MARQUEE
BROTHERS OF DESTRUCTION
director Kieran Bent
producer Brian Decker
executive producers Ben Houser, Brian Pellegatto
Forever linked as two of sports entertainment’s most enigmatic and popular Superstars, Undertaker and Kane shed their on-screen personas for a historic conversation at Austin’s Zach Theatre as part of WWE’s “30 Years of The Deadman” celebration commemorating Undertakers 30th anniversary in WWE. With more than three decades as one of the industry’s biggest box office draws, The Undertaker’s rise to stardom is forever connected to his mysterious counterpart from the dark side, Kane. Both in the ring and off screen, Mark Calaway and Glenn Jacobs developed a deep friendship revealed in this film. “Brothers of Destruction,” the latest presentation from WWE Network Documentaries, brings the audience behind the curtain with untold stories and rare footage of this unbreakable bond.
Dave Not Coming Back
writer/director Jonah Malak
producer(s) Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre, Karim Haroun
Two friends, Don and Dave, broke a world record for depth in the cave of Boesmansgat: 283 meters. Right before surfacing up, Dave finds a body. They decide to come back and retrieve it.
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Golden Arm
writer(s) Ann Marie Allison, Jenna Milly
director Maureen Bharoocha
producer Geeta Bajaj
cast Mary Holland, Betsy Sodaro, Olivia Stambouliah, Eugene Cordero, Dot-Marie Jones, Dawn Luebbe, Ron Funches
Melanie is a baker in a small town, struggling with debt and a major case of the blahs caused by her failed marriage. When her ex demands half her grandmother’s bakery in their divorce, Melanie has no other choice but to take her best friend Danny’s advice – to enter the Ladies Arm Wrestling Championship. It just might work if Melanie can toughen up and take down the reigning champ, Danny’s arch nemesis, Brenda “The Bonecrusher” Smith!
FAREWELL AMOR
writer/director Ekwa Msangi
cast Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson, Joie Lee, Marcus Scribner, Nana Mensah
Reunited after 17 years apart, an Angolan immigrant welcomes his wife and daughter into his tiny Brooklyn apartment. Now strangers, they find common ground in their shared love of dance.
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Nine Days
writer/director Edson Oda
cast Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Bill Skarsgard, Tony Hale, Benedict Wong, Geraldine Hughes
Will (Winston Duke) spends his days in a remote outpost watching the live Point of View (POV) on TV’s of people going about their lives, until one subject perishes, leaving a vacancy for a new life on earth. Soon, several candidates—unborn souls—arrive at Will’s to undergo tests determining their fitness, facing oblivion when they are deemed unsuitable. But Will soon faces his own existential challenge in the form of free-spirited Emma (Zazie Beetz), a candidate who is not like the others, forcing him to turn within and reckon with his own tumultuous past. Fueled by unexpected power, he discovers a bold new path forward in his own life. Making his feature-film debut after a series of highly acclaimed and award-winning short films and music videos, Japanese Brazilian director Edson Oda delivers a heartfelt and meditative vision of human souls in limbo, aching to be born against unimaginable odds, yet hindered by forces beyond their will…
STARDUST
writer Christopher Bell, Gabriel Range
director Gabriel Range
cast Johnny Flynn, Jena Malone, Marc Maron, Aaron Poole, Anthony Flanagan, Olivia Carruthers, Jimmy Star
Stardust will chronicle the young David Bowie’s first visit to the US in 1971—a trip that inspired the invention of his iconic alter ego Ziggy Stardust.
Death of a Telemarketer
writer/director Khaled Ridgeway
producer(s) Datari Turner, James J. Yi, Meagan Good, Sujata Day, Leah Daniels Butler, H.M. Coakley, Jamal Chilton, Jeff Friday, Matt McGorry, Lamorne Morris, Louis Steyn, T.J. Steyn, Phil Thornton, Tim Weatherspoon
cast Lamorne Morris, Haley Joel Osment, Jackie Earle Haley, Alisha Wainwright, Sujata Day, Woody McClain, Matt McGorry, David So, Gil Ozeri, Gwen Gottlieb, Starletta DuPois, Ian Verdun
When a smooth-talking Telemarketer preys upon the seemingly perfect mark, he must pass a twisted test on ethics if he wants to live to sell another day.
