MFF 2019 Festival Catalog

Films
FICTION FEATURE
FICTION FEATURE COMPETITION
LOST HOLIDAY
Director: Michael Matthews, Thomas Matthews
Producers: Michael Matthews, Thomas Matthews
Cast: Kate Lyn Sheil, Thomas Matthews, William Jackson
Harper, Keith Poulson, Joshua Leonard, Isiah Whitlock, Jr.,
Emily Mortimer
USA, 78 min.
Margaret (Kate Lyn Sheil) and Henry (Thomas Matthews)
are back home in Washington DC for the holidays. Initially
excited to see her high school friends at a Christmas
party, Margaret’s mood quickly changes once she finds
out her ex-boyfriend is engaged. Margaret and Henry
leave the party hoping to find some LSD, but over the
course of a zany night they end up getting embroiled
in the disappearance of a local socialite. A playful
stoner-comedy, LOST HOLIDAY is a hilarious look at
the characters’ misguided determination to solve the
kidnapping of the socialite with unexpected results.
Friday, May 10, 6:15 pm, Clairidge 5
Sunday, May 12, 12:45 pm, Clairidge 3
MANTA RAY
Director: Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
Producers: Mai Meksawan, Philippe Avril
Cast: Wanlop Rungkumjad, Aphisit Hama,
Rasmee Wayrana
Thailand/France/China, 105 min.
Dreamlike and spellbinding Thai filmmaker Phuttiphong
Aroonpheng’s debut feature film is a hypnotic tale of
displacement and friendship and a powerful parable on
the refugee crisis. Thousands of Rohingya refugees who
drowned at sea wash up on the shore of a small seaside
Thai community. A local fisherman finds an injured mute
man and takes him in, nursing him back to health. A
beautiful friendship blossoms between the two men, but
the past comes back to haunt them in Aroonpheng’s
intoxicating film, winner of the Orizzonti Award at the
Venice Film Festival.
Saturday, May 4, 6:00 pm, Clairidge 5
Sunday, May 12, 1:00 pm, Clairidge 5
FUTURE/NOW COMPETITION
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
MICKEY AND THE BEAR
Director: Annabelle Attanasio
Producers: Lizzie Shapiro, Taylor Shung, Anja Murmann,
Sabine Schenk
Cast: Camila Morrone, James Badge Dale, Calvin Demba
USA, 88 min.
Wise beyond her years, teenager Mickey (a wonderful
performance by Camila Morrone) is trying her best to be a
center of stability for her alcoholic, opioid addicted veteran
father Hank (James Badge Dale) who still hasn’t recovered
from the emotional wounds inflicted by the war as well as
the passing of his wife to cancer. Feeling stuck in her small
hometown of Anaconda, Montana, Mickey is dreaming
of going to college and forging an independent future for
herself, but the love she feels for her father pulls her back
into his orbit over and over again. Annabelle Attanasio’s
feature debut is a riveting and poignant chamber piece that
enthralls and heralds an impressive new directorial talent.
Saturday, May 11, 5:30 pm, Clairidge 5
Sunday, May 12, 2:00 pm, Clairidge 2
MIDNIGHT FAMILY
Director: Luke Lorentzen
Producers: Kellen Quinn, Luke Lorentzen, Daniela Alatorre,
Elena Fortes
Mexico/USA, 81 min.
Luke Lorentzen’s superb cinema verité documentary
MIDNIGHT FAMILY is a powerful indictment of a
fractured, dehumanizing, and corrupt healthcare
system. Mexico City has fewer than 45 government-run
ambulances to serve a population of 9 million people. The
void is filled by an ecosystem of private ambulances and
EMTs. Lorentzen follows one of these private ambulances
run by the Ochoa family—a dad and his two teenage
sons. Once corrupt police officers demand higher bribes,
the Ochoas are faced with some tough and morally
muddled decisions that would allow them to make money
off the people in their care.
Thursday, May 9, 7:30 pm, Clairidge 1
Saturday, May 11, 7:15 pm, Clairidge 4
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