,East Coast Premiere
Step – Directed by Amanda Lipitz, USA, 2017, 83 minutes, Rated PG

NARRATIVE FEATURES COMPETITION:

The Archer – Directed by Valerie Weiss, USA, 2017, 86 minutes, East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Camera Obscura – Directed by Aaron B. Koontz, USA, 2017, 95 minutes, World Premiere
Dave Made a Maze – Directed by Bill Watterson, USA, 2017, 81 minutes, Southeast Premiere
Girl Flu. – Directed by Dorie Barton, USA, 2016, 94 minutes
Katie Says Goodbye – Directed by Wayne Roberts, USA, 2016, 88 minutes
My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea – Directed by Dash Shaw, USA, 2016, 75 min, Southeast Premiere
Pushing Dead – Directed by Tom E. Brown, USA, 2016, 111 minutes
Some Freaks – Directed by Ian MacAllister-McDonald, USA, 2016, 97 minutes, Florida Premiere
The Strange Ones – Directed by Lauren Wolkstein and Christopher Radcliff, USA, 2017, 80 minutes
A Stray – Directed by Musa Syeed, USA, 2016, 82 minutes, In English and Somali with English Subtitles,Southeast Premiere

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES COMPETITION:

8 Borders, 8 Days – Directed by Amanda Bailly, USA/Lebanon, 2017, 60 minutes, In Arabic with English Subtitles, World Premiere
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape – Directed by Zack Taylor, USA/Germany/Netherlands/UK, 2016, 92 minutes,East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Circus Kid – Directed by Lorenzo Pisoni, USA, 2016, 71 minutes, Southeast Premiere
For Ahkeem – Directed by: Jeremy S. Levine and Landon Van Soest, USA, 2017, 90 minutes, Southeast Premiere/2nd US Showing
The Peacemaker – Directed by James Demo, USA, 2016, 90 minutes, Southeast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Rat Film – Directed by Theo Anthony, USA, 2016, 82 minutes
Strad Style – Directed by Stefan Avalos, USA, 2017, 104 minutes, Southeast Premiere
This Cold Life – Directed by Darren Mann, USA, 2017, 88 minutes, US Premiere
Woman on Fire – Directed by Julie Sokolow, USA, 2016, 84 minutes, Southeast Premiere

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS COMPETITION:

116 Cameras – Directed by Davina Pardo, USA, 2017, 16 minutes, Southeast Premiere/2nd US Showing
All Good Things – Directed by Chloe Domont, USA, 2017, 26 minutes, Florida Premiere
Bayard & Me – Directed by Matt Wolf, USA, 2017, 16 minutes, Florida Premiere
Brillo Box (3¢ Off) – Directed by Lisanne Sklyer, USA, 2016, 40 minutes, Florida Premiere
The Carousel – Directed by Jonathan Napolitano, USA, 2016, 12 minutes, Southeast Premiere
The Christmas Light Killer – Directed by James P. Gannon, USA, 2016, 7 minutes, Southeast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Clean Hands – Directed by Lauren DeFilippo, USA, 2017, 9 minutes, East Coast Premiere
The Collection – Directed by Adam Roffman, USA, 2017, 11 minutes
Commodity City – Directed by Jessica Kingdon, USA, 2017, 11 minutes, In Mandarin with English Subtitles
The Hama Hama Way – Directed by Treva Wurmfeld, USA, 2017, 12 minutes, Southeast Premiere
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 – Directed by Frank Stiefel, USA, 2016, 40 minutes, East Coast Premiere
High Chaparral – Directed by David Freid, USA/Sweden, 2016, 9 minutes, Florida Premiere
The John Show – Directed by Julie Sokolow, USA, 2017, 13 minutes, East Coast Premiere
Long Term Parking – Directed by Lance Oppenheim, USA, 2017, 8 minutes, Florida Premiere
Oddball – Directed by Joshua Moore, USA, 2016, 5 minutes, East Coast
The Rabbit Hunt – Directed by Patrick Bresnan, USA, 2017, 12 minutes
Refugee – Directed by Joyce Chen and Emily Moore, USA/Senegal, 2016, 28 minutes, In English, Wolof, and French with English Subtitles, Florida Premiere
Richard Twice – Directed by Matthew Salton, USA, 2017, 10 minutes, East Coast Premiere

