2016 Official Sidewalk Selections
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- DirectorSara JordenöStarsLoretta CoombsTakima CoombsAfrika Juicy CoutureA group of LGBTQ youths of color unite to form a safe gathering space.SHOUT Opening Night
- DirectorTi WestStarsEthan HawkeJohn TravoltaTaissa FarmigaA mysterious stranger and a random act of violence drag a town of misfits and nitwits into the bloody crosshairs of revenge.Sidewalk Opening Night
- DirectorMercedes KaneStarsIna PinkneyPull up a chair and open your heart.
- DirectorAnna Rose HolmerStarsRoyalty HightowerAlexis NeblettDa'Sean MinorWhile training at the gym 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in she finds herself caught up in danger as the group begins to suffer from fainting spells and other violent fits.
- DirectorMike OttNathan SilverStarsArthur MartinezLindsay BurdgeMike OttDreaming of fame and fortune, a local Denver performer hires two indie filmmakers to come to town and make a film with him as the star.
- DirectorIra SachsStarsGreg KinnearJennifer EhlePaulina GarcíaA new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease.
- DirectorMaisie CrowStarsBarbara BeaversShannon BrewerApril JacksonWith a single abortion clinic remaining in the state of Mississippi, the city of Jackson has become ground zero in the nation's battle over reproductive health-care. Jackson is an intimate portrait of the interwoven lives of three women in this town. Wrought with the racial and religious undertones of the Deep South, the lives of two women are deeply affected by the director of the local pro-life crisis pregnancy center and the movement she represents.
- DirectorRyan SeitzFor over a decade, Russ "Rock Bottom" Byars and Kurt "Mountain Man" Steiner have endured a rivalry that lifted competitive stone skipping to unthinkable heights. Tested by physical ailments, emotional hardships and the rise of young talent, these obscure legends fight to cement their place in the record books.
- DirectorAndrea KalinStarsHenrietta BoggsMuni FigueresFirst Lady of the Revolution is the remarkable story of Henrietta Boggs, a Southern belle who takes a life-altering journey through marriage, civil war and audacious democratic reforms to become the First Lady of Costa Rica.
- DirectorDean Fleischer CampA struggling family commits fraud.
- DirectorSherng-Lee HuangLivia UngurStarsLivia UngurLarry HagmanRazvan HîncuIn 1980s Romania, Dallas (1978) becomes a huge hit and inspires a young woman to emigrate to America. Playfully mixing fiction and documentary, "Hotel Dallas" is a surreal parable of communism, capitalism, and the power of art.
- DirectorNicole Lucas HaimesStarsBetty CarakerBob CarakerBrian CarakerChicken People is a funny and uplifting look at the world of show chickens and the people who love them. Starting at the largest national poultry competition, likened to the Westminster Dog Show for chickens, Chicken People follows three top competitors over the course of a year as they grapple with life's challenges while vying to win the next year's crown. Both humorous and heartfelt, Chicken People is an unforgettable celebration of the human spirit.
- DirectorTyler RussellStarsJoey Lauren AdamsFred WillardJudd LormandA reluctant dog track owner tries to outrun his problems with the bet of a lifetime.
- DirectorRobert GreeneStarsKate Lyn SheilStephanie CoatneyMichael Ray DavisActress Kate Lyn Sheil prepares to portray the role of Christine Chubbuck, a real-life news reporter who took her own life on local Florida television in 1974.
- DirectorChris KellyStarsJesse PlemonsMolly ShannonBradley WhitfordA struggling comedy writer, fresh off a breakup and in the midst of the worst year of his life, returns to Sacramento to care for his dying mother.
- DirectorAlix BlairJeremy LangeStarsFred Curtis-LewisAlexander SuttonAfter three tours in Iraq, Alex Sutton's new mission to find healing through farming is haunted by the wounds of a family lost and the shadow of the soldier he yearns to be.
- DirectorJeremy CoonTim SkousenStarsChris StrompolosEric ZalaJayson LambA documentary of the story behind Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation (1989).
- DirectorEric ZalaStarsChris StrompolosAngela RodriguezMichael BalesA shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), started by three 12-year-olds and completed over a period of six years.
- DirectorBill Ross IVTurner RossStarsSimon BennettDavid ByrneChristian DelmotteIn the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the art of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and sabers. Recruiting performers that include the likes of Saint Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Ad-Rock, and Ira Glass to collaborate on original pieces with 10 color guard teams from across the US and Canada, Contemporary Color is a beautifully filmed snapshot of a one-of-a-kind live event.