Film Fest
writer(s) Marshall Cook, Paul Alan Cope
director Marshall Cook
producer(s) Marshall Cook, Tyler Hawes, Cory Pyke, Zack Wilcox
cast Matt Cook, Diona Reasonover, Will Sasso, Ellen Wong, CJ Vana, Laird Macintosh, Jason Genao, Allison Dunbar, Sara Rue, Brendan Schaub, Rachael Leigh Cook, Patty Guggenheim, Greg Worswick , H Michael Croner, Dylan Silver
Struggling indie filmmakers travel to an obscure festival to sell their movie.
Murder Bury Win
writer/director/producer Michael Lovan
cast Mikelen Walker, Erich Lane, Henry Alexander Kelly, Craig Cackowski, Brian Slaten
Three friends have created a board game, MURDER BURY WIN, and they think it has what it takes to become a bestseller on the indie charts. When their attempt to crowdfund fails, a mysterious man makes them an offer: he will publish their game on the condition that he takes credit as the sole creator and owner. After a dispute over the gaming rights leaves them with a body on their hands, the young men realize how suspiciously like murder the freak accident appears. Now, with few options remaining, they look to their game for guidance. The premise of their game? How to murder someone… and get rid of the body.
Reboot Camp
writer/director Ivo Raza
producer(s) David Lipper, Tina Sutakanat, Jim Johnston
cast David Lipper, David Koechner, Ed Begley Jr., Chaz Bono, Lindsay Shaw, Eric Roberts, Shar Jackson, Ja Rule, Maya Stojan, Keli Price, Maxim Roy, Eddie McClintock, Daniel Nguyen
After losing his life savings and his wife to a self-help guru, Seymour is on a mission to expose false prophets who fleece people for money. He teams up with his brother Danny, a filmmaker, and they start a fake self-improvement group called Reboot Camp. While Seymour transforms into the charismatic Gordon St. Pierre, a larger than life persona who teaches a path to bliss through a process called “rebooting,” Danny films. They succeed handsomely as even the most ludicrous group activities are met with unbridled enthusiasm from the members. But as Reboot Camp grows, Seymour and Danny must request additional funds from the producer, who pushes them to hire his niece Claire to supervise.
Standard (Estándar)
writer/director Fernando González Gómez
producer Person’s Films , La Dalia Films, José Luis Rancaño, Mamen Espinosa, Juan Barquín
cast Niko Verona, Susana Abaitua, Manuel de Blas, Ramiro Blas, María Gregorio, Alejandro Tous, Jesús Vidal
Tomás’ two great passions are classical music and a compulsion for putting things in order, which has led to his nickname “rarito” (weirdo). In Tomás’ tidy world, where he works stacking shelves in the supermarket of a quiet, uneventful neighborhood, something changes when his secret platonic love, Laura, disappears. However, thanks to his fondness for tidying up things and noting down everything, he analyses the habits and obsessions of an eccentric array of clients to find out who is behind Laura’s disappearance. In this town nothing is as “standard” as Tomás would like…
Time For Love (Kolej na Milosc)
writer/director Miguel Velez
producer(s) Esteban Lopez, Miguel Velez, Jakub Dobkiewicz
cast Marcin Franc, Marta Sutor, Jacek Kalucki, Joanna Kurowska
Mikolaj (Marcin Franc) jumps on a train in pursuit of a mysterious stranger. He hopes to convince her that they are made for each other. On the way to happiness, however, he finds himself without a ticket. And ‘tickets are sacred’ for the crude conductor Nowak (Jacek Kalucki), and will do everything to ensure that fare-dodgers suffer appropriate consequences. Instead, Nowak disappears and Mikolaj appears dressed as the conductor. With the help of the charming trolley attendant, Edyta (Marta Sutor), he tries to control the chaos spurred after an emergency stop in the middle of nowhere. Yet problems escalate when a woman is carried back inside with hypothermia and several passengers have been robbed in a mysterious way. As Mikolaj and Edyta try to handle what’s beyond their reach, an invigorating bond flourishes. Everything falls apart when Mr. Nowak reappears and holds Mikolaj responsible for what’s happened. But Nowak needs Mikolaj to solve the mystery of the robbed passengers, so he gives him a much-needed second chance – before Edyta is gone forever.
