2017 Austin Film Festival and Conference Schedule: Full Schedule

7:00pm CDT

Lady Bird presented by Hiscox Insurance

(USA, 93 min)

Writer/Director: Greta Gerwig (in attendance)
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Beanie Feldstein

Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mom (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father (Tracy Letts) loses his job. Set in Sacramento, California in 2002, amidst a rapidly shifting American economic landscape, Lady Bird is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNi_HC839Wo

Sponsors

Hiscox Insurance

Thursday October 26, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Paramount Theatre

Film, Marquee

7:10pm CDT

In Blue

(Netherlands, 102 min)

Writers: Jan-Willem den Bok & Jaap van Heusden
Director: Jaap van Heusden
Cast: Maria Kraakman, Bogdan Iancu, Ellis van den Brink

A flight attendant who has successfully existed as a single independent woman for years finds herself delivering a child mid flight. This moment flips her world on its head. She no longer understands why she’s alone. In a somewhat dire state, she becomes involved with a boy who is living under the streets of Bucharest. Her love borderlines obsession as she navigates her maternal instincts and the sexual advances of a teenager.

Sponsors

Cavalcade

Thursday October 26, 2017 7:10pm - 9:10pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Narrative Feature

7:10pm CDT

Shorts Program 1: A Family Affair

(TRT: 95 min)

Florida-Montreal (Canada, 17 min)
Writer/Director: Renaud Lessard
Immature, twenty-something siblings Jonathan and Florie deal with long-boiling grievances toward one another as they await the arrival of their Mother, who has just decided to leave their Father.

Boy Saviour (Australia, 9 min)
Writers: Jim Thompson, Arthur Angel
Director: Arthur Angel
Set in 1970’s Australia, a Greek migrant struggling with depression and isolation awaits counseling. Her son tells her stories to ease her pain and his burden.

Show and Tell (Canada, 10 min)
Writers: Reem Morsi, Sally Karam
Director: Reem Morsi
Naya is thrilled after she’s chosen to perform her story at an upcoming school concert. But after learning her family will attend while wearing traditional Muslim dress, she becomes self-conscious of her cultural background.

Kidnapped (UK, 8 min)
Writer/Director: Dino Kazamia
Joe holds a random stranger at gunpoint in the hope of staging his own abduction.

So Much Yellow (USA, 10 min)
Writer/Director: Erica Milson
A young girl revisits the traumatic memory of a family road trip that changed her life forever.

Howay! (UK, 10 min)
Writer: Wyatt Bunce
Director: William J. L. Hamilton
Young former football prodigy Alan is forced to redefine his relationship with his father after an accident cuts his career short.

The Carpenters (USA, 15 min)
Writer/Director: Xiuzhi Yang
After being forbidden to perform carpentry jobs for his father’s business, a young handicapped man proves his capability by taking on a house call against his father’s wishes.

His Name is Willy (Canada, 16 min)
Writer: Kathleen Hepburn
Director: Liz Cairns
Two siblings begin the process of reconciliation when they plan a DIY funeral for their mother, who requested that her corpse be thrown to the wolves.

Thursday October 26, 2017 7:10pm - 9:10pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Shorts Program

7:15pm CDT

24 Hours to Live

(USA, 93 min)

Writers: Zach Dean, Jim McClain, Ron Mita
Director: Brian Smrz
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Lian Cunningham, Rutger Hauer, Paul Anderson

Travis Conrad (Ethan Hawke) is a former elite soldier devastated over the recent tragic deaths of his wife and young son, when his old army buddy “Jim Morrow” (Paul Anderson) shows up with an offer he can't refuse. Morrow now works for a powerful and highly secretive private military contractor, Red Mountain, who hires Travis for an extremely dangerous – but extremely lucrative – assassination job. Travis accepts the covert assignment, but everything goes completely wrong when he is shot and killed by an equally skilled female Interpol agent, “Lin Bisset” (Xu Qin) right at the moment he locates the target. But, just when we think it's curtains for Travis, he wakes up in an operating room, his body convulsing back to life – a recipient of Red Mountain's brand new, highly experimental medical procedure that will give him 24 more hours of life… plenty of time for Morrow to extract the location of the target, information that only Travis knows.

TRAILER

Sponsors

ScreenCraft Media

Thursday October 26, 2017 7:15pm - 9:15pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Marquee

7:30pm CDT

Mankiller

(USA, 73 min)

Executive Producer: Gale Anne Hurd
Director/Producer: Valerie Red-Horse Mohl

Mankiller examines the legacy of the formidable Wilma Mankiller, who overcame rampant sexism and personal challenges to emerge as the Cherokee Nation’s first female Principal Chief and a champion of social justice and equality. A stalwart activist for women's rights, Mankiller was cited by the organizers of the 2017 Women's March on Washington as one of the most important leaders in America's movement for equality. And yet, most people still don’t know her name. Mankiller reminds audiences of the true meaning of servant leadership and serves as a wakeup call to take action for positive change.

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/189335357

Thursday October 26, 2017 7:30pm - 9:30pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church, Bethell Hall

Film, Documentary Feature

8:00pm CDT

The Great Unwashed

(UK, 82 min)

Writer: Louis Fonseca, Nick Horseman
Director: Louis Fonseca
Cast: Jon Pointing, Bekka Bowling, Michael Ryan

Charlie, a young and mild-mannered man, mistakenly witnesses a murder in the back of a barbershop while attempting to apply for a job. Now he’s out of friends, a job, and a place to stay. Frantically trying to escape mobsters on his tail, Charlie ends up joining a group of hippies in the country who steal from farmers for food.

Trailer

Thursday October 26, 2017 8:00pm - 10:00pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Comedy Vanguard

9:45pm CDT

Shorts Program 2: Goal-Oriented

(TRT: 97 min)

Whirlpool (UK, 17 min)
Writer/Directors: Elizabeth Dixon, Kate Baxter
Helen Keller struggles to act on her true desires as she faces prejudice from the public, her family, and even herself.

The Love Trials (USA, 16 min)
Writers: Ashley Donigan, Theodore James
Director: Thomas James
A romantic comedy about a woman who performs a series of secret tests on her best friend’s fiancé to make sure he's really 'the one'.

Just Like the Real Thing (USA, 17 min)
Writer/Director: Rickey Cook
A man uses a near future technology to help him prepare for a difficult upcoming conversation.

Lawn (USA, 11 min)
Writer: Matthew Fisher
Directors: Matthew Fisher, Kevin Ray
Stuck in a mid-life crisis, Lionel takes the first step toward reclaiming the life that got away from him by mowing his overgrown yard.

Sticky (UK, 13 min)
Writer/Director: Richard Turley
Lost in fantasy, Karen’s crush on the postman is about to get sticky. A suburban tale of lust, parcels, and chewing gum.

The Break (USA, 23 min)
Writer/Director: Samuel Roukin
Pete is a DJ looking for his big break. When it finally comes, his family may just break too.

Thursday October 26, 2017 9:45pm - 11:45pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Shorts Program

9:45pm CDT

Sun Dogs

(USA, 94 min)

Writer: Jennifer Morrison
Director: Anthony Tambakis
Cast: Michael Angarano, Allison Janney, Ed O'Neill, Melissa Benoist, Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner

Slightly limited from an accident at birth, Ned Chipley, departs on a quest to find his purpose in life only to discover that extraordinary heroes sometimes hide in the ordinary corners of everyday life.

Thursday October 26, 2017 9:45pm - 11:45pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church, Bethell Hall

Film, Narrative Feature

10:00pm CDT

Confessions of a Serial Killer

(USA, 89 min)

Writer/Director: John Dwyer
Cast: Robert A. Burns, Berkley Garrett, Dennis Hill

Confessions of a Serial Killer is the thinly veiled account of the chilling life and crimes of the notorious Henry Lee Lucas, whose reign of terror came to an end on July 11th,1983. After a grizzly discovery in the trunk of his stolen car and subsequent arrest, Daniel Ray Hawkins begins confessing to a long list of murders that he and his sidekick Moon Lewton committed as they crisscrossed America’s interstates. Told in flashback, Hawkins recounts in disturbing detail the killings of over 200 women as he calmly shares his stories with a wise old sheriff who cannot believe what he’s hearing.

Thursday October 26, 2017 10:00pm - Friday October 27, 2017 12:00am CDT
State Theatre

Film, Dark Matters

10:00pm CDT

Ruin Me

(USA, 88 min)

Writer: Trysta A. Bissett, Preston DeFrancis
Director: Preston DeFrancis
Cast: Marcienne Dwyer, Matt Dellapina, Eva Hamilton, John Odom, Chris Hill, Cameron Gordon, Sam Ashdown

Part camping trip, part haunted house, and part escape room, Slasher Sleepout is a horror movie fan’s dream. Unfortunately Alexandra is not a fan of horror movies, and is taking part in the Sleepout only to support her boyfriend. Along with four other strangers, Alex and her boyfriend are dropped in the middle of the woods for a 36-hour weekend of terror. But what begins as a fun trip turns deadly when the participants are actually killed off one by one. And that’s just the first layer of the mystery.

TRAILER: https://youtu.be/AFhPmeXZleg

Thursday October 26, 2017 10:00pm - Friday October 27, 2017 12:00am CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Dark Matters

1:00pm CDT

Beauty and Ruin

(Canada, 75 min)

Writers: Marc de Guerre, Sally Blake
Director: Marc de Guerre

The once prosperous city of Detroit is going bankrupt and emergency manager Kevyn Orr searches for cash to pay off Detroit creditors by plundering the city’s assets. One of these assets is the Detroit Institute of Art, which houses one of the richest collections in the US. Beauty and Ruin follows the story of the bankruptcy and the fight over the artwork as Detroit goes into receivership. At the top on the list of those the city owes money to are the thousands of retired city workers who stand to have their pensions and health care cut drastically. Art and culture or food and healthcare?

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/204380528

Community Partners

The Blanton Museum

Friday October 27, 2017 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Documentary Feature

2:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 13: Documentary Shorts 1

(TRT: 92 min)

Light on Her Feet (USA, 21 min)
Director: Martin Barshai
An intimate portrait of 18-year-old Emma Sherman during her difficult journey to the world of professional ballet.

The Duel (USA, 6 min)
Writer: Lili Taylor
Director: Sean David Christensen
A sixteen-year-old girl must save her younger brother from the dangerous reality of their father's sudden mental breakdown.

Mickey’s Pets (USA, 13 min)
Director: Ashley S. Brandon
With a trusty new peacock piece in tow, a young taxidermist must overcome her insecurities to compete at the U.S. National Taxidermy Championships.

I Have Something to Tell You (USA ,8 min)
Directors: Ben Joyner, Dumaine Babcock
A short documentary about artist Adrain Chesser, who used his craft to cope with his HIV/AIDS diagnosis in his acclaimed portrait series.

Take a Walk on the Wildside (Canada, 15 min)
Writer/Director: Lisa Rideout
Inside of one of Toronto’s oldest cross-dressing shops, the tender relationships between the eccentric store owner and her customers provide a beacon of hope for the community.

Digilante (Australia, 29 min)
Director: Mike Nayna
Filmmaker Mike Nayna gained media attention after a viral shaming video he uploaded resulted in two jail terms and inspired a surprise spate of copycat incidents. But while he was praised online, a far more complex and morally ambiguous story was taking place.

Friday October 27, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Shorts Program

3:00pm CDT

The Warriors presented by Walter Hill

(USA, 90 min)

Writers: Walter Hill, David Shaber, Sol Yurick (novel)
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright

In the near future, a charismatic leader summons the street gangs of New York City in a bid to take it over. When he is killed, The Warriors are falsely blamed and now must fight their way home while every other gang is hunting them down.

Panelists

Walter Hill

2017 Extraordinary Contribution to Film Award Recipient

During the course of his notable career, Walter Hill has been a writer, director and producer on projects ranging from classic westerns to action-packed thrillers and buddy comedies, all marked with his unique visceral style. A veteran director of twenty feature films, he has also... Read More →

Friday October 27, 2017 3:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Paramount Theatre

Film, Retrospective

4:00pm CDT

Boost

(Canada, 98 min)

Writer/Director: Darren Curtis

Cast: Nabil Rajo, Jahmil French, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Fanny Mallette, Patrick Goyette

Hakeem and A-Mac are like brothers. Both African immigrants living in Montreal’s tough Parc-Ex neighborhood, the friends work at a car wash owned by Hakeem’s uncle, where they “spot” luxury sports cars for a local crime syndicate to make extra money. A-Mac eventually persuades Hakeem to boost a car of their own, leading to a windfall of cash and a fatal accident. Now Hakeem is forced to make a life-altering decision which will define the type of man he will become.

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/195306984

Sponsors

Cavalcade

Friday October 27, 2017 4:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church, Bethell Hall

Film, Narrative Feature

4:30pm CDT

Augie

(USA, 89 min)

Writer/Director: James Keach

Tough, bullheaded, and devilishly handsome, Augie Nieto lived life in the fast lane. Known as “the Henry Ford of the fitness industry,” Augie was the first person to popularize the LifeCycle in gyms across the States. At the age of 47, Augie and his wife Lynne seemed to have it all, but their lives were turned upside down by the news of Augie’s Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis. And yet, ALS is what saved Augie’s life, as he learned to channel his will to live and his drive for success into doing everything he can to find a cure .

Friday October 27, 2017 4:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Documentary Feature

4:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 14: Documentary Shorts 2

(TRT: 94 min)

Revolving Doors (USA, 18 min)
Writer/Director: James Burns
Despite attempts to retain meaningful employment, Jason succumbs to crime to keep his family fed and returns to prison, disrupting the future of his children.

So Damn Glad (USA, 13 min)
Director: Justin Lubke
So Damn Glad follows the life and death of 97-year-old orthopedic surgery trailblazer, Doc Losee, as he holds on to joy and gratitude until the bitter end.

Wolfe (Australia, 16 min)
Director: Claire Randall
Growing up, Nick’s imaginary friend Mister Wolfe helped him make friends and build confidence. But, when he hit puberty, Nick’s imaginary friend revealed himself to be much darker.

