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BETYE SAAR: READY TO BE A WARRIOR

Documentary (77 min) United States
Directed By: Angela Robinson Witherspoon
Written By:
Produced By: Angela Robinson Witherspoon, Abdul Malik Abbott
Cast: Betye Saar, John Legend, CCH Pounder, Alison Saar, Lezley Saar, Tracye Saar Cavanaugh, Tony Ramos, Terrell Tilford

Synopsis: “Make Better Art” is the phrased coined by famed 96 year old Los Angeles artist Betye Saar. This film documents her incredible journey as a creator, teacher, activist, mother and Black woman in America.

GOOD BOY

Documentary (34 min) United States
Directed By: Russell Chadwick
Written By:
Produced By: Edward Zwick
Cast:  Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Brad Pitt

Synopsis: Always Wrestle. Doug Seus found kinship in the arms and claws of a 1500 pound Grizzly Bear. Good Boy is a look at how Bart The Bear, Doug Seus, and his incredible family built a bond that took them all over the world and on screen with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Featuring interviews with Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, and Brad Pitt, Good Boy goes beyond the usual behind-the-scenes look to show how Doug learned to speak with one of the wildest animals in the world. What does it take to speak Grizzly?

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ON SACRED GROUND

Drama (86 min) United States
Directed By: Josh, Rebecca Tickell
Written By: Josh Tickell, William Mapother
Produced By: Chenney Chen, John Paul DeJoria, Darius Fisher, William Mapother, Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell
Cast: David Arquette, Amy Smart, Frances Fisher, Mariel Hemingway, Irene Bedard, David Midthunder, Kerry Knuppe, William Mapother

Synopsis: A journalist and oil company executive find themselves on opposite sides of the fight during the construction of the contentious Dakota Access Pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota.

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BY DESIGN: THE JOE CAROFF STORY

Documentary (53 min) United States
Directed By: Mark Cerulli
Written By: Mark Cerulli
Produced By: Mark Cerulli, Paul C. Rosen
Cast:  Joe Caroff, Phyllis Caroff, Mike Medavoy, Dan Chapman

Synopsis: From one creative mind came dozens of the most iconic logos in film and TV – the original West Side Story, 007, Rollerball, Orion Pictures, A Hard Day’s Night and many more. This documentary traces the amazing life journey of graphic designer Joe Caroff – from growing up in the Great Depression and serving in WWII to making his mark in Hollywood and beyond. A true American success story that will inspire your creativity and touch your heart.

DOROTHY ARZNER: PIONEER, QUEER, FEMINIST

Documentary (53 min) France
Directed By: Clara Kuperberg & Julia Kuperberg
Written By: Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg
Produced By: Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg
Cast:  Tony Maietta, Shelley Stamp, Emily Carman

Synopsis: Dorothy Arzner was Hollywood’s most powerful director, though History has forgotten her. She became director at Paramount, as the first woman to direct a talking picture for the star Clara Bow. A true pioneer of the cinema, she was the only woman director at a major Hollywood studio in the 1930s and 1940s, openly lesbian, dressed like a man, making movies “avant-gardiste about women’s condition.

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QUARTER TO THREE

Drama (18 min) United States
Directed By: Isa Totah
Written By: Isa Totah
Produced By: Amanda Kiely, Isa Totah, Kerri Kasem
Cast:  Ben Vereen

Synopsis: Inspired by true events in, legendary performer, Ben Vereen’s life and performed by Mr. Vereen himself, Quarter to Three is an intimate account of the actor’s struggles, and ultimate resilience, in the face of several tragedies that have befallen him. It’s the summer of 2020, shortly after, yet, another devastating event in Ben’s life. At a loss for answers, he turns to the one place he’s felt most at peace, the theater. All alone on a stage in the middle of the night, he rips open his heart in an unapologetic plea to anyone who may be listening.