- DirectorJason CohenStarsRod CanionJim HarrisBill MurtoThree friends dream up the Compaq portable computer at a Texas diner in 1981, and soon find themselves battling mighty IBM for PC supremacy. Their improbable journey altered the future of computing and shaped the world we now know.
- DirectorJoshua H. MillerMiles B. MillerStarsJoey Lauren AdamsDallas RobertsPaul SparksAfter the death of his overbearing Mother, a sheltered man attempts to win the affection of a degenerate waitress by caring for her terminally ill and abusive husband. Soon all three lives begin to unravel as obsession and disease consume them all.
- DirectorKurt VincentStarsAnthony CaliHenry CenAkuma HokoruThe story of Chinatown Fair, the legendary arcade located in the heart of New York's Chinatown. This documentary explores how the arcade became a shelter to a community as diverse as the city surrounding it and changed lives in doing so.
- DirectorDrew HallStarsPaul BrittainAdam HerschmanChristine QuinnUber geeks Nigel and Oscar want nothing more than to capture definitive evidence of a Sasquatch. When their guide bails on them, they must resort to using a mis-matched group of outdoor enthusiasts. Meanwhile, their rival Claus, also on the hunt for the "Squatch", races to beat them to the prize in this documentary style comedy.Previously titled "Nigel & Oscar vs Sasquatch"
- DirectorChad HartiganStarsMarkees ChristmasCraig RobinsonCarla JuriThe romantic and coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American living in Germany.
- DirectorDaniel KoenigStarsDaniel AhrAndrew JohnsonJoshua Langston-WhiteFour elite level Para-rowers train and compete for a spot on the 2014 US National Rowing Team.
- DirectorJenna BedsoleStarsNina MiglionicoA portrait of one of the first female lawyers in Alabama, who fought tirelessly for segregation reform and equal rights for women in the face of adversity in the 1960's and beyond.
- DirectorAnna BillerStarsSamantha RobinsonJeffrey Vincent PariseLaura WaddellA modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, with deadly consequences.
- DirectorAmber FaresThe Speed Sisters are the first all-women race car driving team in the Middle East. They're bold. They're fearless. And they're tearing up tracks all over Palestine.
- DirectorRob Hatch-MillerStarsOtis ClayCharles HodgesLeroy 'Flick' HodgesA documentary about the greatest soul singer you've ever heard--even if you've never heard of him.
- DirectorClay LifordStarsTishuan ScottLucas NeffCourtney BandekoFreshman Neil's Vanguard stories are all he cares about...until he meets the older Julia, who pushes him to put his own fan fic online. When the website's moderator takes a special interest in Neil's work, it opens up a whole new universe.
- DirectorJim HensonStarsDavid BowieJennifer ConnellyToby FroudSixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King.
- DirectorKevin FordStarsEllar Coltrane'By The River' is an experimental feature length documentary following a young man (Ellar Coltrane, 'Boyhood') as he travels cross-country by train gathering sounds and recording conversations about life, creativity, and personal growth with people he meets along the way.
- DirectorPatrick SheehanThere are 4 juke joints left in the United States. On May 4, 2013, the last one in Alabama was raided and shut down. But Henry "Gip" Gipson, proprietor of Gip's Place, a gravedigger by day and hard drinking bluesman by night, had no intention of going down without a fight.
- DirectorKris AvedisianStarsJesse WakemanKris AvedisianWilliam BillingtonWith sudden passing of his grandmother, Peter Latang returns to his hometown and encounters his long lost, childhood friend, Donald Treebeck. What begins as a simple favor, turns into a long day's journey into the past.
- DirectorIrving FrancoStarsCatherine BladesChris BertRachel BeydaReeling from her first heartbreak, naive and promiscuous Mickey seeks calculated revenge on her ex-boyfriend by turning her attention to an unlikely subject.
- DirectorIngrid JungermannStarsAnnette O'TooleSheila VandDeborah RushCommitment phobic Morgan and her ex-girlfriend Jean, locally famous true crime podcasters, suspect Morgan's new love interest is a murderer.
- DirectorIrene TaylorStarsMorgan GeyserAnissa WeierAngie GeyserTells the story of two 12-year old girls, who attempted to murder one of their friends in an attempt to appease Slenderman, a fictional monster from a horror website.
- DirectorJohn CarchiettaStarsNichole SakuraFabianne TheresePat HealyFeeling confined by their small town and overbearing parents, Annie and Jules hatch a scheme of running away. But as the girls soon find out, consequences can blindside you. Sometimes violently.
