IFP is proud to present the following “IFP Selects” features at American Independents in Berlin at this year’s EFM:
ALIAS RUBY BLADE
Documentary, HD Cam, 2012, 78 minutes
Director: Alex Meillier
Producer: Tanya Ager Meillier
Kirsty Sword Gusmao aspired to be a filmmaker and instead became a revolutionary. Whilst working for the Timorese resistance she fell in love with the imprisoned guerilla leader, and risked everything. Together they fostered the birth of a new nation.
Festivals: IDFA 2012
Market Screening: Feb 11, 16:05, Marriott 1 (E)
Sales Contact:
Tim Sparke, Mercury Media; MEDIA Programme of the EU; MGB 26
Phone: + 44 7801520991
Email: tsparke@mercurymedia.org
CONCUSSION
Drama, Digital HDCam, 2013, 93 minutes
Director: Stacie Passon
Producer: Rose Troche
Cast: Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Johnathan Tchaikovsky, Julie Fain-Lawrence
Abby is a wealthy, married, lesbian housewife who—after a head injury—walks around every corner of her suburban life to confront a mounting desire for something else. She takes on a new project and purchases a pied-à-terre in Manhattan. One thing leads to another, and soon, Abby inaugurates a double life that draws her deeply into a world of prostitution for women.
Festivals: Sundance Film Festival 2013, Berlin International Film Festival 2013 (Panorama)
Panorama Screenings: Feb 12, 21:30, CinemaxX 7; Feb 13, 22:45, CineStar 3; Feb 14, 17:45, CineStar 3; Feb 14, 22:30, Colosseum 1
Market Screening: Feb 8, 9:45, Cubix 2; Feb 10, 14:45, CineStar 2
Attending Berlin:
Stacie Passon, Rose Troche
Email: staciepasson@me.com
Sales Contact: Content; MGB 35
CUTIE AND THE BOXER
Documentary, DCP, 2013, 82 minutes
Director: Zachary Heinzerling
Producer: Sierra Pettengill, Patrick Burns, Zachary Heinzerling
Executive Producers: Kiki Miyake, Lydia Dean Pilcher
This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role of assistant to her overbearing husband, Noriko seeks an identity of her own.
Festivals: Sundance Film Festival 2013
Market Screening: Feb 10, 13:25, Cubix 5
Attending Berlin:
Lydia Dean Pilcher
Phone: 212-625-3797
Email: ldp@cinemosaic.net
Sales Contact:
Carl Clifton, K5 International
Phone: +44 (0) 7900 561 071
Email: carl@k5mediagroup.co
DETROIT UNLEADED
Drama Comedy, DCP, 2012, 92 minutes
Director: Rola Nashef
Producers: Leon Toomey, Rola Nashef
Cast: E.J. Assi, Nada Shouhayib, Mike Batayeh, Mary Assel, Akram El-Ahmar
Between Detroit and Arab-America, Sami and his cousin Mike work behind the bulletproof glass of a 24-hour gas station. More than just a pit-stop for rolling papers and fake perfume, but a place where eccentric and often hilarious customers flow through. When Najlah walks in, Sami’s shift becomes anything but routine.
Festivals: Toronto International Film Festival 2012; Dubai International Film Festival 2012
Market Screening: Feb 11, 11:30, Cubix 4 (E)
Attending Berlin:
Rola Nashef
Phone: 01 313.399.3606
Email: rola@detroitunleaded.com
THE DISCOVERERS
Comedy/Drama, HDCam, 2012, 104 min.
Director: Justin Schwarz
Producer: Laura Kleger, Justin Schwarz, Louise Lovegrove
Cast: Griffin Dunne , Madeleine Martin, Cara Buono , Stuart Margolin, Devon Graye, Dreama Walker, Ann Dowd, David Rasche, Becky Ann Baker, Scott Adsit, and John C. McGinley.
Three generations, two centuries remixed, one dysfunctional family: The Discoverers is a bittersweet comedy starring Griffin Dunne about a family forced on a Lewis and Clark historical reenactment trek who discover themselves and each other as they make their own passage west.
Festivals: Hamptons International Film Festival 2012
Market Screening: Feb 10, 09:30, Cubix 1
Attending Berlin:
Justin Schwarz
Email: justinschwarz@me.com
Sales Contact (North America):
Josh Braun, Submarine
Email: josh@submarine.com
FUTURE WEATHER
Coming of Age, HDCam, 2012, 100 min
Director: Jenny Deller
Producers: Kristin Fairweather, Jenny Deller
Cast: Amy Madigan, Lili Taylor, Perla Haney-Jardine, William Sadler and Marin Ireland
Abandoned by her dreamer single mom, a teen conservationist (Perla Haney-Jardine in a breakout role) becomes obsessed with ecological disaster, forcing her and her grandmother (Amy Madigan), a functioning alcoholic, to learn to trust each other as they leap into the unknown.