Butch: Legend of Langston (USA, 19 min)
Directors: David Tester, Christopher Hunt
An exploration of the many myths, stories, and legends of Butch, a man who has lived on the Langston campus since 1961.

Los Comandos (USA, 28 min)
Directors: Joshua Bennett, Juliana Schatz Preston
In El Salvador, gang violence has overrun the country, disproportionately targeting children and teenagers. The emergency medical unit, Los Comandos de Salvamento fights against the epidemic, providing one of the few refuges for the community’s youth.

Friday October 27, 2017 4:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Shorts Program

5:15pm CDT

The Deuce-Finale

S1E8– “My Name Is Ruby” (season finale)

(USA, 60 min)

Writers: George Pelecanos, David Simon, Chris Yakaitis

Director: Michelle MacLaren

Created by George Pelecanos and David Simon and starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, THE DEUCE follows the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world at the pioneering moments of what would become the billion-dollar American sex industry.

Moderators

Fred Strype

moderator; AFF Screenwriting Award Winner; Filmmaking, Screenwriting & Moving Image Arts Program Chair, Sarah Lawrence College

Fred Strype is an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker whose work has been screened and honored internationally. He is a tenured professor at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY, where he is Chair of their Filmmaking & Moving Image Arts Program. In the past, he served on... Read More →

Panelists

George Pelecanos

novelist; writer/producer The Wire, The Deuce, Treme, The Pacific

George Pelecanos was born in Washington, D.C. He worked as a line cook, dishwasher, bartender, and woman’s shoe salesman before publishing his first novel in 1992. Pelecanos is the author of twenty books set in and around Washington, D.C.: A Firing Offense, Nick's Trip, Shoedog... Read More →

David Simon

writer/executive producer The Wire, Treme, Show Me A Hero, The Deuce

David Simon is a Baltimore-based journalist, author and television producer. A former crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun, he is the creator of the celebrated HBO series The Wire, which depicts the political and socioeconomic fissures in an American city. His other television credits... Read More →

Friday October 27, 2017 5:15pm - 7:15pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Marquee-TV

5:30pm CDT

Beauty Mark

(USA, 87 min)

Writer/Director: Harris Doran
Cast: Auden Thornton, Catherine Curtin, Laura Bell Bundy, Jeff Kober, Madison Iseman

In rural Kentucky, Angie finds herself in dire straits. Young, poverty-stricken, and tasked with taking care of both her five-year-old son and alcoholic mother, Angie and her family are forced out of their house after discovering it has been condemned. Without a place to call her own and $65 to her name, she must find a place to stay and the money to pay for it. With desperation building and with nowhere else to go, Angie turns to the only person she knows who can help: the man who abused her as a child.

Trailer

Friday October 27, 2017 5:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Narrative Feature

6:15pm CDT

In Honor of Sam Shepard - Raggedy Man presented by William D. Wittliff

(USA, 94 min)

Writer: William D. Wittliff
Director: Jack Fisk
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard

While World War II rages overseas, a divorced mother of two, Nita Longley (Sissy Spacek), struggles to makes ends meet as a telephone operator in small-town Texas. As the subject of disdainful gossip due to her divorce, Nita faces a lonely existence of ostracism, where only the unscrupulous approach her -- often with ill intent. When she befriends Teddy (Eric Roberts), a sailor on leave, her situation improves, but he's soon sent to war. Once again, Nita must face her plight alone.

Community Partners

The Wittliff Collections

Friday October 27, 2017 6:15pm - 8:15pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Retrospective

6:15pm CDT

Please Stand By

(USA, 93 min)

Writer: Michael Golamco
Director: Ben Lewin (in attendance)
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Toni Collette, Alice Eve

Wendy (Dakota Fanning) sees things differently: She¹s fiercely independent, with a brilliant mind and a mischievous sense of hilarity. Wendy also has autism. To her, people are an indecipherable code and the world¹s a confusing place. She¹s always had a hard time figuring it all out and she just wants a chance to be accepted just like everybody else. But inspired by no-nonsense caregiver Scottie (Academy Award® Nominee Toni Collette), Wendy comes of age and escapes from her care home on the road-trip of a lifetime to deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a Hollywood competition.

Friday October 27, 2017 6:15pm - 8:15pm CDT
Paramount Theatre

Film, Marquee

6:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 10: Everything's Shorter in Texas

(TRT: 104 min)

Hunter (USA, 23 min)
Writer/Director: Xia L. Magnus
A Mother and Son are forced to rectify the past after a chaotic and traumatic boar hunting trip in the West Texas Outback.

Acid Test (USA, 14 min)
Writer/Director: Jennifer Waldo
16-year-old Jenny learns the power of rebellion after her parents discover she’s experiencing her first acid trip.

Calling (USA, 16 min)
Writers: Artemis Anastasiadou, Adolfo R. Mora
Director: Artemis Anastasiadou
After a violent event comes to an end, a mother struggles to keep on being a caregiver to her handi-capable son.

Contact High (USA, 11 min)
Writer/Director: Joseph Bowman
An overly enthusiastic religious child's prayer is overheard by a pot-smoking custodian.

The Last Hunt (USA, 16 min)
Writer: Yasir Masood
Director: Quoc Huynh
When a convenience store cashier is shot by a thug late at night, memories of his family overseas gives him the strength to fight for survival.

Albert E. Brumley: Songwriter of the Ozarks (USA, 24 min)
Directors: Troy Campbell, Austin Tolin
A team of talented songwriters from Texas and Australia are challenged to complete and perform recently-discovered and unfinished works by the late, legendary composer of the gospel favorite “I’ll Fly Away.”

Community Partners

Texas Film Commission

Friday October 27, 2017 6:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Shorts Program

6:30pm CDT

Wild Honey

(USA, 88 min)

Writer/Director: Francis Stokes
Cast: Rusty Schwimmer, Timothy Omundson, Todd Stashwick, Stephnie Weir

Gabby's life is on hold. She's living with her mother and more miserable with each passing hour. One day, while aimlessly and unsuccessfully working as a phone-sex operator, a mysterious man named Martin calls. They hit it off and Martin becomes Gabby’s first regular customer. He leads a glamorous life as a Hollywood sci-fi screenwriter and resides in the same city as Gabby’s estranged and successful sister. Gabby begins to fall for Martin, and in a moment of spontaneity, decides to fly to Los Angeles to meet him, dropping in on her unsuspecting sister.

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/233595196

Friday October 27, 2017 6:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church, Bethell Hall

Film, Comedy Vanguard

7:00pm CDT

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

(USA, 96 min)

Writer: Rich Gentile, Eli Spielman, Bruce Johnson
Director: Rich Gentile

Whenever the phrase “breaking the color line” is used, there’s a temptation to invoke Jackie Robinson’s story. However, Perry Wallace, the first black college athlete in the Southeast Conference, was a mere teenager who stood all alone at center court in such hotbeds of rabid racism as Starkville, Mississippi and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Narrated by Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, Triumph is not a sports film as much as it is a unique window into America’s civil rights movement that chronicles Perry Wallace’s evolution from a reluctant pioneer in the final throes of the Jim Crow era to a determined game-changer.

Trailer

Friday October 27, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Documentary Feature

7:15pm CDT

High & Outside: a baseball noir

(USA, 102 min)

Writer: Dan O'Dair
Director: Evald Johnson
Cast: Ernie Hudson, Geoffrey Lewis, David Proval, Jason Richter, Lindsey Haun, Eddie Jemison, Phil Donlon, David Yow

Phil is a man obsessed with the game of baseball. It’s been in his blood since the day he was born to Len Harding, a legend in the game. Now, at 33, Phil is still trying to make it to the big leagues and escape the shadow of his famous and domineering father, but his marriage is falling apart, he’s broke, and he’s just been released by the last team he thought could give him a shot at the bigs.

Trailer

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Friday October 27, 2017 7:15pm - 9:15pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Narrative Feature

7:30pm CDT

Do You Want to See a Dead Body? presented by YouTube Red

(USA, 60 min)

Creator: Rob Huebel

This comedy series follows comedian Rob Huebel (Childrens Hospital, Transparent) and his celebrity friends who join him on a quest to go check out a dead body he found. And then maybe they will go get tacos or something... Celebrity guest stars include Justin Long, Adam Scott, Judy Greer, Terry Crews, and John Cho along with many more. Huebel, Owen Burke, Nick Jasenovec, and Jonathan Stern serve as executive producers. The series is produced by Abominable Pictures and Funny or Die and will debut on November 15 on YouTube Red.

Join us for a special first look screening of three episodes followed by an audience Q&A with Rob, Owen, Nick, and Jonathan! The question is..."do you want to see a dead body?"

Community Partners

Hype Group

Sponsors

YouTube Red

Friday October 27, 2017 7:30pm - 8:45pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Comedy, Marquee-TV

8:45pm CDT

Mansfield 66/67

(USA, 84 min)

Directors: P. David Ebersole, Todd Hughes

Mansfield 66/67 is a true story based on the rumors and heresay surrounding Jane Mansfield's last couple of years and the Satanic elements surrounding her untimely demise in 1967. Defined by her hunger for publicity, one the one hand and her infamous affair with Anton LaVey on the other, the documentary is not only a portrait of one of Hollywood's most famous bombshells, but a tribute to a fallen Hollywood idol of mythical proportions.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93ccJc7Or-o

Friday October 27, 2017 8:45pm - 10:45pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Marquee

9:00pm CDT

The Landing

(USA, 86 min)

Writers/Directors: David Dodson and Mark Dodson
Cast: Cindy Lou Adkins, Warren Farina, Don Hannah

In 1973 the United States' manned space program experienced an extraordinary tragedy – an event that, despite its place as one of the most disturbing episodes of the space race, was nevertheless all but ignored during the emerging Watergate scandal that ultimately claimed Richard Nixon’s presidency. Interviews with witnesses and participants, conducted on the 25th anniversary of the incident, reveal new layers of a mystery that continues to obsess investigators and which nearly destroyed an American institution.

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/212466276

Friday October 27, 2017 9:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church, Bethell Hall

Film, Dark Matters

9:15pm CDT

Permanent

(USA, 93 min)

Writer/Director: Colette Burson
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Rainn Wilson and Kira McLean

Set in 1983 in small town Virginia, PERMANENT centers around a 13 year old and her family. The story of a hairstyle gone incredibly wrong and a young girl’s plight to fit in while encountering bullies at a new school.

Friday October 27, 2017 9:15pm - 11:15pm CDT
Paramount Theatre

Film, Marquee

9:15pm CDT

Southern Tale

(USA, 90 min)

Writer/Director: Tel Royal
Cast: Tel Royal, Don Scribner, Grace Montie

Chris, a charming and volatile young man, seemingly has life figured out - a reliable best friend, an adorable girlfriend, and a lusty weekend lover. However, he soon finds himself challenged by the missteps of his estranged father as he tries to escape his desolate hometown where everything isn't always as it seems. When things don't go according to plan, Chris hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely confidant: a mysterious hitchhiker he picks up alongside a dark highway.

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/229766727

Friday October 27, 2017 9:15pm - 11:15pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Narrative Feature

9:30pm CDT

In Living Color (1990-1994) presented by Keenen Ivory Wayans

Writers: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans
Director: Paul Miller
Cast: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Kelly Coffield Park, Jim Carey, Kim Coles
This series provides a platform for the many members of the comedic Wayans family. Popular recurring sketches include Homey D. Clown, the Homeboy Shopping Network, Men on Film and Great Moments in Black History.

Panelists

Keenen Ivory Wayans

2017 Extraordinary Contribution to Television Award Recipient

The trail-blazing linchpin of a sprawling African-American family of comic entertainers, it was multi-talented writer/director/producer Keenen Ivory Wayans (born June 8, 1958, in New York City) who was the first to achieve national prominence by successfully creating, launching and... Read More →

Friday October 27, 2017 9:30pm - 10:45pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Marquee-TV

Tags tv programming, retrospective

9:45pm CDT

Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks

(USA, 88 min)

Writers: Josh Crockett, Jonathan Pappas
Director: Josh Crockett
Cast: Kristin Slaysman, Scott Rodgers, Ashley Spillers, Robert Longstreet

Two estranged siblings are reunited at the funeral for their parents, a couple of crazy doctors-without-borders who rarely stuck around to do any parenting. Though supposedly all grown up, Marcus and Michelle are as lost and self-centered as kids. They struggle with their lack of grief over the deaths, and they struggle with each other. The siblings can’t help but turn their current lives and relationships into chaos as they’re forced to reckon with their shared past.

Friday October 27, 2017 9:45pm - 11:45pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Comedy Vanguard

9:45pm CDT

Hulu's Shut Eye – Season 2 Premiere & Moderated Conversation with Creative Team

Premiere Screening of Hulu Original Drama Series Shut Eye Season Two

Followed by moderated conversation with the show's creative team including Emmy®-nominated Showrunner/Executive Producer John Shiban (Breaking Bad, The X Files), Oscar® and Emmy®-winning Executive Producer Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, Rain Man), Emmy®-winning Executive Producer Melissa Bernstein (Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad), and Writer Amy Berg (Da Vinci’s Demons, Person of Interest).

About Shut Eye:
Charlie Haverford (Jeffrey Donovan) is a scammer with a small chain of fortune-telling storefronts and contracts building tricks for a family that controls the business in the greater chunk of Los Angeles. A blow to the head from a client’s angry boyfriend intersects with a hypnosis session while auditioning a new “clairvoyant,” and suddenly, a man whose entire life has been based on fraud begins to see and feel some very real and fundamental truths. Charlie’s wife Linda (KaDee Strickland) is sick and tired of their mediocre life and wants to break away from Fonso (Angus Sampson), the single father who runs the Marks family’s psychic empire, and controls the Haverford’s future. Isabella Rossellini co-stars as Rita, the cunning, seductive, and sadistic matriarch of the Marks clan.

Check out the teaser trailer!

