2015-filmfest

FILMS
37
24 DAYS (24 JOURS)
3 ½ MINUTES
3 DAYS
NARRATIVE
Director: Alexandre Arcady
Producers: Alexandre Arcady
France/110 Min.
Winner of the Lia Award at the Jerusalem Film
Festival, this intense film tells the shocking true
story of a “hate crime” in France when a young
Jewish man was kidnapped and tortured by an
immigrant gang. In January of 2006, 23 year old
Ilan met a beautiful young woman in a Parisian
cellphone shop who lured him into a trap. Based
on a book co-written by Ilan’s mother, Ruth Halimi,
Arcady’s cinematic adaptation offers a searing
insight into his vicious ordeal, the violent world
of the Gang of Barbarians, and the harrowing
experience of his family waiting and hoping the
Police would save their son. In French with English
subtitles.
Sunday, April 12, 5:30pm, Theatre 8
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Director: Marc Silver
Producers: Orlando Bagwell, Bonni Cohen, Julie
Goldman, Carolyn Hepburn, Khaliah Neal, Minette
Nelson, Leah Natasha Thomas
USA/93 Min
This gripping documentary explores the legal
aftermath of the tragic shooting of African-
American teenager Jordan Davis when he was
playing his “thug music” too loud at a gas station.
It explores the danger and subjectivity of Florida’s
“Stand Your Ground” self-defense laws as well as
the emotional experience of Jordan Davis’ parents
in the courtroom. This film won a Special Jury
Award for Social Impact at the Sundance Film
Festival.
Saturday, April 18, 5:15pm, SunTrustTheatre 11
Sunday, April 19, 1:00pm, Theatre 12
NARRATIVE
Director: Julian Beltran
Producers: Ryan Mozek, Amy Tekell, Leah
Weinberger
Cast: Johnny Walter, LeMarc Johnson, Natalie
Wilemon, Dave Pantano, Oryan Landa,
Michael Hankin, Tina Rodriguez, Juston Street,
Dimitrius Pulido, Craig Nigh, Al Bianchi
USA/100 Min
Jeff wakes up to the news that he has just died,
but that’s just the beginning. He meets his ‘Post-
Mortem Coordinator’ Homer, an ethereal being who
works for the bureaucratic system for processing
dead people, who informs Jeff that he now has to
face judgment for the life he lived and determine
whether he’ll spend eternity in Heaven or in Hell.
Jeff is wiped clean of all his personal memories and
sent back to the world of the living to relive the last
three days of his life.
Saturday, April 11, 9:45pm, Herald-Tribune Theatre 9
7 MINUTES
ACROSS THE SEA
ADULT BEGINNERS
NARRATIVE
Director: Jay Martin
Producers: Jacob Aaron Estes, Jim Hart, Lorenzo P.
Lampthwait, Jacob Mosler, Rick Rosenthal
Cast: Jason Ritter, Leven Rambin, Luke Mitchell,
Kris Kristofferson, Kevin Gage, Joel Murray, Zane
Holtz, Russell Hodgkinson, Brandon Hardesty, Dylan
Arnold, Chris Soldevilla, Jessica Martin, Rich Morris,
D’Angelo Midili, Mariel Neto, Rodney Sherwood
USA/92 Min
Three high school friends are forced to commit a
brazen robbery which quickly goes horribly wrong.
It’s like a “classic heist gone wrong movie” crossed
with a Tarantino-esque, time-bending independent
sensibility. Don’t miss stand-out performances by
Jason Ritter, Leven Rambin, and the legendary Kris
Kristofferson.
Thursday, April 16, 5:45pm, Theatre 8
Friday, April 17, 4:15pm, SunTrustTheatre 11
NARRATIVE
Director: Nisan Dag, Esra Saydam
Producers: Gerry Kim, Robert Lavenstein, Esra
Saydam, Alvaro Riccardo Valente,
Cast: Damla Sönmez, Ahmet Rifat Sungar, Jacob
Fishel, Sanem Öge, Hakan Karsak, Ozum Ersoy
Turkey/103 Min
Winner of both the Audience award and a Jury
Award at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival, this
beautifully nuanced film rewards viewers with an
emotionally intelligent story about love and loss. Full
of subtext, the subtle plot follows a pregnant woman
who returns to her seaside home village in Turkey
with her new American husband only to encounter
her childhood sweetheart. The casting is perfection
and the acting carefully captures the inner turmoil of
these well-developed characters. With an unhurried
pace, the camerawork evokes a sense of place and
point of view and the cinematography takes full
advantage of the beauty of the Turkish seaside
setting. In Turkish with English subtitles.
Monday, April 13: 5:45pm, Theatre 12
Tuesday, April 14, 5:15pm, Theatre 12
NARRATIVE
Director: Ross Katz
Producers: Paul Bernon, Karrie Cox, Marcus Cox,
Jared Goldman, Nick Kroll, Sam Slater
Cast: Nick Kroll, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale,
Joel McHale, Caitlin FitzGerald, Paula Garcés, Josh
Charles, Jane Krakowski, Bobby Moynihan, Mike
Birbiglia, Jason Mantzoukas, David Bernon,
USA/90 Min
A young, narcissistic entrepreneur crashes and
burns on the eve of his company’s big launch.
With his entire life in total disarray, he leaves
Manhattan to move in with his estranged pregnant
sister, brother-in-law and 3-year-old nephew in
the suburbs - only to become their nanny. Directed
by Oscar-nominated producer Ross Katz, whose
previous films were In the Bedroom and Lost In
Translation.
Sunday, April 12, 3:30pm, Theatre 8
Sunday, April 18, 4:45pm, Theatre 10