Browse film section overviews: Opening/Closing/Centerpiece | Competition | A Conversation With… | Spotlight Films | Films 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 Documentary | SummerDocs Winner | Short Films
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Opening Night, Closing Night & Centerpiece Films
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Opening Night: East Hampton (October 8) TRUTH Director: James Vanderbilt | USA |
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Opening Night: Southampton (October 9) YOUTH East Coast Premiere Director: Paolo Sorrentino Italy/France/UK/Switzerland |
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Centerpiece: Saturday (October 10) SPOTLIGHT East Coast Premiere Director: Tom McCarthy | USA |
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Centerpiece: Sunday (October 11) CAROL Director: Todd Haynes | UK/USA |
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Closing Night: Monday (October 12) BRIDGE OF SPIES Director: Steven Spielberg | USA |
HIFF Competition
Competition: Narrative Feature
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EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT “El Abrazo de la Serpiente” East Coast Premiere Colombia Director: Ciro Guerra |
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FRENCH BLOOD “Un Français” US Premiere | France Director: Diastème |
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MEDITERRANEA North American Premiere Italy/France/USA Director: Jonas Carpignano |
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RAMS “Hrútar” East Coast Premiere Iceland Director: Grímur Hákonarson |
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TAKE ME TO THE RIVER East Coast Premiere | USA Director: Matt Sobel |
Competition: Documentary Feature
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CHUCK NORRIS VS. COMMUNISM New York Premiere | UK/Romania/Germany Director: Ilinca Calugareanu |
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A GERMAN YOUTH “Une Jeunesse Allemande” East Coast Premiere | France Director: Jean-Gabriel Périot |
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MISSING PEOPLE East Coast Premiere | USA Director: David Shapiro |
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NEWMAN World Premiere | USA Director: Jon Fox |
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THE VISIT “A Látogatás” New York Premiere | Finland/Denmark Director: Michael Madsen |
Competition: Narrative Short Film
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TUESDAY “Sali” US Premiere | Turkey/France Director: Ziya Demirel |
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PATRIOT New York Premiere | UK Director: Eva Riley |
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VICTOR XX North American Premiere | Spain Director: Ian Garrido |
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OVER New York Premiere | UK Director: Jörn Threlfall |
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THE SHACK “La Baracca” North American Premiere | Italy Directors: Federico Di Corato, Alessandro De Leo |
Competition: Documentary Short Film
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LAST DAY OF FREEDOM New York Premiere | USA Directors: Dee Hibbert-Jones, Nomi Talisman |
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PEBBLES AT YOUR DOOR East Coast Premiere | Denmark Director: Vibeke Bryld |
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WOMEN IN SINK New York Premiere | Israel/UK Director: Iris Zaki |
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BACON & GOD’S WRATH US Premiere | Canada Director: Sol Friedman |
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TAKE ME TO THE MOON North American Premiere | Spain/China Directors: Oriol Martínez, Enric Ribes |
A Conversation With…
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A Conversation With Dan Rather Saturday, October 10 2:00 pm Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor |
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A Conversation With Michael Moore Sunday, October 11 12:00 pm Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor |
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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
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ANOMALISA East Coast Premiere | USA Directors: Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson |
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BORN TO BE BLUE Sneak Preview | USA/Canada/UK Director: Robert Budreau |
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BROOKLYN Ireland/UK/Canada Director: John Crowley |
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EXPERIMENTER USA Director: Michael Almereyda |
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I SAW THE LIGHT US Premiere | USA Director: Marc Abraham |
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THE LADY IN THE VAN US Premiere | UK Director: Nicholas Hytner |
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LOUDER THAN BOMBS US Premiere | Norway/France/Denmark Director: Joachim Trier |
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MACBETH East Coast Premiere | France/UK/USA Director: Justin Kurzel |
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MEADOWLAND USA Director: Reed Morano |
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SUFFRAGETTE UK Director: Sarah Gavron |
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A ROYAL NIGHT OUT North American Premiere | UK Director: Julian Jarrold |
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WHEN I LIVE MY LIFE OVER AGAIN USA Director: Robert Edwards |
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WHERE TO INVADE NEXT USA Director: Michael Moore |
Films of Conflict & Resolution
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THE UNCONDEMNED World Premiere | USA Directors: Michele Mitchell, Nick Louvel Winner: 2015 Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for a Film of Conflict and Resolution |
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THE ARMOR OF LIGHT USA Director: Abigail E. Disney |
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DEMOCRATS Denmark Director: Camilla Nielsson |
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HE NAMED ME MALALA USA Director: Davis Guggenheim |
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THE HIGH SUN “Zvizdan” US Premiere | Croatia/Slovenia/Serbia Director: Dalibor Matanic |
Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights
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THE CHAMPIONS World Premiere | USA Directors: Darcy Dennett Winner: 2015 Zelda Penzel “Giving Voice to the Voiceless” Award |
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HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD UK/CANADA Director: Jerry Rothwell |
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CAPTAIN FISH France | Short Film Director: John Banana |
Variety 10 Actors to Watch
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Christopher Abbott JAMES WHITE |
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Emory Cohen BROOKLYN |
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Thomas Mann THE PREPPIE CONNECTION |
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Bel Powley A ROYAL NIGHT OUT |
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Rebecca Ferguson |
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Jason Mitchell |
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Maika Monroe | ||
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Keith Stanfield |
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Tessa Thompson |
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Jessie T. Usher |
Views From Long Island
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CLASS DIVIDE World Premiere | USA Director: Marc Levin |
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HARRY & SNOWMAN New York Premiere USA Director: Ron Davis |
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HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO USA Director: Alexandra Shiva |
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WHEN I LIVE MY LIFE OVER AGAIN USA Director: Robert Edwards |
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PICTURING BARBARA KRUGER East Coast Premiere | USA Director: Pippa Bianco |
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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.