- DirectorJai LoveStarsRikk AgnewEdwin BorsheimWhile living in complete isolation in the desert of southern California, a long forgotten shock-rock musician reflects on his dark past of drug abuse, violence, and self destruction.
- DirectorJim HoskingStarsMichael St. MichaelsSky ElobarElizabeth De RazzoRonnie runs a Disco walking tour with his son, Brayden. When a sexy woman takes the tour, it begins a competition between father and son for her love. It also signals the arrival of an oily strangler who stalks the streets at night.
- DirectorChadd HarboldStarsShiloh FernandezElla Rae PeckPaten HughesAn examination of the romantic life of a young man in New York City and his sometimes fleeting, sometimes profound experiences with the women he encounters.
- DirectorAdam PinneyStarsMike BruneTallie MedelMatthew StantonThe inventor of the world's greatest toy reflects on his obsession with a woman who hates him.
- DirectorAaron GreerSeth PanitchStarsMorgan AuldChristopher LivingstonLamman RuckerIt's 1967, and Meharry Medical School has just admitted its first white student. Now Eli Rosenberg and Michael DuBois, a black student struggling to live up to his father's mighty legacy,must work together to survive the turbulent 1960s.
- DirectorKerem SangaStarsDylan GelulaBrianna HildebrandMateo AriasSeventeen-year-old Anne just fell in love with Sasha, the most popular girl at her LA public high school. But when Anne tells her best friend Clifton - who has always harbored a secret crush - he does his best to get in the way.
- DirectorJustin GaarStarsChristo RoppoloDennis DeakinLaurence CefaluChristo Roppolo claims to have been videotaping and communicating with UFOs around Monterey, CA for several years. He contacted filmmaker Justin Gaar in 2013 to begin creating a film about his sightings. Skeptical of the footage but intrigued by Christo's eccentricities and wild stories, Justin begins spending time with Christo hunting UFOs along California's beautiful central coast. When a crop circle appears in Monterey County and becomes international news, Christo is validated in his belief of alien contact and Justin, shocked, begins investigating the source of the crop circle and how Christo knows beyond a shadow of a doubt that he's being contacted by his 'brother's from space'. The two travel up and down the central coast and through the central valley hunting for UFO activity. Christo is like a traveling UFO preacher, explaining the sightings to passersby, asking about their own experiences with the unknown, spreading his gospel of extraterrestrial salvation. In their journey together Justin finds that sometimes aliens from space can tell us more about our own humanity than the people on Earth.
- DirectorNoah BaumbachJake PaltrowStarsBrian De PalmaMark HamillAmy IrvingA documentary about writer and director Brian De Palma.
- DirectorCelia Rowlson-HallStarsKentucker AudleyMatt LauriaAndrew PastidesMA is a striking modern-day vision of Mother Mary's pilgrimage through the eyes of Ma (played by Celia Rowlson-Hall), a woman who must venture across the scorched landscape of the American Southwest to fulfill her destiny.
- DirectorDorie BartonStarsKatee SackhoffJade PettyjohnJeremy SistoBird, 12, has to become a woman whether she wants to or not when - in the worst week of her life - she gets her first period, is ditched by her impulsive, free spirited mom, and learns that you can never really go back to The Valley.
- DirectorJeff FeuerzeigStarsLaura AlbertBruce BendersonTerrence OwensThe story behind literary persona JT LeRoy, the fictional writer created by American author Laura Albert.
- DirectorLinas PhillipsStarsLinas PhillipsMelanie LynskeyTimm SharpA developmentally delayed 40 year old man named Shonzi is sent to live with his brother Todd. But when Shonzi develops a crush on Todd's girlfriend Lindsay, he threatens to reveal past secrets that could ultimately tear the couple apart.
- DirectorDaniel KwanDaniel ScheinertStarsPaul DanoDaniel RadcliffeMary Elizabeth WinsteadA hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.
- DirectorMarshall CrookPatrick CrookIn LAKESHORE VILLAS, the past lurches into the present as colorful lives, hard lived, are stoically self-examined at life's last stop.
- DirectorCeyda TorunStarsYaman BarlasSariArzu GölA profile of an ancient city and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.
- DirectorNathan AdloffStarsTim BoardmanMolly ShannonStephen RootA kid from middle America, desperate to move to Chicago, joins the volleyball team to get a scholarship - the only catch is that his high school only has a girls team.