NARRATIVE SHORTS COMPETITION:

August – Directed by Caitlyn Greene, USA, 2017, 8 minutes, Florida Premiere
The Candidate – Directed by Michael Hilf, USA, 2016, 6 minutes
Cat Killer – Directed by Wes Jones, USA, 2017, 11 minutes, World Premiere
Cul-de-Sac – Directed by Damon Russell, USA, 2016, 15 minutes, Florida Premiere
Cycle – Directed by Caleb Wild, USA, 2017, 10 minutes, World Premiere
Get the Life – Directed by Ozzy Villazòn, USA, 2016, 12 minutes
Good Crazy – Directed by Rosa Salazar, USA, 2017, 14 minutes, East Coast Premiere
Hijo Por Hijo – Directed by Juan Avella, USA/Venezuela, 2016, 11 minutes, In Spanish with English Subtitles,East Coast Premiere
Horseshoe Theory – Directed by Jonathan Daniel Brown, USA, 2017, 12 minutes, East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Hot Seat – Directed by Anna Kerrigan, USA, 2017, 13 minutes, Southeast Premiere
I’m in Here – Directed by Willy Berliner, USA, 2017, 12 minutes, Southeast Premiere
It’s Been Like a Year – Directed by Cameron Fay, USA, 2017, 9 minutes, East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Judy – Directed by Ariel Gardner and Alex Kavutskiy, USA, 2016, 10 minutes, Southeast Premiere
La Ramona – Directed by Antonio De Jesus Sanchez, USA, 2017, 27 minutes, In Spanish with English subtitles,World Premiere
Laurels – Directed by David Brundige, USA, 2017, 7 minutes, North American Premiere
The Lemon Tree – Directed by Amanda Yam, USA, 2016, 11 minutes, Florida Premiere
Mrs. Nebile’s Wormhole – Directed by Pinar Yorgancioğlu, USA/Germany/Turkey, 2016, 14 minutes, In Turkish and German with English Subtitles, Southeast Premiere
New Neighbors – Directed by E.G. Bailey, USA, 2017, 9 minutes, East Coast Premiere
Night Shift – Directed by Marshall Tyler, USA, 2017, 16 minutes, East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
No Other Way to Say It – Directed by Tim Mason, USA, 2016, 7 minutes, East Coast Premiere
Red Apples – Directed by George Sikharulidze, USA/Georgia/Armenia, 2016, 15 minutes, In Armenian with English Subtitles, East Coast Premiere
Rosie, Oh – Directed by Andy Koeger and Apple Xenos, USA, 2016, 9 minutes, East Coast Premiere
Scooter Joe – Directed by Steve Collins, USA, 2017, 7 minutes, World Premiere
Shift – Directed by Kristen Hester, USA, 2016, 9 minutes, Southeast Premiere
Surrogate – Directed by Olivia Hamilton, USA, 2016, 16 minutes, East Coast Premiere, 2nd US Showing
Tiny Mammals – Directed by Dagny Looper, USA, 2017, 8 minutes, World Premiere
The Visitor – Directed by Ferran Mendoza Soler, USA, 2016, 16 minutes, North American Premiere
Vitamins for Life – Directed by Grier Dill, USA, 2016, 2 minutes, Southeast Premiere
You Can Go – Directed by Christine Turner, USA, 2016, 10 minutes, Florida Premiere
Your Day – Directed by Ginger Gonzaga, USA, 2017, 32 minutes, Florida Premiere
Zaar – Directed by Ibrahim Nada, USA, 2016, 11 minutes, Southeast Premiere
Zero-Zero – Directed by Randall Whittinghill, USA, 2017, 15 minutes, World Premiere

