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  Thou Wast Mild and Lovely

The Polish drama Ida, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, took the top narrative feature prize at the 2014 Sarasota Film Festival. Shot stunningly in black and white, IDA finds a novice nun coming face-to-face with her family’s past in 1960s Poland. In the documentary category, Happy Valley directed by Amir Bar-Lev won the documentary feature award.  In Hapy Valley, director Amir Bar-Lev explores the Jerry Sandusky controversy as it unfolded on the ground, as students, alumni and fans of the program rallied around legendary football coach Joe Paterno, who denied any role in the affair but who lost his job in the wake of the controversy.  The thriller Thou Wast Mild and Lovely directed by Josephine Decker won the Independent Vision Prize. Thou Wast Mild and Lovely follows a hired hand whose interactions with the father and daughter who hired him become awful in the most lovely of ways.

The audience voted Michael Tully’s Ping Pong Summer best narrative feature, and Mike Myers’ Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon winning for best documentary feature.

Ida

Narrative Feature Competition Winner
Ida — Director: Pawel Pawlikowski

Narrative Feature Competition Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting
We Are The Best! — Director: Lukas Moodysson

Documentary Feature Competition
Happy Valley — Director: Amir Bar-Lev

Documentary Feature Competition Special Jury Prize For Direction
Rich Hill — Director: Tracy Droz Tragos & Andrew Droz Palermo

Independent Vision Prize Winners

Independent Vision Prize
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely — Director: Josephine Decker

Outstanding Performance Award
Joy Kevin 
Actor – Tallie Medel
Director – Caleb Johnson

Best Ensemble Award
BFE — Director: Shawn Telford

Audience Awards

Ping Pong Summer

Best Narrative Feature
Ping Pong Summer — Director: Michael Tully

Best Documentary Feature
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon — Director: Mike Myers

Audience Award: Best Short Film
Chub — Director: Samuel Albis

Audience Award: Best In World Cinema
Bicycling with Moléire — Director: Philippe le Guay

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The Sarasota Film Festival, taking place April 4-13, 2014, announced today Richard Jenkins, star of John Slattery’s GOD’S POCKET, will attend the festival screening of the film at The Sarasota Opera House and participate in a Conversation with New York Magazine critic David Edelstein on Friday, April 11 at 3:00 PM at The Florida Studio Theatre’s Bowne’s Lab.

Richard Jenkins has appeared in over 100 films and television series, including his memorable role as Nathaniel Fischer on HBO’s beloved series SIX FEET UNDER and the 2008 SFF film THE VISITOR, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award® For Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.

This year’s Tribute Luncheon will be held in honor of Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe, the subject of the film SEWING HOPE. For the last 30 years, Sister Rosemary of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus based in Juba, South Sudan, has answered the call to serve the least among us from the epicenter of a bloody and violent civil wars that decimated northern Uganda and South Sudan.

Armed with only a sewing machine, Sister Rosemary openly defied Joseph Kony and the rebel soldiers and commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army in their 20-year reign of terror. Since 2002, Sister Rosemary has enrolled more than 2,000 girls who had been previously abducted by the LRA or abandoned by their families.

Sister Rosemary will be travelling to Sarasota from Uganda to receive this award and will be in attendance at the festival’s screenings of SEWING HOPE. The festival and the Gulf Coast Chapter of UN Women will co-present their annual Impact Award to Sister Rosemary at the Sarasota Yacht Club on Friday, April 11 at 11:00 AM.

In addition, Jason Momoa, star of GAME OF THRONES and THE RED ROAD, will attend the World Premiere screening of ROAD TO PALOMA, which he wrote and directed and in which he stars. The Atlanta, GA band RADIO BIRDS, who provide songs to the film’s soundtrack, will attend the screening and will perform live at the festival’s 1137 Party on Saturday, April 12th at Louies Modern.   

Charlie McDowell, director of SFF’s Closing Night Film THE ONE I LOVE, will receive the festival’s Breakthrough Award for his directorial debut. The award will be presented prior to the festival’s screening of the film.

Director Rory Kennedy and Captain Paul Johnson of the USS Kirk, which participated in the evacuation of Saigon, will attend the Opening Night screening of LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM and will participate in a post-screening Q&A. Director Andrew Rossi returns to Sarasota to present IVORY TOWER and will also participate in a post-screening Q&A after the Centerpiece screening.

The SFF has also added John Magary’s debut feature THE MEND to the festival schedule. The film, which stars Josh Lucas and SFF 2013 Breakthrough Award winner Mickey Sumner, will screen on Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 at 7:30 PM at the Regal Hollywood 20.

 image (l to r) Director Rory Kennedy, RADIO BIRDS, Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe

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LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM 

The Sarasota Film Festival, taking place April 4-13, 2014, announced today that Rory Kennedy’s new film LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM will open the 2014 Festival on Friday, April 4th, 2014. Charlie McDowell’s THE ONE I LOVE will screen as the Closing Night film on Saturday, April 12th, while John Slattery’s GOD’S POCKET and Andrew Rossi’s IVORY TOWER will serve as the festival’s Centerpiece Films. The Opening Night Film LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM will launch the festival’s ACTS OF VALOR program, examining the experience of American veterans from WW I to today. 

Sarasota Film Festival’s list of feature film premieres include BFE by Shawn Telford (World Premiere), BLOODY BEANS by Narimane Mari (US Premiere), IF YOU TAKE THIS by Craig Butta (World Premiere), JOY KEVIN by Caleb Johnson (World Premiere), ROAD TO PALMOA by Jason Momoa (World Premiere), SOMETHING, ANYTHING by Paul Harrill (World Premiere), SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY by Mary Dore (World Premiere), A STREET IN PALERMO (US Premiere), THOU WAST MILD AND LOVELY by Josephine Decker (North American Premiere), and WHEN THE WORLD’S ON FIRE by James Clauer (World Premiere).

