2014 Sarasota Film Festival Unveil Lineup, Including Opening Night Film ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ and Closer ‘The One I Love’

The Sarasota Film Festival has announced that it will open this year with Rory Kennedy’s documentary “Last Days in Vietnam” and close with Charlie McDowell’s “The One I Love,” starring Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss. John Slattery’s feature “God’s Pocket” and John Rossi’s doc about the higher education system “Ivory Tower” will screen as Centerpiece Films. All four titles made their debut at Sundance in January.

The “Last Days in Vietnam” screening will mark the launch of the festival’s “Acts of Valor” program — an artistic initiative that will feature screenings of new, classic and archival films throughout the course of the festival. “Acts of Valor” is presented by the Sarasota Film Festival in partnership with Legacy of Valor, The Patterson Foundation and other veteran organizations. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 48,682 veterans were estimated to be living in Sarasota between 2008 and 2012.

“Our community partnerships with local organizations and the
international filmmaking community provide a unique opportunity for local
non-profits to spread their messages through the art of film,” said Sarasota Film Festival Board President Mark Famiglio. “We look forward to another outstanding year of world class films and events as we showcase our community.”

This year’s festival will take place April 4-April 13 and will feature 252 films. See below for the full line-up.

2014 Feature Films

A IS FOR ALEX
Director: Alex Orr

ABOVE ALL ELSE 
Director: John Fiege

ACTRESS
Director: Robert Greene

AMERICAN VAGABOND 
Director: Susanna Helke

THE ANIMAL PROJECT 
Director: Ingrid Veninger

APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT 
Director: Amanda Rose Wilder

THE AUCTION
Director: Sébastien Pilote

BEARS 
Directors: Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey

BFE
Director: Shawn Telford 

BICYCLING WITH MOLIERE
Director: Philippe le Guay

BIG IN JAPAN
Director: John Jeffcoat

BLOODY BEANS
Director: Narimane Mari

BLUE RUIN 
Director: Jeremy Saulnier 

BOB BIRDNOW’S REMARKABLE TALE OF HUMAN SURVIVAL AND THE TRANSCENDENCE OF SELF 
Director: Eric Steele

BORGMAN
Director: Alex van Warmerdam

BOY MEETS GIRL (1984)
Director: Leos Carax

BRONX OBAMA
Director: Ryan Murdock

BUZZARD 
Director: Joel Potrykus

CANNIBAL 
Director: Manuel Martín Cuenca

CAPTIVATED: THE TRIALS OF PAMELA SMART
Director: Jeremiah Zagar

THE CASE AGAINST 8
Director: Ben Cotner, Ryan White

CHU AND BLOSSOM 
Director: Charles Chu, Gavin Kelly

THE CLUB 
Directors: Carlye Rubin, Katie Green

COHERENCE 
Director: James Byrkit

THE CONGRESS 
Director: Ari Folman

DAMNATION 
Directors: Ben Knight, Travis Rummel

DANGEROUS ACTS STARRING THE UNSTABLE ELEMENTS OF BELARUS
Director: Madeleine Sackler

DEEP CITY: THE BIRTH OF THE MIAMI SOUND 
Directors: Dennis Scholl, Marlon Johnson, Chad Tingle

DOM HEMINGWAY
Director: Richard Shepard

DOMESTIC LIFE 
Director: Isabelle Czajka

THE DOUBLE 
Director: Richard Ayoade

ELLIOT
Directors: Jaret Belliveau, Matthew Bauckman

THE EMPTY HOURS
Director: Aarón Fernández

EMPTYING THE SKIES 
Director: Douglas Kass, Roger Kass

THE ENDURING BEAUTY OF MEMORY 
Director: Durand Adams, Charles Clapsaddle, Charles Williams

ERNEST & CELESTINE
Director: Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier

EVAPORATING BORDERS
Director: Iva Radivojevic

FOR NO GOOD REASON 
Director: Charlie Paul

FORTY YEARS FROM YESTERDAY
Directors: Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, Robert Machoian

A FRAGILE TRUST: PLAGIARISM, POWER, AND JAYSON BLAIR AT THE NEW YORK TIMES
Director: Samantha Grant 

