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WENT UP THE HILL (New Zealand)
INTERN'L NARRATIVE FEATURE
Directed by Samuel Van Grinsven
SPOTLIGHT FEATURE
When Jack ventures to remote New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother, he meets her grievingwidow, Jill. But his mother’s spirit returns, inhabiting each of their bodies to speak to the other one, instigating a life-threatening three-way nocturnal dance.
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Run Time 100 min
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OPENING NIGHT FILM
Wed. May 21 @7pm
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A PLACE FAR FROM HOME (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
INTERN'L NARRATIVE FEATURE
Directed by Diana Mashanova
West Coast Premiere
Screens With Short MAD
Olezhka is a 9-year-old boy with fair hair, living in an orphanage. His mere presence has a magnetic effect on people. However, Olezhka himself remains indifferent to those around him, with only one aspiration - to be adopted.
English Subtitles
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Run Time 70 min
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Thurs. May 22 @2:00pm
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Sierra Center Screening Room

PORTAL TO HELL (USA)
N. AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE
Directed by Woody Bess
A routine debt collector's life is turned upside down when a portal to hell opens in his local laundromat followed by a demon who offers him a deal - three souls to save his neighbor from being dragged to hell.
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Run Time TBA
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Thurs. May 22 @5:30pm
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USFS

ISAIAH'S PHONE (USA)
N. AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE
Directed by Frederic Da
World Premiere
Screens With Short KOOL HAND DUKE
A socially awkward high school student films himself as he blunders through attempts to make friends, spiralling into a dark place where his only close relationship is with his phone
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Run Time 70 min
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Thurs. May 22 @8:00pm
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WE'RE ON AIR (Portugal)
INTERN'L NARRATIVE FEATURE
Directed by Diogo Costa Amarante
N. American Premiere
Fátima says she no longer has feelings, but finds herself dreaming about her new policeman neighbor. Her son Vítor secretly wears that policeman's uniform, hoping it might bring pleasure to a boy he met online. A spiral of insomnia and nocturnal illusions leads to misunderstandings and impossible relationships, all seeking a little air.
English Subtitles
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Run Time 91 min
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Fri. May 23 @1:30pm
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Sierra Center Screening Room
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THE TRUE BEAUTY OF BEING
BITTEN BY A TICK (Greece)
N. AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE
Directed by Pete Ohs
West Coast Premiere
Screen With Short
HUMAN AFFAIRS
A woman visits her friend's countryside home, joining a small group for what promises to be a cozy weekend of food and games. A tick bite leads to unsettling developments that transform their idyllic retreat into something sinister.
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Run Time 80 min
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Fri. May 23 @ 4:00pm
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Sierra Center Screening Room

TALES OF BANISHANTA (Bangladesh)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Directed by Shahadat Hossain
N. American Premiere
Screens With Short SUSPENDED
On Banishanta Island in Bangladesh, about 150 girls and women are dependent on the sex trade inside a state licensed brothel on the bank of the Pashur river. They battle with bad weather and try to come to terms with their effective enslavement
English Subtitles​
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Run Time 67 min
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Fri. May 23 @ 6:30pm
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USFS

ALICE HEART (USA)
N. AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE
Directed by Michael Macera
Screens With Short CONFETTI
An aimless college student in Philadelphia aspires to be a writer but rebelliously drops out of school, and navigates love and work in hilariously cringe-inducing ways.
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Run Time 93 min
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Fri. May 23 @ 8:30pm
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PREDATORS (USA)
SPOTLIGHT DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Directed by David Osit
A deep dive into an unnerving investigation of Dateline’s To Catch a Predator, pulling back the curtain on the show’s complicated legacy.
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Run Time 74 min
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Sat. May 24 @ 12:30pm
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SOUND OF LOVE (JAPAN)
INTERN'L NARRATIVE FEATURE
Directed by Ayuta Yoshikawa
West Coast Premiere
A man and a woman, connected by sound. They cannot see each other's faces and do not know each other's identity. What fate awaits them?
English Subtitles
Run Time 112 min
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Sat. May 24 @ 12:30pm
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Sierra Center Screening Room

