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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