Winick Talks at Rowdy Hall
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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. |
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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) |
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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
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BEST OF ENEMIES Audience Award Winner: SummerDocs Directors: Morgan Neville & Robert Gordon |
World Cinema
World Cinema Narrative
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11 MINUTES “11 minut” US Premiere Poland/Ireland Dir: Jerzy Skolimowski |
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45 YEARS East Coast Premiere | UK Dir: Andrew Haigh |
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ALL ABOUT THEM “À trois on y va” US Premiere | France Dir: Jérôme Bonnell |
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APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD “Avril et le Monde Truqué” East Coast Premiere | France/Canada/Belgium Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci |
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BABAI North American Premiere Germany/Kosovo/Macedonia/France Dir: Visar Morina |
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CAFÉ DERBY International Premiere | Belgium Dir: Lenny Van Wesemael |
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THE CLUB “El Club” New York Premiere | Chile Dir: Pablo Larrain |
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DHEEPAN US Premiere | France Dir: Jacques Audiard |
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DISORDER “Maryland” US Premiere | France/Belgium Dir: Alice Winocour |
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FELL North American Premiere | Australia Dir: Kasimir Burgess |
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JAMES WHITE East Coast Premiere | USA Dir: Josh Mond |
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KRISHA USA Dir: Trey Edward Shults |
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LABYRINTH OF LIES “Im Labyrinth des Schweigens” Germany Dir: Giulio Ricciarelli |
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A MONSTER WITH A THOUSAND HEADS “Un Monstru De Mil Cabezas” North American Premiere | Mexico Dir: Rodrigo Plá |
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THE PREPPIE CONNECTION World Premiere | USA Dir: Joseph Castelo |
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ROOM East Coast Premiere | Ireland/Canada Dir: Lenny Abrahamson |
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SON OF SAUL “Saul fia” Hungary Dir: László Nemes |
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TIKKUN Sneak Preview | Israel Dir: Avishai Sivan |
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UMRIKA East Coast Premiere | India Dir: Prashant Nair |
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VIRGIN MOUNTAIN “Fúsi” Iceland/Denmark Dir: Dagur Kári |
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THE WAVE “Bølgen” East Coast Premiere | Norway Dir: Roar Uthaug |
World Cinema Documentary
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BOLSHOI BABYLON US Premiere | UK Dir: Nick Read |
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BY SIDNEY LUMET North American Premiere | USA Dir: Nancy Buirski |
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THE C WORD World Premiere | USA Dir: Meghan O’Hara |
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CLASS DIVIDE World Premiere | USA Dir: Marc Levin |
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CROCODILE GENNADIY USA/Ukraine Dir: Steve Hoover |
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DREAM/KILLER USA Dir: Andrew Jenks |
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GOOD THINGS AWAIT “Så meget godt i vente” East Coast Premiere | Denmark Dir: Phie Ambo |
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THE GREAT ALONE New York Premiere | USA Dir: Greg Kohs |
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HARRY & SNOWMAN New York Premiere | USA Dir: Ron Davis |
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HARRY BENSON: SHOOT FIRST World Premiere | USA Dirs: Matthew Miele, Justin Bare |
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HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO USA Dir: Alexandra Shiva |
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IN TRANSIT USA Dir: Albert Maysles, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, David Usui, Ben Wu |
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INDIAN POINT USA Dir: Ivy Meeropol |
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MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER “Nim-Ah, Gue Gang-Eul Gyeon-Neo-Ji Ma-Oh” South Korea Dir: Mo-young Jin |
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PALIO East Coast Premiere | UK/Italy Dir: Cosima Spender |
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THE RUSSIAN WOODPECKER “Orosz Harkály” Ukraine/UK/USA Dir: Chad Gracia |
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SHERPA East Coast Premiere | Australia/Nepal Dir: Jennifer Peedom |
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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
