HIFF 2015: Program

Browse film section overviews: Opening/Closing/Centerpiece | Competition | A Conversation With…Spotlight FilmsFilms of Conflict & Resolution | Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights | Variety 10 Actors to Watch | Views From Long Island | Sloan Screenplay Readings | Winick Talks at Rowdy Hall | World Cinema Narrative | World Cinema DocumentarySummerDocs Winner | Short Films

To see film and event descriptions, screening days and times and more, click the pink titles below.


Opening Night, Closing Night & Centerpiece Films
Truth-650 2 black tie Opening Night: East Hampton
(October 8)
TRUTH
Director: James Vanderbilt | USA
Youth-650 Opening Night: Southampton
(October 9)
YOUTH
East Coast Premiere
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Italy/France/UK/Switzerland
Spotlight-650 Centerpiece: Saturday
(October 10)
SPOTLIGHT
East Coast Premiere
Director: Tom McCarthy | USA
Carol-650 Centerpiece: Sunday
(October 11)
CAROL
Director: Todd Haynes | UK/USA
Bridge-of-Spies-650 Closing Night: Monday
(October 12)
BRIDGE OF SPIES
Director: Steven Spielberg | USA

HIFF Competition
Competition: Narrative Feature
Embrace of the Serpent 650 EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT
“El Abrazo de la Serpiente”
East Coast Premiere
Colombia
Director: Ciro Guerra
French-Blood-650 FRENCH BLOOD
“Un Français”
US Premiere | France
Director: Diastème
Mediterranea-650 MEDITERRANEA
North American Premiere
Italy/France/USA
Director: Jonas Carpignano
Rams 650 RAMS
“Hrútar”
East Coast Premiere
Iceland
Director: Grímur Hákonarson
Take the to the River 2 650 TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
East Coast Premiere | USA
Director: Matt Sobel
Competition: Documentary Feature
Chuck Norris vs Communism 650 CHUCK NORRIS VS. COMMUNISM
New York Premiere | UK/Romania/Germany
Director: Ilinca Calugareanu
German-Youth-650 A GERMAN YOUTH
“Une Jeunesse Allemande”
East Coast Premiere | France
Director: Jean-Gabriel Périot
Missing People 650 MISSING PEOPLE
East Coast Premiere | USA
Director: David Shapiro
newman-650 NEWMAN
World Premiere | USA
Director: Jon Fox
The-Visit-650 THE VISIT
“A Látogatás”
New York Premiere | Finland/Denmark
Director: Michael Madsen
Competition: Narrative Short Film
Tuesday-(Sali)-650 TUESDAY
“Sali”
US Premiere | Turkey/France
Director: Ziya Demirel
Patriot-650 PATRIOT
New York Premiere | UK
Director: Eva Riley
Victor-XX-650 VICTOR XX
North American Premiere | Spain
Director: Ian Garrido
Over-650 OVER
New York Premiere | UK
Director: Jörn Threlfall
Shack-650 THE SHACK
“La Baracca”
North American Premiere | Italy
Directors: Federico Di Corato, Alessandro De Leo
Competition: Documentary Short Film
Last-Day-of-Freedom-650 LAST DAY OF FREEDOM
New York Premiere | USA
Directors: Dee Hibbert-Jones, Nomi Talisman
Pebbles-at-Your-Door-650 PEBBLES AT YOUR DOOR
East Coast Premiere | Denmark
Director: Vibeke Bryld
Women-in-Sink-650 WOMEN IN SINK
New York Premiere | Israel/UK
Director: Iris Zaki
Bacon-&-God's-Wrath-650 BACON & GOD’S WRATH
US Premiere | Canada
Director: Sol Friedman
Take-Me-to-the-Moon-650 TAKE ME TO THE MOON
North American Premiere | Spain/China
Directors: Oriol Martínez, Enric Ribes

A Conversation With…
Dan-Rather-John-Filo-400 A Conversation With Dan Rather
Saturday, October 10
2:00 pm
Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor
Michael-Moore-400 A Conversation With Michael Moore
Sunday, October 11
12:00 pm
Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor
Emily-Blunt-Pascal-Le-Segretain-Getty-Images-400 A Conversation With Emily Blunt
Sunday, October 11
2:00 pm
Bay Street in Sag Harbor
Winner, Variety Creative Impact in Acting Award