MIDDAY BLACK MIDNIGHT BLUE

Drama (88 min) United States
Directed By: Samantha Soule, Daniel Talbott
Written By: Samantha Soule, Daniel Talbott
Produced By: Lovell Holder, Addie Johnson Talbott, Chris Stack, Daniel Talbott, Samantha Soule
Cast:  Chris Stack, Samantha Soule, Will Pullen, Addie Johnson Talbott,, Merritt Wever

Synopsis: In this cinematic poem about love, loss, and healing, a man grapples with the shifting memories of a woman he once loved. His existence turning ever darker, he will have to let her go before his imagined life swallows him whole.

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HANGMAN

(23 min) United States
Directed By: Sam Upton
Written By: Sam Upton
Produced By: Sam Upton, Kate Bacon
Cast:  Peter Stormare, Annabeth Gish, Tracy Upton

Synopsis: Dr. Joyce Hendricks is a professor of psychiatry at the Harvard school of medicine. She specializes in the study of violent individuals, specifically serial killers. She and her colleague have been documenting their work. This is their first day in Huntsville, Texas…

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A PITY

Drama (92 min) United States
Directed By: Kevin and Alec Barth
Written By: Kevin, Alec Barth
Produced By: Kenji C. Greene, Sarah Carter, Alex McCarthy, Alec Barth, Kevin Barth
Cast:  James C. Burns, David Agranov, Joely Fisher, Sarah Carter, Carlson Young, John Stephens

Synopsis: A disgraced politician takes a vow of silence after a public scandal abruptly ends his campaign, and his marriage. In self-imposed exile at a former monastery on a lake, he is confronted by the women in his life, and as night descends, a mysterious visitor appears from another time..

DEATH ON THE BORDER

Drama (91 min) United States
Directed By: Wendy Wilkins
Written By: Wendy Wilkins
Produced By: Wendy Wilkins, David Medina, Errol Sack, Tom Colley, Julia Verdin
Cast:  Shannon Elizabeth, Danny Trejo, Frank Whaley, Eric Roberts, Kika Magalhaes, Wendy Wilkins, Kiko Ellsworth, Jay Hieron, Dutch Johnson

Synopsis: Inspired by true events from when Wilkins was a young female cop. A woman leaves her abusive relationship with her Dirty Detective when she discovers he is helping move sex trafficked girls coming over the Mexican Border. When attempting to save just one truck load before “disappearing forever” everything goes horribly wrong and takes her on a path that completely changes everything. Maddy teams up with a female cop , Rhonda, who also finds out her partner, John B, is involved.

INTRODUCING BILLY BRADLEY

Drama (12 min) United States
Directed By: Michael Charles Roman
Written By: Michael Charles Roman
Produced By: Arjay Smith, Emily Roman, Charles Roman, Maurice Wenneker, Michael Charles Roman
Cast:  Michael Charles Roman, Alexandra Metz, Arjay Smith, Garrett Smith, Martin Sheen

Synopsis: A floundering former child actor must decide: save his life or revive what’s left of his career. Based on actual events.

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THE CADDY

(15 min) United States
Directed By: Gabriel Beristain
Written By: Carroll Brown
Produced By: Carroll Brown, Jonathan Levit, Frank Ariza, Manu Vega, Alvaro Ariza, Maria Luisa Gutierrez
Cast:  Ron Perlman, Manu Vega, Fernando Noriega, Antonio Mauri

Synopsis: Enrique Villages is not really a kidnapper. But tell that to Jerry Stell, an American businessman in an abandoned warehouse in Mexico City. All Jerry knows is that while golfing his caddy Enrique turned on him and kidnapped him at gunpoint, with the help of Gilberto. But when Gilberto turns on his boss and kidnaps Enrique too, a terrified Enrique manages to break free and get the drop on him. With his plan in shambles and the police closing in, Enrique is left with the dilemma: decide his own fate, or let Jerry or the police decide it for him.

WHEN WE DANCED

Drama (15 min) United States
Directed By: Ryan Moore
Written By: Ryan Moore
Produced By: Ryan Moore, Anthony Francisco
Cast:  Thel Bringas, Darion Basco, Nenita Domingo, Angeline Jara, Jace Izuno

Synopsis: A grandfather struggles to confront a failed dream when he reluctantly agrees to teach his awkward grandson how to dance.