Community Partners

Hype Group

Friday October 27, 2017 9:45pm - 11:45pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Marquee-TV

10:00pm CDT

Kafou

(Haiti, 51 min)

Writers: Jasmuel Andri, Bruno Mourral, Gilbert Mirambeau
Director: Bruno Mourral
Cast: Jasmuel Andri, Rolaphton Mercure, Manfred Marcelin, Ralphe Théodore, Rolando Etienne

Set in Haiti, Doc, a calculated man desperate to save his sick mother, gets a job from an organized crime boss. Teaming up with Zoe, a man he barely knows, he's put in charge of driving a car through the city under the cover of night to a drop off point. Here's the catch: there's something in the trunk, but they’re not allowed to open it. In the gritty streets of Port-Au-Prince, riddled with stray dogs and dirty cops, the two men frantically attempt to get the car to its destination in the face of unforeseen obstacles.

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/224690237

Sponsors

Cavalcade

Friday October 27, 2017 10:00pm - Saturday October 28, 2017 12:00am CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Narrative Feature

11:00am CDT

Young Filmmaker's Showcase

[TRT: 98 Min]

Creature of My Heart [USA, 8 min]
Writer/Director: Juliana Lane
To win Belinda’s heart, Victor must create a monster. But in the end, it is his heart that is won.

A Job to Die For [USA, 6 min]
Writer/Directors: Ivy Golyzniak, Alex Davis
After accidentally killing his boss, Joe must figure out what he’s going to do before he’s discovered as the murderer. But in an office full of gossipers, nothing is a secret for long.

Powdered [USA, 7 min]
Writer/Director: Paul Plath
Two boneheaded detectives are running out of time to solve the case when they make a chance discovery.

Pack Animals [USA, 6min]
Writer/Director: Ashley Merka
Two boys decide they are going to find out once and for all what really goes on inside the girls bathroom.

The Strangest Dream [USA, 1 min]
Writer/Director: Arianna Muñoz
When she’s asleep, her toys come alive.

The Petition [USA, 8min]
Writer: Riley Goodwin
Directors: Riley Goodwin, Kibiriti Majuto
Two students examine the issues surrounding the proposed removal of the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Blue Inventor [Poland, 3min]
Writer/Director: Jonasz Wiewiór
A blue creature is devastated after his precious invention is met with disapproval from his teacher. But new life is breathed into his venture after he meets someone who shares his same passion.

Katham [USA, 4 min]
Writer/Director: Devan Prabhakar
A portrait of a potter.

Requiem for Mr. Cromwell [USA, 8 min]
Writer/Director: Theo Taplitz
After the unexpected death of his father, Gunther ventures out of the house for the first time to bring his father to his final resting place.

A Human Idol [USA, 12min]
Writer/Director: Elliot Mark
Jessi wants to fit in and be cool. But after an embarrassing moment on the way to a party his conception of the popular kids is shattered.

The Last Take [USA, 6min]
Writer/Director: Ethan Cannon
The lead role in a student film production has had enough of his director Lilly’s constant berating. He mounts a rebellion against her and vows to shut down the production. But how far will Lilly go to get the last take?

Loop [USA, 7 min]
Writer: Ryan Beard
Directors: Ryan Beard, Stephen Gentry, Eli Harl
An unapologetically cerebral movie set in a world where virtual reality machine are banned and addicts crave the rush of alternate reality.

Two of Five Million [USA, 6 min]
Writers/Directors: Socratis & Diamantis Zavitsanos
About five million Syrians have been displaced due to the pressures of ISIS. This film tells the story of two of them.

Zero [USA, 2 min]
Writer/Director: Lainey Davidson
A near death experience makes a girl realize there is more to life than calories.

Awake [USA, 3 min]
Writer/Director: Tyler Taliaferro
A reflection on loneliness and sleep.

Saturday October 28, 2017 11:00am - 1:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Shorts Program

12:30pm CDT

Fail State

(USA, 94 min)

Writer: Alexander Shebanow, Regina Sobel, Nicholas Adams
Director: Alexander Shebanow

For most Americans today, college is the only path to a middle-class life, but it’s increasingly out of reach. Certain people in the higher education industry are happy to take advantage of this fact. In this documentary exposé, Fail State reveals the dark story behind the rise of predatory for-profit colleges and why our higher education system, once the envy of the world, is leaving millions of Americans in financial ruin. This film follows various lower-income students who found themselves taken in by these for-profit schools and the hard truths they learned when they did not deliver.

Community Partners

Texas Observer

Saturday October 28, 2017 12:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Documentary Feature

1:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 15: Animated Shorts

(TRT: 99 min)

Au Revoir Balthazar (Switzerland, 10 min)
Writer/Director: Rafael Sommerhalder
With only the resonant sound of a sea shell to guide it, a scarecrow tries to navigate a harsh snowstorm with a broken leg.

Second to None (Ireland, 7 min)
Writer/Director: Vincent Gallagher
Frederick Butterfield has always been runner up to his twin brother Herman. When Herman, the eldest brother by a mere minute, becomes the world’s oldest man, Frederick finally sees an opportunity to take first place.

Pittari (USA, 4 min)
Writer/Director: Patrick Smith
A horned creature's destructive rampage is halted by a stubborn adversary.

Intruder Man (USA, 10 min)
Writer/Director: Peter Nelson
The story of a woman during two distinct stages of her life; as a young teacher struggling against a sexist superintendent, and as a paranoid elderly woman with Alzheimer’s.

Tete a Tete (UK, 8 min)
Writer/Director: Natasha Tonkin
Kerry struggles to overcome the obstruction of modern technology during a visit to her sister’s family’s home.

Rouff (Germany, 7 min)
Writers/Directors: Benjamin Brand, Johannes Engelhardt, Markus Eschrich, Johannes Lumer, Julius Rosen
Three-legged dog sketch Rouff is sad and lonely. To escape his loneliness, he folds a new friend, Pete, from the paper he is drawn on.

Don’t Think of a Pink Elephant (UK, 7 min)
Writer/Director: Suraya Raja
Layla is terrified by her potential to do harm. When presented with the perfect opportunity to make her grizzly fantasies a reality, will she succumb to her violent urges?

History of Magic: Ensueño (USA, 5 min)
Writer/Director: Jose Luis Gonzales
Bored out of her mind by her small, border-town life, Ester will take her chances against sharks, tanks, and flame-throwing Nazis if it means avoiding the bland fates of her fellow students and family.

Negative Space (France, 5 min)
Writers/Directors: Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata
A man packs his suitcase in the meticulous manner his father taught him as he reflects on the relationship they shared.

Totem (USA, 7 min)
Writer/Director: Alex Cannon
A boy in an ancient tribe confronts a terrifying beast in the wild.

After All (Australia, 13 min)
Writer/Director: Michael Cusack
A man cleans out his childhood home, remembering past conversations with his deceased mother as he shifts through her belongings.

Post No Bills (Canada, 5 min)
Writer: Robin Hays
Directors: Robin Hays, Andy Poon
On an urban city wall plastered with posters, Noodle Boy must make his way through a series of obstacles in order to save his crush, Miss Fortune.

Ayny – My Second Eye (Germany, 11 min)
Writer/Director: Ahmad Saleh
Two brothers risk dangerous conditions to gather enough scrap metal to purchase their dream instrument, a beautiful handmade Oud.

Saturday October 28, 2017 1:30pm - 3:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Shorts Program

2:00pm CDT

Logndagen

(Sweden, 80 min)

Writer/Director: Yaghoob Keshavarz Sarkar
Cast: Yaghoob Keshavarz Sarkar, Roya Bamzar

Iranian couple Leily and Mahyar move to Sweden so that Leily can pursue her graduate degree. With the culture shock and the language barrier, Mahyar finds himself struggling to find work with his engineering background and settles for a newspaper delivery job. Leily is thriving in her studies but realizes the changes are taking a toll on their relationship. The conflict builds to a fever pitch around something seemingly trivial. Meatballs, Facebook and misunderstandings can change the course of their relationship, but will it survive?

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/231301293

Sponsors

Cavalcade

Saturday October 28, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Narrative Feature

2:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 6: The Outsiders

(TRT: 90 min)

Wyrm (USA, 20 min)
Writer/Director: Christopher Winterbauer
Awkward teenager Wyrm has two days to get his first kiss or he'll be held back from high school as part of the school district's No Child Left Alone program.

The Patient (USA, 14 min)
Writer: Kate St. Onge, Marylea Wiley
Director: Savannah Gisleson
Closeted homosexual, Dr. Whitmore, finds his reputation at risk when he develops an attachment and attraction to a new African American patient.

Must Kill Karl (Canada, 13 min)
Writer: Karen Moore
Director: Joe Kicak
Everyone has 'that' friend who we all secretly hate and wish would just go away. One night, a group of friends decides enough is enough and that there's only one way to get rid of him for good.

Public Speaking (USA, 16 min)
Writer/Director: Noah Millman
Two high school debaters ride home together on a school bus after a tournament. They can talk about anything from nuclear weapons to farm subsidies, but can they talk about how badly he wants to touch her?

Suitable (USA, 14 min)
Writer: Rochee Jeffrey
Director: Thembi Banks
Brandy, a high school tomboy, comes to terms with her sexuality when she decides what she'll wear to the prom.

Lolz-Ita (Canada, 13 min)
Writer/Director: Katie Boland
A naive but internet savvy 22-year-old navigates the reality of her small town Canadian life juxtaposed with the fantasy of her provocative and powerful Instagram celebrity.

Saturday October 28, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Shorts Program

2:00pm CDT

The Seven-Ups presented by George Pelecanos and David Simon

(USA, 103 min)

Writers: Albert Ruben, Alexander Jacobs, Sonny Grosso
Director: Philip D’Antoni
Cast: Roy Scheider, Victor Arnold, Tony Lo Bianco

Buddy Manucci (Roy Scheider) is a tough New York City cop who operates as part of an unconventional team called "The Seven-Ups" that uses drastic measures to bring criminals to justice. When Vito Lucia (Tony Lo Bianco), one of Manucci's street contacts, uses a classified police list to kidnap mobsters and hold them for ransom, it sets off a series of escalating conflicts. After a member of Manucci's unit is killed in the ensuing violence, the cop and his crew stop at nothing to get Lucia.

Saturday October 28, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Paramount Theatre

Film, Retrospective

2:00pm CDT

Time Trap

(USA, 85 min)

Writer: Mark Dennis
Directors: Mark Dennis, Ben Foster
Cast: Andrew Wilson, Cassidy Gifford, Brianne Howey, Reiley McClendon

Back in the ‘70s, a group of hippies went missing while in search of the fountain of youth. Years later, an archeological professor goes on an adventure to find the long-missing crew. However, when he doesn’t return from his expedition for days, his students sense something has gone awry and assemble a ragtag crew in search of him. The motley crew of college students and their younger siblings soon realize that they may be over their heads as they begin to question the basic laws that govern reality in this Indiana Jones style mystery.

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/235453218

Community Partners

Texas Film Commission

Saturday October 28, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Narrative Feature

2:45pm CDT

Space & Time

(Canada, 114 min)

Writer/Director: Shawn Gerrard
Cast: Steven Yaffee, Victoria Kucher, Risa Stone, Andy McQueen, Alex Paxton-Beesley

As they quickly approach their 30th birthdays, academic physicist Siobhan and her photographer boyfriend Sean realize they failed to ask key questions about themselves and their relationship. Their devotion to each other is further tested when Siobhan decides to chase a research opportunity that would move them to Geneva. Realizing their lives are moving forward in opposite directions; the couple is forced to break-up to rediscover themselves.

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/235655325

Saturday October 28, 2017 2:45pm - 4:45pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Narrative Feature

3:30pm CDT

New Form Showcase: Small Talk, Love Me Do, Press Start

(USA, TRT: 50 min)

Leading digital entertainment studio, New Form, premieres three never before seen shorts: Small Talk (created by Becca Gleason), Love Me Do (created by Gaby Dunn) and Press Start (created by Evan Beamer and Dave Child). Join New Form's development team and the project creators for the debut screening of these properties, followed by panel discussing how big ideas (in the form of pilots) are developed from inception to screen.

SMALL TALK

Writer/Director: Becca Gleason

Small Talk is a musical Rom Com in the style Nora Ephron, but with songs. When exes Teddy and June bump into each other on the street, it opens up an emotional can of worms and the prospect that they might get back together, but should they?

LOVE ME DO

Writer: Gaby Dunn

Director: Mercedes Morgan

When a closed-off young woman’s alcoholic father moves in with her fresh off rehab, she must deal with his newly zen, emotional mindset, while confronting the possibility that she’s more like her father than she’d care to admit. LOVE ME DO is a dark comedy about a parent-child relationship where the roles are reversed.

PRESS START

Writers: Evan Beamer, Dave Child

Director: Evan Beamer

When a nerdy gamer Phil unlocks magic that turns his life into a game, he uses the abilities to remake decisions, make better choices and “advance” in his game of life. But now that he’s in the game, Phil will have to face the personal consequences for cheating at life and ultimately the powerful man who created this magic and started Phil down this path.

Community Partners

Hype Group

Sponsors

New Form

Saturday October 28, 2017 3:30pm - 5:30pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Marquee-TV

4:15pm CDT

Earth: One Amazing Day

(UK, 95 Min)

Writers: Frank Cottrell Boyce, Richard Dale, Geling Yan
Directors: Richard Dale, Lixin Fan, Peter Webber

From BBC Earth Films, the studio that brought you Earth, comes the long awaited sequel – Earth: One Amazing Day, an astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands, from exotic jungles to urban jungles. Astounding breakthroughs in filmmaking technology bring you up close and personal with a cast of unforgettable characters; a baby zebra desperate to cross a swollen river, a penguin who heroically undertakes a death-defying daily commute to feed his family, a family of sperm whales who like to snooze vertically and a sloth on the hunt for love. Told with humor, intimacy, emotion and a jaw-dropping sense of cinematic splendor, Earth: One Amazing Day is the enchanting big screen family friendly adventure that spectacularly highlights how every day is filled with more unseen dramas and wonders than you can possibly imagine— until now!

This film is part of the Family Series which is free and open to the public. All admission to Family Films will be on a first come, first served basis.

Community Partners

Do512 Family

Saturday October 28, 2017 4:15pm - 6:15pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Documentary Feature, Family Series

4:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 4: The Way Things Were

(TRT: 97 min)

The Pool (USA, 9 min)
Writer/Director: Kate Gleason
On its final day before being shut down to make way for a fancy new aquatic center, a shabby community pool reflects on its life while going through the five stages of grief.