Festivals: Tribeca Film Festival 2012; Seattle International Film Festival 2012
Market Screening: Feb 09, 09:30, Marriott 2; Feb 10, 12:50, CinemaxX Studio 17
Sales Contact:
Ken Dubow, Opus, MGB 37
Phone: 818-943-1595
Email: dubow@opusdistribution.com
HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES
Drama/Coming of Age, HDCam, 2012, 80 min
Director: Daniel Patrick Carbone
Producers: Daniel Patrick Carbone, Matthew Petock, Zachary Shedd, Jordan Bailey-Hoover
Cast: Ryan Jones, Nathan Varnson, Colm O’Leary, Thomas Cruz, Christina Starbuck, Chris Kies, Andrew Chamberlain, Ivan Tomic
An atmospheric exploration of life and death in rural America, Hide Your Smiling Faces vividly depicts the young lives of two brothers who abruptly come of age through the experience of a friend’s mysterious death.
Festivals: Berlin International Film Festival 2013 (Generation, 14plus)
Generation Screenings:
Feb 10, 17:30, Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 1
Feb 13, 15:30, Cubix 8
Feb 14, 20:00, Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 1
Feb 16, 14:00, CinemaxX 3
Market Screening: Feb 08, 17:00, Marriott 2
Attending Berlin: Daniel Patrick Carbone, Matthew Petock, Zachary Shedd, Jordan Bailey-Hoover
Contact: Matthew Petock
Phone: +1 804 304 7753
Email: matt@fliescollective.com
I USED TO BE DARKER
Drama/Music, HD, 2013, 90 min.
Director: Matt Porterfield
Producer: Eric Bannat, Steve Holmgren, Ryan Zacarias, Dan Carey, Laura Heberton
Cast: Deragh Campbell, Hannah Gross, Kim Taylor, Ned Oldham
When Taryn, a Northern Irish runaway, finds herself in trouble in Ocean City, MD, she seeks refuge with her aunt and uncle in Baltimore. But Kim and Bill have problems of their own: they’re trying to handle the end of their marriage gracefully for the sake of their daughter Abby, just home from her first year of college.
Festivals: Sundance Film Festival 2013; Berlin International Film Festival 2013 (Forum)
Forum Screenings:
Feb 8, 21:30, Delphi-Filmpalast
Feb 9, 13:30, CineStar 8
Feb 10, 22:45, Cubix 9
Feb 17, 21:30 CineStar 8
Market Screening:
Feb 7, 15:30, CinemaxX6 (press screening)
Attending Berlin:
Matt Porterfield, Steve Holmgren, Ryan Zacarias, Laura Heberton
Sales Contact:
Steve Holmgren, The Hamilton Film Group
Phone: +1 917 406 4669
Email: steve.holmgren@gmail.com
KARAOKE GIRL
Fiction, Super 16mm, 2012, 74 min.
Director: Visra Vichit-Vadakan
Producers: Pornmanus Rattanavich and Pran Tadaveerawat, Samina Akbari
Cast: Sa Sittijun, The Sittijun family, Supavich Mepremwattana
Through reality and fiction, Karaoke Girl follows a young escort in Bangkok through portraits of her daily life, introducing us to the nuances of a vocation borne out of a simple necessity: supporting a family in rural Thailand.
Festivals: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2013
Market Screening: Feb 08, 10:00, Cubix 3 (E)
Attending Berlin:
Visra Vichit-Vadakan
Phone: +13109909958
Email: visrav@gmail.com
Sales Contact:
Hidden Rooster Films; rooster@hiddenroosterfilms.com
OUR NIXON
Documentary, HD Video, 2012, 85 min.
Director: Penny Lane
Producers: Brian L. Frye, Penny Lane
Throughout Richard Nixon’s presidency, three top aides obsessively documented their experiences with Super 8 cameras. Young, idealistic and dedicated, they had no idea that a few years later they’d all be in prison. OUR NIXON presents their newly uncovered home movies, along with other rare footage, for the first time.
Festivals: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2013
Market Screening: Feb 10, 19:45, Marriott 1
Attending Berlin:
Penny Lane
Email: lennypane@gmail.com
Sales Contact:
Peter Jager, Autlook
Email: peter@autlookfilms.com
Phone: +43 720 34 69 34
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