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2017 Documentary Competition | documentary feature | 104 min World Premiere On the day of the 2016 presidential election, filmmaker Jeff Deutchman surveys the thoughts and feelings of ordinary Americans as they head to the ballot box. Told in brief vignettes from across the …Directed by Duane Andersen, Yung Chang, Garth Donovan, Vikram Gandhi, Raul Gasteazoro, Jamie Goncalves, Andrew Beck Grace, Alma Har'el, Daniel Junge, Alison Klayman, Ciara Lacy, Martha Shane, Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Bassam Tariq, Don Argott, Sheena M. Joyce, Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker,, Curated and Produced by Jeff Deutchman,,Executive Produced by Dana O'Keefe
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2017 Shorts Program | documentary short | 16 min With the assistance of innovative technology, Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss ensures she will be able to tell her story forever.Directed by Davina Pardo
15: A QUINCEAÑERA STORY
2017 Shorts Program | documentary short | 26 min World Premiere With the help of her trans-madrinas (godmothers), fifteen-year-old Zoey prepares for her Quinceanera celebration the older women were never able to have themselves.Directed by Matthew O'Neill, Thalia Sodi
ABSENT
2017 Shorts Program | narrative short | 16 min World Premiere Wearily resigned to caring for her bedridden mother, Zola sees a fleeting chance to break free from this tedious routine when she runs into an old crush.Directed by Sudarshan Suresh
AFTER LOUIE
2017 Spotlight | narrative feature | 100 min New York Premiere Still reeling from survivor’s guilt in the years following the AIDS epidemic, NYC artist Sam (Emmy®- and Golden Globe®-nominated actor Alan Cumming) spends his days working on a seemingly never- …Directed by Vincent Gagliostro
Anatomy of a Scene: GET OUT
2017 A Conversation With | panels and events | 60 min The 25th Anniversary will host a special event for Universal Pictures’ breakout hit GET OUT, from writer/director/producer Jordan Peele. The critically acclaimed speculative thriller tells the st …
ARRHYTHMIA “Aritmiya”
2017 World Cinema | narrative feature | 116 min US Premiere ARRHYTHMIA, Boris Khlebnikov’s explosive portrait of a fractured marriage, follows the young, gifted paramedic Oleg (Alexander Yatsenko) and his wife Katya (Irina Gorbacheva), who works as a nurse …Directed by Boris Khlebnikov
BIRDLIME
2017 Shorts Program | narrative short | 11 min An exotic bird struggles to adapt to his new life in captivity.Directed by Evan DeRushie
BREATHE
2017 Opening, Closing, Centerpiece | narrative feature | 117 min US Premiere SUNDAY CENTERPIECE Best-known for his motion-capture work as Gollum in the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and Caesar in the PLANET OF THE APES series, Andy Serkis makes his directorial debut with the ins …Directed by Andy Serkis
THE BURDEN “Min Börda”
2017 Shorts Program | narrative short | 14 min US Premiere On the eve of what may be the apocalypse, the animal occupants of a lonely industrial park sing for liberation in this series of surreal, musical vignettes.Directed by Niki Lindroth von Bahr
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
2017 Spotlight | narrative feature | 130 min As another summer in his family’s Italian villa lazily drifts by for 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet, Variety’s 10 Actors To Watch), 24-year-old Oliver (Armie Hammer) seems at first to be l …Directed by Luca Guadagnino
CASTING
2017 Shorts Program | narrative short | 20 min North American Premiere A young, Polish woman is forced to choose between her family and her career as an actress.Directed by Katarzyna Iskra
THE CHINA HUSTLE
2017 Documentary Competition | documentary feature | 84 min US Premiere In the midst of the 2008 market crash, investors on the fringes of the financial world feverishly sought new alternatives for high-return investments in the global markets. With Chinese indexes demo …Directed by Jed Rothstein
A CIAMBRA
2017 World Cinema | narrative feature | 117 min US Premiere Adapted from his eponymous short film, filmmaker Jonas Carpignano returns to the southern Italian setting of his debut MEDITERRANEA (HIFF 2015) in this neo-realist coming-of-age story. Desperate to …Directed by Jonas Carpignano
COIN OPERATED
2017 Shorts Program | narrative short | 5 min To infinity and beyond, for only 25¢.Directed by Nicholas Arioli
COMMODITY CITY
2017 Shorts Program | documentary short | 10 min New York Premiere A meditative observation of the Yiwu Markets in China, the largest wholesale consumer market in the world.Directed by Jessica Kingdon
CONNECTION “Conectifai”
2017 Shorts Program | documentary short | 16 min New York Premiere Wi-Fi has come to Havana, and with it, new opportunities for Cubans to interact with one another.Directed by Zoe Garcia
A Conversation With Annette Bening
2017 A Conversation With | panels and events | 60 min Annette Bening is a four-time Academy Award nominee, two-time Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award winner. She was last seen in A24’s 20TH CENTURY WOMEN (HIFF 2016), directed by Mike Mills, …
A Conversation With Patrick Stewart
2017 A Conversation With | panels and events | 60 min Variety Creative Impact in Acting Award Patrick Stewart is one of the most acclaimed and beloved performers working today, with numerous and varied roles on both stage and screen, earning Golden Glo …
A Conversation With Rob Reiner
2017 A Conversation With | panels and events | 60 min Two-time Emmy® Award winner Rob Reiner first came to fame as an actor on the landmark television series All In The Family. He went on to become an acclaimed director of some of the most popular and …
DAM! THE STORY OF KIT THE BEAVER
2017 Shorts Program | narrative short | 13 min The adventures of an inquisitive young beaver named Kit, and the valuable lessons about compassion and community she learns along the way. Featuring an original score performed by the Toronto Sympho …Directed by Kjell Boersma
DARKEST HOUR
2017 Spotlight | narrative feature | 125 min East Coast Premiere Joe Wright (PRIDE & PREJUDICE, ATONEMENT) returns with a thrilling drama centered on Winston Churchill—starring Academy Award® nominee, Gary Oldman in his most forceful and transformative rol …Directed by Joe Wright
THE DEAD NATION “Tara moarta”
2017 World Cinema | documentary feature | 83 min US Premiere Acclaimed narrative filmmaker Radu Jude explores Romania’s shifting identity throughout history in his first documentary, THE DEAD NATION. Using archival images found from the collection of a rura …Directed by Radu Jude
DEKALB ELEMENTARY
2017 Shorts Program | narrative short | 20 min New York Premiere A thrilling moment between two strangers—inspired by a real 911 call placed during a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia.Directed by Reed Van Dyk
DISAPPEARANCE “Napadid Shodan”
2017 Narrative Competition | narrative feature | 88 min US Premiere Rising Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari, whose short film THE SILENCE took home the Best Narrative Short Competition prize at HIFF 2016, returns to the festival with his mesmerizing feature debut. Set a …Directed by Ali Asgari