 The Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) also announced their Spotlight program, showcasing Richard Shepard’s DOM HEMINGWAY, Lenny Abrahamson’s FRANK, Margaret Brown’s THE GREAT INVISIBLE, Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland’s THE LAST OF ROBIN HOOD, Gillian Robespierre’s OBVIOUS CHILD, Jason Momoa’s ROAD TO PALMOA (World Premiere), and Fred Schepisi’s WORDS AND PICTURES.

The festival’s three juried competition lineups feature several premieres and internationally acclaimed films.

The Narrative Feature Competition showcases the festival’s finest international films and includes BLUE RUIN by Jeremy Saulnier, CANNIBAL by Manuel Martín Cuneca, IDA by Pawel Pawlikowski, IF YOU DON’T, I WILL by Sophie Fillières, LOCKE by Steven Knight, STRAY DOGS by Tsai Ming-liang, WE ARE THE BEST! by Lukas Moodysson and YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL by François Ozon.

The Documentary Feature Competition will showcase ACTRESS by Robert Greene, APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT by Amanda Rose Wilder, BLOODY BEANS by Narimane Mari (US Premiere), HAPPY VALLEY by Amir Bar-Lev, MANAKAMANA by Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez, RICH HILL by Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo, SUPERMENSCH: THE LEGEND OF SHEP GORDON by Mike Myers, and THE VANQUISHING OF THE WITCH BABA YAGA by Jessica Oreck.

The Independent Visions Competition, an established platform for the discovery of new American filmmaking talent, features BFE by Shawn Telford (World Premiere), BIG IN JAPAN by John Jeffcoat, I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS by Leah Meyerehoff, JOY KEVIN by Caleb Johnson (World Premiere), MEMPHIS by Tim Sutton, SOMETHING, ANYTHING by Paul Harrill (World Premiere), THOU WAST MILD AND LOVELY by Josephine Decker (North American Premiere), and WHEN THE WORLD’S ON FIRE by James Clauer (World Premiere). The festival’s Factory 25 will present Independent Visions Award, with the winner of this award presented with a first look distribution offer from Factory 25.

The festival also continues its youthFEST program, with FREE films and programs for kids and families, serving over 5,000 students in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Films include advance screenings of Disneynature’s BEARS, the Oscar® nominated ERNEST & CELESTINE (including a sensory friendly screening) and a screening of the family classic THE LITTLE MERMAID on Siesta Beach.

 The Independent Visions Competition, an established platform for the discovery of new American filmmaking talent, features BFE by Shawn Telford (World Premiere), BIG IN JAPAN by John Jeffcoat, I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS by Leah Meyerehoff, JOY KEVIN by Caleb Johnson (World Premiere), MEMPHIS by Tim Sutton, SOMETHING, ANYTHING by Paul Harrill (World Premiere), THOU WAST MILD AND LOVELY by Josephine Decker (North American Premiere), and WHEN THE WORLD’S ON FIRE by James Clauer (World Premiere). The festival’s Factory 25 will present Independent Visions Award, with the winner of this award presented with a first look distribution offer from Factory 25.

2014 FEATURE FILMS 

A IS FOR ALEX
Director: Alex Orr

ABOVE ALL ELSE
Director: John Fiege

ACTRESS
Director: Robert Greene

AMERICAN VAGABOND
Director: Susanna Helke

THE ANIMAL PROJECT
Director: Ingrid Veninger

APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT
Director: Amanda Rose Wilder

THE AUCTION
Director: Sébastien Pilote

BEARS
Directors: Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey

BFE
Director: Shawn Telford

BICYCLING WITH MOLIERE
Director: Philippe le Guay

BIG IN JAPAN
Director: John Jeffcoat

BLOODY BEANS
Director: Narimane Mari

BLUE RUIN
Director: Jeremy Saulnier

BOB BIRDNOW’S REMARKABLE TALE OF HUMAN SURVIVAL AND THE TRANSCENDENCE OF SELF
Director: Eric Steele

BORGMAN
Director: Alex van Warmerdam

BOY MEETS GIRL (1984) 
Director: Leos Carax

BRONX OBAMA
Director: Ryan Murdock

BUZZARD
Director: Joel Potrykus

CANNIBAL
Director: Manuel Martín Cuenca

CAPTIVATED: THE TRIALS OF PAMELA SMART
Director: Jeremiah Zagar

THE CASE AGAINST 8
Director: Ben Cotner, Ryan White

CHU AND BLOSSOM
Director: Charles Chu, Gavin Kelly

THE CLUB
Directors: Carlye Rubin, Katie Green

COHERENCE
Director: James Byrkit

THE CONGRESS
Director: Ari Folman
Producers: Ari Folman, Reinhard Brundig, Robin Wright

DAMNATION
Directors: Ben Knight, Travis Rummel

DANGEROUS ACTS STARRING THE UNSTABLE ELEMENTS OF BELARUS
Director: Madele

DEEP CITY: THE BIRTH OF THE MIAMI SOUND
Directors: Dennis Scholl, Marlon Johnson, Chad Tingle

DOM HEMINGWAY
Director: Richard Shepard

DOMESTIC LIFE
Director: Isabelle Czajka

THE DOUBLE
Director: Richard Ayoade

ELLIOT
Directors: Jaret Belliveau, Matthew Bauckman

THE EMPTY HOURS
Director: Aarón Fernández

EMPTYING THE SKIES
Director: Douglas Kass, Roger Kass

THE ENDURING BEAUTY OF MEMORY
Director: Durand Adams, Charles Clapsaddle, Charles Williams

ERNEST & CELESTINE
Director: Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier

EVAPORATING BORDERS
Director: Iva Radivojevic

FOR NO GOOD REASON
Director: Charlie Paul

FORTY YEARS FROM YESTERDAY
Directors: Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, Robert Machoian

A FRAGILE TRUST: PLAGIARISM, POWER, AND JAYSON BLAIR AT THE NEW YORK TIMES
Director: Samantha Grant

FRANK
Director: Lenny Abrahamson

GLENA
Director: Allan Luebke

GOD’S POCKET
Director: John Slattery

GREASEPAINT
Director: Daniel Espeut

THE GREAT INVISIBLE
Director: Margaret Brown

THE GREEN PRINCE
Director: Nadav Schirman

HAPPY VALLEY
Director: Amir Bar-Lev

THE HEART MACHINE
Director: Zachary Wigon

HELI
Director: Amat Escalante

HELLION
Director: Kat Candler

I AM A GIRL
Director: Rebecca Barry

I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS
Director: Leah Meyerhoff

IDA
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski

IF YOU DONT, I WILL
Director: Sophie Fillières

IF YOU TAKE THIS
Director: Craig Butta

IN COUNTRY
Director: Mike Attie, Meghan O’Hara

IVORY TOWER
Director: Andrew Rossi

JOY KEVIN
Director: Caleb Johnson

KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER
Director: David Zellner

THE LADIES OF THE HOUSE
Director: John Stuart Wildman

LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM
Director: Rory Kennedy

THE LAST OF ROBIN HOOD
Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland

LET THERE BE LIGHT (1947)
Director: John Huston

LIES I TOLD MY LITTLE SISTER
Director: William J. Stribling

LIGHT FLY, FLY HIGH
Directors: Susann Ostigaard, Beathe Hofseth

THE LITTLE MERMAID
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker

LOCKE
Director: Steven Knight

THE LUCKY 6
Director: Brad Battersby

MANAKAMANA
Director: Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez

MAUVAIS SANG (1986)
Director: Leos Carax

MEMPHIS
Director: Tim Sutton

MISS HILL: MAKING DANCE MATTER
Director: Greg Vander Veer

MISSION CONGO
Director: Lara Zizic, David Turner

MOOD INDIGO
Director: Michel Gondry

THE ONE I LOVE
Director: Charlie McDowell

NO PROBLEM! SIX MONTHS WITH THE BAREFOOT GRANDMAMAS
Director: Yasmin Kidwai

OBVIOUS CHILD
Directors: Gillian Robespierre

PING PONG SUMMER
Director: Michael Tully

RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT
Directors: Michelle Block, Jared Block

RETURN TO HOMS
Director: Talal Derki

REVENGE OF THE MEKONS
Director: Joe Angio

RICH HILL
Director: Tracy Droz Tragos, Andrew Droz Palermo

ROAD TO PALMOA
Director: Jason Momoa

SEPIDEH
Director: Berit Madsen

SEWING HOPE
Director: Derek Watson

SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY
Directors: Mary Dore

SOMETHING, ANYTHING
Director: Paul Harrill

STALAG 17 (1953)
Director: Billy Wilder

STRAY DOGS
Director: Tsai Ming-Liang

A STREET IN PALERMO
Director: Emma Dante

SUKKAH CITY
Director: Jason Hutt

SUPERMENSCH: THE LEGEND OF SHEP GORDON
Director: Mike Myers

SUZANNE
Director: Katell Quillévéré

TERRA FIRMA
Director: Christine Anthony, Owen Masterson

THOU WAS MILD AND LOVELY
Director: Josephine Decker

TO KILL A MAN
Director: Alejandro Fernández Almendras

THE TRIP TO ITALY
Director: Michael Winterbottom

UNCLAIMED
Director: Michael Jorgensen

THE VANQUISHING OF THE WITCH BABA YAGA
Director: Jessica Oreck

VESSEL
Director: Diana Whitten

WATERMARK
Director: Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky

WE ARE THE BEST!
Director: Lukas Moodysson

WETLANDS
Director: David Wnendt

WHEN EVENING FALLS ON BUCHAREST OR METABOLISM
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu

WHEN JEWS WERE FUNNY
Director: Alan Zweig

WHEN THE WORLD’S ON FIRE
Director: James Clauer

WHERE THE WAR STILL ECHOES
Directors: Severine Vanel, Pierre Julien Quiers

WHITEY: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. JAMES J. BULGER
Director: Joe Berlinger

WILD CANARIES
Director: Lawrence Michael Levine

WINGS (1927)
Director: William A. Wellman

WORDS AND PICTURES
Director: Fred Schepisi

YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL
Director: François Ozon

2014 SHORT FILMS
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL

101 CUPCAKES
Director: Jane Eakin

7 DAY GIG
Director: Kate Marks

ADVENTURES OF AN * (1956)
Director: John Hubley

AFRONAUTS
Director: Frances Bodomo

ALINA HATSON
Director: Venetia Evripiotou

THE APOTHECARY
Director: Helen Hood Scheer

AT THE OPERA
Director: Juan Pablo Zaramella

BABY MARY
Director: Kris Swanberg

THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY (1942)
Director: John Ford

BALLKONI
Director: Lendita Zeqiraj

BELIEF
Director: Shaun Greenspan

BLUE:
Directors: Rena Cheng, Katelyn Bianchini, Asia Lancaster

BROKEN TONGUE
Director: Mónica Savirón

CAP OR KIPPAH
Director: Susanne Engels

CHINA “THE DRAGON” SMITH
Directors: Lori Collins, Ray Rodriguez, Ron Klineschmidt

