Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival (2020) | USA | Schedule
All Films screening in this Film Festival From March 3-15
With they Official date on the Film Festival.
Naughty Book (2020) June 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
Ms. Diagnosed (2020) June 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
Closet (2020) June 8, 2020 (World Premiere)
With they Official date on the Film Festival.
Naughty Book (2020) June 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
Ms. Diagnosed (2020) June 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
Closet (2020) June 8, 2020 (World Premiere)
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- DirectorBob KrakowerLarry SchapiroStarsLewis BlackBill BurrDane CookRemembering influential comedic performer John Pinette, more than just the fat guy from the last episode of Seinfeld.March 3, 2020
- DirectorDénes OroszStarsBéla MészárosRéka TenkiJuli BástiNeither with you is a real romantic comedy about Gergo, a Hugh Grant-like intellectual man whose mother is having a serious heart disease and has only days left, and therefore she is obsessed with having a grandchild. To make his moms last hours happy, Gergo asks his ex-stripper, five-month-old pregnant neighbor, Saci to visit his mother in the hospital with him, and tell her that she is carrying his child under her heart. It's nice and good, but a new heart arrives, and mom is being treated and healing. Therefore Gergo and Saci are forced to play the role of the love couple. The avalanche starts: with the growing tendency of events, after a while, not only the dear mom, but her elderly friends and even Gergos colleagues think that Gergo and Saci are a couple with a soon to be born baby.March 4, 2020 (North America Premiere)
- DirectorZach GayneStarsPrecious ChongAlexandra EssoeTony MatthewsTwo women befriend each other, but one becomes obsessed with the other.March 4, 2020
- DirectorMatías GanzStarsGuillermo ArengoLaura BaezEzequiel FernándezSilvia and Mario enjoy a bourgeois life in Montevideo. But two events will disturb their tranquility. A dog surgery goes wrong for Mario and Silvia discovers retirement . Then, they will be dragged from paranoia to violence and from violence to nonsense.March 4, 2020
- DirectorGeethu MohandasStarsNivin PaulyShashank AroraSanjana DipuA transgender child from Lakshadweep sets off to Mumbai in pursuit of Akbar, an elder brother who left the island due to his sexual orientation.March 4, 2020
- DirectorIria Gómez ConcheiroStarsLeonardo AlonsoJulio Michel BayónRodrigo CabreraA group families live in a vecindad in the heart of Mexico City. One day, a company colluded with the government threatens to evict the vecindad tenants in order to build a mall. Facing the threat of an eviction, the tenants join in solidarity to come out of their self-absorption and fight for a common cause.March 4, 2020 (North America Premiere)
- DirectorAleksi SalmenperäStarsLaura BirnTommi KorpelaHannu-Pekka BjörkmanThe story of the tumultuous relationship between a successful actress and a struggling writer.March 4, 2020 (North America Premiere)
- DirectorWilliam NicholsonStarsAnnette BeningBill NighyJosh O'ConnorA couple's visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother.March 4, 2020
- DirectorSasha CollingtonStarsMaeve DermodyRory StroudOliver FarnworthA woman who has been dumped eleven times in a row, discovers (to her dismay) that she has a loser in love gene.March 4, 2020 (North America Premiere)
- DirectorAttila SzászStarsTamás Szabó KimmelVica KerekesLevente MolnárShortly after the end of World War II, a con man on the run finds himself in a passionate love affair that may well cost him his life.March 4, 2020 (North America Premiere)
- DirectorRene van PannevisStarsCharley Palmer RothwellThomas TurgooseTom FisherRob lives his life at 100mph, carefully balancing carjacking schemes and caring for his dying father. But one risky job could bring it all crashing down.March 4, 2020 (North America Premiere)
- DirectorCarlos SegundoStarsRoberta RangelJuliana NazarRuston LiberatoCatarina is a researcher in quantum physics. She studies the sound spaces hidden in the variations of light. By immersing herself in the images she distorts, Catarina discovers a new form of sound spectrum, which seems to open an access to another temporality.March 4, 2020 (North America Premiere)
- DirectorPradip KurbahStarsAlbert MawrieDenver PariatRichard KharpuriThe film portrays the lives of everyday people with everyday stories, not dignified as heroes, but nevertheless people who make the lives of each other better.March 4, 2020 (USA Premiere)
