“Fat Kid Rules the World” – Free IFP Member Screening

reRun Theater (147 Front St. Brooklyn, NY 11201)

Director Matthew Lillard will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A

RSVP to dschoenbrun@ifp.org

Troy Billings is seventeen, overweight, and suicidal. Just as he’s about to jump in front of a bus, he’s saved by Marcus, a charming high school dropout/street musician. The two begin an uneasy friendship when Marcus enlists the musically challenged Troy to become the drummer in a newpunk rock band. As Troy’s relationship with Marcus grows, Troy’s father becomes increasingly concerned about his son’s new friendship.

Jacob Wysocki (Terri), Matt O’Leary (Natural Selection) and Billy Campbell (The Killing) star in Matthew Lillard’s directorial debut based on the novel by K. L. Going and produced by Whitewater Films.