CHOCOLATE HEART
Director: Harrison Atkins 

CHUB
Director: Samuel Albis

CODA
Director: Alan Holly

THE COLLECTOR’S GIFT
Director: Ryan Kravetz

CONFUSION THROUGH SAND
Director: Danny Madden

CRUISING ELECTRIC (1980)
Director: Brumby Boylston

CRUMBS
Director: Cyrus Trafford

EAGER
Director: Allison Schulnik

EASY
Director: Daniel Laabs

EGGS (1970)
Director: Faith Hubley, John Hubley

EMMELINE
Director: Daniela Pasquini

EPHERMERAL (EFÍMERA)
Director: Diego Modino

FE-MALE
Director: Anka Schmid

THE FIGHTING LADY (1945)
Director: Commander J. Edward Steichen, USNR

FLAMINGO
Director: Carl Zitelmann

FORTUNE HOUSE
Director: Matthew Bonifacio

THE FOX AND THE CHICKADEE
Director: Evan DeRushie

FRESH GUACAMOLE
Director: PES

FUNNEL
Director: Andre Hyland

GEAR UP
Director: Justin Owensby

GLOBE TROT
Director: Mitchell Rose

GRANNY BABY
Director: Eva Colmers

THE GREAT ZOMBINI
Director: Andrew Halley

THE GREGGS
Directors: Bruce Bundy, Nigel DeFriez, Kira Pearson, Rob Malone, Jessie Levandov, Alex
Mechanik, Jonathan Rosenblit

GYPSY (CIGANO)
Director: David Bonneville

HANNAH AND THE MOON
Director: Kate Charter

THE HAT (1964)
Directors: Faith Hubley, John Hubley

HIS NEW HANDS
Director: Sudhanshu Saria

A HOLE IN THE SKY (GODKA CIRKA)
Directors: Antonio Tibaldi, Àlex Lora

THE HOME TEAM
Director: Joshua Sefte

HOP FROG
Director: Leonid Shmelkov

THE HOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE GALAXY
Director: Gleb Osatinski

HYPOTHETICALLY
Director: Peter Zinn

I THINK THIS IS THE CLOSEST TO HOW THE FOOTAGE LOOKED
Directors: Yuval Hameiri, Michal Vaknin

I’M A MITZVAH
Director: Benjamin Berman

I’M GOING TO MUM’S
Director: Lauren Jackson

ICE QUEEN
Director: Rohan Khublall

INTO THE SILENT SEA
Director: Andrej Landin

IT’S UP TO YOU
Director: Kajsa Næss

IT’S YOUR WAR TOO! (1944)
JONATHAN’S CHEST
Director: Christopher Radcliff

JUICE OF MY HEART
Director: Carol Rhyu

KARA WOMEN SPEAK
Director: Jane Baldwin

KILLER KART
Director: James Feeney

L’AMI
Directors: Christophe Defaye, Olivier Defaye

THE LANDING
Director: Josh Tanner

THE LAST ORANGE GROVE OF MIDDLE FLORIDA
Director: Carl Knickerbocker

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF TOM SMITH (1943)
Director: Harold S. Bucquet

LET GO
Director: Daniel Ruczko

LET THE BAND PLAY ON
Director: Naomi S. Boak

LETTER FOR HOPE
Director: Raquel Roderick

LIEBE
Director: Cameron Macgowan

LIGHT IN ME
Director: Ora Dekornfeld

LOVE POPS
Director: Wes Roberts

LUCKY DOG
Director: Terence Connors

MAESTRA
Director: Catherine Murphy

MANUFACTURED FORTUNES
Director: Kevin Gordon

MARILYN MYLLER
Director: Mikey Please

ME + HER
Director: Joseph Oxford

MISS TODD
Director: Kristina Yee

THE MISSING SCARF
Director: Eoin Duffy

THE MOLE AT THE SEA
Director: Anna Kadykova

MOONBIRD (1959)
Director: John Hubley

MOUNTAINS WILL MOVE
Director: Douglas A. McCann

MUNGGE, NOT AGAIN
Director: Adrian Flückiger, Claudia Rothlin, Irmgard Walthert

MY DEAR AMERICANS
Director: Arpita Kumar

MY LITTLE FRIENDS
Director: Megan Mylan

MY SUPER VALENTINE
Director: Jing Yang

THE NECKLACE
Director: Joan Stein-Schimke

NO REAL THAN YOU ARE
Director: Vincent Dale

NOTES ON BLINDNESS
Director: Peter Middleton, James Spinney

OF MEN AND DEMONS (1968)
Director: John Hubley

THE OLD MAN
Director: Ryan LeBoeuf, Cody LeBoeuf

OLD MONSTER
Director: Kevin Clark-Ryan

THE ORPHAN AND THE POLAR BEAR
Director: Neil Christopher

OVO
Director: Mihai Wilson

PARADISAEA APODA
Director: Luxi Jin

PASSER PASSER
Director: Louis Morton

PEDRO PAN
Director: Andrea Puente

PERSON TO PERSON
Director: Dustin Guy Defa

PHANTOM LIMB
Director: Alex Grigg

PIECE, PEACE
Director: Park Jae-In

PIERROT
Director: Stephen Reeves

PISHTO GOES AWAY
Director: Sonya Kendel

A PLACE CALLED PLUTO
Director: Steve James

RABBIT AND DEER
Directors: Péter Vácz, Attila Bertóti

RAT PACK RAT
Director: Todd Rohal

THE REMEMBRANCE (DE’MEM’UNCE)
Director: Roger Ross Williams

REQUIEM FOR A ROBOT
Director: Christoph Rainer

RHYTHMS OF RESISTANCE
Director: Jason O’Hara

ROE AT RISK: FIGHTING FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE
Director: Susan Koch