- DirectorPaul Émile d'EntremontStarsAnastasia BucsisDavid TestoIn both amateur and professional sports, being gay remains taboo. Breaking the code of silence that prevails on the field, on the ice and in the locker room, this film takes a fresh and often moving look at some of our gay athletes, who share their experiences with the camera. They've set out to overcome prejudice in the hopes of changing things for the athletes of tomorrow.March 4, 2020 (USA Premiere)
- DirectorPeter BrosensJessica WoodworthStarsPeter Van den BeginLucie DebayUdo KierHow the last King of the Belgians becomes the first Emperor of Europe.March 4, 2020
- DirectorMirjam LeuzeStarsRoy VickersOn a remote island in the Pacific populated by wolves, ravens, and two whale researchers, is a town with the promise of a second industrial boom torn between the wish to protect its territory and the pressure to cope with investors.March 4, 2020 (USA Premiere)
- DirectorAna Laura CalderónStarsMayrin BuitimeaIanis GuerreroJulio ValenzuelaLucía, a Yoreme girl in Northern Mexico, dreams of healing her father's broken heart by playing the harp, which is traditionally played only by men in her community.March 4, 2020 (USA Premiere)
- DirectorWillem WallynStarsBarbara SarafianMaaike NeuvilleJan HammeneckerThe story of a self-help group of 4 people with a terminal illness, led by a therapist without experience.March 4, 2020 (North America Premiere)
- DirectorTania CyprianoStarsLeiomy MaldonadoGarnet RubioJordan RubensteinBORN TO BE follows the work of Dr. Jess Ting at the groundbreaking Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York City-where, for the first time ever, all transgender and gender non-conforming people have access to quality transition-related health and surgical care. With extraordinary access, this feature-length documentary takes an intimate look at how one doctor's work impacts the lives of his patients as well as how his journey from renowned plastic surgeon to pioneering gender-affirming surgeon has led to his own transformation.March 4, 2020
- DirectorAniket DuttaRoshni SenStarsJoyraj BhattacharyaBidyut DasSoumyajit MajumdarStrange incidents occur in the heart of shonajhuri forest in rural bengal (the backdrop for both stories) which develops an ominous character of its own that allures and finally engulfs our protagonists.March 5, 2020 (USA Premiere)
- DirectorGiuseppe CapotondiStarsClaes BangElizabeth DebickiMick JaggerHired to procure a rare painting from one of the most enigmatic painters of all time, an ambitious art scholar becomes consumed by his own greed and insecurity as the operation spins out of control.March 5, 2020
- DirectorKen OchiaiStarsLê BìnhPhuong Anh DaoMy DuyenA father and daughter swap bodies and have to learn to live each other's lives.March 5, 2020 (North American Premiere)
- DirectorBen GuezSasha KulakStarsTom CharginKate WoodsKemp WoodsAmid the ruins of an abandoned California mercury-mining town, Quicksilver Chronicles follows daily lives of outspoken and gifted writer Kate Woods, her brother Kemp, and their friend Tommy.March 5, 2020 (USA Premiere)
- DirectorAngie BlackJub ClercLucy GouldthorpeStarsAnonBree BainRoy BarkerA young woman inherits her mother's Book of Dark Whispers only to discover 10 disturbing tales within its pages. Starring Andrea Demetriades, Asher Keddie and Anthony LaPaglia, the Dark Whispers anthology is brought to you by 11 female filmmakers from across Australia.March 5, 2020 ( North American Premiere)
- DirectorT.A. AciertoStarsJean GarciaJay ManaloJunyka SantarinA prolific killer-for-hire finds solace and redemption after rescuing a teenage girl who was held captive by the man she was paid to kill.March 5, 2020 (USA Premiere)
- DirectorJorunn Myklebust SyversenStarsJosefine Frida PettersenJean Superbanan AndersenEspen Reboli BjerkeWhen a champion dancer begins to falter, her family questions her faith and prompts her to search for more radical solutions.March 5, 2020
- DirectorJirí HavelkaStarsTereza RambaVojtech KotekDagmar HavlováMrs. Zahrádková has a plan to convince the other co-owners of the flats to finally save the house in which they live together and which is in emergency condition.March 5, 2020 (North American Premiere)
