SXSW 2015: Documentary Feature Competition
Selected from 1,018 submissions, ten world premieres, ten real world stories that demonstrate innovation, energy and bold voices.
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- DirectorLuke MeyerStarsMalcolm BrickhouseJarad DawkinsAlec AtkinsBREAKING A MONSTER chronicles the break-out year of the band UNLOCKING THE TRUTH, following 13-year-old members Alec Atkins, Malcolm Brickhouse and Jarad Dawkins as they first encounter stardom and the music industry, transcending childhood to become the rock stars they always dreamed of being.
- DirectorNoah HuttonDeep Time portrays the landowners, state officials, and oil workers at the center of the most prolific oil boom on the planet for the past six years.
- DirectorAlexandria BombachMo ScarpelliStarsMassoud HossainiWakil KohsarNajibullah MusaferWhen the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, taking a photo was a crime. After the regime fell from power in 2001, a fledgling free press emerged and a photography revolution was born. Now, as foreign troops and media withdraw, Afghanistan is left to stand on its own, and so are its journalists. Set in a modern Afghanistan bursting with color and character, FRAME BY FRAME follows four Afghan photojournalists as they navigate an emerging and dangerous media landscape reframing Afghanistan for the world, and for themselves. Through cinema vérité, intimate interviews, powerful photojournalism, and never-before-seen archival footage shot in secret during the Taliban regime, the film connects audiences with four humans in the pursuit of the truth.
- DirectorAndrew BerendsWhile the Nuba men make war with the Sudanese government, their children look on in fear and confusion. Eleven year old Madina dreams of a brighter future, but in the midst of Sudan's hidden war, a brighter future is so far off.
- DirectorBrad BarberScott ChristophersonStarsRadley BalkoWilliam 'Dub' LawrenceA look at the increasingly militarized state of American police told through the story of "Dub" Lawrence, a former sheriff who established his state's first SWAT team only to see it kill his son-in-law in a standoff 30 years later.
- DirectorTimothy WheelerObsessive egg thieves threaten the rarest birds by robbing their nests each Spring while a UK national police operation tries to stop them. Money is not a factor for these bandits. They are motivated by both their passion for the beauty of the egg as well as the thrill of the chase. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds teams with the National Wildlife Crime Unit for Operation Easter, to hunt and jail these robbers. Thousands of eggs confiscated in police raids have been found strapped under beds, beneath floorboards, and in secret rooms. With unprecedented access to the most notorious and most unsuspecting perpetrators, POACHED delves into the psychology of these wildlife criminals as they confront their obsession. Ultimately showing when passion turns to obsession, it can destroy the very object of ones desire.
- DirectorLewis BennettStarsDerek GunningDeli owner Salam Kahil is an art collector, a former male escort, an amateur musician, and a sandwich maker to the homeless in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, but his true passion is talking about blow jobs.
- DirectorRon NyswanerStarsMary BirdsongTyne DalyDave DavisMary Louise Wilson is the most accomplished character actor you've never heard of. While teaching skeptical young students, she examines whether her life has been successful. Featuring Frances McDormand, Melissa Leo, and Valerie Harper.
- DirectorSamantha FutermanRyan MiyamotoStarsSkylar AstinAnaïs BordierJacques BordierAdopted from South Korea, raised on different continents & connected through social media, Samantha & Anaïs believe that they are twin sisters separated at birth.
- DirectorElizabeth GiamattiAlex SichelStarsLili TaylorBy creating a fictional character based on herself, filmmaker Alex Sichel learns how to navigate a terminal disease with grace and humor.