Spotlight Films
Anomalisa-650 ANOMALISA
East Coast Premiere | USA
Directors: Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson
born-to-be-blue-650 BORN TO BE BLUE
Sneak Preview | USA/Canada/UK
Director: Robert Budreau
Brooklyn-650 BROOKLYN
Ireland/UK/Canada
Director: John Crowley
Experimenter-650 EXPERIMENTER
USA
Director: Michael Almereyda
I-Saw-the-Light-650 I SAW THE LIGHT
US Premiere | USA
Director: Marc Abraham
Lady-in-the-Van-650 THE LADY IN THE VAN
US Premiere | UK
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Louder-Than-Bombs-650 LOUDER THAN BOMBS
US Premiere | Norway/France/Denmark
Director: Joachim Trier
MacBeth-650 MACBETH
East Coast Premiere | France/UK/USA
Director: Justin Kurzel
meadowland-650 MEADOWLAND
USA
Director: Reed Morano
Suffragette-650 SUFFRAGETTE
UK
Director: Sarah Gavron
Royal-Night-Out-650 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT
North American Premiere | UK
Director: Julian Jarrold
When-I-Live-My-Life-Over-Again-650 WHEN I LIVE MY LIFE OVER AGAIN
USA
Director: Robert Edwards
Where-to-Invade-Next-650 WHERE TO INVADE NEXT
USA
Director: Michael Moore

Films of Conflict & Resolution
Uncondemned-650 THE UNCONDEMNED
World Premiere | USA
Directors: Michele Mitchell, Nick Louvel
Winner: 2015 Brizzolara Family Foundation Award
for a Film of Conflict and Resolution
Armor-of-Light-650 THE ARMOR OF LIGHT
USA
Director: Abigail E. Disney
Democrats-650 DEMOCRATS
Denmark
Director: Camilla Nielsson
he-named-me-malala-650 HE NAMED ME MALALA
USA
Director: Davis Guggenheim
High-Sun-650 THE HIGH SUN
“Zvizdan”

US Premiere | Croatia/Slovenia/Serbia
Director: Dalibor Matanic

Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights
Champions-650-2 THE CHAMPIONS
World Premiere | USA
Directors: Darcy Dennett
Winner: 2015 Zelda Penzel
“Giving Voice to the Voiceless” 
Award
how-to-change-the-world-650 HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD
UK/CANADA
Director: Jerry Rothwell
Captain-Fish-650 CAPTAIN FISH
France | Short Film
Director: John Banana

Variety 10 Actors to Watch

Christopher-Abbott-400-sq

Christopher Abbott
JAMES WHITE

Emory-Cohen-200

Emory Cohen
BROOKLYN

Thomas-Mann-credit-Jeff-Vespa-250

Thomas Mann
THE PREPPIE CONNECTION

Bel-Powley-400

Bel Powley
A ROYAL NIGHT OUT

Rebecca-Ferguson-400-sq credit Marica Rosengard

Rebecca Ferguson

Jason-Mitchell-400-sq

Jason Mitchell

Maika-Monroe-400

Maika Monroe

Keith-Stanfield-400

Keith Stanfield

Tessa-Thompson-400

Tessa Thompson

Jessie-T.-Usher-400

Jessie T. Usher

Views From Long Island
class-divide-650 CLASS DIVIDE
World Premiere | USA
Director: Marc Levin
Harry-and-Snowman-650 HARRY & SNOWMAN
New York Premiere
USA
Director: Ron Davis
How-to-Dance-in-Ohio-650 HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO
USA
Director: Alexandra Shiva
When-I-Live-My-Life-Over-Again-650
WHEN I LIVE MY
LIFE OVER AGAIN

USA
Director: Robert Edwards
Picturing-Barbara-Kruger-650 PICTURING BARBARA KRUGER
East Coast Premiere |  USA
Director: Pippa Bianco
It's-Me-Hilary-650 IT’S ME, HILARY: THE
MAN WHO DREW ELOISE

USA
Director: Matt Wolf

Screenplay Readings: Selections from the Screenwriters Lab

Now in its 14th year, the Screenwriters Lab is an intimate, weekend-long screenwriting program, pairing up-and-coming screenwriters with established screenwriters, directors and producers for a series of one-on-one mentoring sessions. Each April, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and HIFF selected two exceptional science- and technology-themed screenplays to participate in the Lab; selections from Jane, by Kendell Courtney Klein, and European Zero, by Jared Goodman, will be read during the Festival. Join us for this special screenplay reading, with cast to include Harris Yulin, Erik Jensen, Daniel Gerroll, Lilly Englert, and more to be announced.

Tickets here!