- DirectorMetod PevecStarsJanez SkofValter DraganKatarina CasThe latest film from Metod Pevec explores the tensions between the old and new ways of doing things in independent, post-Communist Slovenia, centered on a family dispute over an inheritance. The free-spirited but emotionally troubled Frank (Janez Skof), still an idealist about now-discarded socialist ideology, returns home for the reading of his late father's will. His father was a leader in the country's transition to free market enterprise, but Frank suspects that the inheritance money may have been earned through illicit dealings. Frank's capitalist-minded brother Brane (Valter Dragan) believes he has full right to the inheritance and retains lawyers and some of his father's shadier cronies to ensure that he collects it. Meanwhile, the dormant love triangle among the two brothers and Brane's wife Ines (Katarina Cas) comes back to the fore.March 5, 2020 (North American Premiere)
- DirectorJulian HarveyShannon HarveyStarsNeil BaileyAmit BernsteinJudson BrewerOverwhelmed with insomnia and an incurable autoimmune disease, Shannon Harvey needed to make a change. But while the award-winning health journalist found plenty of recommendations on diet, sleep and exercise, when she looked for the equivalent of a 30-minute workout for her mental wellbeing, there was nothing. Worried for the future mental health of her kids who were growing up amidst epidemics of stress, anxiety, depression and addiction, Shannon enlisted a team of scientists to put meditation to the test. Could learning to quiet our busy minds be the simple solution the world so desperately needs? Throughout her year of living mindfully Shannon is poked, prodded, scanned and screened as she travels the world to interview 18 of the world's leading mindfulness scientists and pioneers. But after a 30,000 kilometre journey from the bright lights of Manhattan to the dusty refugee camps of the Middle East, what begins as a self-experiment, transforms into a life-changing experience. My Year of Living Mindfully is filled with compelling stories, groundbreaking science, and unexpected insights that go to the heart of what it means to be human in the twenty-first century.March 5, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorMartin LundStarsJonas TidemannElli Rhiannon Müller OsborneSaara Sipila-KristoffersenGeneration Achievement meets impossible love. Frida is different; Marius, on the other hand, is the most popular boy in class. When they must work together at school, a turbulent and challenging relationship commences.March 6, 2020 UNITED STATES PREMIERE
- DirectorEmilio SantoyoStarsLaura AgorrecaDavid Calderón LeónIan Garcia MonterrubioAfter years of absence Juan returns to Ana, his older sister. Both have changed, but none of them has been able to overcome the love affair they lived in their youth that marked them forever.March 6, 2020 UNITED STATES PREMIERE
- DirectorJoe BerlingerStarsLaird HamiltonGerry LopezRobert RichmanTHE LONGEST WAVE offers a rare glimpse into what motivates an athlete who has everything to lose to push his body and mind to the limit. A film about surf legend Robby Naish.March 6, 2020
- DirectorJacob Leighton BurnsStarsNicole FancherAshley MandanasJamie BrewsterA young woman experiences painful and gruesome side effects after an experiment with time travel goes wrong.March 6, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorCharlie GriakStarsMegan HensleyDaniel BielinskiAndrew SteckerA meditative new take on the thriller genre that follows Nina, an aspiring actress, after she agrees to lend her "local authenticity" to a supernatural reality TV show filming in the tiny town she left as a young child. She and the tiny documentary crew follow an enigmatic guide deep into a labyrinthine forest, where they seem to encounter an ancient, hypnotic force that locks the team under a subtle spell.March 6, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorDrew WalkupStarsLizzie ZerebkoMichael OlavsonEdward CraigA ride-share driver finds herself in unexpected danger after picking up a mysterious passenger who is not what he appears to be.March 6, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorSuso ImbernónJuanjo Moscardó RiusStarsEnrique ArceLorena LópezMacarena GómezAlthough their relationship is in crisis, Pablo and Blanca decide to experiment with couples'exchange.March 6, 2020 ( North American Premiere)
