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Thursday, October 26
 

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.
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Thursday October 26, 2017 7:10pm - 9:10pm CDT
Alamo Drafthouse Village
  Film, Narrative Feature

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
 
Friday, October 27
 

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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
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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

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

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

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

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
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Saturday October 28, 2017 9:15pm - 11:15pm CDT
State Theatre
  Film, Narrative Feature
 
Sunday, October 29
 

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
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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
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Sunday October 29, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
State Theatre
  Film, Narrative 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
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Sunday October 29, 2017 4:15pm - 6:15pm CDT
Rollins Theatre presented by Sprint
  Film, Narrative Feature

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

6:30pm 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

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
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Sunday October 29, 2017 8:00pm - 10:00pm CDT
State Theatre
  Film, Narrative Feature
 
Monday, October 30
 

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

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

5:45pm 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

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

6:15pm 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

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

8:15pm 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
 
Wednesday, November 1
 

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

6:00pm 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

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

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

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

7:00pm 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: https://youtu.be/hhcfoyt5p-w

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

8:30pm 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

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

9:00pm 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.

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

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

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
 
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