Winick Talks at Rowdy Hall
Jonathan-Sehring-400 JONATHAN SEHRING ON GARY WINICK AND INNOVATION
Friday, October 9

President of IFC Films Jonathan Sehring will remember Gary as a filmmaking innovator,
and the past, present and future of filmmaking innovation.
Meet the Directors 2015 MEET THE FILMMAKERS: DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Saturday, October 10
Ilinca Calugareanu (CHUCK NORRIS VS. COMMUNISM)
David Shapiro (MISSING PEOPLE)
Jon Fox (NEWMAN)
Vibeke Bryld (PEBBLES AT YOUR DOOR)
CSA logo 320 THE ART OF CASTING: CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Sunday, October 11
Join three of the industry’s foremost casting directors:
Ellen Lewis (BRIDGE OF SPIES)
Richard Hicks (MEADOWLAND)
Bernie Telsey (New York Vice President of the Casting Society of America)

SummerDocs Audience Award Winner
Best-of-Enemies-2-Buckley BEST OF ENEMIES
Audience Award Winner: SummerDocs
Directors: Morgan Neville & Robert Gordon

World Cinema
World Cinema Narrative
11-minutes-650 11 MINUTES
“11 minut”
US Premiere
Poland/Ireland
Dir: Jerzy Skolimowski
45-Years-650 45 YEARS
East Coast Premiere | UK
Dir: Andrew Haigh
All-About-Them-650 ALL ABOUT THEM
“À trois on y va”

US Premiere | France
Dir: Jérôme Bonnell
April-Extraordinary-World-650 APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD
“Avril et le Monde Truqué”
East Coast Premiere | France/Canada/Belgium
Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci
Babai-650 BABAI
North American Premiere
Germany/Kosovo/Macedonia/France
Dir: Visar Morina
Cafe-Derby-650 CAFÉ DERBY
International Premiere | Belgium
Dir: Lenny Van Wesemael
club-650 THE CLUB
“El Club”
New York Premiere | Chile
Dir: Pablo Larrain
Dheepan-650 DHEEPAN
US Premiere | France
Dir: Jacques Audiard
disorder-200 DISORDER
“Maryland”

US Premiere | France/Belgium
Dir: Alice Winocour
Fell-650 FELL
North American Premiere | Australia
Dir: Kasimir Burgess
James-White-650 JAMES WHITE
East Coast Premiere | USA
Dir: Josh Mond
Krisha-650 KRISHA
USA
Dir: Trey Edward Shults
Labyrinth-of-Lies-650 LABYRINTH OF LIES
“Im Labyrinth des Schweigens”
Germany
Dir: Giulio Ricciarelli
Monster-with-a-Thousand-Heads-650 A MONSTER WITH A THOUSAND HEADS
“Un Monstru De Mil Cabezas”

North American Premiere | Mexico
Dir: Rodrigo Plá
Preppie-Connection-650 THE PREPPIE CONNECTION
World Premiere | USA
Dir: Joseph Castelo
Room-650 ROOM
East Coast Premiere | Ireland/Canada
Dir: Lenny Abrahamson
Son-of-Saul-650 SON OF SAUL
“Saul fia”
Hungary
Dir: László Nemes
Tikkun 650 new TIKKUN
Sneak Preview | Israel
Dir: Avishai Sivan
Umrika-650 UMRIKA
East Coast Premiere | India
Dir: Prashant Nair
Virgin-Mountain-650 VIRGIN MOUNTAIN
“Fúsi”
Iceland/Denmark
Dir: Dagur Kári
Wave-650 THE WAVE
“Bølgen”
East Coast Premiere | Norway
Dir: Roar Uthaug

World Cinema Documentary
Bolshoi-Babylon-650 BOLSHOI BABYLON
US Premiere | UK
Dir: Nick Read
By-Sidney-Lumet-650 BY SIDNEY LUMET
North American Premiere | USA
Dir: Nancy Buirski
C-Word-650 THE C WORD
World Premiere | USA
Dir: Meghan O’Hara
class-divide-650 CLASS DIVIDE
World Premiere | USA
Dir: Marc Levin
CROCODILE-GENNADIY-650 CROCODILE GENNADIY
USA/Ukraine
Dir: Steve Hoover
DreamKiller-650 DREAM/KILLER
USA
Dir: Andrew Jenks
Good-Things-Await-650 GOOD THINGS AWAIT
“Så meget godt i vente”
East Coast Premiere | Denmark
Dir: Phie Ambo
Great-Alone-Use-This-650 THE GREAT ALONE
New York Premiere | USA
Dir: Greg Kohs
Harry-and-Snowman-650 HARRY & SNOWMAN
New York Premiere | USA
Dir: Ron Davis
Harry-Benson-Shoot-First-650 HARRY BENSON: SHOOT FIRST
World Premiere | USA
Dirs: Matthew Miele, Justin Bare
How-to-Dance-in-Ohio-650 HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO
USA
Dir: Alexandra Shiva
in-transit-650 IN TRANSIT
USA
Dir: Albert Maysles, Lynn True, Nelson
Walker, David Usui, Ben Wu
Indian-Point-650 INDIAN POINT
USA
Dir: Ivy Meeropol
My-Love-Dont-Cross-That-River-650 MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER
“Nim-Ah, Gue Gang-Eul Gyeon-Neo-Ji Ma-Oh”
South Korea
Dir: Mo-young Jin
Palio-650 PALIO
East Coast Premiere | UK/Italy
Dir: Cosima Spender
Russian-Woodpecker-650 THE RUSSIAN WOODPECKER
“Orosz Harkály”
Ukraine/UK/USA
Dir: Chad Gracia
sherpa-650 SHERPA
East Coast Premiere | Australia/Nepal
Dir: Jennifer Peedom
Song-of-Lahore-650-new SONG OF LAHORE
USA/Pakistan
Dirs: Andy Schocken, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Short Film Programs

