The 11-day 2010 Dallas International Film Festival, running April 8-18th, has unveiled its full schedule, encompassing 153 features and shorts making up a total of 170 screenings. Opening Night has a unique look too, as the festival will present not just a single opening night film, but will instead take over 8 screens at the Angelika Film Center and showcase multiple films from the festival.
Explains Dallas Film Society Chairman Michael Cain, “The screening of multiple films on Opening Night is a direct result of listening to the filmmakers and our audience. We closed last year with multiple films and the audience loved the selection and choice. This move enables us to welcome a larger audience and turn the spotlight on more filmmaking teams who now share ownership of the Opening Night of the festival. As founder Liener Temerlin reminds us often, the city has come to expect a world class presentation from this film festival. By taking over the entire Angelika Film Center of Dallas for the screening of multiple visions, we are able to deliver this once again.”
As listed in the official press release, the complete Dallas International Film Festival films, (by category), are as follows:
TARGET NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
BROTHERHOOD – DIR: Will Canon (USA)
Cast: Jon Foster, Trevor Morgan, Lou Taylor Pucci
COOKING WITH STELLA – DIR: Dillip Mehta (Canada)
Cast: Don McKellar, Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, Shriya Saran
THE DRY LAND – DIR: Ryan Piers Williams (USA)
Cast: America Ferrera, Ryan O’Nan, Wilmer Valderrama, Jason Ritter, Ethan Suplee, Melissa Leo
OBSELIDIA – DIR: Diane Bell (USA)
Cast: Michael Piccirilli, Gaynor Howe, Frank Hoyt Taylor
SNOW AND ASHES – DIR: Charles-Olivier Michaud (Canada)
Cast: Rhys Coiro, David-Alexandré Coiteux, Marina Eva
WE ARE THE SEA – DIR: Neil Truglio (USA)
Cast: Jeff Childress, Allison Savoy, Lauren Shealy
TARGET DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
HIS & HERS – DIR: Ken Wardrop (Ireland)
KICK IN IRAN – DIR: Fatima Abdollahvan (Germany)
THE LAST SURVIVOR – DIR: Michael Pertnoy, Michael Kleiman (USA)
THE RED CHAPEL (Detrode kapel) – DIR: Mads Brügger (Denmark)
A SURPRISE IN TEXAS – DIR: Peter Rosen (USA)
THUNDER SOUL – DIR: Mark Landsman (USA)
WASTE LAND – DIR: Lucy Walker (Brazil/UK)
DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: THE RADIANT CHILD – DIR: Tamra Davis (USA)
NO CROSSOVER: THE STORY OF ALLEN IVERSON – DIR: Steve James (USA)
OCTOBER COUNTRY – DIR: Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher (USA)
WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY – DIR: Don Hahn (USA)
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) – DIR: Orson Welles (USA)
Cast: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh
WAITING FOR FOREVER (2009) – DIR: James Keach (USA)
Cast: Tom Sturridge, Rachel Bilson, Richard Jenkins, Blythe Danner, Jaime King, Nikki Blonsky, Scott Mechlowicz, Matt Davis
WAKE (2010) – DIR: Chad Feehan (USA)
Cast: Josh Stewart, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Chris Browning
DALLAS PREMIERE SERIES
BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK – DIR: Richard Press (USA)
CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY – DIR: Alex Gibney (USA)
CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH (Nanjing! Nanjing!) – DIR: Lu Chuan (China/Hong Kong)
Cast: Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, Nakaizumi Hideo, Fan Wei
CRACKS – DIR: Jordan Scott (USA)
Cast: Eva Green
LOVERS OF HATE – DIR: Bryan Poyser (USA)
Cast: Chris Doubek, Heather Kafka, Alex Karpovsky, Zach Green
SKATELAND – DIR: Anthony Burns (USA)
Cast: Ashley Greene, Brett Cullen, Heath Freeman, James LeGros, A.J. Buckley
WINTER’S BONE – DIR: Debra Granik (USA)
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Lauren Sweetser, Shelley Waggener
TEXAS COMPETITION sponsored by MPS Studios
AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY – DIR: Matt Harlock, Paul Thomas (UK)
CARRIED AWAY – DIR: Tom Huckabee (USA)
Cast: Gabriel Horn, Juli Erickson
DANCE WITH THE ONE – DIR: Michael Donal (USA)
EARTHLING – DIR: Clay Liford (USA)
Cast: William Kat, Rebecca Spence, Peter Greene
HARMONY AND ME – DIR: Robert Byington (USA)
Cast: Justin Rice, Kevin Corrigan, Pat Healy
HOLD – DIR: Frank Mosley (USA)
Cast: Robby Storey, Stephanie Rhodes
SWEET SCIENCE: A BOXING DOCUMENTARY – DIR: Chris Howell (USA)
ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONS COMPETITION
CLIMATE REFUGEES – DIR: Michael Nash (USA)
