 A scene from Zeina Durra’s “The Imperalists Are Still Alive!” Image courtesy of IFP.The Imperialists Are Still Alive!
Director: Zeina Durra Producer: Vanessa Hope Editor: Michael Taylor
The Imperialists Are Still Alive! is a film about a woman making her way as an artist in an indifferent and sometimes hostile world. Featuring Elodie Bouchez (The Dreamlife of Angels; Sorry, Haters).
The Myth of Time
Director: Miller “Jaguar X” Koepenick Producer: Scorpion Hernandez Editors: Miller “Jaguar X” Koepenick & Scorpion Hernandez
Shot over five years in Guatemala with a diverse cast including over 5,000 extras, the film relates the unwritten chapter of the Popol Vuh (The Mayan Book of Advice), as told through the protagonist’s (The Dark Eyed-One) journey into manhood.
Perfection
Director: Christina Beck Producer: Annette Murphy Editor: Rob Poswell
The debut feature from actresses Christina Beck (Suburbia, Boys Next Door) and Annette Murphy (Star Maps), Perfection chronicles the life of Kristabelle, a woman her thirties living at home with her mother who cuts herself to feel “something”; little does she know that Simon, a sweet, newly sober, British stand up comic is about to show her that her scars can’t scare love away.
Phasma Ex Machina
Director: Matt Osterman Producer: Jennifer Kramer Editor: Matt Osterman
A young man tasked with raising his brother after the death of their parents invents a machine intended to be a conduit to the supernatural.
Postales
Director: Josh Hyde Producer: Clare Connelly, Dan Fischer, Maxim Holland and PJ Fishwick Editor: Josh Hyde & Evan Smith
In the streets of Cusco, Peru, the lives of an American businessman and his family become irreversibly intertwined with those of a rural Peruvian family struggling day to day to survive.
Stranger Things
Directors: Ron Eyal & Eleanor Burke Producer: Ron Eyal & Eleanor Burke Editors: Ron Eyal & Eleanor Burke
Oona is a young woman faced with the dreadful task of clearing out her dead mother’s home. Returning to the countryside property, Oona discovers a vagrant, Mani, has broken into the house. Their surprising friendship surmounts the disparities between them and offers unexpected hope and strength.
The Tested
Director: Russell Costanzo Producer: Melissa Miller Editor: Russell Costanzo & Michael Taylor
One year ago, plain clothes cop, Julian Varone gunned down an unarmed teen. Darralyn Warren, the teen’s mother, has spiraled into a pit of despair, as her other son Dre, flirts with ganglife. As Julian prepares to get back to work, the three find they cannot find closure without each other. Featuring Aunjanue Ellis (The Taking of Pelham 123, True Blood), Nathan Corbett (The Wire), Tobias Truvillion (Brooklyn’s Finest) and Armando Riesco (Che).
Wanderlost
Director: David Kabler Producers: David Kabler, Dan Judson, Mitch Rumfelt & Troy Scott Burnette Editor: Dan Judson
The Drifter is a train-hopping gutter punk alone in the world, isolated by years of ritual abuse and life on the fringe. He returns to his father’s grave to break the curse that haunts him, where he sees salvation in a beautiful girl who could be his key to freedom.
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I had the pleasure of seeing the short version of Josh Hyde’s film Postales at Tribeca in 2005. It was a fantastic cross-cultural love story between a Peruvian street kid and a lost American girl. I can’t wait to see the feature!!! Great selection by IFP. I found a blog that documented the shooting of the film in Cusco. http://www.chicleypostales.blogspot.com/
It looks like a truly “independent” production.