DAEDALUS

Drama (20 min) United States
Directed By: Katerina Munis
Written By: Katerina Munis
Produced By: Marjan Mona Koffa, Sabrina Ehlert, Nana Adwoa Frimpong
Cast:  Katerina Munis, Gigi Puana, Alberto Frezza, Gloria El-Achkar, Brandon Howell, Nick Gilland, Joseph Barone

Synopsis: Young refugee Lux is desperate to escape the detainment camp where she and her cunning older sister Arsinoe are held captive. Arsinoe possesses a miraculous gift that could free them, however she fights to keep Lux imprisoned by her side.

SWIPE NYC

(29 min) United States
Directed By: Sue Zarco Kramer
Written By: Sue Zarco Kramer
Produced By: David Kelsey, Bridget Moynahan, Cheryl Bayer, Sue Zarco Kramer
Cast:  Lisa Edelstein, Richard Schiff, Bridget Moynahan, David Kelsey, David Walton, Omari K. Chancellor, Angela Wong Carbone, Justin Marcel McManus, Richard Radutzky, Christiane Seidel, Brennie Tellu

Synopsis: Swipe NYC, is a Brooklyn-based dramedy short about Syd a newly divorced, empty nester who must reinvent herself in the world of “middle aged single-dom” in New York City. She throws herself into the vulnerable, scary, sexy, world of online dating. Each date serves as a metaphor of Syd picking up the pieces of her life and regaining her sense of sexuality, confidence, empowerment, and independence.

MERCY

Thriller  (85 min) US
Directed By: Tony Dean Smith
Written By: Alex Wright
Produced By: Charles Coope
Cast: Leah Gibson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jon Voight, Anthony Konechny, Sebastien Roberts, Bobby L. Stewart, Anthony Bolognese, Mike Dupod, Bradley Stryker

Synopsis: Leah Gibson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Jon Voight star in this action-packed thriller. An ex-military doctor finds herself in a deadly battle for survival when the Irish mafia seize control of the hospital at which she works. When her son is taken hostage, she is forced to rely upon her battle-hardened past and lethal skills after realizing there’s no one left to save the day but her.

BLOWIN’ SMOKE

Drama (100 min) United States
Directed By: Isaac Medeiros
Written By: Isaac Medeiros
Produced By: Jack Lucarelli, Michael Lazari
Cast: Ted McGinley, Jack Lucarelli, Laura James, Jon Ecker, David Steen, Gigi Rice, Duane Whitaker, Jonathan Stoddard, Rich Turner

Synopsis: Six different stories packed with absurd characters and ridiculous situations. Ranging in time periods from the old west to the present day. Each of these six entertaining short stories visits themes and discussions of love, violence, religion, philosophy, politics, cinema, pop culture, world history, present day events and of course, Cigarettes.

THE KIBOMANGO STORY

Documentary (4 min) United States
Directed By: Savva Svet
Written By: Savva Svet
Produced By: Savva Svet
Cast:  Kibomango

Synopsis: The incredibly true story of Kibomango, a former child soldier turned Congolese national boxing champion. Now a struggling mechanic, he has devoted himself to helping former child soldiers and street children of Goma through boxing. Kibomango aims to instill in them a sense of discipline, ambition and self-worth.

IN YOUR DREAMS

Documentary (10 min) Canada
Directed By: Michael Patrick O’Hara
Written By: Michael Patrick O’Hara
Produced By: Claire Kunzel, Michael Patrick O’Hara
Cast:  Clodagh Dunlop

Synopsis: Clodagh Dunlop of Belfast, Northern Ireland – learns to survive through her dreams after suffering a deadly Brain Stem Stroke and enduring locked-in syndrome for over 3 months.

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ALEX LEWIS MOUNTAIN

Documentary (92 min) United Kingdom
Directed By: Simon Ratigan
Written By: Simon Ratigan
Produced By: Mike Wells
Cast:  Alex Lewis, Emebet Ale Dires

Synopsis: A feature documentary following quadruple amputee Alex Lewis as he sets out to prove to himself, his son and the rest of the world that anything is possible by climbing Ethiopia’s highest mountain using the world’s first, off-road, solar-powered, mobility, hand cycle.