- DirectorShannon KohliStarsRaylene HarewoodBrian MarkinsonRichard LettA young woman in New York City pursues her dream of becoming a stand up comic.March 6, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorStephen OhlStarsJosh ZuckermanRushi KotaDavida WilliamsA thirtieth birthday and the survival of mankind are left hanging in the balance after a mysterious creature crashes a party, forcing four childhood friends to save the night.March 6, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorRyan KrugerStarsGary GreenChanelle de JagerBrett WilliamsBarry is a drug-addled, abusive bastard who - after yet another bender - is abducted by aliens. Barry takes a backseat as an alien visitor assumes control of his body and takes it for a joyride through Cape Town. What follows is an onslaught of drugs, sex and violence as our alien tourist enters the weird and wonderful world of humankind. FRIED BARRY is based upon the short film of the same name, which earned 57 official selections and 12 wins at festivals around the world.March 6, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorJeremy SklarStarsBaize BuzanJeremy SklarJames SharpeWhen a baby is born who inexplicably grows, evolves and ages four years an hour, a strung out nurse smuggles him out of the hospital to show him what life is all about before the authorities and time catch up with them both.March 6, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorAndre WelshStarsGeoffrey LowerDaniel RoebuckMarie WilsonAn Oakland widower's thirst for justice is rekindled when a local killing is oddly similar to his wife's unsolved murder from decades ago.March 6, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorWyatt McDillStarsMorgan KrantzScott MacDonaldNathan PhillipsAn amateur camper stumbles across a kidnapping gone wrong, a jailhouse rendezvous, a double-cross, or a revenge plot, depending on which desperate character is misinterpreting the story - a puzzle thrill-ride told with no dialogue.March 6, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorAnthony DiMariaStarsSteve AllenPaul AnkaMichael BadenFollows the life of artist, designer, and entrepreneur Jay Sebring, who was murdered alongside Sharon Tate by followers of Charles Manson.March 6, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorStephen Keep MillsStarsStephen Keep MillsAlejandra GollasLouise MartinEarly December, New York City, and everyone is in the hunt for love. Why? Because they haven't found it. They make it into a myth and chase the myth instead. That is not Love in this Romance of fantasy, Fate, and yearning.March 6, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorGraham HughesStarsGraham HughesAnnabel LoganPaddy KondrackiAn ambitious vlogger experiences the dark side of the internet when his latest video, which features an alleged haunting, goes viral.March 6, 2020 (USA Premiere)
- DirectorQuinn ArmstrongStarsStacy KeachVayu O'DonnellSpencer GarrettSurvival Skills is a lost training video from the 1980s. In it, Jim, the perfect policeman, gets in over his head when he tries to resolve a domestic violence case outside the law.March 6, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorJulia KotsStarsLouis CancelmiMichael ChernusTawny CypressWhen a bipolar woman commits suicide, her sister and her sister's fiancé become entangled in an attempt to discover what pushed her to the brink.March 7, 2020
- DirectorCaitlin FarrugiaMichael JonesStarsTegan CrowleyVateresio TuikabaChloe MartinAfter the birth of their first child, Erin and Pat start work on their new film and in the process discover who they are as partners, parents and artists.March 7, 2020 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
- DirectorCressandra ThibodeauxFive thereminists, over four days in the Ether Waves.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorRobert Bruce CarterStarsMike JimersonAmrita DhaliwalVictoria NugentA dinner party descends into sex, violence, and the absurd when one of the guests discovers something unexpected about what's for dinner.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorNicole JonesIn the 1980's the war on drugs directly led to The Three-strikes Law. And for over 20 years it's been tearing families apart.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorCharlie BuhlerStarsJenna Lyng AdamsJackson DavisRyan VigilantWhen a global pandemic forces a TV actress to escape to her rural hometown, an intruder from her past proves as dangerous as the encroaching virus.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorHanan HarcholStarsDov TiefenbachTibor FeldmanKate EastmanAn inspiring drama about the personal journey of a new inner-city public high school teacher who enters the profession oblivious to the actual demands of teaching in the inner-city, and unaware of his own shortcomings and biases.