The independent film festival announce the first 10 films: Announces the first 10 titles The Homesman Special Gala Presentation Directed by Tommy Lee Jones Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank), lives a solitary existence in a God-fearing mid-western town. She is designated by members of her church to take back East three women who have lost their minds. On the way from Nebraska to Iowa, where those women will at last find refuge, Mary Bee saves the life of Briggs (Tommy Lee Jones), a claim-jumper and outlaw. He agrees to help in her mission through snowstorms and perilous encounters with settlers, Indians and the harshness of the Frontier territory. The Homesman was shot in New Mexico and premiered at Festival de Cannes 2014. The film will screen on October 17th at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. Trailer: https://youtube/watch?v=kCFaTffMMeE Four Corners Directed by Ian Gabriel Fatherless and raised by his grandmother, thirteen year old Ricardo Galam lives in South Africas Cape Flats, a unique and volatile sub culture dominated by two Number gangs, the 26 and 28. Ricardos future as a chess prodigy is threatened by his growing interest in the 26 whose local leader is grooming him as a potential member. Unknown to Ricardo, the father hes never known has been released from prison. Farakhan, a reformed general in the 28, is back in his old neighbourhood, an intruder in 26 territory. In a story that is at times raw and violent at other times touching and true. FOUR CORNERS is a gripping drama set against the backdrop of a gang war in Cape Town which has been raging for a 100 years; a little known fact. Trailer: https://youtube/watch?v=NydxrzU6rVU Stray Dog Directed by Debra Granik A contemplative portrait of Ron Stray Dog Hall: biker, Vietnam Vet, and lover of small dogs. Winner of Best Documentary at LA Film Fest 2014. Trailer: https://youtube/watch?v=kCFaTffMMeE Sun Belt Express Directed by Evan Buxbaum World Premiere A down-and-out ethics professor lands on a catastrophic run across the Mexican border with his teenage daughter in tow - and four undocumented immigrants in the trunk. Made in New Mexico, this film will world premiere at the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival. Trailer: vimeo/96317474 The Winding Stream Directed by Beth Harrington Starting with the seminal Original Carter Family, this film traces the ebb and flow of their influence, the transformation of that act into the Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle, the marital alliance between June Carter and music legend Johnny Cash, and the efforts of the present-day family to keep this legacy alive. Premiered at SXSW 2014. Trailer: https://youtube/watch?v=gJDwlNLKUxo Buzzard Director Joel Potrykus Paranoia forces small-time scam artist, Marty to flee his lousy temp job and hide out in his co-workers basement. Once the sugar high wears off, the horror metal slacker crashes hard, fleeing to Detroit with nothing but a pocket full of bogus checks, his Power Glove, and a bad temper. Its like Albert Camus meets Freddy Krueger. Premiered at SXSW 2014. Trailer: https://youtube/watch?v=U8ItXBvGWkE Seeds of Time Directed by Sandy McLeod Follows agriculture pioneer Cary Fowlers global journey to save the eroding foundation of our food supply in a new era of climate change. Premiered at Berlin International Film Festival 2014. Trailer: vimeo/73726895 Trouble Dolls Directed by Jennifer Prediger and Jess Weixler Two codependent roommates, on the verge of eviction, flee New York for the promise of sunshine in Los Angeles where their friendship is tested by a chance at fame, a fortune teller and an amorous wealthy aunt. Premiered at LA Film Fest 2014. Clip: blip.tv/TjzxPtmfvAVY/trouble-dolls-cake-clip-6923829 Song from the Forest Directed by Michael Obert As a young man, American Louis Sarno heard a song on the radio that gripped his imagination. He followed the sound all the way to the central African rainforest, where he found the musics origin with a tribe of hunters and gatherers, the Bayaka pygmies - and he never came back. Now, 25 years later, Louis lives as one of them, speaks the Bayaka´s language and is raising his pygmy son, Samedi. Over the years he has collected over 1,000 hours of unique recordings of Bayaka music, which he recently donated to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England. Many years ago, when newborn Samedi became gravely ill, Louis promised him to show him where he was from. Now the time has come to fulfill this promise, and Louis takes 13-year-old Samedi on a journey to the world he left behind in the United States. They visit Louiss best friend Jim Jarmusch in New York, who recalls their college days and how Louis changed after his first visit to the Bayaka. While playing golf in his office, Louiss wealthy brother wonders about how their lives followed such different paths. While Samedi manages America quite well, Louis feels like a stranger in his old world. Trailer: vimeo/79769700 The Circle Directed by Stefan Haupt Zurich: 1958. The bashful teacher Ernst Ostertag and the German cabaret artist Robi Rapp get to know one another in the Swiss underground organization called Der Kreis. (The Circle). As the two dissimilar men defend their love, they witness the heyday and decline of this Europe-wide pioneering organization for gay emancipation. Winner of Teddy Award & Panorama Audience Award at 2014 Berlin Film Festival, winner of audience award for Best Doc at Boston LGBT Film Festival, Grand Jury Award for Best Doc Outfest, Los Angeles. Trailer: https://youtube/watch?v=RtJOpffnzro SFIFF is pleased to thank our sponsors who make the festival such a spectacular event each year including: The Lensic Performing Arts Center, Center for Contemporary Arts, Jean Cocteau Cinema, The Screen, The Film School at Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Inn and Spa at Loretto, Studio X, HBO, Garson Studios, Fandor, Eldorado Hotel, Santa Fes Economic Development Division, Fairmont Heritage Place El Corazon de Santa Fe, The Santa Fe Reporter, Hutton Broadcasting, High Desert Digital, The Palace Bar & Saloon, Zia Diner, and Skylight Santa Fe. Partial Funding Provided by: Santa Fe Arts Commission, NM ARTS, City of Santa Fes 1% Lodgers Tax, the Kindle Foundation, and the Santa Fe County Click here for 2014 Sponsor List Early Bird Passes Available now for $200 ($50 off full festival pass price). https://paypal/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=UF3BC8WF5N6SN
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:03:00 +0000