THE RUNAWAY
Director: Victor Carrey

SHAME AND GLASSES
Director: Alessandro Riconda

SHE
Director: Kriti Dhawan

SHIP OF FOOLS
Director: Mike McGuirk

THE SIDEKICK
Director: Michael J. Weithorn

A SPRING HAS PASSED BY
Director: Eva Daoud

THE SQUEAKIEST ROAR
Director: Maggie Rogers

SUPER SLEUTHS
Director: Benjamin Dickinson

TALL EVIL
Director: Wally Chung

TENDER GAME (1958)
Director: John Hubley

THE PIANO. THE BALLERINA. THE RAIN.
Director: Samuel Curtis

TITS
Director: Louisa Bertman

TOBACCO BURN
Director: Justin Liberman

TOWARD INDEPENDENCE (1947)
Director: George L. George

TRANSIDENTITY
Director: Jenny Phillips, Grace Powell

TWO ALTARS & A CAVE
Director: Alexandra Aron

UNCLE FLOYD
Director: Charles Poekel

UPON THE ROCK
Director: James Bascara

URBANISSMO (1967)
Director: John Hubley

THE VISION QUEST™
Director: Andrea Sisson, Pete Ohs

WAITING FOR MAMU
Director: Thomas Morgan, Francois Caillaud, Dan Chen

WAWD AHP
Director: Steve Girard, Josh Chertoff

A WEDDING DAY
Director: Anthony Nicolau

WHILE YOU WEREN’T LOOKING
Director: Jeremy Mackie

WHITE EARTH
Director: J. Christian Jensen

WHY WE FIGHT: PRELUDE TO WAR (1942)
Director: Frank Capra

WINDY DAY (1968)
Director: John Hubley

WITH THE MARINES AT TARAWA (1944)
Director: Louis Hayward

WOMBO
Director: Daniel Acht

WOODLAND DANCE
Director: Jeffrey Boos

WOODY
Director: Stuart Bowen

WRITE BACK
Director: Emily Hubley

YEARBOOK
Director: Bernardo Britto

YELLOW STICKY NOTES: CANADIAN ANIJAM
Director: Jeff Chiba Stearns

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NOR’EASTER is screening this upcoming weekend at the 2013 Sarasota International Film Festival in Sarasota, Florida. NOR’EASTER was written and directed by Andrew Brotzman.

A young priest, Erik (David Call, TINY FURNITURE, Gossip Girl) serves as the lone Catholic authority on a small island off the coast of Maine. After a poorly attended mass, Erik is visited by Ellen Greene, the mother of Joshua, a child who has been missing for five years. Josh’s absence has pushed Ellen’s marriage to the breaking point, and though her husband strenuously objects, she and the priest decide to hold a symbolic funeral in an effort to move on.

When the family’s decision becomes public, Josh inexplicably returns to the island, alive and well. Now sixteen years old, Josh appears unharmed, but refuses to answer questions about where he has been.

Erik interprets Josh’s return as a divine event and involves himself in the family’s affairs in an effort to both help them and affirm his own faith. He proves to be the only one able to uncover Josh’s past whereabouts, but in doing so, causes more problems than he could have ever anticipated, threatening his relationship to the family, the church, and the law.

NOR’EASTER was written and directed by Andrew Brotzman. It has a running time of 85 minutes and is not yet rated by the MPAA.

The 2013 Sarasota International Film Festival runs April 5 – 14, 2013 in Sarasota, Florida.

Nor’easter Trailer from David Lowery on Vimeo.

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[caption id="attachment_3393" align="alignnone" width="550"]Greta Gerwig and Mickey Sumner in Frances Ha[/caption]

Sarasota, FL – Mickey Sumner will receive the Breakthrough Performer Award at the 2013 Sarasota Film Festival for her performance in the closing night film FRANCES HA.  The award will be presented at the annual Tribute Luncheon, Sarasota Yacht Club on Friday, April 12th. Ms. Sumner was seen most recently on stage in New York City opposite Carol Kane in the Atlantic Theater Company’s production of THE LYING LESSON. Ms. Sumner joins previously announced guests Suzanne Clément, Griffin Dunne, Mariel Hemingway, Barbara Kopple and Lili Taylor in receiving honors at the Tribute. Ms. Sumner will also introduce the festival’s screening of FRANCES HA on Saturday, April 13th at The Sarasota Opera House.

Cheryl Hines, star of the festival’s Spotlight film PASADENA, will serve as host for the festival’s Filmmaker Awards, Saturday, April 13th at 6:00 PM at The Sarasota Opera House. 

In addition, several former Sea World whale trainers have announced that they will be joining the festival’s Opening Night screening of BLACKFISH to participate in a provocative post-screening Q&A, along with the film’s director Gabriela Cowperthwaite. The group includes John Hargrove, Samantha Berg, Carol Ray, John Jett and Jeff Ventre.

Also joining the festival is David Call (GOSSIP GIRL, TINY FURNITURE) who has three films in the festival with DEAD MAN’S BURDEN, NOR’EASTER, and the short film MOBILE HOMES while WWE superstar Brodus Clay will attend with his film NO ONE LIVES on Saturday, April 13th.

“We are honored to welcome these wonderful guests to our festival,” says Festival Director Tom Hall.  “Sarasota is a city that celebrates the arts, and we hope our community joins us in embracing these artists and their work.”

via: Sarasota Film Festival

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[caption id="attachment_3295" align="alignnone" width="550"]THE COLD LANDS[/caption]

The 2013 Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) announced their film lineup featuring over 222 films, including Tom Gilroy’s THE COLD LANDS (US Premiere), Jeremy Xido’s DEATH METAL ANGOLA (US Premiere), Nathan Silver’s SOFT IN THE HEAD (World Premiere), C&Y’s THE OXBOW CURE (World Premiere), and Gregory Collins’ A SONG STILL INSIDE (World Premiere). 

