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by | Sep 13, 2018 | Events, Features, Film Screenings

ARE YOU GLAD I’M HERE

OCT. 13th, 10:00 – 12:00 pm, VENUE 1

DIRECTOR: NOOR GHARZEDDINE

PRODUCERS: NOOR GHARZEDDINE, ELIE DEEK

WRITER: SAMUEL CYRENIUS ANDERSON, ELIE DEEK

RT: 75

CAST: Marwa Khalil, Tess Harrison

SYNOPSIS: A millennial American girl befriends a Lebanese housewife and disrupts her ordered life; one night they become accidental partners-in-crime.

 

ASK FOR JANE

OCT. 11th, 10:00 – 12:00 pm, VENUE 1

DIRECTOR: RACHEL CAREY

PRODUCERS: CAIT JOHNSTON, JOSH FOLAN, CAROLINE HIRSCH

WRITER: RACHEL CAREY

RT: 110

CAST: Cody Horn, Cait Cortelyou, Sarah Ramos, Sarah Steele, Chloe Levine,Ben Rappaport, Alison Wright, Sophie von Haselberg, Margot White, Michael Rabe, Phil Burke, Saycon Sengbloh, Lilly Englert, Alice Kremelberg, Danny Flaherty

SYNOPSIS: Based on real events, a story about a group of young college women who developed an underground abortion network.

 

BARDO BLUES

OCT. 11th, 4:10 – 6:10 pm, VENUE 2

DIRECTOR: MARCIA KIMPTON

PRODUCER: MARCIA KIMPTON

WRITER: MARCIA KIMPTON

RT: 85

CAST: Brian Gross

SYNOPSIS: Story of a mentally ill young man attempting to come to grips with his haunting past by seeking solace and understanding in the unfamiliar Eastern culture of Thailand.

 

BUDAPEST NOIR

OCT. 11th, 8:00 – 10:00 pm, VENUE 1

DIRECTOR: EVA GARDOS

PRODUCER: ILDIKO KEMENY

WRITERS: VILMOS KONDOR, ANDRAS SZAKER

RT: 110

SYNOPSIS: A murder mystery set in Budapest 1936, a young beautiful girl is found dead and no one wants to investigate – except Gordon, a crime reporter who has a gut feeling that things are not what they seem.

 

DAGENHAM

OCT. 13th, 2:05 – 4:04 pm, VENUE 1

DIRECTOR: JO MORRIS

PRODUCER: AIMAN HARNISH

RT: 108 

CAST: Doraly Rosa, Lily Newmark

SYNOPSIS: A disadvantaged mother fights against drugs, death, and desperation in the deprived town of Dagenham.

 

THE DARK WITHIN

OCT. 13th, 12:00 – 2:00 pm, VENUE 1

DIRECTOR: DAVID RYAN KEITH

PRODUCERS: MARY ANN BARNES

DAVID DITTLINGER: LORRAINE KEITH, STEPHEN DURHAM, HEMDEE KIWANUKA

WRITERS: DAVID RYAN KEITH, PAUL FLANNERY

RT: 89

CAST: Paul Flannery, Kendra Carelli, Niko Foster, Stephanie Lynn Styles, Mark Wood

SYNOPSIS: A disturbed man with unknown psychic abilities tries to unravel the mystery of his parent’s disappearance while battling his own demons.

 

THE DIVIDE

OCT. 11th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm, VENUE 1

DIRECTOR: PERRY KING

PRODUCERS: JO HASKIN, JEN TADLOCK

WRITER: JANA BROWN

RT: 105

CAST: Perry King, Bryan Kaplan, Sara Arrington, Levi Kreis, Luke Colombero

SYNOPSIS: Set in drought-plagued Northern California in 1976, The Divide chronicles the story of Sam Kincaid, an aging rancher with a failing memory, and his estranged family.

 

FEELING YOU

OCT. 12th, 10:00 – 12:00 pm, VENUE 1

DIRECTOR: YUEZ ZENG

PRODUCERS: ZHAO LIU, SHUN YU

WRITER: YEUZ ZENG

RT: 90

CAST: Nuo Xu, Sizhu Zhou, Wei Wang

SYNOPSIS: The story of a man and woman interconnected through mysterious forces as they share senses of touch and sounds in a love story that transcends space and time.

 

 

LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD

OCT. 14th, 12:05 – 2:00 pm, VENUE 1

DIRECTOR: NAOKO YAMADA

WRITERS: AYANO TAKEDA, REIKO YOSHIDA

RT: 91

CAST: Atsumi Tanezaki, Nao Toyama, Miyu Honda

SYNOPSIS: Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki are a pair of best friends in their final year of high school. They’re both obsessed with the school’s brass band club. With Mizore on the oboe and Nozomi on the flute, they spend their days in happiness, until the club begins to practice songs inspired by the fairy tale Liz und ein Blauer Vogel – “Liz and the Blue Bird.”