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The Arbors
writer(s) Clayton Witmer, Chelsey Cummings
director Clayton Witmer
producer(s) Clayton Aggeles, Michael Samilow
cast Drew Matthews, Brooks Addis, Ryan Davenport
Set against a dreary small town, “The Arbors” follows Ethan Daunes, a reclusive locksmith struggling to keep ties with his younger brother, Shane. Ethan’s life takes an unsettling turn after finding a strange small creature and forming a mysterious connection. After a string of unexplained killings, the creature’s true nature is soon revealed, and Ethan finds himself at the center of panic and paranoia.
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Blinders
writer(s) Tyler D. Savage, Dash Hawkins
director Tyler D. Savage
producer(s) JP Castel, Dash Hawkins, Chadd Harbold, Daniel Pisano, Tyler Savage
cast Christine Ko, Vincent Van Horn, Michael Joplin, Paula Jai Parker, Carla Valentine
In the wake of a messy break-up, Andy Escobedo decides to start fresh, relocating from Austin to Los Angeles. Eager to make new connections, he befriends Roger, an unusual rideshare driver. But when Roger’s behavior gets too strange for comfort, Andy blows him off, choosing to focus on a budding relationship with Sam. This unhinges Roger, who begins to torment Andy, ensuring that his stay in L.A. is short-lived.
The Blue Orchid (Den Blå Orkidé)
writer(s)Carl Marott, Hans Frederik Jacobsen
director Carl Marott
producer Per Damgaard Hansen
cast Joachim Fjelstrup, Julie Grundtvig Wester, Al Agami, Ken Vedsegaard, Mattias Naan
Casper, a young photographer, is introduced to a man who runs a mysterious video business. He gets hired and is slowly seduced into an artificial world leaving reality and all real relations behind.
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The Eagle’s Nest (La Vallée des Aigles)
writer(s) Olivier Assoua, Adeline Mango Assoua
director Olivier Assoua
producer(s) Olivier Assoua, Sybile Njoke
cast Felicity Asseh, Claude S Mbida Nkou, Richard Essame, Axel Abessolo
During a night of debauchery, Paris and Samantha discover 5 million euros in a hotel room. Later, a thief breaks into Paris’s house, kills her mother, her sister and leaves her for dead. When Paris recovers, she seeks revenge.
ALE
writer/director/producer O’Neil Bürgi
cast Alessandra Goh Bollier, Josephine Bakeup, Thomas Heri, Chris Chavis
19-year-old Alessandra is a wrestling student. As a newbie, her first goal is to develop a so-called “gimmick” for herself: an artificial character similar to her for fighting in the ring. This film documents this development process, which at the same time represents an inner journey of self-discovery for Alessandra. But on her way to becoming a full-fledged wrestler, her life changes in unexpected ways, forcing her to grow up faster than expected.
Baato
director(s) Lucas Millard, Kate Stryker
producer Lucas Millard
Every year Mikma and her family travel by foot from their village in the Himalayan mountains of eastern Nepal to sell locally gathered medicinal plants in the urban markets of southern Nepal. The route of their migration is transforming rapidly as a transnational highway project that will connect to China and India is currently under construction in this roadless valley. Intercut with stories from the road construction crew and the staff of a bus, ‘Baato’ (n. [Nepali] 1. path, trail 2. way 3. road) is an observational film that documents the instruments of globalization in intimate detail.