[caption id="attachment_3145" align="alignnone" width="550"]COMPUTER CHESS[/caption]

The Festival will also award the 2013 Terry Porter Visionary Award, named in honor of longtime festival friend Terry Porter, to Andrew Bujalski’s COMPUTER CHESS. Previous winners include V/H/S (2012) and Todd Rohal’s THE CATECHISM CATACLYSM (2011).

As previously announced, the 2013 opens on April 5th with Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s BLACKFISH, while Noah Baumbach’s FRANCES HA is the festival’s Closing Night film. James Ponsoldt’s THE SPECTACULAR NOW and Barbara Kopple’s RUNNING FROM CRAZY are the Centerpiece Films, with Carols Puga’s BURMA, Justin Schwarz’s THE DISCOVERERS and the World Premiere of Will Slocombe’s PASADENA are the SFF’s Spotlight Films.

The lineup

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION

THE COLD LANDS, directed by Tom Gilroy (North American Premiere)

CONCUSSION, directed by Stacie Passon

THE HUNT, directed by Thomas Vinterberg

I USED TO BE DARKER, directed by Matthew Porterfield

IT FELT LIKE LOVE, directed by Eliza Hittman

LAURENCE ANYWAYS, directed by Xavier Dolan

POST TENEBRAS LUX, directed by Carlos Reygadas

SOMETHING IN THE AIR, directed by Olivier Assayas

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION

AFTER TILLER, directed by Lana Wilson and Martha Shane

CITIZEN KOCH directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin

CUTIE AND THE BOXER, directed by Zachary Heinzerling

DEATH METAL ANGOLA, directed by Jeremy Xido (North American Premiere)

SURVIVAL PRAYER, directed by Benjamin Greené

TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM, directed by Morgan Neville

WE ALWAYS LIE TO STRANGERS, directed by AJ Schnack, David Wilson

WITHOUT SHEPHERDS, directed by Cary McClelland, Imran Babur

INDEPENDENT VISIONS COMPETITION, presented by Factory 25

THE DIRTIES, directed by Matthew Johnson

THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM, directed by Andrew Mudge

NOR’EASTER, directed by Andrew Brotzman

THE OXBOW CURE, directed by Yonah Lewis & Calvin Thomas (World Premiere)

SOFT IN THE HEAD, directed by Nathan Silver (World Premiere)

A SONG STILL INSIDE, directed by Gregory Collins (World Premiere)

THIS IS MARTIN BONNER, directed by Chad Hartigan

TOWHEADS, directed by Shannon Plumb

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FEATURE FILMS

AFTER TILLER, directed by Lana Wilson and Martha Shane

ALIYAH, directed by Elie Wajeman

THE ANGELS’ SHARE, directed by Ken Loach

AUGUSTINE, directed by Alice Winocour

THE BALLAD OF THE WEEPING SPRING, directed by Benny Toraty

BARZAN, directed by Alex Stonehill and Bradley Hutchinson (World Premiere)

BEAUTY AND THE BREAST, directed by Liliana Komorowska

BETWEEN US, directed by Dan Mirvish

BIG STAR: NOTHING CAN HURT ME, directed by Drew DiNicola

BLACKFISH, directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite

BRAVE MISS WORLD, directed by Cecilia Peck

BROKEN, directed by Rufus Norris

BURMA, directed by Carlos Puga

C.O.G., directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez

CASTING BY, directed by Tom Donahue

CITIZEN KOCH, directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin

THE COLD LANDS, directed by Tom Gilroy (North American Premiere)

COMPUTER CHESS, directed by Andrew Bujalski

CONCUSSION, directed by Stacie Passon

THE CRASH REEL, directed by Lucy Walker

CUTIE AND THE BOXER, directed by Zachary Heinzerling

DEAD MAN’S BURDEN, directed by Jared Moshe

DEATH METAL ANGOLA, directed by Jeremy Xido (North American Premiere)

THE DEFLOWERING OF EVA VAN END, directed by Michiel ten Horn

THE DIRTIES, directed by Matt Johnson

THE DISCOVERERS, directed by Justin Schwarz

THE END OF TIME, directed by Peter Mettler

FALL AND WINTER, directed by Matt Anderson

FILL THE VOID, directed by Rama Burshtein

FIRST COMES LOVE, directed by Nina Davenport

FORBIDDEN VOICES, directed by Barbara Miller

THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM, directed by Andrew Mudge

FRANCES HA, directed by Noah Baumbach

A GIRL AND A GUN, directed by Cathryne Czbek

GOOD OL’ FREDA, directed by Ryan White

THE GREAT CHICKEN WING HUNT, directed by Matt Reynolds

THE GREY AREA, directed by Noga Ashkenazi

A HIJACKING, directed by Tobias Lindholm

HOMEFRONT HEROINES: THE WAVES OF WWII, directed by Kathleen M. Ryan

THE HUNT, directed by Thomas Vinterberg

I USED TO BE DARKER, directed by Matthew Porterfield

IN THE FOG, directed by Sergei Loznitsa

IN THE HOUSE, directed by François Ozon

IT FELT LIKE LOVE, directed by Eliza Hittman

THE KINGS OF SUMMER, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts

LA SIRGA, directed by William Vega

LA SOURCE, directed by Patrick Shen

LACE BITE, directed by Sharron Bates and Carmen Klotz

LAND OF HOPE, directed by Sion Sono

THE LAST SENTENCE, directed by Jan Troell

LAURENCE ANYWAYS, directed by Xavier Dolan

THE LIST, directed by Beth Murphy

LITTLE FUGITIVE, directed by Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, and Ray Ashley