Broad Strokes (USA, 17 min)
Writer: Richie DeBiase
Director: Phillip Vernon
In the final moments of a dying New Year’s Eve Party, queer best friends Annie and Austin pursue ill-advised romantic temptations that effectively destroy their resolutions mere hours after making them.

The Immaculate Conception Photography Gallery (Canada, 14 min)
Writer/Director: Jeffrey Zablotny
A wedding photographer in the 1980’s rewrites the past to suit the present by laboriously hand-altering his clients’ photographs.

Fear of Flying (Germany, 12 min)
Writer: Ricarda Schemann
Director: Katja Straub
When two high school friends accidentally get locked in a swimming facility late at night, old injuries surface and unstable emotions lead to actions taken too far.

Positive (USA, 14 min)
Writer/Director: Ty Minton-Small
A surprise herpes diagnosis sends a lonely man on a quest for connection.

Anonymous (UK, 13 min)
Writer: Mario Theodorou
Director: Markus Meedt
The story follows a day in the life of an aging transvestite as she attempts to navigate her way through a once familiar Soho that is becoming increasingly alien to her.

Gloria Talks Funny (USA, 18 min)
Writer/Director: Kendall Goldberg
When a struggling voice actress discovers that her claim-to-fame cartoon is being remade, she sets her sights on reprising her role as the famous BioBoy.

Saturday October 28, 2017 4:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Shorts Program

4:45pm CDT

HERE WE ARE

(USA, 108 min)

Writer/Director: David Bellarosa
Cast: Alex Dobrenko, Olivia Grace Applegate, Russell Harvard, Chase Joliet, Amanda Hays, Jonathan Horstmann, David Bellarosa, Jaytyler Ferretti, Cameron Fuller, Sam Stinson

Andy, an unambitious but talented young writer stuck in Slackerdom USA, is looking to get away, to strike out on his own and see what else his life and this great country has to offer. With a broken down RV and a growing debt to his older brother, this seems like just another thing that probably wont happen. Until he hears about a way to make some long money fast as a human lab rat at Medico, a pharmaceutical testing facility on the outskirts of town. There he finds Misty, a vibrant and mysterious human being with whom he shares a true connection. However, both he and Misty's pasts and personal fears threaten to wreck a good thing before it even begins.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/235093419/4af194ceed

Community Partners

Texas Film Commission

Saturday October 28, 2017 4:45pm - 6:45pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Narrative Feature

4:45pm CDT

Mr. Fish: Cartooning From The Deep End

(USA, 70 min)

Director: Pablo Bryant

Having found success creating compelling, and often, adult themed editorial cartoons, Mr. Fish may be the last great American outlaw artist. However his profession is on the way out. Editors previously willing to back controversial work are disappearing as fast as the newspapers which once employed him. Undeterred, Mr. Fish meets his plight head-on and with an abundance of creative energy, but the demands of raising a family overtake his freelance opportunities, and Mr. Fish is forced to make devastating choices. This documentary follows the artist as he struggles to stay true to his creativity in a world where biting satiric humor has an ever-diminishing commercial value.

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/143319049

Community Partners

Texas Observer

Saturday October 28, 2017 4:45pm - 6:45pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church, Bethell Hall

Film, Documentary Feature

5:30pm CDT

An Ordinary Man

(USA/Serbia, 90 min)

Writer/Director: Brad Silberling
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Hera Hilmar, Peter Serafinowicz

The life of a fugitive war criminal takes a turn for the unexpected in An Ordinary Man. After years of hiding in plain sight following the brutal Balkan wars, a man known only as the General, ferried nightly from couch to couch by faithful loyalists, at last is placed in an apartment of his own. When Tanja, the young housemaid of the prior tenant unwittingly stumbles through his door, it’s clear to both that her simply departing will not be an option. What follows is a cat and mouse game of intentions and identities, in which the General’s need for human contact drives him to take increasingly greater risks, pressing to unearth Tanja’s secrets…and setting them both on a collision course with the past.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znGOUeToqiY

Saturday October 28, 2017 5:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
Paramount Theatre

Film, Marquee

6:00pm CDT

The Outdoorsman

(USA, 88 min)

Writer: Ryan Gilmour
Director: David Haskell
Cast: Brent Morin, Sasheer Zamata

Hoping to become the man he believes he is supposed to be, an aspiring wilderness writer prepares to cut ties with society and spend a year in the mountains. During his preparation he meets a goal oriented, corporate woman who has quit her job to 'find herself.' He falls in love, but ultimately must ask himself what he wants: the 'normal' life he's avoided his whole life, or to live his outdoor fantasy, alone.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/237986524

Sponsors

Barron & Newburger PC

Saturday October 28, 2017 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Comedy Vanguard

6:00pm CDT

Touched

(Canada, 78 min)

Writer/Director: Karl R. Hearne
Cast: Hugh Thompson, Lola Flanery

Solitary, anti-social landlord Gabriel starts seeing ghostly visions of a girl chained to a radiator in the apartment of one of his tenants, a woman who has gone missing. Gabriel forms a bond with the girl and begins sensing a connection between her and the missing tenant. Haunted by his loneliness, Gabriel sets off to find the missing woman. Part murder mystery, part love story between an unlikely father figure and a nine-year-old girl, Touched explores both sociopathology and the fragile power of human kindness.

Saturday October 28, 2017 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Dark Matters

6:15pm CDT

Bleed. Scream. Beat!

(Peru, 92 min)

Writers: Aldo Miyashiro, Érika Villalobos, Abril Cárdenas
Director: Aldo Miyashiro

Cast: Érika Villalobos, Kareen Spano, Rómulo Assereto, Iván Chávez, Manuel Calderón, Andrea Luna, Bruno Espejo, Katya Konychev, Fernando Castañeda, Óscar Carrillo

Ten actors star in three distinct stories, portraying a different character in each one, all to reveal the wild, chaotic, and tender city of Lima, Peru. Featured in this film are a tragic story of a man hurt by bullying, a black comedy about two women involved in an unintentional crime, and a melodrama about a daughter who needs a heart to survive. The characters of these stories are confronted with heartbreaking hurdles to overcome, each linked by the brutality of a city that is anything but merciful.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/231103045/9e01cf6944

Community Partners

Cine Las Americas

Sponsors

Cavalcade

Saturday October 28, 2017 6:15pm - 8:15pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Narrative Feature

6:45pm CDT

Transformer

(Canada, 78 min)

Writer/Director: Michael Del Monte

In the summer of 2015, former US Marine and world record weightlifter Matt Kroczaleski was publicly outed as transgender. The reaction was universal: her sponsors abandoned her, she was disowned by her parents, and banned from competing. Now Janae, she must find her place in society, unable to lose the muscle she once so desperately gained and living one day as an alpha male and the next day as a delicate girl. Will Janae’s passage from being a male bring the peace she’s looking for?

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/233416373

Community Partners

aGLIFF

Saturday October 28, 2017 6:45pm - 8:45pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church, Bethell Hall

Film, Documentary Feature

7:00pm CDT

Quality Problems

(USA, 105 min)

Writer: Brooke Purdy
Directors: Brooke Purdy, Doug Purdy
Cast: Brooke Purdy, Doug Purdy, Jen Prince, Colette Freedman

Bailey and Drew are a 40-something couple much like other couples: they have two kids, two jobs, one dad with Alzheimer’s and one boob with cancer. Between planning daughter Scouts eighth birthday party, and son Max’s revelation about Santa, the Tooth Fairy, and her cancer, Bailey just wants to check things off of her massive 'to do' list. But as things escalate; she realizes she cannot control everything.

Trailer

Saturday October 28, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Narrative Feature

7:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 5: Head-to-Head

(TRT: 86 min)

Comeback Kid (UK, 17 min)
Writer: Sam Steiner
Director: Ian Robertson
16-year-old Hugh’s lovely coming-of-age story is disrupted when unresolved urges from a past life drive him to violent, disturbing act

McMurphy (USA, 7 min)
Writer/Director: Charles Dillon Ward
One afternoon during detention at a southern private school, a left-handed student stands up to his rigid, right-handed teacher.

Cat Killer (USA, 12 min)
Writer/Director: Wes Jones
When conventional veterinary practice won't help, two old friends venture into the woods on a mission of mercy to kill a cat. Things don't go as planned.

Man of the House (USA, 11 min)
Writer/Director: Jall Cowasji
Comedy and drama collide when a father tries to discipline his unruly child.

Megan’s Shift (USA, 11 min)
Writer/Director: Zeke Farrow
A struggling writer covers his friend’s shift at the restaurant he works at and soon finds out it’s going to be a long night.

Mozart (Denmark, 7 min)
Writer: Anders Lindved
Directors: Anders Lindved, Thomas Meldgaard
A repressed caged bird plots to gain its freedom by murdering the old man who owns him.

The Confidential Informant (USA, 21 min)
Writer: George Pelecanos
Director: Stephen KInigopoulos
Hoping to make his harsh old man proud, Verdon Coates works as a police informant in his dangerous neighborhood.

Saturday October 28, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Shorts Program

8:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 9: Shorts that Go Bump in the Night

(TRT: 76 min)

The Armoire (USA, 15 min)
Writer: Evan Cooper, Brodie Cooper
Director: Evan Cooper
A fresh-off-the bus, aspiring Hollywood actress is thrilled to discover a charming, abandoned armoire. That is, until ominous tapping coming from the furniture begins to haunt her apartment.

Inn (USA, 4 min)
Writer/Director: Zion Chen
Looking for a new victim, two mysterious drifters visit a quaint inn.

Imposter (Canada, 14 min)
Writer: Molly McGlynn, Katie McMillan
Director: Adam Goldhammer
A teenager isolated on her family’s maple syrup farm investigates her mother’s eerie behavior following the unexplained disappearance of her father.

Buttercup (USA, 6 min)
Writer/Director: Jason Neulander
Sheila's new babysitter, Emmie, asks if there are any bedtime rituals she needs to know about. There are.

Creeper (Australia, 12 min)
Writer/Director: Drew MacDonald
After a night out, a young woman is unknowingly followed into her home by her "ride-share" driver - resulting in a dangerous game of cat and mouse that explores the lengths people will go to connect in the modern world.

Demon (USA, 25 min)
Writer/Director: Caleb Slain
Beaten and bloody, Marco emerges from the night upon a solitary desert homestead. He’s cleaned up by its owner, Bill, an affable blowhard, but niceties disappear when Marco encounters a pitch black secret on Bill's property.

Saturday October 28, 2017 8:30pm - 10:30pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Shorts Program

8:30pm CDT

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

(UK/USA, 115 min)

Writer/Director: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Peter Dinklage, Abbie Cornish

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a darkly comedic drama from Academy Award® winner Martin McDonagh (IN BRUGES). After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes (Academy Award® winner Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, commissioning three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Academy Award® nominee Woody Harrelson), the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell), an immature mother’s boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nefD7UOhLCo

*Please note that limited screening is available for this screening.

Saturday October 28, 2017 8:30pm - 10:30pm CDT
Paramount Theatre

Film, Marquee

9:00pm CDT

Freddy/Eddy

(Germany, 94 min)

Writer/Director: Tini Tüllmann
Cast: Jessica Schwarz, Felix Schäfer, Robert Stadlober, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaussner, Greta Bohacek

Freddy’s world is crumbling around him as he is accused of beating his wife. In the midst of the downfall, he notices an old imaginary friend has returned. A man who looks like him, but does things a little bit differently. What at first looks like a support from an old friend turns out to be more of a nightmare than a dream. Can you lose yourself to find yourself through another? And how do you explain the things that happen in the night?

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/205979363

Sponsors

Cavalcade

Saturday October 28, 2017 9:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Dark Matters

9:00pm CDT

Tenn

(USA, 80 min)

Writer: Stacey Miller
Director: James Franco
Cast: Beth Grant, Jacob Loeb, Nina Ljeti, Vincent D'Onofrio, Scott Haze, Michael Bradley

Tom Williams, later to be known as “Tennessee”, an aspiring writer in his 20s, lives with his family in 1930s St. Louis. Caught between his overbearing mother and negligent father, Tom attempts to maintain peace in the family while also dealing with his depressed and antisocial sister. Struggling against the societal pressures and expectations of him, Tenn is determined to hone in on his artistic talent and achieve greatness.

Saturday October 28, 2017 9:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
St. David's Episcopal Church, Bethell Hall

Film, Narrative Feature

9:15pm CDT

Flock of Four

(USA, 80 min)

Writer: Gregory Caruso, Michael Nader
Director: Gregory Caruso
Cast: Reg E. Cathey

Since Joey was young, jazz music has been an integral part of his life. He plays it with his friends, his heroes are the jazz greats, and it stands as the last connection between him and his since-passed father. Now it’s 1959, and despite the changing times, Joey and his friends remain passionate about the music. After hearing on the radio that legendary jazz musician Pope Dixon will be playing somewhere on Central Avenue, the four high school students become determined to see him. Unfortunately, Central Avenue at night isn’t the most welcoming environment for a bunch of middle-class white kids. This won’t stop Joey from tracking down his hero.

Trailer

Sponsors

Barron & Newburger PC

Saturday October 28, 2017 9:15pm - 11:15pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Narrative Feature

9:30pm CDT

Chasing The Blues

(USA, 75 min)

Writer: Scott Smith, Kevin Guilfoile
Director: Scott Smith

Cast: Grant Rosenmeyer, Ronald L. Conner, Chelsea Tavares, Jon Lovitz, Steve Guttenberg, Anna Maria Horsford

Allen’s life revolves around one thing: blues records. The high school teacher by day has amassed a huge amount of records over the years, but in 1987, he comes across an old lady with an ultra-rare 1930s record. Competing with a rival record collector, Allen attempts to con the old lady out of the record. When a series of unfortunate circumstances sends both Allen and his opponent to jail, the feud festers for over 20 years until they are released from prison and get a second chance at snagging the record this time from a more formidable foe.