NEW YORK WOMEN IN FILM AND TELEVISION:
WOMEN CALLING THE SHOTS

Chopping Onions | North American Premiere | USA | Adinah Dancyger
Nicodemus | World Premiere | USA | Ani Simon-Kennedy
unmappable | New York Premiere | USA| Jasmine Luoma, Diane Hodson
Picturing Barbara Kruger | East Coast Premiere | USA | Pippa Bianco
Living Legend | World Premiere | Peru/USA | Alonso Llosa
Behind the Wall | New York Premiere | USA | Bat-Sheva Guez

I HEAR YOU LOUD AND NOT SO CLEAR
Hardbat | USA | Zack Schamberg
Ave Maria | East Coast Premiere | Palestine/France/Germany | Basil Khalil
Two Dosas | East Coast Premiere | UK | Sarmad Masud
Zero M2 “Zéro M2” | East Coast Premiere | France | Matthieu Landour
Bob Spells Backwards | USA | Ryan Maxey, Josh Polon
Love is Blind | East Coast Premiere | UK | Dan Hodgson
Review | USA | Dustin Guy Defa

AHOY! SHORTS FOR ALL AGES
Sanjay’s Super Team | USA | Sanjay Patel
Eggs | US Premiere | Japan | Tomofumi Inoue
Cooped | New York Premiere | USA | Mike A. Smith
Sleepy Steve | New York Premiere | USA | Meghann Artes
Captain Fish | France | John Banana
Waterbabies | New York Premiere | USA/UK | Nora Ballard
The Present | Germany | Jacob Frey

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
Edmond | UK | Nina Gantz
Rate Me | US Premiere | UK | Fyzal Boulifa
Myrna the Monster | USA | Ian Samuels
Pink Boy | New York Premiere | USA | Eric Rockey
End of Puberty “Kamaszkor vége” | US Premiere | Hungary | Fanni Szilágyi
Kacey Mottet Klein, Birth of an Actor “Kacey Mottet Klein, naissance d’un acteur” | New York Premiere | Switzerland | Ursula Meier
Catwalk | Sweden | Ninja Thyberg

YOU AND WHOSE ARMY?
Kingdom of Garbage | Iraq/UK/USA/Netherlands | Yasir Kareem
Northern Great Mountain “Stoerre Vaerie” | East Coast Premiere | Sweden | Amanda Kernell
Flame “Plamen” | East Coast Premiere | USA/Bulgaria | Andre Andreev, Dan Covert
Mommy | US Premiere | Sweden/Denmark | Milad Alami
The Translator “Çevirmen” | US Premiere | Turkey/UK | Emre Kayiş
Tarantula “Tarântula” | North American Premiere | Brazil | Aly Muritiba, Marja Calafange

STUDENT SHORT FILMS SHOWCASE
Five Windows | East Coast Premiere | USA | Daniel Cooper, Adam Cooper
Fulfilament | New York Premiere | UK | Rhiannon Evans
My Stuffed Granny | UK | Effie Pappa
Thicker Than Water “Mool-bo-da Jin-han” | New York Premiere | South Korea | Seung Yeob Lee
A Band of Thieves | USA | Fidel Ruiz-Healy

CRAFTED
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah | East Coast Premiere | UK | Adam Benzine
The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano | USA | Joshua Seftel
It’s Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise | USA | Matt Wolf

SHORTS BEFORE FEATURES
A Long Way From Home | East Coast Premiere | USA | Jay Rosenblatt
Body Team 12 | Liberia | David Darg
Bear “Bär” | Germany | Pascal Flörks
The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul | Ukraine/Australia | Kitty Green
Object “Obiekt” | Poland | Paulina Skibińska
All-American Family | USA | Andrew Jenks
Cams | East Coast Premiere | Sweden | Carl-Johan Westregård
I Follow You “Jag Följer Dig” | East Coast Premiere | Sweden | Jonatan Etzler