MAIDENTRIP, directed by Jillian Schlesinger

MARIA THE KOREAN BRIDE, directed by Maria Yoon

MEDORA, directed by Andrew Cohn and Davy Rothbart

MONSTERS, directed by Melissa Thompson

MORE THAN HONEY, directed by Markus Imhoof

MUSICWOOD, directed by Maxine Trump

MY NAME IS FAITH, directed by Jason Banker, Jorge Torres-Torres, and Tiffany Suedela-Junker

NEWLYWEEDS, directed by Shaka King

NEXT YEAR JERUSALEM, directed by David Gaynes (World Premiere)

NO ONE LIVES, directed by Ryûhei Kitamura

NO PLACE ON EARTH, directed by Janet Tobias

NOR’EASTER, directed by Andrew Brotzman

NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, directed by Xackery Irving

THE OXBOW CURE, directed by Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas (World Premiere)

PASADENA, directed by Will Slocombe (World Premiere)

PERSISTENCE OF VISION, directed by Kevin Schreck

THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY, directed by Sophie Fiennes

PLIMPTON! STARRING GEORGE PLIMPTON AS HIMSELF, directed by Thomas Bean and Luke Poling

POST TENEBRAS LUX, directed by Carlos Reygadas

THE RAMBLER, directed by Calvin Lee Reeder

REALITY, directed by Matteo Garrone

REMOTE AREA MEDICAL, directed by Jeff Reichert and Farihah Zaman

RENOIR, directed by Gilles Bourdos

RICKY RAPPER AND COOL WENDY, directed by Mari Rantasila

RUNNING FROM CRAZY, directed by Barbara Kopple

RUNNING WILD: THE LIFE OF DAYTON O. HYDE, directed by Suzanne Mitchell

RUTA DE LA LUNA, directed by Juan Sebastián Jácome

SALMA, directed by Kim Longinotto

SHEPARD AND DARK, directed by Treva Wurmfeld

SOFT IN THE HEAD, directed by Nathan Silver (World Premiere)

SOMETHING IN THE AIR, directed by Olivier Assayas

A SONG STILL INSIDE, directed by Gregory Collins (World Premiere)

THE SPECTACULAR NOW, directed by James Ponsoldt

STILL MINE, directed by Michael McGowan

SURVIVAL PRAYER, directed by Benjamin Greené

THÉRÈSE DESQUEYROUX, directed by Claude Miller

THIS IS MARTIN BONNER, directed by Chad Hartigan

TOWHEADS, directed by Shannon Plumb

TRAILBLAZERS IN HABITS, directed by Nancy M. Tong

TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM, directed by Morgan Neville

UP HEARTBREAK HILL, directed by Erica Scharf

VENUS AND SERENA, directed by Maiken Baird and Michelle Major

THE WALL, directed by Julian Roman Pölsler

WE ALWAYS LIE TO STRANGERS, directed by AJ Schnack and David Wilson

WHEN I WALK, directed by Jason DaSilva

WHICH WAY IS THE FRONT LINE FROM HERE? THE LIFE AND TIME OF TIM HETHERINGTON, directed by Sebastian Junger

WITHOUT SHEPHERDS, directed by Cary McClelland

WORLD CIRCUS, directed by Angela Snow

YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN’ YET, directed by Alain Resnais

ZARAFA, directed by Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie

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SHORT FILMS

Shorts Before Features

CHARACTER FACE- A CLOWN COLLEGE FANTASY, directed by Nic Beery (World Premiere)

HOW TO BE A FEMALE DIRECTOR, directed by Trisha Gum

LES, directed by Aída Ramazánova

LYDIA HOFFMAN, LYDIA HOFFMAN, directed by Dustin Guy Defa

QUEEN OF THE DESERT, directed by Alex Kelly

THIS IS NORMAL, directed by Derek Watson (World Premiere)

WHEN WE LIVED IN MIAMI, directed by Amy Seimetz

Shorts 1: Narrative Shorts I

BLACK METAL, directed by Kat Candler

CRESCENDO, directed by Alonso Alvarez Barreda

THE DISCARDED (EN MAL ESTADO), directed by Juan Antonio Delicado and David Delicado

LISPENARD, directed by Anna Stypko

MOBILE HOMES, directed by Vladimir de Fontenay

ON SUFFOCATION, directed by Jenifer Malmqvist

SHADES OF LIVING, directed by Aurora Fearnley

THE TAPE, directed by Matt Austin Sadowski

TIPPING POINT, directed by Leonardo Foti

Shorts 2:  Narrative Shorts II

BOOM BOX KIDS, directed by Taylor Gledhill

BUM FUTURE, directed by Laura Terruso

THE CAPTAIN, directed by Nash Edgerton and Spencer Susso

DOUBLE OR NOTHING, directed by Nathaniel Krause

GALAXY COMICS: THE MUSICAL, directed by Kevin McMullin

THE OPPORTUNITY OFFICE, directed by Chelsea O’Connor

PEARL WAS HERE, directed by Kate Marks

SPOSINI, directed by Nicholas VanDevender

TRYOUTS, directed by Lauren Ciaravalli (World Premiere)

Shorts 3: Narrative Shorts III

ALASKA IS A DRAG, directed by Shaz Bennett

ANGELA WRIGHT, directed by Mu Sun

GUN, directed by Spencer Gillis

JOYFUL GIRL, directed by Chloe Dumont

MIGRAINE, directed by Matthew Bonifacio

THE ONLY BAR IN TOWN, directed by Adam Budd

RED VELVET, directed by Aude Cuenod (World Premiere)

Shorts 4: Documentary Shorts

EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS, directed by Laura Green

HOLDING SPACE, directed by David “Evolutionshift” Houle

NGABEN: EMOTION AND RESTRAINT IN A BALINESE HEART, directed by Robert Lemelson (World Premiere)