Saturday October 28, 2017 9:30pm - 11:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Comedy Vanguard

9:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 3: Talking to Strangers

(TRT: 93 min)

Ecstasy (Norway, 16 min)
Writer/Director: Kitty Frobenius
Crippled by grief, a 75-year-old widow seeks unconventional solace by traveling across town to buy drugs.

Where Mothbloods Bloom (USA, 17 min)
Writer: Grant Conversano
Directors: Grant Conversano, Kevin Cutrara
Stranded after leaving her heroin addicted boyfriend, Autumn connects with a lonely truck driver.

Frankie Keeps Talking (USA, 8 min)
Writer/Director: Annabelle Attanasio
A coffee date turns sour when a young woman realizes her date will not stop talking… to himself. Feeling invisible, she goes to drastic lengths for attention.

Dinner Guest (USA, 11 min)
Writer: Ashley Serrao
Director: Ruben Rivera
Scarlet, a struggling single mom, gets a terrifying visit from a young addict while home alone.

Wink (USA, 15 min)
Writer/Director: Monika Petrillo
A lonely and slightly repressed housewife discovers an unusual way to spice up her afternoon.

One Day Home (USA, 13 min)
Writer: Rebecca Louise Miller
Director: Drew Denny
Hoping a new mattress will help her move past her failed marriage, Frida embarks on a mission to find the perfect product. While testing out a possible candidate, she meets a stranger who may prove to be a better cure for her sorrows.

Such is Life (UK, 13 min)
Writer/Director: Stuart Elliot
After unwittingly listing hiking as an interest on his dating profile, out-of-shape Thomas finds himself on an awkward first date with an experienced hiker.

Saturday October 28, 2017 9:30pm - 11:30pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Shorts Program

11:15pm CDT

Bodies

(UK, 98 min)

Writer: Joseph Baker
Director: Tom Large
Cast: Joesph Baker, Lisa Ronaghan, Paul Hurstfield, Chloe Massey, Luke Booys

Faced with financial troubles and the prospect of losing their home, Rosie and Ben Whitaker are thrilled when they are invited to participate in a potentially lucrative behavioral experiment run by Kenilworth Life Sciences. The study begins as a seemingly innocent examination of the strength of Rosie’s and Ben’s relationship, but soon takes a turn. As days go by and the challenges become increasingly more sinister, the experiment is no longer about money for Rosie and Ben; it's about staying alive.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pUJWv_5YfI&feature=youtu.be

Saturday October 28, 2017 11:15pm - Sunday October 29, 2017 1:15am CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Dark Matters

11:00am CDT

Young Filmmaker's Showcase

[TRT: 98 Min]

Creature of My Heart [USA, 8 min]
Writer/Director: Juliana Lane
To win Belinda’s heart, Victor must create a monster. But in the end, it is his heart that is won.

Powdered [USA, 7 min]
Writer/Director: Paul Plath
Two boneheaded detectives are running out of time to solve the case when they make a chance discovery.

Pack Animals [USA, 6min]
Writer/Director: Ashley Merka
Two boys decide they are going to find out once and for all what really goes on inside the girls bathroom.

The Strangest Dream [USA, 1 min]
Writer/Director: Arianna Muñoz
When she’s asleep, her toys come alive.

Katham [USA, 4 min]
Writer/Director: Devan Prabhakar
A portrait of a potter.

Sunday October 29, 2017 11:00am - 1:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Shorts Program

12:30pm CDT

Mudbound

Centerpiece Film

(USA, 134 min)
Writers: Virgil Williams (in attendance), Dee Rees, Hillary Jordan
Director: Dee Rees
Cast: Rob Morgan, Kelvin Harrison Jr.,Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Mary J. Blige

Set in the rural American South during World War II, Dee Rees’s Mudbound is an epic story of two families pitted against one another by a ruthless social hierarchy, yet bound together by the shared farmland of the Mississippi Delta.

Mudbound follows the McAllan family, newly transplanted from the quiet civility of Memphis and unprepared for the harsh demands of farming. Despite the grandiose dreams of Henry (Jason Clarke), the clan's leader, his wife Laura (Carey Mulligan) struggles to keep the faith in her husband's losing venture. Meanwhile, Hap and Florence Jackson (Rob Morgan, Mary J. Blige) — fellow sharecroppers who have worked the land for generations — struggle bravely to build a small dream of their own despite the rigidly enforced social barriers they face.

The war upends both families' plans as their returning loved ones, Jamie McAllan (Garrett Hedlund) and Ronsel Jackson (Jason Mitchell), forge a fast but uneasy friendship that challenges the brutal realities of the Jim Crow South in which they live.

Sunday October 29, 2017 12:30pm - 3:00pm CDT
Paramount Theatre

Film

1:15pm CDT

Coming To My Senses

(USA, 85 min)

Writer/Director: Dominic Gill

In 1999, Aaron Baker broke his neck in a motocross accident, leaving him completely paralyzed from the neck down. Despite his doctor’s grim prognosis and people saying 'he had a million-to-one odds of ever feeding himself again', Aaron, through painstaking effort, endeavored to regain as much mobility as possible. This journey through the unknown took him from the depths of depression to the joys of cross country road tripping via tandem bicycle with his mother and friends. Now Aaron decides to take one final journey which symbolizes his recovery: cross a 20-mile tract of Death Valley unsupported on foot.

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/234595796

Sunday October 29, 2017 1:15pm - 3:15pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Documentary Feature

1:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 11: Shorts for All Ages!

(TRT: 89 min)

DAM! The Story of Kit the Beaver (Canada, 12 min)
Writer/Director: Kjell Boersma
Kit the eager beaver learns about compassion, failure, survival and community during a four season long odyssey.

Dolby Presents: Escape (USA, 5 min)
Writer/Director: Brandon Oldenburg
After crash landing on a desolate planet, a lone explorer must use innovation and persistence to find her way home.

Frolic ‘N Mae (USA, 12 min)
Writer/Director: Danny Madden
Outcast from her cousin's party, 10 year old Mae creates Frolic from ink and cardboard… then Frolic creates mayhem.

The Wishing Cranes (USA, 4 min)
Writer/Directors: Thomas Anderholm, Ellen Arnold, Kaiya Telle
When an orphaned paper boy fails to spend time with his light-hearted younger sister, she makes a wish by folding his papers into a thousand cranes that magically come to life and fly away.

Supernova (USA, 9 min)
Writer/Directors: Gavin Lankford, Aleksandre C. Kosinski
When a little boy's late-night viewing of his favorite space adventure videotape is cut short by a scolding from his mom, he channels the heroism of his sci-fi fantasy hero and makes it his mission to get the tape back.

Stella Uno (Italy, 16 min)
Writer/Directors: Gaia Bonsignore, Roberto D’Ippolito
Imaginative young Stella learns the peril of landing in the real world after her mission in space is misdirected for her own growth and safety.

The Fallen Swan (USA, 3 min)
Writer/Director: Win Leerasanthanah
Trapped at the bottom of a well, an abandoned baby swan must discover its inner strength to escape!

What Lives Under the Bed (USA, 20 min)
Writer: Spencer Marentette
Director: Joey Daniel
A timid young boy goes on the adventure of a lifetime after catching the monster that lives in his closet.

This film is part of the Family Series which is free and open to the public. All admission to Family Films will be on a first come, first served basis.

Community Partners

Do512 Family

Sunday October 29, 2017 1:30pm - 3:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Family Series, Shorts Program

1:45pm CDT

The House of Tomorrow

(USA, 90 min)

Writer/Director: Peter Livolsi

Cast: Asa Butterfield, Alex Wolff, Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Maude Apatow

16-year-old Sebastian has spent most of his sheltered life with his Nana in their geodesic dome home tourist attraction. When a stroke sidelines Nana, Sebastian is taken in by a bible-banging single father from the suburbs who's struggling to raise his sexually charged teenage daughter Meredith and son Jared , a chain-smoking, punk-loving teenager with a heart transplant. With his Nana’s dreams, his first real friendship, and a church talent show at stake, Sebastian must decide who he truly wants to be.

Sunday October 29, 2017 1:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Narrative Feature

2:00pm CDT

Meerkat Moonship

(South Africa, 100 min)

Writer/Director: Hanneke Schutte

Cast: Anchen du Plessis, Daniah de Villiers, Doctor Khasu-Nkatlo, Drikus Volschenk,

Timid, wildly imaginative 13-year-old Gideonette de La Rey learns that the name she was given comes with it a horrible curse. After her father dies, Gideonette is paralyzed by fear and is sent to live on a farm with her grandparents, where she befriends a young deaf boy who is “training” to become an astronaut and preparing to fly away in a Moonship that Gideonette’s grandfather built for him. When fate hands Gideonette a final blow and she learns the real reason her grandfather was building the Moonship, her newfound strength is tested, and she has to decide whether she’s going to let the curse consume her life or if she’ll choose to defy it.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM1OhtkQyzE

Sponsors

Cavalcade

Sunday October 29, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Narrative Feature

2:00pm CDT

Quest

(USA, 85 min)

Writers: Santiago Rizzo & Darren Anderson
Director: Santiago Rizzo
Cast: Greg Kasyan, Keith Stanfield, Lou Diamond Phillips, Betsy Brandt, Dash Mihok

Mills, a 12 year old kid on the verge of becoming a man, doesn’t feel safe at home. His abusive step father lurks around every corner. Mills turns to tagging as a way to make his mark on the world. He decides to join the football team, even though he’s half the size of the other boys. Tim Moellering is a humble middle school coach in Berkeley California who believes that there is no such thing as a bad kid, only a bad situation. Coach finds it in his heart to honor his tryout and recognize that there might be more going on than what appears on the surface of the walls.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/236660111

Community Partners

The Blanton Museum

sprATX

Sunday October 29, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Narrative Feature

4:00pm CDT

Endings: The Good, The Bad, and the Insanely Great - The Movie

(USA, 90 min)

Special Presentation by Michael Arndt (in attendance)

Some movies leave you indifferent, some leave you satisfied, and some leave you feeling euphoric—walking on air and seeing the world through new eyes. What, then, is the difference between a bad ending, a good ending, and an insanely great ending? Join screenwriter Michael Arndt for a work-in-progress screening of the new video version of his lecture: Endings: The Good, The Bad, and the Insanely Great. In this cinematic version of an AFF favorite, Arndt explores how great endings work with a close analysis of the climaxes of Star Wars, The Graduate, and his own screenplay, Little Miss Sunshine. Stick around after the screening for an extended Q&A with Arndt.

Panelists

Michael Arndt

writer Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3

Michael Arndt wrote the screenplays for Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and Toy Story 3 (2010). He also received shared screenplay credit for Oblivion (2013), and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens(2015). He lives in New York.

Sunday October 29, 2017 4:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Paramount Theatre

Film, Marquee

4:00pm CDT

What Haunts Us

(USA, 67 min)

Writer: Mark Monroe
Director: Paige Goldberg Tolmach

Within the last 35 years, six men from Porter Gaud High School's graduating class of 1979 have committed suicide. When Paige Goldberg Tolmach gets word that another former student from her beloved high school has killed himself; she decides to take a deep dive into her past to uncover the surprising truth and finally release the ghosts that have haunted her hometown to this day.

TRAILER

Sunday October 29, 2017 4:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Documentary Feature

4:15pm CDT

An American in Texas

(USA, 94 min)

Writers: Anthony Pedone, Stephen Floyd
Director: Anthony Pedone

Cast: James Paxton, Charlotte Best, Sam Dillon, J.R. Villarreal, Tony Cavalero, Quinton Aaron, Barry Corbin, David Sullivan

Lifelong friends and punk band, SGW (Surgeon General's Warning), look to bust out of small town Texas as 1990 comes to a close. Faced with the reality of a dead end job at the chemical plant, a life in the oil field, or fighting a war that has no meaning to them, the boys see their band as the one ticket out of town. As they plot their escape to Los Angeles, the boys find out what holds them together could be the one thing that can tear them apart.

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/232734627

Community Partners

Texas Film Commission

Sunday October 29, 2017 4:15pm - 6:15pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Narrative Feature

4:15pm CDT

Into the Who Knows

(US, 72 min)

Writer: Micah Barber, Tony Faia
Director: Micah Barber
Cast: Bryce Gheisar, Delaney Wingrove, Macon Blair, Lee Eddy

Ten year old Thomas has a best friend: Felix the Fox. But his parents want him to make “real friends”, so they send him to summer camp. He hates it. After a midnight escape, Thomas and Felix find themselves deep in the forest of the Who Knows, where they pursue a mythical being called the Totem and decide to catch it.

This film is part of the Family Series which is free and open to the public. All admission to Family Films will be on a first come, first served basis.

Community Partners

Do512 Family

Sunday October 29, 2017 4:15pm - 6:15pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Family Series, Marquee

5:00pm CDT

Don't Talk To Irene

(Canada, 83 min)

Writer/Director: Pat Mills
Cast: Michelle McLeod, Geena Davis, Bruce Gray, Alex Steele

Irene wants nothing more than to be a cheerleader. Her idol, Geena Davis, convinces her to risk it all and tryout. This leads to an unexpected situation that lands her a suspension and a two-week community service stint at a retirement home. Tapping into her passion for cheerleading, Irene secretly signs up the senior residents to audition for a talent-search reality show to prove that you don’t need to be physically ‘perfect’ to be perfectly AWESOME.

Trailer

Sponsors

Community Impact

Sunday October 29, 2017 5:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Comedy Vanguard

5:30pm CDT

Hollow In The Land

(Canada, 93 min)

Writer/Director: Scooter Corkle
Cast: Dianna Agron, Rachelle Lefevre, Jared Abrahamson

When a body turns up in a trailer park and her missing renegade brother becomes the number one suspect, headstrong Alison take matters into her own hands, setting out to track him down and clear his name before the cops find him. Disturbingly, it seems that the deeper this accidental detective digs, the more people turn up dead, and soon she becomes a suspect herself, attracting all the wrong sorts of attention from the local authorities. In this town tucked away amidst the Kootenay Rockies of Canada, secrets tend to get buried deep. If Alison’s not careful, she’ll get buried with them.

