The films of 2016
Day 3, August 28th
Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA
*red indicates the films screening block, buy your tickets here!
Agonies and Remedies
C1 - 12:15pm
Reme and Tita, Angustias (Agonies) and Remedios (Remedies), live in Tita's apartment. Theirs living together is a continuous fight:: for the sofa, for the bathroom, for chocolates... dir. Fernando Uson Fornies
World Premiere
Hand in Hand
C1 - 12:15pm
After finding out that his lover Anthony has betrayed him, Mike decides to plot his revenge by kidnapping Anthony and dragging him out to the woods. dir. Haley McHatton
World Premiere
Filmmaker in Attendance
Against the Tide
C1 - 12:15pm
Disappeared five years ago, Tom, a marginal man, come back at the funeral of the wife of his old friend David. dir. William Vergati
Ciudar A Ruth
C1 - 12:15pm
Although three years have past since her husband passed away, Ruth has not got used to living alone, nor can she stand the carers that her daughter Clara has hired to look after her. One morning, Ruth sacks her carer: Clara is going to live with her. Miguel Berzal de Miguel
MA Premiere
Olive and the Samurai
C2 - 2:30pm
Olive is constantly bothered by street harassers until she comes upon a samurai. dir. Brendan Boogie
World Premiere
Filmmaker in Attendance
Step 9
C2 - 2:30pm
Two friends, one in recovery and one decidedly not, set off on a road trip to make amends. dir. Lenora Pitts
Solitude on Demand
C2 - 2:30pm
A man escapes from the chaos of the city and climbs on a solitary hill in search of solitude - and he shall find it, in person. dir. Luca Zambianchi
East of Hollywood
C2 - 2:30pm
Ken Chang is ready for the American dream. The only trouble is that he's just too American. In order to land a role on a network TV Show, Ken is forced to undergo Actor "Orientalification" to prove that he can be Asian enough to make it in Hollywood. dir. Chris Caccioppoli
Filmmaker in Attendance
How'd I Get in this Field?
C2 - 2:30pm
Charlie wakes up in a field the morning after a wedding in the foreign (to him) state of Arizona. Will he find his way home or will he perish? Oh, and what happened to that girl he was hitting it off with? dir. Rob Morton
World Premiere
Filmmaker in Attendance
RSVP
C3 - 4:30pm
A Gay Widower attempts to fulfill his husband's final request:
To spread his ashes on his hometown beach, in the company of the family that disowned him. dir. Shannon Beeby
Filmmaker in Attendance
Neptune
C3 - 4:30pm
Set in the late 1980s on an island off the coast of Maine, an orphan girl raised by the church becomes obsessed by the disappearance of a classmate, and her haunted dreams and visions propel her to push past her sheltered life. dir. Derek Kimball