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The Book Keepers
writer/director Phil Wall
producer(s) Phil Wall, Nick Sprague
What do you do when the story you’ve written for your life doesn’t work out? How do you graciously slip into “Plan B?” When emerging writer Carol Wall’s life is tragically cut short on the eve of releasing her critically-acclaimed first book, her husband Dick must discover his own Plan B. Choosing to become the spokesperson for his wife’s work, Dick embarks on a difficult and inspirational cross-country journey to promote the book in Carol’s stead. Chronicled through the lens of their filmmaker son Phil, The Book Keepers is a heartfelt story that explores questions about relationships, loss and new beginnings.
KUSASA
writer(s) Bianca Schmitz, Shane Vermooten
director Shane Vermooten
producer(s) Bianca Schmitz, Vlokkie Gordon, Gu Yu, Lu Chuan, Katy Chen
Kusasa is the story of a young football team from South Africa and their journey to compete in the world’s largest youth football tournament, the Gothia Cup. From the bustling streets of a slum in Cape Town to the tree-lined avenues of Sweden, this group of football players and their larger-than-life coaches embark on an adventure of a lifetime.
Open Field
director Kathy Kuras
producer(s) Kathy Kuras, John Alexander
cast Sami Grisafe, Katie Sowers, Franco Harris
They played by NFL rules in NFL stadiums. They won world championships. They’re at the top of their game. What else do they have to do to level the playing field? Meet quarterback Sami Grisafe, San Francisco 49ers coach Katie Sowers and other legends of women’s tackle football who played for the love of the game against all odds. With commentary from Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris and 49ers Head Coach Kyle Shanahan, OPEN FIELD tells the story of the women who leave everything on the field in their drive for greatness, earning recognition and respect.
Re-Inventing The Wheel
director Chelsea McEvoy
producer Ryan Tebbutt
A unique community of wheelchair users guide a newly injured paraplegic through his first year on wheels.
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Wildflower
director Matt Smukler
producer(s) Brian Weidling, Matt Tolmach, Paige Goldberg Tolmach, Cindy Shortt
A high school student must decide whether to leave for college or stay at home with her mentally disabled parents.
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The Badger
writer/director Kazem Mollaie
producer Sina Saeidian
cast Vishka Asayesh , Hasan Majuni, Mehraveh Sharifinia , Behnoosh Bakhtiari, Gohar Kheirandish, Reza Behbudi
THE BADGER is the story of a 40-year-old woman called Soodeh Sharifzadegan who faces a strange incident, right before her second marriage.
THE CATCH
writer/director Matthew Ya-Hsiung Balzer
producer(s) Kierke Panisnick, Amy Durning
cast Katia Winter, Bill Sage, Kyle Gallner , James McMenamin, Jere Burns , Emy Coligado
A troubled woman returns to her estranged family in coastal Maine. With her lobsterman father caught up in a turf war at sea, she and an ex-boyfriend make plans to hijack local drug runners. As their desperation mounts, each character makes increasingly compromised and morally dubious decisions that threaten their way of life and their loved ones.
Good
director Justin Etheredge
producer(s) Justin Etheredge, Stephen Heleker
writer(s) Justin Etheredge, Nathan Allen
cast Keith David, Justin Etheredge, Nefetari Spencer, Kali Racquel, Christen Sharice, Sarah Scott Davis
Payton is a young Black man with a chance to marry into the upper echelons of Black society. But first he must abandon a secret, an unborn child with an ex-girlfriend. He is in desperate need of money, a job away from his pregnant ex, and time away from his fiancé, who knows nothing about the baby. He finds a solution in wealthy and stubborn Gregory Devereaux (Keith David), an elderly regular from his favorite late-night diner. Hired by Devereaux’s estranged daughter as his caretaker, Payton quickly becomes Gregory’s confidant, and Payton’s problems seem to disappear. But as Devereaux nears death – with the wedding and the baby’s birth fast approaching – Gregory’s past sins force Payton to reckon with his own decisions as a man. He must finally choose: marry rich, or do what’s right.