Sunday October 29, 2017 5:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Narrative Feature

6:00pm CDT

Original Series 1

(TRT: 98 min)

Young & Reckless (Episodes 1-5)
(Canada, 29 min)
Writer: Andrea Shawcross
Director: Brianne Nord-Stewart
When slacker Devon Young moves back in with his mom, he falls for Claire, his beautiful next-door neighbour. Now, Devon will do anything to win the woman of his dreams, including babysitting her intimidating 13-year-old daughter, Olivia.

The Beginning and Ending of Everything (Episode 1-2)
(USA, 23 min)
Writer/Director: Ya’Ke Smith
Angelita returns home from prison in hopes of reuniting with the young child she left behind. Upon discovering the child is nowhere to be found, she goes on a quest to find the baby, her hope and her reason for living.

Ghost BFF (Episode 1-3)
(Canada, 16 min)
Writers: Vanessa Matsui, Katie Nolan
Directors: Lindsay Mackay, Vanessa Matsui
After Amy begins to see the ghost of her friend Tara, who committed suicide three years earlier, the duo struggle to find themselves and right past wrongs that Tara believes are preventing her from passing on to the other side.

Rocketmen (Episode 1-3)
(USA, 30 min)
Writer/Director: Webster Crowell
Leftovers of a forgotten jobs program of the Great Depression, Rocketmen await the threats of tomorrow from rooftops everywhere.

Sunday October 29, 2017 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Shorts Program

6:00pm CDT

Shot in the Dark

(USA, 93 min)

Director: Dustin Nakao Haider

Tyquone Greer, member of Orr Academy’s basketball team, has dreams of going to college and seeing the world. However, he and other members of the team have been scarred by numerous tragedies in the harsh inner city of Chicago. Together, he and his teammates find refuge on the court. Here, Tyquone is the leader and Coach Loe is the guide and father figure to Orr’s new formidable squad.

Sunday October 29, 2017 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Documentary Feature

6:30pm CDT

Dabka

(South Africa, 116 min)

Writer/Director: Bryan Buckley

Cast: Evan Peters, Barkhad Abdi, Al Pacino, Melanie Griffith

In 2008, cynical rookie journalist Jay Bahadur has just graduated college in one of the worst economic times since the great depression, leaving him desperate for money and a job. While living in his parents’ basement and amidst receiving countless rejection letters from potential employers, he forms a half-baked plan to embed himself among the pirates of Somalia. He ultimately provides the first close-up look into who these men are, how they live, and the forces that drive them.

Sunday October 29, 2017 6:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Narrative Feature

7:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 7: Reality Check

(TRT: 95 min)

Queen (USA, 18 min)
Writer/Director: Gabrielle Shepard
A coming of age drama about an eleven-year-old girl, Bobby, who is forced to survive a night on the streets on the eve of becoming a woman.

The Phantom Menace(USA, 14 min)
Writers/Directors: Charlotte Barrett, Sean Fallon
After suffering a miscarriage, a young couple goes ahead with their plan to attend a local comic con.

Undeadicated (Australia, 13 min)
Writer: Scott Sheridan
Director: Felix Jozeps
Pissed off and bored with a shitty Zombie Apocalypse, one man trains up his infected best mate to lead an army of the undead against an apathetic world.

Ablution (USA, 15 min)
Writer/Director: Omar Al Dakheel
The bond between a disabled Muslim father and his son is tested when love is pitted against religion.

The Replacement (USA, 17 min)
Writer/Director: Sean Miller
It's election night 2032, and Abe, a lonely janitor watches his clone become the first clone President. Venturing out amid the election aftermath, he realizes he might not be the only person maddened by the idea of a clone president.

Nadia’s Visa (Jordan, 18 min)
Writer/Director: Hanadi Elyan
Desperate to see her family in the US, Nadia navigates complex moral dilemmas as she fights to obtain a tourist visa.

Sunday October 29, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Shorts Program

7:00pm CDT

The Boy Downstairs

(USA, 91 min)

Writer/Director: Sophie Brooks
Cast: Zosia Mamet, Matthew Shear, Deirdre O’Connell, Sarah Ramos

Aspiring writer Diana (Zosia Mamet in her first film role since the end of HBO’s hit “Girls”) returns to New York City after a few years living in London and finds what seems to be the perfect Brooklyn apartment to start fresh. But on the first night in her new home she discovers that her ex-boyfriend Ben (Matthew Shear, Mistress America) lives in the apartment downstairs. With support from her affable landlady Amy (Deirdre O’Connell) and her best friend Gabby (Diana Irvine), Diana hopes for a cordial friendship with her ex, but as the story progresses and old wounds are reopened, she is forced to confront the true nature of her feelings.

Sunday October 29, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 10

Film, Marquee

7:30pm CDT

Roman J. Israel, Esq. presented by The Lincoln Motor Company

Centerpiece Films

(USA, 129min)
Writer/Director: Dan Gilroy (in attendance)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Shelley Hennig

Roman J. Israel, Esq. is a dramatic thriller set in the underbelly of the overburdened Los Angeles criminal court system. Denzel Washington stars as a driven, idealistic defense attorney whose life is upended when a turbulent series of events challenge the activism that has defined his career. Colin Farrell costars as the ambitious, monied lawyer who recruits Roman to his firm.

Sponsors

Lincoln Motor Company

Sunday October 29, 2017 7:30pm - 10:00pm CDT
Paramount Theatre

Film

8:00pm CDT

Amanda & Jack Go Glamping

(USA, 94 min)

Writer/Director: Brandon Dickerson
Cast: David Arquette, Amy Acker, Adan Canto, June Squibb

With his mid-life marriage on rocky ground, dejected one-hit-author Jack Spencer goes glamping (glamorous camping) with his wife, Amanda, in search of a spark. The isolated retreat suddenly becomes anything but private with the arrival of double booking honeymoon hipsters and a super-hunk land owner. Jack must learn to get over himself as he dives deep off the grid into a comedic exploration of love, failure, relevance, and miniature donkeys.

TRAILER

Community Partners

Texas Film Commission

Sunday October 29, 2017 8:00pm - 10:00pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Narrative Feature

8:15pm CDT

Shop of Little Pleasures

(Austria, 93 min)

Writer: Julia Frick, Alice Frick
Director: Julia Frick
Cast: Petra Kleinert, Marcus Strahl, Waltraut Haas, Ben Ruedinger, Ramesh Nair, Reinhard Nowak, Sabine Kunz, Alice Frick

Emma is an unemployed housewife whose children have grown up and moved out. When she discovers that her husband is having an affair with another woman, Emma takes over a neon-lit sex shop that she turns into an erotic boutique for women. This journey leads her into an adventure with a group of other women who are all looking for their own sexual awakening.

Trailer

Sponsors

Cavalcade

Sunday October 29, 2017 8:15pm - 10:15pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Comedy Vanguard

8:30pm CDT

Original Series 2

(TRT: 93 min)

Hug it Out (Episode 1, 3, and 5)
(USA, 25 min)
Writer: Kincaid Walker
Director: Jason Eksuzian
Post-divorce and seriously broke, Gwen takes a reluctant deep-dive into the odd, hilarious subculture of professional snuggling to make a living.

*SIGH* (Episode 1-3)
(USA, 22 min)
Writer: Ibet Inyang
Directors: Shonnie Jackson, Sade Joseph
Brittany is a walking ball of anxiety, and when the aspiring screenwriter takes a risk and moves out on her own, it doesn’t go well. But as she seeks refuge from the women in her life, Brittany pushes forth in search of her own voice.

From Jappan (Episode 1)
(USA, 8 min)
Writer/Director: Raj Trivedi
When Jappan's mother is scandalized by his live-in relationship, he flashes back to his twelve year old self living under the thumb of his family's culture.

Cleaner Daze (Episode 1)
(USA, 12 min)
Writer/Director: Tess Sweet
A newbie drug rehab counselor struggles to wrangle a misfit crew of teenage addicts while secretly battling her own addiction.

Swingtime (Episode 1)
(USA, 26 min)
Writer: Brando Topp
Director: Drew Bierut, Josh Grossman
A recently broken-up couple hangs onto their one-bedroom to challenge conventional break-up norms, and ride out the lease. Conflicted by awkward dates, co-dependency and jealousy, they mutually dive into the world of polyamory at a local sex club.

Sunday October 29, 2017 8:30pm - 10:30pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Shorts Program

8:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 12: Historias de Mexico

(TRT: 79 min)

Towards the Sun (UK, 20 min)
Writers: Elie Choufany, Monica Santis
Director: Monica Santis
Twelve-Year-Old Esmeralda confronts her scarring past and uncertain future when she is placed at an immigrant shelter for unaccompanied minors in Texas.

These Colors Don’t Run (USA, 10 min)
Writer/Director: Via Bia
A tough, tattooed women tells the revealing story behind her first ink. Will the act of self reflection show what’s hiding beneath her hard exterior?

El Almuerzo (USA, 16 min)
Writer/Director: Jocelyn Cooper
After the patriarch of the Rodarte family dies, his three children clash while trying to put their shattered lives back together.

We Need to Talk (Mexico, 8 min)
Writer/Director: Carlos Mendoza
Worried her 10-year-old grandson might be having sex with her 17-year-old neighbor, Caridad recruits the help of Milagros, a wise old lady with an expertise in conquering men, to help set the two children on their proper paths.

Between Us (Mexico, 25 min)
Writer/Director: Javier Solórzano Casarin
Sonia invites Alonso to her apartment for what it appears to be a casual date. As their encounter goes deeper into the night and their conversation evolves, a history of violence emerges and both uncover their own true intentions.

Community Partners

Cine Las Americas

Sunday October 29, 2017 8:30pm - 10:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Shorts Program

9:15pm CDT

Mankiller

Sunday October 29, 2017 9:15pm - 11:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 10

Film, Documentary Feature

9:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 8: All of a Sudden

(TRT: 93 min)

Fysh (Australia, 13 min)
Writer/Director: Billie Pleffer
This is the story of a grouchy old man and a mysterious fish that changed his life.

Texas Cotton (USA, 10 min)
Writers: Tyler Russell, Jameel Khaja, Gus Mittenberger
Director: Tyler Russell
A Texas Sheriff finds nothing is simple deep in the heart of the Hill Country.

Mother (Spain, 18 min)
Writer/Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen
A single mother is thrilled to get a call from her seven-year-old son who is on a beach vacation with her ex-husband. But excitement soon turns to terror when she realizes her son is lost, and being stalked by an unknown man.

Dial Back (USA, 14 min)
Writer/Director: Anthony Deptula
A bittersweet love story where two long-lost classmates from grade school reconnect on a lonely New Year’s Eve.

Haskell (USA, 10 min)
Writer/Director: James Allen Smith
Three moments in the life of Haskell Carlston, a man born with the peculiar ability to manipulate time.

Edmund the Magnificent (UK, 13 min)
Writer/Director: Ben Ockrent
The county pig fete (festival) is being revived, and a once-legendary Farmer invests in a thoroughbred piglet to breed new life back into his now dilapidated farm.

Tasty (Australia, 15 min)
Writer/Director: Meaghan Palmer
Newbie queer teen Ben is caught up in a homophobic drug-raid during his first outing to a gay nightclub.

Sunday October 29, 2017 9:30pm - 11:30pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Shorts Program

11:00pm CDT

Bullitt County

(USA, 98 min)

Writer/Director: David McCracken
Cast: Mike C. Nelson, Jenni Melear, David McCracken, Napoleon Ryan, Richard Riehle, Dorothy Lyman

Four drinking buddies reunite ten years after college for a bachelor party and head to their favorite bourbon distillery in small-town 1977 Kentucky. However, the crew soon discovers that the distillery has been turned into a winery, and the newly sober groom, Gordie, decides on a new party objective: find the buried treasure of Prohibition-era Bullitt County. With reluctant enthusiasm, the four friends trek deep into the woods in search of buried treasure but quickly realize there’s a reason not many people venture out to find the haunted treasure.

Trailer

Sunday October 29, 2017 11:00pm - Monday October 30, 2017 1:00am CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Dark Matters

12:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 1: A Family Affair

Monday October 30, 2017 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Shorts Program

1:00pm CDT

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

Monday October 30, 2017 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Documentary Feature

2:15pm CDT

In Blue

Sponsors

Cavalcade

Monday October 30, 2017 2:15pm - 4:15pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 10

Film, Narrative Feature

3:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 11: Shorts for All Ages!

Community Partners

Do512 Family

Monday October 30, 2017 3:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Family Series, Shorts Program

3:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 2: Goal-Oriented

Monday October 30, 2017 3:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Shorts Program

3:30pm CDT

Shop of Little Pleasures

Sponsors

Cavalcade

Monday October 30, 2017 3:30pm - 5:30pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Comedy Vanguard

4:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 12: Historias de Mexico

Community Partners

Cine Las Americas

Monday October 30, 2017 4:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Shorts Program

5:00pm CDT

Coming To My Senses

Monday October 30, 2017 5:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 10

Film, Documentary Feature

5:30pm CDT

Kafou

Sponsors

Cavalcade

Monday October 30, 2017 5:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Narrative Feature

5:45pm CDT

Space & Time

Monday October 30, 2017 5:45pm - 7:45pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Narrative Feature

6:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 3: Talking to Strangers

Monday October 30, 2017 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Shorts Program

6:15pm CDT

Southern Tale

Monday October 30, 2017 6:15pm - 8:15pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Narrative Feature

6:30pm CDT

Into the Night; Portraits of Life and Death

(USA, 121 min)

Writer/Director: Helen Whitney

We don’t know how. We don’t know when. But death comes for us all. To be human is to wrestle with this truth and with the great unanswered question: How do we live with death in our eye? We can deny, we can rail, we can challenge, we can accept. What is our story, and will it sustain us at the end? “Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death,” a two-hour documentary, features men and women of uncommon eloquence and intelligence who are grappling with these questions. For them death is no longer an abstraction far off in the future, it is real. They come from all walks of life, all ages, dying and healthy, believers and unbelievers, well known and obscure. These are people who have been shocked into mortality and are forever changed. They have stories to tell, and we can listen and learn from them.