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorBeth GageGeorge GageMarch 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorThomas F. MazziottiStarsJake RobinsonOlafJessica WalterA man suspects his friend may be a sociopath and goes to extreme lengths to uncover the truth about him and his wife, who he eventually begins to fancy.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorAmanda LundquistBecky ScottStarsStephanie HsuJaneane GarofaloDavid KrumholtzA journalist takes justice into her own hands when her Internet stalker walks free from the law.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorAdam MervisStarsMike FaiolaSarah HarperA man and woman begin a complex affair over 72 hours in a Las Vegas penthouse.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorNiav ContyStarsAudrey Grace MarshallKevin LorequeHolter GrahamIt can be brutal enough just growing up a girl. Then add poverty, addiction, and God to the mix. Armed with a gun and a prayer, Emma and her cat bravely go where too many girls have gone before. It's a war, and we gotta win it.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorAlejandro Bellame PalaciosStarsClaudia RojasChristian Josue GonzalezErick PalaciosEugenia, 30, is torn between fulfilling or not a promise made 13 years ago to Luis, his brief and tragic teen love.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorNicholas TreeshinStarsNatalie BrownColten WilkeWilliam BelleauA reclusive young fisherman goes looking for his missing sister in the rugged Pacific Northwest.March 7, 2020 (USA Premiere)
- DirectorAndrew AhnStarsLucas JayeHong ChauBrian DennehyA lonesome boy accompanies his mother on a trip to clean out his late aunt's house, and ends up forming an unexpected friendship with the retiree who lives next door.March 7, 2020
- DirectorChelsea ChristerStarsShawn HarrisJon DevotoMatt WhalenBleeding Audio is an intimate portrait detailing The Matches' promising career, defeating break up, and inspiring reunion as they reflect on what success truly means for musicians in today's digital industry. The Matches' story overlaps with the drastic changes the music industry has undergone in the past several years. From declining record sales, to excessive touring, to illegal downloading and streaming. This documentary uses The Matches history and recent reunion to dig deeper into the root of the challenges the average musician faces in the digital age of the industry, and how artists can navigate their careers today.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorMichael BoyleStarsAnnie NewtonDrew PetrielloKatee SheanAmy and Steve return home after their first semester of college hoping for a relaxed winter break but have to navigate turbulent reunions, unspoken romances and an unplanned pregnancy.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorAaron PagnianoStarsPhillip Andre BotelloJakki JandrellCory VaughnA chance meeting of two morose lovers sends them spiraling down a surreal rabbit hole. Their relationship is challenged by their pasts, their futures, their perception of time, and a vampire death cult.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorMike MosallamStarsHaaz SleimanMichael CassidyAmin El GamalMo, a practicing Muslim living in West Hollywood, is learning to navigate life post heartbreak. Enter Kal, an All-American guy who surprises Mo by offering to break fast with him during the holy month of Ramadan.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorChristopher J. HansenStarsDrez RyanChynna WalkerJohn RuegseggerA tempestuous romantic drama in seven vignettes that chronicles an interracial marriage, telling a story of turmoil and tenderness as two people try to make their relationship last.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorLarissa LamStarsBaldwin ChiuCaliya ChiuCharles ChiuWhen a Chinese-American family travels from California to Mississippi to visit the grave of their ancestors, they stumble upon surprising revelations. Along the way, they meet a diverse group of local residents and historians, who shed light on the racially complex history of the early Chinese in the segregated South. Their emotional journey also leads them to discover how the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 impacted their family and how deep their roots run in America.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorHarry GreenbergerStarsAndy KarlNora ArnezederChristina RicciA dark fantasy-comedy about the meaning of love in the afterlife.