ANIMATED SHORTS COMPETITION:

149th and Grand Concourse – Directed by Andy & Carolyn London, USA, 2016, 3 minutes, 2nd US Screening
The Biggest Wad is Mine – Directed by: Sam Gurry, USA, 2016, 3 minutes, East Coast Premiere Chella Drive – Directed by Adele Han Li, USA, 2016, 3 minutes, Southeast Premiere
Cop Dog – Directed by Bill Plympton, USA, 2017, 6 minutes, World Premiere
Fabricated – Directed by Brett Foxwell, USA, 2016, 19 minutes, East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Have Sex with Us – Directed by: Rob Frese, USA, 2016, 6 minutes, East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
The History of Magic: Ensueño – Directed by Josè Luis González, USA, 2016, 5 minutes, In English and Spanish with English Subtitles, Southeast Premiere
Hot Dog Hands – Directed by Matt Reynolds, USA, 2017, 7 minutes, East Coast Premiere
Insect Bite – Directed by Grace Nayoon Rhee, USA/South Korea, 2016, 2 minutes, Southeast Premiere
It’s a Date – Directed by Zachary Zezima, USA, 2016, 7 minutes, Southeast Premiere
Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy – Directed by Lewie Kloster, USA, 2016, 4 minutes
Slow Wave – Directed by Andy Kennedy, USA, 2016, 4 minutes, Florida Premiere
Summer Camp Island – Directed by Julia Pott, USA, 2016, 9 minutes
Trouble Brewing – Directed by Timothy Heath, USA, 2017, 8 minutes, East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Vocabulary 1 – Directed by Becky James, USA, 2016, 4 minutes, Southeast Premiere

INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE FEATURES:

I Dream in Another Language (Sueño en Otro Idioma) – Directed by Ernesto Contreras, Mexico/Netherlands, 2017, 101 minutes, In Spanish with English Subtitles, Southeast Premiere
Pop Aye – Directed by Kirsten Tan, Thailand/Singapore, 2017, 101 minutes, In Thai with English Subtitles,Southeast Premiere
Sami Blood – Directed by Amanda Kernell, Sweden/Norway/Denmark, 2016, 107 minutes, In Swedish and South Sami with English Subtitles, East Coast Premiere
White Sun – Directed by Deepak Rauniyar, Nepal/USA/Qatar/Netherlands, 2016, 89 minutes, In Nepali with English Subtitles

INTERNATIONAL SHORTS:

5 Films About Technology – Directed by Peter Huang, Canada, 2016, 5 minutes, Florida Premiere
Add Contact – Directed by David Oeo, Spain, 2016, 3 minutes, In Spanish with English Subtitles, Southeast Premiere
Fish Story – Directed by Charlie Lyne, UK, 2017, 14 minutes, East Coast Premiere
Gryla – Directed by Tomas Heidar Johannesson, Iceland, 2016, 6 minutes, In Icelandic with English Subtitles, Florida Premiere
Home – Directed by More Raça, Kosovo, 2016, 23 minutes, In Albanian with English Subtitles, East Coast Premiere
Irregulars – Directed by Fabio Palmieri, Italy, 2015, 9 minutes, Florida Premiere
Jonah the Wet Nurse – Directed by Shalom Hager, Israel, 2015, 30 minutes, In Hebrew with English Subtitles,North American Premiere
The Other Side – Directed by Griselda San Martin, Spain, 2017, 6 minutes, In Spanish with English Subtitles, East Coast Premiere
Overtime – Directed by Craig D. Foster, Australia, 2016, 9 minutes, Florida Premiere
Pria – Directed by Yudho Aditya, Indonesia, 2017, 22 minutes, In Bahasa with English Subtitles, Southeast Premiere
Saigo – Directed by TOCHKA (Takeshi Nagata, Kazue Monno), Japan, 2015, 2 minutes, Florida Premiere/2nd US Showing
Searching for Wives – Directed by Zuki Juno Tobgye, Singapore, 2016, 12 minutes, In English and Tamil with English Subtitles, Southeast Premiere
Slapper – Directed by Luci Schroder, Australia, 2016, 15 minutes, East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Stallion (Hingsten) – Directed by Ninja Thyberg, Sweden, 2016, 15 minutes, In Swedish with English Subtitles,World Premiere
Supot – Directed by Phil Giordano, Philippines/USA, 2015, 13 minutes, In Tagalog with English Subtitles, North American Premiere
White – Directed by Paul Cioran, Romania, 2016, 20 minutes, In Romanian with English Subtitles, North American Premiere

INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORTS:

The Absence of Eddy Table – Directed by Rune Spaans, Norway, 2016, 12 minutes, Florida Premiere
Arts + Crafts Spectacular #3 – Directed by Sébastien Wolf and Ian Ritterskamp, Germany, 2015, 4 minutes,Southeast Premiere
Curse of the Flesh – Directed by Yannick Lecoeur and Leslie Lavielle, France, 2016, 16 minutes, No Dialogue,North American Premiere
Decorado – Directed by Alberto Vázquez, Spain/France, 2016, 11 minutes, In Spanish with English Subtitles,Florida Premiere
Fears – Directed by Nata Metlukh, Canada, 2015, 2 minutes, No Dialogue, Florida Premiere
How Long, Not Long – Directed by Michelle and Uri Kranot, Denmark, 2016, 6 minutes, Southeast Premiere
Jonas and the Sea – Directed by Marlies van der Wel, Netherlands, 2015, 12 minutes, No Dialogue, Southeast Premiere
Journal Animé – Directed by Donato Sansone, France, 2016, 4 minutes, No Dialogue, East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Nou Nen Feat.Utae – Directed by Sawako Kabuki, Japan, 2016, 3 minutes, No Dialogue, East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Pussy – Directed by Renata Gąsiorowska, Poland, 2016, 8 minutes, No Dialogue, Southeast Premiere
SimSim (The Realm of Deepest Knowing) – Directed by Seunghee Kim, South Korea, 2017, 4 minutes, No Dialogue, World Premiere
This is Not an Animation – Directed by Federico Kempke, Canada/Mexico, 2016, 5 minutes, Florida Premiere

MIDNIGHT FEATURES:

68 Kill – Directed by Trent Haaga, USA, 2017, 93 minutes, Southeast Premiere
Bad Black – Directed by Nabwana IGG, Uganda, 2016, 70 minutes, East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Bad Day For The Cut – Directed by Chris Baugh, UK/Northern Ireland, 2017, 99 minutes, East Coast Premiere
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Psiconautas) – Directed by Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero, Spain, 2015, 76 minutes, In Spanish with English Subtitles, US Premiere

MIDNIGHT SHORTS:

Bad Dog – Directed by Tom Putnam, USA, 2017, 4 minutes, World Premiere
Death Metal – Directed by Chris McInroy, USA, 2016, 5 minutes
Do No Harm – Directed by Roseanne Liang, New Zealand, 2017, 12 minutes, East Coast Premiere
Feeding Time – Directed by Matt Mercer, USA, 2016, 13 minutes, East Coast Premiere
Girl #2 – Directed by David Jeffery, USA, 2016, 9 minutes
Hold Me (Ca Caw Ca Caw) – Directed by Renee Zhan, USA, 2016, 11 minutes, Southeast Premiere
Horses – Directed by Leah Shore, USA, 2016, 1 minutes, World Premiere
The Investment – Directed by Steve Collins, USA, 2017, 4 minutes, East Coast Premiere
It is My Fault – Directed by Liu Sha, China, 2016, 5 minutes, East Coast Premiere
Ivan’s Need – Directed by Manuela Leuenberger, Veronica L. Montaño, and Lukas Suter, Switzerland, 2015, 6 minutes, Florida Premiere
Pigskin – Directed by Jake Hammond, USA, 2016, 13 minutes
Pinky Toe – Directed by Lina July, USA, 2016, 1 minutes, Florida Premiere
Showing it All – Directed by Lasse Persson and Lisa Tulin, Sweden, 2017, 2 minutes, World Premiere
Sisyphus – Directed by Grace Nayoon Rhee, USA, 2016, 3 minutes, East Coast Premiere/2nd US Showing
Summer’s Puke is Winter’s Delight – Directed by Sawako Kabuki, Japan, 2016, 3 minutes, Florida Premiere
We Together – Directed by Henry Kaplan, USA, 2016, 7 minutes, Southeast Premiere