PASSION AND ACCEPTANCE, directed by Wayne Thomas

THE RECORD BREAKER, directed by Brian McGinn

Shorts 5: World Shorts

BEHIND THE MIRRORS (DETRAS DELESPEJO), directed by Julio O. Ramos

CODA, directed by Jonathan Tomlin

THE CURSE, directed by Fyzal Boulifa

HOSPITALS, directed by Priscilla Y. Anany

POTWOR, directed by Piotr Ryczko

THE ROAD HOME, directed by Denie Pentecost (World Premiere)

Shorts 6: Animated Shorts

AND/OR, directed by Emily Hubley

BEING BRADFORD DILLMAN, directed by Emma Burch

THE EVENT, directed by Julia Pott

FERAL, directed by Daniel Sousa

FOXED!, directed by James Stewart and Nev Bezaire

FURNACE KEEP, directed by Gary Grant

IN HANFORD, directed by Chris Mars

IRISH FOLK FURNITURE, directed by Tony Donoghue

MARCEL, KING OF TERVUREN, directed by Tom Schroeder

MOUTH WIDE OPEN, EARS SHUT TIGHT, directed by Tom Madar and Emlly Noy

OH WILLY…, directed by Emma de Swaef and Marc James Roels

Shorts 7: SRQ Shorts

315 POUNDS, directed by Jeffrey Boos

BOOST, directed by KT Curran (World Premiere)

THE COVER, directed by Anthony Paull

DAD DATE, directed by Wingel Buendia

THE FOREVER, directed by Sean Benson

LAY ME IN THE RIVER, directed by Allison Morton and Ashley Bonn

OVERTIME, directed by Grant Duffrin

RATTLETRAP, directed by Stephen Reeves

Shorts 8: Midnight Shorts

THE APOCALYPSE, directed by Andrew Zuchero

DEVIL’S TEMPTATION, directed by Cineryong

MINOTAUR, directed by Javier Grillo-Marxuach

MR. BEAR, directed by Andrés Rosende

PENNY DREADFUL, directed by Shane Atkinson

SLASH, directed by Clay Liford

SLASHED: TALES OF FORBIDDEN LUST, directed by Kira Trinity

Shorts 9: Through Women’s Eyes I

THE EYES OF HEAVEN, directed by Grace Hendley

ME AND MY DEADBEAT HUSBAND, directed by Deirdre Morales

SILK, directed by Catherine Dent

UNRAVEL, directed by Meghna Grupta

THE WINTER, directed by Teresa Sutherland

Shorts 10: Through Women’s Eyes II

THE CART, directed by Natasha Novik

SCHOOL OF MY DREAMS, directed by Barbara Rick

SCHWESTERN (SISTERS), directed by Chantal Bertalanffy

SIX LETTER WORD, directed by Lisanne Sartor

STALLED, directed by Shannon Kohli

Shorts 11: NYU Shorts

BONESHAKER, directed by Frances Bodomo

BRAVE GIRL (SAHASI CHORI), directed by Erin Galey

GLORY DAYS, directed by Benjamin Rutkowski

KATYA & THE SCARLET SAILS, directed by Vika Evdokimenko

OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER, directed by Charles Rogers

Q, directed by Felipe Vara de Rey

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GERONIMO, directed by Grace Feeney

MY LITTLE UNDERGROUND, directed by Élise Simard

NEXT DOOR LETTERS, directed by Sascha Fülscher

PAULIE, directed by Andrew Nackman

PEN PAL, directed by Brooke Goldfinch

TINA FOR PRESIDENT, directed by Carmen Emm

YEAH KOWALSKI, directed by Evan Roberts

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ANTOINE’S FOUR SEASONS, directed by Philippe Béziat and gordon

FOUR, directed by Margherita Premuroso and Luca Da Rios

THE INVENTION (EL INVENTO), directed by Giovanni Granada

KALI, THE LITTLE VAMPIRE, directed by Regina Pessoa

LUMINARIS, directed by Juan Pablo Zaramella

TIME TRAVEL BOY, directed by Alexander Monelli

TWIRL, directed by Nathaniel Winckler

youthFEST Shorts III

AMAQQUT NUNAAT: THE COUNTRY OF WOLVES, directed by Neil Christopher

BORIS THE RAT RECYCLES, directed by Leena Jääskeläinen and Kaisa Penttilä

DONALD, directed by Daniel Acht

IT’S A DOG’S LIFE, directed by Julie Rembauville and Nicolas Bianco-Levrin

LOLA & HER DOG, directed by Nathaniel Winckler and Christopher Birnbaum

PASTEURIZED, directed by Nicolás P. Villarreal

THE SCARED IS SCARED, directed by Bianca Giaever

A SEA TURTLE STORY, directed by Kathy Shultz

VIOLIN PLAY, directed by Tünde Vollenbroek

WOLF DOG TALES, directed by Bernadine Santistevan

WYLDE LIFE, directed by Stephen Levinson, Joel Moss Levinson, and David B. Levy

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AND THEN IT’S SPRING, directed by Cha-Pow!

BINK & GOLLIE, directed by Kate Dicamillo and Alison McGhee

EDWINA, THE DINOSAUR WHO DIDN’T KNOW SHE WAS EXTINCT, directed by Pete List

I’M FAST, directed by Galen Fott

SCAREDY SQUIRREL MAKES A FRIEND, directed by Galen Fott

A SICK DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE, directed by Philip C. Stead

SKY COLOR, directed by Peter H. Renolds

Kids VIP

RICKY RAPPER AND COOL WENDY, directed by Mari Rantasila

SHOW WAY, directed by Jacqueline Woodson

WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY: BUSHRA’S FILM, directed by Annie Gibbs

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