SXSW 2015: Visions
Visions filmmakers are audacious, risk-taking artists in the new cinema landscape who demonstrate raw innovation and creativity in documentary and narrative filmmaking.
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- DirectorJordan GallandStarsLouisa KrauseWhitney AbleDeborah RushA young woman recovers from a demonic possession.
- DirectorMorgan KrantzStarsMax BurkholderDanièle WattsValerie AzlynnA dysfunctional L.A. family hires a mysterious babysitter who changes their lives.
- DirectorBen PowellDry land's misfits find purpose and direction twenty-eight days at a time as the steady hands of a towboat due for the port of New Orleans. From a green deckhand following his father and grandmother into the family business, to a former convict working his way to First Mate, job by job - as long as the boat's moving, they're making money.
- DirectorBen Hayoun- StépanianStarsBen Hayoun- StépanianDavid MorrisonJohn W. BoydHollywood relies on Bruce Willis to save the world in Armageddon, but who are the real-life heroes seeking to save our civilization from the next major asteroid impact? Disaster Playground investigates future outer space catastrophes and the procedures to manage and assess the risks. The film follows the scientists planning the monitoring and deflection of hazardous Near Earth Objects and the real-life procedures in place in the event of an asteroid collision with the earth. Follow the chain of command that runs from the SETI Institute and NASA to the White House and United Nations and meet the people who are responsible from protecting us from a potentially devastating asteroid impact.
- DirectorRobert MachoianRodrigo Ojeda-BeckStarsHarper GrahamElias GrahamArri MachoianFive siblings, left on their own, spend a summer's day full of fantasy and chaos.
- DirectorRebecca JohnsonStarsJessica SulaLucien LaviscountNtonga MwanzaIn Brixton, London, 15-year-old Layla gets sucked into gang activity.
- DirectorCraig RobertsStarsEmile HirschCraig RobertsMark Lewis JonesA Welsh teenager will become the cool kid of the town if a deal is made with his new American neighbour.
- DirectorJay DockendorfStarsKerwin Johnson Jr.Curtiss Cook Jr.Annie GrierTwo closeted Muslim teens hawk goods across Brooklyn and struggle to come clean about their sexuality, as their secretive behavior leads them unknowingly into the cross-hairs of the War on Terror.
- DirectorBen BlaineChris BlaineStarsCian BarryAbigail HardinghamMandeep DhillonSuicidal Rob starts dating a colleague at the supermarket. But whenever they have sex, his dead girlfriend, Nina, pops up.
- DirectorGary GardnerStarsKip PardueAnnabelle Dexter-JonesJordan Lane PriceA man's frustrating attempt to connect with a few rowdy young girls, and his willingness to reach near masochistic levels to get laid.
- DirectorAndrew Droz PalermoStarsKiernan ShipkaTimothée ChalametElizabeth ReaserTwo siblings discover a supernatural escape from a troubled home, but find their bond tested when reality threatens to tear their family apart.
- DirectorMicah MageeStarsDevon KellerAustin Chatillon-ReedDeztiny GonzalesLayla, a young 17 year old school girl, is just like any other. She's bright, comfortable with her body and surroundings but like most girls her age, she does not know what to do with her life, or even boys for that matter. When Layla becomes pregnant her parents refuse the option of an abortion, thus resulting in her keeping the baby. How will this impact Layla and those around her?
- DirectorGuy ReidSimon RieberSteve Watts KennedyStarsJanine BenyusRonald GaranJoan HalifaxWe are in the midst of a global crisis of perspective. We have forgotten the undeniable truth that everything is connected. PLANETARY is a provocative and breathtaking wakeup call, a cross continental, cinematic journey, that explores our cosmic origins and our future as a species. PLANETARY is a poetic and humbling reminder that it's time to shift our perspective. PLANETARY asks us to rethink who we really are, to reconsider our relationship with ourselves, each other and the world around us - to remember that: we are PLANETARY. In a stunning visual exploration, the film interweaves imagery from NASA Apollo missions with visions of the Milky Way, Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayas, and the cacophonous sounds of downtown Tokyo and Manhattan, with intimate interviews from renowned experts including astronauts Ron Garan and Mae Jemison (the first African American woman in space), celebrated environmentalist Bill McKibben, National Book Award winner Barry Lopez, anthropologist Wade Davis, to National Geographic Explorer Elizabeth Lindsey, and Head of the Tibetan Buddhist Kagyu school, the 17th Karmapa. They shed new light on the ways our worldview is profoundly affecting life on our planet.
- DirectorOlivia WyattAn experimental documentary exploring the culture of the Moken people of Burma and Thailand. The Moken are a seafaring community and one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in Asia, traditionally spending eight months out of the year in thatch-roofed wooden boats. Wholly reliant upon the sea, their entire belief system revolves around water. Sailing A Sinking Sea weaves a visual and aural tapestry of Moken mythologies and present-day practices. As a viewer you will swim under the sea past fishes and mermaids, sail boats across turquoise waters, land on 13 different islands, step inside sea shanties on stilts, delve into the minds of shamans, become possessed through the worship of sea gods, dance between lovers and emerge drenched in Moken mythology.
- DirectorTodd RohalStarsKent OsborneJoe SwanbergJude SwanbergIn a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg's 2011 film UNCLE KENT, Kent Osborne travels to a comic book convention where he loses his mind and confronts the end of the world.
- DirectorLevan GabriadzeStarsHeather SossamanMatthew BohrerCourtney HalversonA group of online chatroom friends find themselves haunted by a mysterious, supernatural force using the account of their dead friend.
- DirectorEugene KotlyarenkoStarsLauren AveryBrande BythewayElisha DronsSpend 72 hours with Katelyn and Eugene, ex-lovers-cum-business-partners, as they navigate the future of their relationship.