Trailer
To learn more about the film click here

Community Partners

The Blanton Museum

Monday October 30, 2017 6:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Marquee

7:00pm CDT

Don't Talk To Irene

Monday October 30, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Comedy Vanguard

7:00pm CDT

Predator presented by Shane Black

(USA, 107 min)

Writers: Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo

Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a soldier of fortune, is hired by the U.S. government to secretly rescue a group of politicians trapped in Guatemala. But when Dutch and his team, which includes weapons expert Blain (Jesse Ventura) and CIA agent George (Carl Weathers), land in Central America, something is gravely wrong. After finding a string of dead bodies, the crew discovers they are being hunted by a brutal creature with superhuman strength and the ability to disappear into its surroundings.

Panelists

Shane Black

writer/director The Nice Guys, Iron Man 3, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang; writer Lethal Weapon, Last Action Hero

Shane Black has been responsible for creating a number of box office blockbusters, including the first two installments of the Lethal Weapon series and 1991’s The Last Boy Scout. In 1990, Shane sold his espionage script The Long Kiss Goodnight for a record sum of money. His directorial... Read More →

Monday October 30, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Paramount Theatre

Film, Retrospective

8:15pm CDT

Tenn

Monday October 30, 2017 8:15pm - 10:15pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 10

Film, Narrative Feature

9:00pm CDT

Transformer

Community Partners

aGLIFF

Monday October 30, 2017 9:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Documentary Feature

9:30pm CDT

Wild Honey

Monday October 30, 2017 9:30pm - 11:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Comedy Vanguard

9:45pm CDT

Call Me By Your Name

(Italy/France/Brazil, 132 min)

Writers: James Ivory, Andre Aciman
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Armie Hammer, Timothee Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg

It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, a handsome doctoral student who's working as an intern for Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of their surroundings, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.

TRAILER: https://youtu.be/Z9AYPxH5NTM

Limited seating available

Community Partners

aGLIFF

Monday October 30, 2017 9:45pm - 11:45pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Marquee

9:45pm CDT

Meerkat Moonship

(South Africa, 100 min)

Writer/Director: Hanneke Schutte
Cast: Anchen du Plessis, Daniah de Villiers, Doctor Khasu-Nkatlo, Drikus Volschenk

Timid, wildly imaginative 13-year-old Gideonette de La Rey learns that the name she was given comes with it a horrible curse. After her father dies, Gideonette is paralyzed by fear and is sent to live on a farm with her grandparents, where she befriends a young deaf boy who is “training” to become an astronaut and preparing to fly away in a Moonship that Gideonette’s grandfather built for him. When fate hands Gideonette a final blow and she learns the real reason her grandfather was building the Moonship, her newfound strength is tested, and she has to decide whether she’s going to let the curse consume her life or if she’ll choose to defy it.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM1OhtkQyzE

Sponsors

Cavalcade

Monday October 30, 2017 9:45pm - 11:45pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Narrative Feature

10:00pm CDT

Bleed. Scream. Beat!

(Peru, 92 min)

Writers: Aldo Miyashiro, Érika Villalobos, Abril Cárdenas
Director: Aldo Miyashiro
Cast: Érika Villalobos, Kareen Spano, Rómulo Assereto, Iván Chávez, Manuel Calderón, Andrea Luna, Bruno Espejo, Katya Konychev, Fernando Castañeda, Óscar Carrillo

Ten actors star in three distinct stories, portraying a different character in each one, all to reveal the wild, chaotic, and tender city of Lima, Peru. Featured in this film are a tragic story of a man hurt by bullying, a black comedy about two women involved in an unintentional crime, and a melodrama about a daughter who needs a heart to survive. The characters of these stories are confronted with heartbreaking hurdles to overcome, each linked by the brutality of a city that is anything but merciful.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/231103045/9e01cf6944

Community Partners

Cine Las Americas

Sponsors

Cavalcade

Monday October 30, 2017 10:00pm - Tuesday October 31, 2017 12:00am CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Narrative Feature

10:15pm CDT

Touched

Monday October 30, 2017 10:15pm - Tuesday October 31, 2017 12:15am CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Dark Matters

12:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 4: The Way Things Were

Tuesday October 31, 2017 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Shorts Program

1:00pm CDT

Shot in the Dark

Tuesday October 31, 2017 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Documentary Feature

2:30pm CDT

Quest

Community Partners

The Blanton Museum

sprATX

Tuesday October 31, 2017 2:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 10

Film, Narrative Feature

3:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 15: Animated Shorts

Tuesday October 31, 2017 3:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Shorts Program

3:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 5: Head-to-Head

Tuesday October 31, 2017 3:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Shorts Program

3:45pm CDT

The House of Tomorrow

(USA, 90 min)

Writer/Director: Peter Livolsi
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Alex Wolff, Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Maude Apatow

16-year-old Sebastian has spent most of his sheltered life with his Nana in their geodesic dome home tourist attraction. When a stroke sidelines Nana, Sebastian is taken in by a bible-banging single father from the suburbs who's struggling to raise his sexually charged teenage daughter Meredith and son Jared , a chain-smoking, punk-loving teenager with a heart transplant. With his Nana’s dreams, his first real friendship, and a church talent show at stake, Sebastian must decide who he truly wants to be.

Tuesday October 31, 2017 3:45pm - 5:45pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Narrative Feature

4:30pm CDT

Bullitt County

Tuesday October 31, 2017 4:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Dark Matters

4:30pm CDT

The Great Unwashed

Tuesday October 31, 2017 4:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Comedy Vanguard

5:45pm CDT

Quality Problems

Tuesday October 31, 2017 5:45pm - 7:45pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Narrative Feature

6:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 6: The Outsiders

Tuesday October 31, 2017 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Shorts Program

6:30pm CDT

42 Grams

(USA, 82 mins)

Writer/Director: Jack C. Newell

42 Grams documents the evolution of chef Jake Bickelhaupt. After working at some of the world’s best restaurants, Jake’s aggressive personality kept him from finding a kitchen to call home. A chef without a restaurant, Jake began cooking fifteen-course menus out of his apartment in Chicago. Alongside his dedicated wife Alexa, their underground restaurant becomes a foodie destination. The accomplishment is unique: they present refined flavors while dirty dishes soak feet away in their bedroom. Eighteen months later, they take out a lease on an abandoned chicken joint to open their own restaurant 42 Grams.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmR9IzXun9Q

Tuesday October 31, 2017 6:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Marquee

6:30pm CDT

Beauty and Ruin

Community Partners

The Blanton Museum

Tuesday October 31, 2017 6:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 10

Film, Documentary Feature

6:30pm CDT

Blame

(USA, 100 min)

Writers: Laurie Shephard, Quinn Shephard
Director: Quinn Shephard
Cast: Trieste Kelly Dunn, Tate Donovan, Chris Messina

It’s the start of a new year at a small suburban high school — Abigail (Quinn Shephard) is an eternal outcast returning for the first time after a mysterious event the previous year. Facing constant bullying, Abigail escapes from her hostile surroundings by immersing herself in the worlds of the characters she reads about, much to the amusement of her manipulative classmate, Melissa. When the girls’ intriguing new drama teacher Jeremy (Chris Messina) announces Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible” as their fall show, and casts Abigail over Melissa in the starring role, Abigail’s confidence blooms — but soon her relationship with Jeremy begins to move beyond the fantasy world she’s constructed.

Tuesday October 31, 2017 6:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Marquee

7:00pm CDT

Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks

(USA, 88 min)

Writer: Josh Crockett, Jonathan Pappas
Director: Josh Crockett
Cast: Kristin Slaysman, Scott Rodgers, Ashley Spillers, Robert Longstreet

Two estranged siblings are reunited at the funeral for their parents, a couple of crazy doctors-without-borders who rarely stuck around to do any parenting. Though supposedly all grown up, Marcus and Michelle are as lost and self-centered as kids. They struggle with their lack of grief over the deaths, and they struggle with each other. The siblings can’t help but turn their current lives and relationships into chaos as they’re forced to reckon with their shared past.

Tuesday October 31, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Comedy Vanguard

7:15pm CDT

Bodies

Tuesday October 31, 2017 7:15pm - 9:15pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Dark Matters

7:30pm CDT

Clue

Dress up as your favorite Clue character and walk the red carpet!

(USA, 94min)

Writers: John Landis, Jonathan Lynn
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Cast: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Martin Mull, Madeline Kahn, Chrisotpher Lloyd

Based on the popular board game, this comedy begins at a dinner party hosted by Mr. Boddy (Lee Ving), where he admits to blackmailing his visitors. These guests, who have been given aliases, are Mrs. Peacock (Eileen Brennan), Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren), Mr. Green (Michael McKean), professor Plum (Christopher Lloyd), Mrs. White (Madeline Kahn) and Col. Mustard (Martin Mull). When Boddy turns up murdered, all are suspects, and together they try to figure out who is the killer.

Community Partners

Manuel's

Tuesday October 31, 2017 7:30pm - 10:30pm CDT
Paramount Theatre

Film

8:45pm CDT

Amanda & Jack Go Glamping

Community Partners

Texas Film Commission

Tuesday October 31, 2017 8:45pm - 10:45pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Narrative Feature

9:00pm CDT

Logndagen

Sponsors

Cavalcade

Tuesday October 31, 2017 9:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Narrative Feature

9:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 9: Shorts that Go Bump in the Night

(TRT: 76 min)

The Armoire (USA, 15 min)
Writer: Evan Cooper, Brodie Cooper
Director: Evan Cooper
A fresh-off-the bus, aspiring Hollywood actress is thrilled to discover a charming, abandoned armoire. That is, until ominous tapping coming from the furniture begins to haunt her apartment.

Inn (USA, 4 min)
Writer/Director: Zion Chen
Looking for a new victim, two mysterious drifters visit a quaint inn.

Imposter (Canada, 14 min)
Writer: Molly McGlynn, Katie McMillan
Director: Adam Goldhammer
A teenager isolated on her family’s maple syrup farm investigates her mother’s eerie behavior following the unexplained disappearance of her father.

Buttercup (USA, 6 min)
Writer/Director: Jason Neulander
Sheila's new babysitter, Emmie, asks if there are any bedtime rituals she needs to know about. There are.

Creeper (Australia, 12 min)
Writer/Director: Drew MacDonald
After a night out, a young woman is unknowingly followed into her home by her "ride-share" driver - resulting in a dangerous game of cat and mouse that explores the lengths people will go to connect in the modern world.
Demon (USA, 25 min)
Writer/Director: Caleb Slain
Beaten and bloody, Marco emerges from the night upon a solitary desert homestead. He’s cleaned up by its owner, Bill, an affable blowhard, but niceties disappear when Marco encounters a pitch black secret on Bill's property.

Tuesday October 31, 2017 9:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 10

Film, Shorts Program

9:15pm CDT

Dabka

(South Africa, 116 min)

Writer/Director: Bryan Buckley
Cast: Evan Peters, Barkhad Abdi, Al Pacino, Melanie Griffith

In 2008, cynical rookie journalist Jay Bahadur has just graduated college in one of the worst economic times since the great depression, leaving him desperate for money and a job. While living in his parents’ basement and amidst receiving countless rejection letters from potential employers, he forms a half-baked plan to embed himself among the pirates of Somalia. He ultimately provides the first close-up look into who these men are, how they live, and the forces that drive them.

Tuesday October 31, 2017 9:15pm - 11:15pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Narrative Feature

9:30pm CDT

The Outdoorsman

Tuesday October 31, 2017 9:30pm - 11:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Comedy Vanguard

10:00pm CDT

Augie

Tuesday October 31, 2017 10:00pm - Wednesday November 1, 2017 12:00am CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Documentary Feature

10:00pm CDT

Ruin Me

Tuesday October 31, 2017 10:00pm - Wednesday November 1, 2017 12:00am CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Dark Matters

1:00pm CDT

Original Series 1

Wednesday November 1, 2017 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Shorts Program

1:30pm CDT

Fail State

Community Partners

Texas Observer

Wednesday November 1, 2017 1:30pm - 3:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Documentary Feature

2:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 7: Reality Check

(TRT: 95 min)

Queen (USA, 18 min)
Writer/Director: Gabrielle Shepard
A coming of age drama about an eleven-year-old girl, Bobby, who is forced to survive a night on the streets on the eve of becoming a woman.

The Phantom Menace (USA, 14 min)
Writers/Directors: Charlotte Barrett, Sean Fallon
After suffering a miscarriage, a young couple goes ahead with their plan to attend a local comic con.

Undeadicated (Australia, 13 min)
Writer: Scott Sheridan
Director: Felix Jozeps
Pissed off and bored with a shitty Zombie Apocalypse, one man trains up his infected best mate to lead an army of the undead against an apathetic world.

Ablution (USA, 15 min)
Writer/Director: Omar Al Dakheel
The bond between a disabled Muslim father and his son is tested when love is pitted against religion.

The Replacement (USA, 17 min)
Writer/Director: Sean Miller
It's election night 2032, and Abe, a lonely janitor watches his clone become the first clone President. Venturing out amid the election aftermath, he realizes he might not be the only person maddened by the idea of a clone president.

Nadia’s Visa (Jordan, 18 min)
Writer/Director: Hanadi Elyan
Desperate to see her family in the US, Nadia navigates complex moral dilemmas as she fights to obtain a tourist visa.

Wednesday November 1, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Shorts Program

3:00pm CDT

Time Trap

(USA, 85 min)

Writer: Mark Dennis
Directors: Mark Dennis, Ben Foster
Cast: Andrew Wilson, Cassidy Gifford, Brianne Howey, Reiley McClendon

Back in the ‘70s, a group of hippies went missing while in search of the fountain of youth. Years later, an archeological professor goes on an adventure to find the long-missing crew. However, when he doesn’t return after his expedition for days, his students sense something has gone awry and assemble a ragtag crew in search of him. The motley crew of college students and their younger siblings soon realize that they may be over their heads as they begin to question the basic laws that govern reality in this Indiana Jones style mystery.