FRANK
Director: Lenny Abrahamson

GLENA 
Director: Allan Luebke

GOD’S POCKET 
Director: John Slattery

GREASEPAINT 
Director: Daniel Espeut

THE GREAT INVISIBLE 
Director: Margaret Brown

THE GREEN PRINCE 
Director: Nadav Schirman

HAPPY VALLEY 
Director: Amir Bar-Lev

THE HEART MACHINE 
Director: Zachary Wigon

HELI
Director: Amat Escalante

HELLION
Director: Kat Candler

I AM A GIRL
Director: Rebecca Barry

I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS 
Director: Leah Meyerhoff

IDA 
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski

IF YOU DONT, I WILL
Director: Sophie Fillières

IF YOU TAKE THIS 
Director: Craig Butta

IN COUNTRY
Director: Mike Attie, Meghan O’Hara

IVORY TOWER
Director: Andrew Rossi

JOY KEVIN 
Director: Caleb Johnson

KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER 
Director: David Zellner

THE LADIES OF THE HOUSE 
Director: John Stuart Wildman

LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM
Director: Rory Kennedy

THE LAST OF ROBIN HOOD
Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland

LET THERE BE LIGHT (1947)
Director: John Huston

LIES I TOLD MY LITTLE SISTER
Director: William J. Stribling

LIGHT FLY, FLY HIGH
Directors: Susann Ostigaard, Beathe Hofseth

THE LITTLE MERMAID
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker

LOCKE 
Director: Steven Knight

THE LUCKY 6
Director: Brad Battersby

MANAKAMANA
Director: Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez

MAUVAIS SANG (1986)
Director:  Leos Carax

MEMPHIS 
Director: Tim Sutton

MISS HILL: MAKING DANCE MATTER 
Director: Greg Vander Veer 

MISSION CONGO 
Director: Lara Zizic, David Turner

MOOD INDIGO
Director: Michel Gondry 

THE ONE I LOVE
Director: Charlie McDowell

NO PROBLEM! SIX MONTHS WITH THE BAREFOOT GRANDMAMAS
Director: Yasmin Kidwai

OBVIOUS CHILD
Directors: Gillian Robespierre

PING PONG SUMMER 
Director: Michael Tully 

RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT
Directors: Michelle Block, Jared Block

RETURN TO HOMS
Director: Talal Derki

REVENGE OF THE MEKONS 
Director: Joe Angio

RICH HILL
Director: Tracy Droz Tragos, Andrew Droz Palermo

ROAD TO PALMOA
Director: Jason Momoa

SEPIDEH
Director: Berit Madsen

SEWING HOPE 
Director: Derek Watson

SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY
Directors: Mary Dore

SOMETHING, ANYTHING 
Director: Paul Harrill

STALAG 17 (1953) 
Director: Billy Wilder 

STRAY DOGS
Director: Tsai Ming-Liang

A STREET IN PALERMO
Director: Emma Dante 

SUKKAH CITY 
Director: Jason Hutt 

SUPERMENSCH: THE LEGEND OF SHEP GORDON
Director: Mike Myers

SUZANNE 
Director: Katell Quillévéré

TERRA FIRMA 
Director: Christine Anthony, Owen Masterson

THOU WAS MILD AND LOVELY 
Director: Josephine Decker

TO KILL A MAN
Director: Alejandro Fernández Almendras

THE TRIP TO ITALY 
Director: Michael Winterbottom

UNCLAIMED
Director: Michael Jorgensen

THE VANQUISHING OF THE WITCH BABA YAGA 
Director: Jessica Oreck

VESSEL
Director: Diana Whitten

WATERMARK 
Director: Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky

WE ARE THE BEST! 
Director: Lukas Moodysson

WETLANDS
Director: David Wnendt

WHEN EVENING FALLS ON BUCHAREST OR METABOLISM
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu

WHEN JEWS WERE FUNNY
Director: Alan Zweig

WHEN THE WORLD’S ON FIRE 
Director: James Clauer

WHERE THE WAR STILL ECHOES
Directors: Severine Vanel, Pierre Julien Quiers

WHITEY: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. JAMES J. BULGER
Director: Joe Berlinger 

WILD CANARIES 
Director: Lawrence Michael Levine

WINGS (1927) 
Director: William A. Wellman

WORDS AND PICTURES 
Director: Fred Schepisi

YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL
Director: François Ozon

Check out the shorts lineup on page two.

2014 Short Films:

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