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorPaul A. KaufmanStarsMcKaley MillerMira SorvinoMykelti WilliamsonAn obese, lonely boy whom everyone calls "Butter" is about to make history.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorJessica CameronStarsJessica CameronJohanna McGinleyHeather DorffThree female strangers evade a shadowy force and their own grim pasts as they try to find a way beyond a nightmare world that exists in a foggy edge of reality.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorOleg AsadulinMarch 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorDavid Del RioStarsElizabeth GrullonPaul T. TaylorClayton FarrisThree friends take a road trip to the Mojave desert where their complicated relationships are pushed to their breaking point as the group encounters a reclusive, murderous cult.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorHisonni MustafaStarsHedy WongSki CarrLynna YeeTo give her family a chance at a better life and save her family's failing restaurant, Tera Wong, a desperate 20-year-old Asian girl, parlays her Chinese food delivery expertise into a profitable drug hustle.March 7, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorTian-yi YangStarsLei HaoElaine JinJunxi QuJournalist Guo lives together with her mother and daughter in the same residence. The relation of three generations looks placid but there is actually a fierce undercurrent of rebellion and resistance.March 8, 2020 (USA Premiere)
- DirectorMelody C. MillerStarsRuth WeissJerry CiminoHal DavisIn a life that has spanned 92 creative years, ruth weiss is one of the most influential writers of the Beat Generation. Born to a Jewish family during the rise of Nazism, as a 10-year-old refugee, she escaped to the United States. ruth became a Jazz troubadour exemplifying the zeitgeist of Chicago, New Orleans, and San Francisco. In the 1950s, she opened up and organized the first poetry readings in North Beach cafes and bars, giving a platform to many poets. The film further highlights ruth weiss' electrifying and intimate poetry with breathtaking images of exquisite modern dance, art, animation, and music to embody her oeuvre. This film documents not only weiss' gift to humanity but archives significant historical moments in our world's social and literary movements. As a contemporary of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Jack Kerouac, she innovated poetry to jazz. Legend Herb Caen dubbed ruth weiss as "The Goddess of the Beat Generation" because of her contribution to the culture of North Beach and the Bay Area poetry scene.March 8, 2020
- DirectorDavid MoserStarsClara DiemlingElisabeth KanettisSebastian Klemm-LorenzSchwarz Weiss Bunt is a coming-of-age story about Matilda - a young woman on the edge of her young days, fearing to experience the loss of her youthfulness. Midst her search for the big questions of life, she realizes the need to go deeper beforehand by questioning herself at first. A weekend full of different encounters with family, friends and strangers may be helping to find answers for her young and heady confusions.March 8, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorKourosh AhariStarsShahab HosseiniNiousha NoorLeah OganyanAn Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends.March 8, 2020
- DirectorSabrina AmanStarsKidus HenokAbout an Eritrean American woman who embarks on a risky journey to visit the Eritrean people living in the camps in Eastern Sudan. She sits one on one with refugees who share with her their heartbreaking stories about their daily lives and how hopeful they are for change.March 8, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorJosh PetersonStarsDezi SolèyPenny WernerKris CaltagironeA young African-American woman and a middle-aged white divorcee meet and form a complicated sisterhood that bridges their differences but also confronts each of them with painful challenges.March 8, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorRobert AbbottStarsTony BlairBill ClintonJuan Manuel SantosChronicling former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos' path to peace: how he waged war on FARC, a terrorist guerrilla movement, and risked his own career and legacy, to bring peace to his people in a polarized political environment.March 9, 2020