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/235453218

Community Partners

Texas Film Commission

Wednesday November 1, 2017 3:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Narrative Feature

4:00pm CDT

Original Series 2

Wednesday November 1, 2017 4:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Shorts Program

4:30pm CDT

Chasing The Blues

(USA, 75 min)

Writer: Scott Smith, Kevin Guilfoile
Director: Scott Smith
Cast: Grant Rosenmeyer, Ronald L. Conner, Chelsea Tavares, Jon Lovitz, Steve Guttenberg, Anna Maria Horsford

Allen’s life revolves around one thing: blues records. The high school teacher by day has amassed a huge amount of records over the years, but in 1987, he comes across an old lady with an ultra-rare 1930s record. Competing with a rival record collector, Allen attempts to con the old lady out of the record. When a series of unfortunate circumstances sends both Allen and his opponent to jail, the feud festers for over 20 years until they are released from prison and get a second chance at snagging the record this time from a more formidable foe.

Wednesday November 1, 2017 4:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Comedy Vanguard

4:30pm CDT

Mr. Fish: Cartooning From The Deep End

(USA, 70 min)

Writer/Director: Pablo Bryant

Having found success creating compelling, and often, adult themed editorial cartoons, Mr. Fish may be the last great American outlaw artist. However his profession is on the way out. Editors previously willing to back controversial work are disappearing as fast as the newspapers which once employed him. Undeterred, Mr. Fish meets his plight head-on and with an abundance of creative energy, but the demands of raising a family overtake his freelance opportunities, and Mr. Fish is forced to make devastating choices. This documentary follows the artist as he struggles to stay true to his creativity in a world where biting satiric humor has an ever-diminishing commercial value.

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/143319049

Community Partners

Texas Observer

Wednesday November 1, 2017 4:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 10

Film, Documentary Feature

4:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 8: All of a Sudden

Wednesday November 1, 2017 4:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Shorts Program

6:00pm CDT

Flock of Four

Wednesday November 1, 2017 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Narrative Feature

6:30pm CDT

HERE WE ARE

(USA, 108 min)

Writer/Director: David Bellarosa

Cast: Alex Dobrenko, Olivia Grace Applegate, Russell Harvard, Chase Joliet, Amanda Hays, Jonathan Horstmann, David Bellarosa, Jaytyler Ferretti, Cameron Fuller, Sam Stinson

Community Partners

Texas Film Commission

Wednesday November 1, 2017 6:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Narrative Feature

6:30pm CDT

What Haunts Us

Wednesday November 1, 2017 6:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Documentary Feature

7:00pm CDT

Beauty Mark

Wednesday November 1, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Narrative Feature

7:00pm CDT

Darkest Hour

(UK, 114 min)

Writer: Anthony McCarten
Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, and Ben Mendelsohn

During the early days of World War II, with the fall of France imminent, Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms. As the seemingly unstoppable Nazi forces advance, and with the Allied army cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the leadership of the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman). While maneuvering his political rivals, he must confront the ultimate choice: negotiate with Hitler and save the British people at a terrible cost or rally the nation and fight on against incredible odds.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pNOCzV5jG0

Wednesday November 1, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Paramount Theatre

Film, Marquee

7:00pm CDT

Freddy/Eddy

Sponsors

Cavalcade

Wednesday November 1, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Dark Matters

7:00pm CDT

Shorts Program 13: Documentary Shorts 1

Wednesday November 1, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 10

Film, Shorts Program

8:30pm CDT

High & Outside: a baseball noir

Wednesday November 1, 2017 8:30pm - 10:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Narrative Feature

8:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 10: Everything's Shorter in Texas

Community Partners

Texas Film Commission

Wednesday November 1, 2017 8:30pm - 10:30pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Shorts Program

9:00pm CDT

Hollow In The Land

Wednesday November 1, 2017 9:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 9

Film, Narrative Feature

9:30pm CDT

An American in Texas

(USA, 94 min)

Writers: Anthony Pedone, Stephen Floyd
Director: Anthony Pedone
Cast: James Paxton, Charlotte Best, Sam Dillon, J.R. Villarreal, Tony Cavalero, Quinton Aaron, Barry Corbin, David Sullivan

Lifelong friends and punk band, SGW (Surgeon General's Warning), look to bust out of small town Texas as 1990 comes to a close. Faced with the reality of a dead end job at the chemical plant, a life in the oil field, or fighting a war that has no meaning to them, the boys see their band as the one ticket out of town. As they plot their escape to Los Angeles, the boys find out what holds them together could be the one thing that can tear them apart.

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/232734627

Community Partners

Texas Film Commission

Wednesday November 1, 2017 9:30pm - 11:30pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Narrative Feature

9:30pm CDT

Shorts Program 14: Documentary Shorts 2

(TRT: 94 min)

Revolving Doors (USA, 18 min)
Writer/Director: James Burns
Despite attempts to retain meaningful employment, Jason succumbs to crime to keep his family fed and returns to prison, disrupting the future of his children.

So Damn Glad (USA, 13 min)
Director: Justin Lubke
So Damn Glad follows the life and death of 97-year-old orthopedic surgery trailblazer, Doc Losee, as he holds on to joy and gratitude until the bitter end.

Wolfe (Australia, 16 min)
Director: Claire Randall
Growing up, Nick’s imaginary friend Mister Wolfe helped him make friends and build confidence. But, when he hit puberty, Nick’s imaginary friend revealed himself to be much darker.

Butch: Legend of Langston (USA, 19 min)
Directors: David Tester, Christopher Hunt
An exploration of the many myths, stories, and legends of Butch, a man who has lived on the Langston campus since 1961.

Los Comandos (USA, 28 min)
Directors: Joshua Bennett, Juliana Schatz Preston
In El Salvador, gang violence has overrun the country, disproportionately targeting children and teenagers. The emergency medical unit, Los Commandos de Salvamento fights against the epidemic, providing one of the few refuges for the community’s youth.

Wednesday November 1, 2017 9:30pm - 11:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 10

Film, Shorts Program

10:00pm CDT

Sun Dogs

Wednesday November 1, 2017 10:00pm - Thursday November 2, 2017 12:00am CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Narrative Feature

10:00pm CDT

The Landing

Wednesday November 1, 2017 10:00pm - Thursday November 2, 2017 12:00am CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Dark Matters

12:00pm CDT

Documentary Feature Jury Award Encore: TRANSFORMER

2017 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE JURY AWARD WINNER

(Canada, 78 min)

Writer/Director: Michael Del Monte

In the summer of 2015, former US Marine and world record weightlifter Matt Kroczaleski was publicly outed as transgender. The reaction was universal: her sponsors abandoned her, she was disowned by her parents, and banned from competing. Now Janae, she must find her place in society, unable to lose the muscle she once so desperately gained and living one day as an alpha male and the next day as a delicate girl. Will Janae’s passage from being a male bring the peace she’s looking for?

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/233416373

Thursday November 2, 2017 12:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Encore Screening

2:45pm CDT

Narrative Feature Jury Award Encore: IN BLUE

2017 NARRATIVE FEATURE JURY AWARD WINNER

(Netherlands, 102 min)

Writers: Jan-Willem den Bok & Jaap van Heusden
Director: Jaap van Heusden
Cast: Maria Kraakman, Bogdan Iancu, Ellis van den Brink

A flight attendant who has successfully existed as a single independent woman for years finds herself delivering a child mid flight. This moment flips her world on its head. She no longer understands why she’s alone. In a somewhat dire state, she becomes involved with a boy who is living under the streets of Bucharest. Her love borderlines obsession as she navigates her maternal instincts and the sexual advances of a teenager.

Thursday November 2, 2017 2:45pm - 4:45pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Encore Screening

3:00pm CDT

Buzz Screening #1 - BEAUTY AND RUIN

(Canada, 75 min)

Writers: Marc de Guerre, Sally Blake
Director: Marc de Guerre
The once prosperous city of Detroit is going bankrupt and emergency manager Kevyn Orr searches for cash to pay off Detroit creditors by plundering the city’s assets. One of these assets is the Detroit Institute of Art, which houses one of the richest collections in the US. Beauty and Ruin follows the story of the bankruptcy and the fight over the artwork as Detroit goes into receivership. At the top on the list of those the city owes money to are the thousands of retired city workers who stand to have their pensions and health care cut drastically. Art and culture or food and healthcare?

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/204380528

Thursday November 2, 2017 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Encore Screening

4:00pm CDT

Buzz Screening #2 - RUIN ME

Thursday November 2, 2017 4:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Encore Screening

5:00pm CDT

Buzz Screening #3 - MANSFIELD 66/67

Thursday November 2, 2017 5:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
State Theatre

Film, Encore Screening

5:30pm CDT

Boost

(Canada, 98 min)

Writer/Director: Darren Curtis
Cast: Nabil Rajo, Jahmil French, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Fanny Mallette, Patrick Goyette

Hakeem and A-Mac are like brothers. Both African immigrants living in Montreal’s tough Parc-Ex neighborhood, the friends work at a car wash owned by Hakeem’s uncle, where they “spot” luxury sports cars for a local crime syndicate to make extra money. A-Mac eventually persuades Hakeem to boost a car of their own, leading to a windfall of cash and a fatal accident. Now Hakeem is forced to make a life-altering decision which will define the type of man he will become.

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/195306984

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Thursday November 2, 2017 5:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Narrative Feature

5:30pm CDT

Comedy Vanguard Jury Award Encore Screening: DON'T TALK TO IRENE

2017 COMEDY VANGUARD JURY AWARD WINNER

(Canada, 83 min)

Writer/Director: Pat Mills
Cast: Michelle McLeod, Geena Davis, Bruce Gray, Alex Steele

Irene wants nothing more than to be a cheerleader. Her idol, Geena Davis, convinces her to risk it all and tryout. This leads to an unexpected situation that lands her a suspension and a two-week community service stint at a retirement home. Tapping into her passion for cheerleading, Irene secretly signs up the senior residents to audition for a talent-search reality show to prove that you don’t need to be physically ‘perfect’ to be perfectly AWESOME.

Trailer

Thursday November 2, 2017 5:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Encore Screening

5:30pm CDT

I, TONYA

(USA, 119 min)

Writer: Steven Rogers
Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan, Bobby Cannavale

Based on the unbelievable, but true events, I, TONYA is a darkly comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history. Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined by her association with an infamous, ill-conceived, and even more poorly executed attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy Kerrigan. Featuring an iconic turn by Margot Robbie as the fiery Harding, a mustachioed Sebastian Stan as her impetuous ex-husband Jeff Gillooly, a tour-de-force performance from Allison Janney as her acid-tongued mother, LaVona Golden, and an original screenplay by Steven Rogers, Craig Gillespie’s I, TONYA is an absurd, irreverent, and piercing portrayal of Harding’s life and career in all of its unchecked––and checkered––glory.

Thursday November 2, 2017 5:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
Paramount Theatre

Film

6:00pm CDT

Buzz Screening #4 - MEERKAT MOONSHIP

Thursday November 2, 2017 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Galaxy Highland, Screen 8

Film, Encore Screening

7:00pm CDT

Jury Award Winning Shorts

Demon (Narrative Short Jury Award Winner)
(USA, 25 min)
Writer/Director: Caleb Slain
Beaten and bloody, Marco emerges from the night upon a solitary desert homestead. He’s cleaned up by its owner, Bill, an affable blowhard, but niceties disappear when Marco encounters a pitch black secret on Bill's property.

Second to None (Animated Short Jury Award Winner)
(Ireland, 7 min)
Writer/Director: Vincent Gallagher
Frederick Butterfield has always been runner up to his twin brother Herman. When Herman, the eldest brother by a mere minute, becomes the world’s oldest man, Frederick finally sees an opportunity to take first place.

Towards the Sun (Narrative Student Short Jury Award Winner)
(UK, 20 min)
Writers: Elie Choufany, Monica Santis
Director: Monica Santis
Twelve-Year-Old Esmeralda confronts her scarring past and uncertain future when she is placed at an immigrant shelter for unaccompanied minors in Texas.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/226004442

Cleaner Daze (Scripted Digital Series Jury Award Winner)
(Episode 1)
(USA, 12 min)
Writer/Director: Tess Sweet
A newbie drug rehab counselor struggles to wrangle a misfit crew of teenage addicts while secretly battling her own addiction.

Los Comandos (Documentary Short Jury Award Winner)
(USA, 28 min)
Directors: Joshua Bennett, Juliana Schatz Preston
In El Salvador, gang violence has overrun the country, disproportionately targeting children and teenagers. The emergency medical unit, Los Comandos de Salvamento fights against the epidemic, providing one of the few refuges for the community’s youth.

Thursday November 2, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint

Film, Encore Screening

8:30pm CDT

Dark Matters Jury Award Encore Screening: FREDDY/EDDY

2017 DARK MATTERS FEATURE JURY AWARD WINNER

(Germany, 94 min)

Writer/Director: Tini Tüllmann
Cast: Jessica Schwarz, Felix Schäfer, Robert Stadlober, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaussner, Greta Bohacek

Freddy’s world is crumbling around him as he is accused of beating his wife. In the midst of the downfall, he notices an old imaginary friend has returned. A man who looks like him, but does things a little bit differently. What at first looks like a support from an old friend turns out to be more of a nightmare than a dream. Can you lose yourself to find yourself through another? And how do you explain the things that happen in the night?

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/205979363

Thursday November 2, 2017 8:30pm - 10:30pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village

Film, Encore Screening

9:00pm CDT

Buzz Screening #5 - THE LANDING

Thursday November 2, 2017 9:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
Hideout Theatre

Film, Encore Screening

9:10pm CDT

Chappaquiddick

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

(USA, 107 min)

Writers: Taylor Allen, Andrew Logan (both in attendance)
Director: John Curran (in attendance)
Cast: Kate Mara, Jason Clarke, Ed Helms, Jim Gaffigan

Among the most morally murky episodes in late-20th-century US politics — and that's a crowded field — was the drowning of campaign specialist Mary Jo Kopechne in what would become known as the Chappaquiddick Incident. Kopechne was trapped in a car that Senator Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, following a night of festivities. This sombre, suspenseful recreation of the accident and its aftermath, directed by John Curran, invites us to speculate on how this shameful scandal came to be.

Thursday November 2, 2017 9:10pm - 11:10pm CDT
Paramount Theatre

Film, Marquee

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