SPECIAL SCREENINGS:

FAMILY FILMS:

Albion: The Enchanted Stallion – Directed by Castille Landon, USA/Bulgaria, 2016, 103 minutes, Florida Premiere
Big Booom – Directed by Marat Narimanov, Russian Federation, 2016, 4 minutes, Southeast Premiere
Supergirl – Directed by Jessie Auritt, USA, 2016, 80 minutes

FOOD FILMS:

Bugs – Directed by Andreas Johnsen, Denmark/Netherlands/France/Germany, 2016, 73 minutes
New Chefs on the Block – Directed by Dustin Harrison-Atlas, USA, 2017, 96 minutes, Florida Premiere
One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts – Directed by Peter Byck, USA, 2016, 15 minutes, Florida Premiere

MUSIC FILMS:

Honky Tonk Heaven: The Legend of the Broken Spoke – Directed by Sam Wainwright Douglas and Brenda Mitchell, USA, 2016, 75 minutes, Southeast Premiere
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World – Directed by Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana, Canada, 2017, 103 minutes, Florida Premiere
Vinyl Revival – Directed by Shasta Ford, USA, 2016, 10 minutes, World Premiere

FLORIDA FILMS:

FLORIDA SHORTS: THE BEST OF BROUHAHA:

Amerigo – Directed by Todd Thompson, 2016, 19 minutes, In Italian with English Subtitles
Bad Town – Directed by Daniel Smith, 2016, 13 minutes, Southeast Premiere
Blackface – Directed by Malcolm Baity, 2016, 7 minutes
Burp – Directed by Benjamin L. Gill, 2016, 6 minutes
Cartoon Characters – Directed by Carey Kight, 2016, 9 minutes
The D in David – Directed by: Michelle Yi and Yaron Farkash, 2016, 2 minutes
Dorothy’s Video Application – Directed by Sara Ambra, 2017, 4 minutes
Dust Buddies – Directed by Beth Tomashek and Sam Wade, 2016, 4 minutes
Flora – Directed by Alexandrina Andre, 2016, 11 minutes, East Coast Premiere
For Will – Directed by Grayson Goga and Grace Stalley, 2016, 13 minutes
The Goat on the Roof – Directed by Erin Smyth, 2016, 7 minutes
Rupee Run – Directed by Tarun Lak, 2016, 2 minutes
The Wooden Mannequin – Directed by Stephanie Hunton, 2016, 1 minutes, World Premiere

FLORIDA DOCUMENTARIES:

Ain’t Nothing Like Being Free – Directed by John Meyer, USA, 2017, 48 minutes, World Premiere
I Am Another You – Directed by Nanfu Wang, USA, 2017, 80 minutes, East Coast Premiere
The Original Richard McMahan – Directed by Olympia Stone, USA, 2017, 21 minutes

RETRO FILMS:

Popcorn Flick in the Park: Barefoot in the Park – Directed by Gene Saks, USA, 1967, 106 minutes
Closing Night Retro: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! – Directed by Russ Meyer, USA, 1965, 83 minutes