 

 

LOST GULLY ROAD 

OCT. 13th, 4:05 – 6:05 pm, VENUE 1

DIRECTOR: DONNA MCRAE

PRODUCERS: LIZ BAULCH, DONNA MCRAE

WRITERS: DONNA MCRAE, MICHAEL VALE

RT: 80

CAST: Adele Perovic, John Brumpton, Jane Clifton, Eloise Mignon

SYNOPSIS: Lucy travels to a secluded cottage to wait for her sister… but her unexpected host decides to keep her company.

 

MATERNAL SECRETS

OCT. 14th, 10:00 – 12:00 pm, VENUE 1

DIRECTOR: LUCINDA SPURLING

PRODUCER: BROOKE BURFITT

WRITER: LUCINDA SPURLING

RT: 85

SYNOPSIS: Jackson, an up and coming US state senator, goes missing during a tropical Bermuda vacation, leaving his pregnant girlfriend, Aubrey, searching for answers.

 

ONE NATION UNDER GOD

OCT. 14th, 2:05 – 4:00 pm, VENUE 1

DIRECTOR: LISA ARNOLD

PRODUCERS: JARED COATES, JORDAN SCHUR, NICK THURLOW, DAWN JOHNSON

RT: 100

SYNOPSIS: When the lead Presidential candidate comes to speak to the Lee High student body, David Gutierrez asks him a questions that make them both struggle with faith and courage.

 

PARALLEL CHORDS

OCT. 11th, 4:10 – 6:00 pm, VENUE 1

DIRECTOR: CATHERINE DUDLEY-ROSE

PRODUCERS: CATHERINE DUDLEY-ROSE, ALLYSON MACE

WRITER: CATHERINE DUDLEY-ROSE

RT: 100

CAST: Bjorn Johnson, Rachel Ann, Laura Kirk

SYNOPSIS: A young violinist struggles to assert her individuality amidst the intense pressures of her pianist father and the formidable weight of her own musical ability.

 

A SNIPER’S WAR

OCT. 12th, 8:10 – 10:10 pm, VENUE 2

DIRECTOR: OLYA SCHECHTER

PRODUCER: OLYA SCHECHTER

RT: 80

CAST: Dejan Beric

SYNOPSIS: A story of a sniper whose anti-US views led him to join the pro-Russian rebels in the ongoing Ukrainian conflict.

 

STARFISH

OCT. 12th, 12:00 – 2:00 pm, VENUE 1

DIRECTOR: SHIRA LEVIN

PRODUCER: JAMES KWEI

WRITER: SHIRA LEVIN

RT: 90

CAST: Margaret Curry, Christopher L. McAllister, Pascal Yen-Pfister, Sophia Colon Roosevelt, Louis Markle

SYNOPSIS: A woman grieving the recent death of her dog gets an opportunity to reconnect with her 14 year old niece when her estranged sister calls and asks her to have the girl visit.

 

STRANGER COLORS

OCT. 11th, 6:00 – 8:00PM, VENUE 1

DIRECTOR: ALENA LODKINA

PRODUCERS: ISAAC WALL, KATE LAURIE

WRITER: ISAAC WALL

RT: 85

CAST: Kate Cheel, Daniel P. Jones, Justin Courtin

SYNOPSIS: Father and daughter try to mend their fractured bond, but their connection is fragile, like the strange, colourful gems he digs up from the earth.

 

THICKER THAN WATER

OCT. 12th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm, VENUE 1

DIRECTOR: DOMINIC CRISCI

PRODUCER: MADELEINE KENNEDY

WRITER: ELLIE POPOV

RT: 74

CAST: Chai Hansen, Pete Murray, Madeleine Kennedy, Ellie Popov, Anthony Brandon Wong, Brad McMurray, Philippe Klaus

SYNOPSIS: A young woman, Ludmiller, struggles to maintain the unity of her family, when her eldest brother, D, a recovering drug addict, returns from rehab.

 

WHEN I SING

OCT. 12th, 4:10 – 6:00 pm, VENUE 2

DIRECTOR: ROBIN URIEL RUSSIN

PRODUCERS: LINDA CHORNEY, DOUGLAS A RAINE, ROBIN URIEL RUSSIN

WRITERS: LINDA CHORNEY, DOUGLAS A. RAINE

RT: 97

CAST: Linda Chorney, Maxwell Scott, Chris Mulkey

SYNOPSIS: Funny, irreverent, heartfelt, and real. With Linda Chorney playing herself, this is the story of a singer-songwriter’s wild ride toward finally being “almost famous” after thirty years of gigging on the road.

 

WHEN WE GROW UP

OCT. 12th, 12:00 – 2:00 pm, VENUE 2

DIRECTOR: ZORINAH JUAN

PRODUCERS: SIMONE STADLER, GRACE HANNOY

WRITER: GRACE HANNOY

RT: 97

CAST: Catherine Curtin, Mitch Poulos, Jennifer Tsay, Lauren Lim Jackson, Clyde Voce

SYNOPSIS: When We Grow Up is a feature length dramatic comedy with a spin on the traditional “coming-of-age” narrative. The death of the family dog sends the matriarch of the Barnes family into a tailspin of grief causing her to call on her three adult children for comfort.