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Hard Luck Love Song
writer(s) Justin Corsbie, Craig Ugoretz
director Justin Corsbie
producer(s) Allison Smith, Justin Corsbie, Douglas Matejka, Peter Scalettar, Christian Monti
cast Michael Dorman, Sophia Bush, Dermot Mulroney, RZA, Eric Roberts, Melora Walters, Brian Sacca
Hard Luck Love Song is writer/director Justin Corsbie’s feature debut. The story follows Jesse (Michael Dorman), a charismatic but down on his luck troubadour who finds himself at an existential crossroads as bad choices catch up with him during an unexpected reunion with Carla (Sophia Bush), an old flame. The script is based on the song “Just Like Old Times” by acclaimed Americana singer/songwriter Todd Snider. The talented ensemble cast also features RZA, Dermot Mulroney, Brian Sacca, Melora Walters, and Academy Award nominated Eric Roberts. At its core, the film is a modern day love story wrapped in a gritty, compelling character study.
Paper Tiger
writer/director Paul Kowalski
producer(s) Paul Kowalski, Pin-Chun Liu, Bonnie Buckner
cast Lydia Look, Alan Trong, Elaine Kao, Seth Numrich, Lynn Chen
A widowed immigrant mother in LA fears her schizophrenic teenaged son is turning into a school shooter. Inspired by true events, Paper Tiger unfolds as a timely conversation about gun violence, mental illness and immigration; it also plays as a riveting psychological thriller, showcasing Paul Kowalski’s feature debut as a crafted and cinematic roller coaster.
Two Deaths of Henry Baker
writer Sebastian Pigott
director Felipe Mucci
producer(s) Hayden Baptiste , Neil Elman , Arnie Zipursky, Andrew Erin
cast Gil Bellows, Tony Curran , Sebastian Pigott, Dani Kind, Jess Salgueiro, Joe Dinicol
When the famous outlaw Henry Baker is released from prison after18 years, old friends and enemies are waiting for him. The son he left behind, entrusted to watch over his stolen riches. A bearded vagrant with a pistol and a decades-old bullet scar in his stomach. An alcohol soaked deputy with half an ear on one side. And a burned out street hustler with a sick mother and a festering vendetta. They trail Henry to a dilapidated hotel where he plans to reunite with his son, and the secret bag of gold he left behind.
Vagabonds (Vagabondes)
writer(s) Philippe Dajoux, Rebecca Bitan
director Philippe Dajoux
producer(s) Philippe Dajoux, Emmanuel Montamat
cast Sergi Lopez, Slimane Dazi, Sacha Bourdo, Pauline Bression, Marysol Fertard, Aurélie Reinhorn, Andréa Ferreol, Michel Jonasz, Jo Prestia, Vincent Garanger
Four people on the fringes of society are going to make a “seismic” encounter. Four vagabonds, with seemingly no future, will discover the meaning of hope. For Jo and Faustine, two worlds collide: misery and opulence, illiteracy and culture. One is a young woman living out of her broken car, while the other, a wannabe writer, ran away from her family and comfortable consumerist life. Jo is a mess of exploding emotions with a heavy past, and Faustine might be about to write her story. Soha and Anastasia are two young and isolated vagabonds, damaged by drugs and the street. They stumble upon one other only to become inseparable. Together, they run away from their past to walk into a better present. Will their newfound friendship and love be the force they need to aspire to a normal life?