- DirectorJulie SokolowStarsJim BaumerMark BaumerMary BaumerBAREFOOT is a portrait of Mark Baumer, a writer and activist who walked barefoot for over 100 days to protest climate change. In a voice The New Yorker praised as "reminiscent of Andy Kaufman", Baumer narrates his walk in self-recorded videos, sharing his offbeat take on life and how we all can make a difference.March 9, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorMichael PasztStarsIan HodgkinsonCharles AshenoffChristopher DeJosephA rare glimpse into the legendary career of wrestling icon, Vampiro, as he grapples with his demons and life after fame. Straight from one of wrestling's most outspoken characters, this is a candid look beyond the ring.March 10, 2020
- DirectorThiago DadaltStarsDawnella TrammellThe heartache begins when Nancy Paulikas, 55, diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, wanders away on a family trip to an L.A. museum in October 2016. The constant search for her uncovers the gaps in our country's social and health systems. Is Nancy still alive? If so, Where is Nancy? "Where Is Nancy?" is endorsed by Alzheimer's Los Angeles.March 10, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorSally PotterStarsJavier BardemElle FanningBranka KaticA day in the life of Leo and his daughter, Molly, as he floats through alternate lives he could have lived, leading Molly to wrestle with her own path as she considers her future.March 10, 2020
- DirectorSandeep MohanStarsKaranveer KhullarGillian PintoKhushboo UpadhyayMarch 11, 2020
- DirectorEric ZielinskiStarsEllen CaldwellSubrata ChakravartyTracy ChenaultThe story of one woman's effort to fight breast cancer with a natural treatment.March 11, 2020
- DirectorJake HorowitzStarsDylan EverettNiamh WilsonStephen JoffeAn aspiring screenwriter writes his most ambitious script to date by plotting out a rom-com relationship with the daughter of his screenwriting idol, all in hopes of meeting her legendary father and getting a leg up in showbiz.March 12, 2020 (USA Premiere)
- DirectorPeter CattaneoStarsKristin Scott ThomasSharon HorganEmma LowndesWith their partners away serving in Afghanistan, a group of women on the home front form a choir and quickly find themselves at the center of a media sensation and global movement.March 12, 2020
- DirectorMilcho ManchevskiStarsSara KlimoskaNatalija TeodosievaKamka TocinovskiThree women - one medieval, two contemporary - struggle to become mothers. They have not set out to change the world or society, but their struggles with tradition, loyalty, adoption and control over their bodies make them unlikely heroines.March 12, 2020 (North American Premiere)
- DirectorMatthew John LawrenceStarsMike LawrenceDavid LittletonChet SiegelWhen a punk band scores their first tour, life on the road proves tough when they are joined by a man-eating demon as a roadie.March 13, 2020 or 14
- DirectorJustin BensonAaron MoorheadStarsAnthony MackieJamie DornanKatie AseltonTwo New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.March 14, 2020
- DirectorVarda Bar-KarStarsDouglas BrinkleyVillalobos BrothersRegina CarterFandango at the Wall follows Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra founder/conductor Arturo O'Farrill to the remotest regions of Veracruz, Mexico, where he meets and jams with the masters of son jarocho. Son jarocho is 300-year-old folk music rooted in the land that combines African, Indigenous and Spanish traditions. After Arturo's inspiring journey to a place where time seems to stands still, he and his orchestra join the masters of son jarocho at the border between the United States and Mexico for a son jarocho music and dance festival called Fandango Fronterizo (founded by Jorge Francisco Castillo). The festival takes place simultaneously on both sides of the United States/Mexican border transforming this object that divides to one that unites. With a poetic musical approach inspired by the son jarocho tradition, Fandango at the Wall reveals a Mexico seldom depicted, and delves into the current mass human migrations spurred by violence, poverty, and corruption.March 14, 2020 (World Premiere)
- DirectorMichael ShowalterStarsIssa RaeKumail NanjianiPaul SparksA couple (Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani) experiences a defining moment in their relationship when they are unintentionally embroiled in a murder mystery.March 15, 2020
- DirectorDennis SchollStarsDavid AnfamNeal BenezraSandra Still CampbellFiercely independent, idiosyncratic and iconic. A portrait of painter Clyfford Still, one of the most influential and yet least known American Abstract Expressionists.March 15, 2020
- DirectorJonathan JakubowiczStarsJesse EisenbergClémence PoésyMatthias SchweighöferThe story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.March 15, 2020 (Closing Night Event)