THE BATRACHIANS (Spain)
INTERN'L NARRATIVE FEATURE
Directed by Diego Salomon
World Premiere
Screens With Short GONE FISHIN'
Lorena and Mauro navigate a tense day as they prepare to host their friends Andreína and David for dinner. Beneath their fragile harmony lie Lorena’s unmet expectations and Mauro’s longing. The arrival of the other couple only amplifies these dynamics, exposing cracks in both relationships.
English Subtitles
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Run Time 77 min
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Sat May 24 @ 2:45pm
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Sierra Center Screening Room

CORONER TO THE STARS (USA)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Directed by Ben Hethcoat and Keita Ideno
Screens with Short MY TIA DURING AN ECLIPSE
The extraordinary journey of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the former Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner whose groundbreaking autopsies forever shaped American culture. From Marilyn Monroe and Robert Kennedy to Sharon Tate and Natalie Wood, Noguchi’s fearless pursuit of truth often placed him in the crosshairs of controversy.
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Run Time 83 min
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Sat. May 24 @ 5:00pm
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USFS​

THE ACCIDENTAL SPY (USA)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Directed by Anthony Wonke
West Coast Premiere
The story of how one man became entangled in a complex geopolitical web, how he risked everything to protect his family, and how he was cruelly betrayed by the country he strived to defend.
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Run Time 97 min
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Sat. May 25 @ 7:30pm
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TAKE OFF THE BLINDFOLD ADJUST YOUR EYES LOOK IN THE MIRROR SEE THE FACE OF YOUR MOTHER
(USA)
SPOTLIGHT NARRATIVE FEATURE
Directed by Jonnï Peppers
World Premiere
A cartoon in a genre of its own, this sequel to Barber Westchester and Secrets and Lies in a Town of Sinners starts with a Der Wienerschnitzel employee getting a hot dog extracted from their eyeball and progresses to the universe is waking up to itself, prophets receiving visions, and God-defying towers formed in hedonistic abundance toppling over.
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Run Time TBA
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Sun. May 25 @10:30am
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Sierra Center Screening Room

THE PASSION OF MAHMOUD (Iran)
DOCUMENTARTY FEATURE
Directed by ​​​Davoud Abdolmaleki
US Premiere
A stunningly deconstructed hybrid documentary about Mahmoud — a colorful, creative married man who explores his past life and his lost dreams. Although he seems to have a domineering attitude towards the women in his family, in reality he is haunted by memories and wanders on the border between reality and fantasy.
English Subtitles
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Run Time 105 min
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Sun. May 25 @12:30pm
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Sierra Center Screening Room

LAND WITH NO RIDER  (USA)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Directed by Tamar Lando
West Coast Premiere
Screens With Short SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE
In a remote corner of Southwestern New Mexico, the last remaining cowboys eke out a fragile survival between industrial and protected lands. Their herds diminished, these aging stewards of the land live in a shrinking world of isolation, vulnerability, and rugged beauty.
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Run Time 80 min
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Sun. May 2:45 @ 2:43pm
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USFS

DEAD LOVER (Canada)
N. AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE
Directed by Grace Glowicki
A lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses finally meets her dream man, but their whirlwind affair is cut short when he tragically drowns at sea. Grief-stricken, she goes to morbid lengths to resurrect him through madcap experiments.
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Run Time 123 min​
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Sun. May 25 @ 2:45pm
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Sierra Center Screening Room

WTO/99 (USA)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Directed by Ian Bell
West Coast Premiere
From November 30th to December 3rd 1999, tens of thousands of people occupied the streets of Seattle to make known their concerns about the World Trade Organization and its impact on the environment, human rights, and labor.
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Run Time 102 min​
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Sun. May 25 @ 2:45pm
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MARLEE MATLIN: NOT ALONE ANYMORE (USA)
SPOTLIGHT DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Directed by​ Shoshannah Stern
In 1987, at the age of just 21, Marlee Matlin shattered expectations as the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award® for her groundbreaking performance in Children of a Lesser God. Catapulted into the spotlight, she seized the moment to challenge an industry unprepared for her immense talent, emerging as a trailblazer not only as a performer but also as an author and activist.
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Run Time 98 min
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Sun. May 25 @ 7:30pm
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