Wake show (Función Velorio)
writer(s) Aldo Miyashiro, Érika Villalobos, Abril Cárdenas
director Aldo Miyashiro
producer Gilberto Nué
cast Manuel Calderón, Ximena Arroyo, Haysen Percovich, Virginia Mayo, Diego Pérez, Christopher Gaona, Reynaldo Arenas
Leonardo Oviedo is an ambitious theatre director, whose plays haven’t accomplished the success he dreamt of. Seeking for some recognition, he decides to write a play for four characters; a one-performance only, where all actors have to die onstage. On that matter, he casts an old has-been actor, who is an alcoholic, a fat actress, an endearing and intellectually disabled boy and a black actor, who has only been cast for the color of his skin. The play brings on a media hype never seen before, is an instant success and everyone is eager for the opening night. Whit defenders and detractors, the whole country talks about Leonardo Oviedo, and he will be willing to get to the very end, to fulfill this sickening artistic ideal.
Fugitive Dreams
writer(s) Jason Neulander, Caridad Svich
director Jason Neulander
producer(s) George Sledge, Jennifer Kuczaj, Michelle Faires, Peter Simonite, Jason Neulander
cast O-Lan Jones, April Matthis, Robbie Tann, Scott Shepherd, David Patrick Kelly
In this allegorical road movie touching on themes of homelessness, mental health, and addiction, two lost souls embark across a dreamscape America. Their darkly strange journey confronts them with their traumatic pasts, and bonds them in compassion and love. Mary, a homeless drifter, is filled with anger and deep depression. When another drifter, John, inadvertently thwarts her suicide attempt, the two form an unlikely partnership across the American Midwest. John brings a certain innocence to their relationship, Mary, a hardened practicality. Mary’s destination is “anywhere but here.” John’s is a place that only exists in his imagination. Along the way they meet a series of figures — ghosts of the road, voices of other cast-outs — deemed disposable by culture. These encounters challenge and torment John and Mary as they journey through a landscape that offers little solace for those living the most precarious of lives. The final leg of their wanderings brings them to the place of John’s dreams where the gray of the real world melts into color and the troubles of their afflictions dissolve away. Over the course of their story, John and Mary come to understand that the home they seek is not a particular place within this country. As they discover in the end, their home is one another.
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The Get Together
writer(s) Will Bakke, Michael B. Allen
director Will Bakke
producer(s) Chad Werner, Jon Michael Simpson, Will Bakke
cast Alejandro Rose-Garcia, Johanna Braddy, Jacob Artist, Ellar Coltrane, Bill Wise, Stephanie Hunt, Courtney Parchman, Chad Werner, Katelyn Marie Marshall, Brady Burleson Johnson, Preston Flagg, Luxy Banner, Kenah Benefield
A recent college post-grad, a soon-to-possibly-be-engaged couple, and a failing musician all deal with the realities of growing up as their three stories intersect over the course of one night at a house party in Austin.
Horton Foote: The Road to Home
director Anne Rapp
Horton Foote: The Road To Home is a documentary that chronicles the creative journey of acclaimed Texas writer Horton Foote through his own eyes and voice at the end of his life. Foote, who was born and raised in Wharton, Texas, went on to become a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, the winner of two Academy Awards for screenwriting, an Emmy Award for television writing, and was recipient of the National Medal of Arts among numerous other theatrical and literary prizes. His long and successful 70-year career of writing consisted primarily of stories set in the small town of Harrison, Texas, a fictitious version of Wharton. Horton was known for his delicate yet deeply-layered and profound storytelling — about family, human connections, struggles, resilience and redemption.
Queens of Pain
director(s) Cassie Hay, Amy Winston
producer Nathan Folbrecht
One of the most successful teams in New York sports history, Gotham Girls Roller Derby is a feminist powerhouse of elite athletes, misfits, and renegades. QUEENS OF PAIN follows three skaters — Suzy Hotrod, Evilicious, and Captain Smack Sparrow — as they battle the constraints of being a woman in America while fighting for the coveted Golden Skate.