- DirectorRosemary MyersStarsBethany WhitmoreHarrison FeldmanAmber McMahonThe world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen she can't bear to leave her childhood, it contains all the things that give her comfort in this incomprehensible new world.
- DirectorMaurice DekkersStarsThomas FrebelDan GiustiKim MikkolaOne of the world's best restaurant, the Copenhagen based NOMA and its renowned chef-owner René Redzepi relocate the restaurant and its entire staff to Tokyo.
- DirectorTom StoutStarsMichael RoarkTracy LawrenceLeslie EasterbrookTy Hargrove wants to be a champion dirt track racer, but that takes money and support, two things he's short on. Complications arise when Ty threatens to take away his rival's title and girlfriend.
- DirectorVincent AssmannStarsJule BöweSamuel FinziBenno FürmannThe children of Bollersville knock out their parents and start out to set a new world record. The result is... total chaos!
- DirectorWill AllenStarsWill AllenDimitrius PulidoPhillipe CoquetAn inside look at Buddhafield, a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.
- DirectorJason BenjaminStarsJillian T. WeissA behind-the-scenes look at the Brooklyn tailoring company Bindle and Keep.
- DirectorBob RafelsonStarsJeff BridgesSally FieldArnold SchwarzeneggerSo-called 'special agent' infiltrates into the gym, which is targeted by a dirty business fraud.
- DirectorAlan FranksCulture and conservation collide in this quirky documentary about humans and hippos. Featuring an ensemble of people whose lives are tied to the hippopotamus in some manner, the film explores their relationships with the animal and with each other, while raising larger questions about how we conceptualize, represent, and interact with nature.
- DirectorJoe PytkaStarsMichael JordanWayne KnightTheresa RandleIn a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan.
- DirectorJosh LocyStarsAndre RoyoGeorge Sample IIIKellee StewartAfter a 3-year stint in prison, an unreasonably optimistic middle-aged man returns to his stagnant neighborhood to win back his girlfriend only to find that she and his family have done what they always wanted to do - forget he exists.
- DirectorAdam KritzerStarsSameerah Luqmaan-HarrisWilliam NadylamKalae NouveauSet in Red Hook, a Brooklyn neighborhood on the verge of gentrification, GOOD FUNK follows three generations of citizens whose lives intersect through acts of kindness both big and small.
- DirectorKeith MaitlandStarsMonty MuirViolett BeaneCole Bee WilsonAnimation, testimony, and archival footage combine to relate the events of August 1, 1966 when a gunman opened fire from the University of Texas clock tower, killing 16 people.
- DirectorZach ClarkStarsAddison TimlinAlly SheedyAlex KarpovskyYoung nun Colleen is avoiding all contact from her family, returning to her childhood home in Asheville NC, she finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth/metal posters.Closing Night
- DirectorRyan Steven GreenStarsTony CoxMartin KlebbaJimmy BriscoeA professional dwarf basketball team defies cultural stereotypes to become one of the most unforgettable attractions in 1980's Los Angeles.
- DirectorAnnie J. HowellLisa RobinsonStarsBetsy BrandtChris BeetemZev HaworthClaire is sure of herself, her work and family, until - like a bad dream - her husband disappears, leaving a trail of puzzling secrets that shatter her certainty.
- DirectorThomas WoodrowStarsDoug JonesLouisa KrauseAaron StanfordA Man and a Woman wander through a hostile wilderness in a far-away world. One day, they stumble upon a mysterious set of Structures, which will complicate their lives both for good and ill.
- DirectorTim KirkmanStarsDrew BarrLucas Near-VerbruggheMichaela WatkinsPassions re-ignite and secrets revealed when a graphic designer reconnects with the great, lost love of his life for a weekend tryst at a house in the desert near Joshua Tree.
- DirectorAdam IrvingStarsCharles BilalCourtney BrownSally ButlerHow one man's love of transport led to a lifetime of incarceration.
- DirectorBobby MillerStarsJohnny GaleckiAnna FrielKyle GallnerA heartbroken man attends a spiritual retreat to cleanse himself and fix his broken life. There he meets a fellow lost soul, and together they discover that "the cleanse" releases more than everyday toxins...a lot more.Previously titled "The Master Cleanse"
- DirectorAthina Rachel TsangariStarsVangelis MourikisNikos OrfanosYorgos PirpassopoulosA fishing trip in the Aegean Sea among a sextet of friends becomes the perfect setting for a relentless contest of male dominance. Everything can spark a fierce competition; but, only one can wear the precious chevalier. Who will it be?