COLONY– DIR: Ross McDonnell, Carter Gunn (Ireland)
GREENLIT – DIR: Miranda Bailey (USA)
ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONS SPECIAL PRESENTATION
THE RIVER WHY – DIR: Matthew Leutwyler (USA)
Cast: Zach Gilford, Amber Heard, William Hurt, Kathleen Quinlan, Dallas Roberts, William Devane
WORLD CINEMA sponsored by Stella Artois
DISCO AND ATOMIC WAR (Disko ja Tuumasoda) – DIR: Jaak Kilmi (Estonia/Finland)
DOWN TERRACE – DIR: Ben Wheatley (UK)
Cast: Robin Hill, Robert Hill, Julia Deakin, Tony Way
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE WEIRD (Joeunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom) – DIR: Kim Jee-woon (South Korea)
Cast: Kang-ho Song, Byung-hun Lee, Woo-sung Jung
I AM LOVE (Io Sono l”Amore) – DIR: Luca Guadagnino (Italy)
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti
MY TEHRAN FOR SALE – DIR: Granaz Moussavi (Australia/Iran)
Cast: Marzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini, Asha Mehrabi
SHIRLEY ADAMS – DIR: Olivier Hermanus (South Africa/USA)
Cast: Denise Newman, Keenan Arrison, Theresa C. Sedras, Emily Childs, Lee-Ann van Rooi
VIRSA – DIR: Pankaj Batra (Pakistan)
MEXICO SPOTLIGHT presented by El Creative, Univision 23, and Metro PCS
BECLOUD (Vaho) – DIR: Alejandro Gerber Bicecci (Mexico)
Cast: Marta Aura, Sonia Couoh, Aldo Estuardo
NORTHLESS (Norteado) – DIR: Rigoberto Perezcano (Mexico/Spain)
Cast: Harold Torres, Alicia Laguna
WE THE POOR (Nosotros Los Pobres)
Cast: Pedro Infante, Evita Muñoz
WITHOUT HER (Sin Ella) – DIR: Jorge Colon (Mexico)
FAMILY FRIENDLY
ALABAMA MOON – DIR: Tim McCanlies (USA)
Cast: Jimmy Bennett, John Goodman, Clint Howard, Gabriel Basso, Uriah Shelton
UP – DIR: Pete Docter (USA)
Cast: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Linddo
ANIMATION COMPETITION presented by REEL FX Entertainment
THE ART OF DROWNING – DIR: Diego Maclean (Canada)
DOCK ELLIS & THE LSD NO-NO – DIR: James Blagden (USA)
FARD – DIR: David Alapont, Luis Briceno (France)
LAND OF THE HEADS – DIR: Cédric Louis, Claude Barras (Canada/Switzerland)
THE MOUSE THAT SOARED – DIR: Kyle Bell (USA)
RUNAWAY – DIR: Cordell Barker (Canada)
SAM’S HOT DOGS – DIR: David Lopez Retamero (UK)
THE TERRIBLE THING OF ALPHA 9! – DIR: Jake Armstrong (USA)
WISDOM TEETH – DIR: Don Hertzfeldt (USA)
YOU CRIED ME – DIR: Tom Deslongchamp (USA)
COMMUNITY SHOWCASE
NESHOBA – DIR: Micki Dickoff, Tony Pagano (USA)
PAINTING POETRY – DIR: Earl Latchley (USA)
MIDNIGHT SPECIALS
THE LOVED ONES – DIR: Sean Byrne (Australia)
Cast: Xavier Samuel, Richard Wilson, Jessica McNamee, Victoria Thane
A TOWN CALLED PANIC – DIR: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar (Belgium)
TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL – DIR: Eli Craig (Canada)
Cast: Katrina Bowden, Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk
STUDENT SHORTS COMPETITION
ADELAIDE – DIR: Liliana Greenfield-Sanders (USA)
CHARLIE AND THE RABBIT – DIR: Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck (USA)
CONNECTIONS INTERNATIONAL – DIR: Putnam Trumbull (Singapore)
GUERRILLA GARDEN – DIR: Rafael Palacio Illingworth (USA)
PROCESSION – DIR: Beth Spitalny (USA)
SHOOT THE MOON – DIR: Alex O’Flinn (USA)
YOUNG LOVE – DIR: Ariel Kleiman (Australia)
LOCAL STUDENT SHORTS
TXU SHOWCASE
NORTH TEXAS COLLEGE SHOWCASE
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON BLOCK
HIGH SCHOOL SHOWCASE
SHORTS COMPETITION
6 – DIR: Jeff Bednarz (USA)
A .45 AT 50th – DIR: Joshua Bell, John Cromwell (USA)
BEAST – DIR: Lars p. Arendt (Denmark)
BIG HANDS – DIR: Aaron Holloway (USA)
BLACK OPS ARABESQUE – DIR: Jared Drake (USA)
B.U.S.T. – DIR: David Call (USA)
CRAZY PIG – DIR: Juan Francisco de la Guardia (USA)
DEAD HUNGRY – DIR: William Bridges (UK)
DELMER BUILDS A MACHINE– DIR: Landon Zakheim (USA)
DIG DEEP – DIR: Mark Birnbaum, Manny Mendoza (USA)
FOLLICLE FROLIC – DIR: Mark Potts (USA)
GAYBY – DIR: Jonathan Lisecki (USA)
JADE – DIR: Daniel Elliott (UK)
JUNKO’S SHAMISEN – DIR: Solomon Friedman (Canada)
LAREDO, TEXAS – DIR: Topaz Adizes (USA)
MONKEYWRENCH – DIR: Chris Teague (USA)
MR. OKRA – DIR: T.G. Herrington (USA)
NEW MEDIA – DIR: J.J. Adler (USA)
THE NEW TENANTS – DIR: Joachim Back (Denmark/USA)
THE PACKAGE – DIR: Marco Gadge (Germany)
PORCELAIN & DIAMONDS – DIR: Ryan Silbert (USA)
QUADRANGLE – DIR: Amy Grappell (USA)
THE ROOM – DIR: Nik Sentenza (Germany)
THE S FROM HELL – DIR: Rodney Ascher (USA)
SEEDS OF THE FALL – DIR: Patrik Eklund (Sweden)
THE SHUTDOWN – DIR: Adam Stafford (UK)
START A BAND – DIR: Daniel Laabs (USA)
TUB – DIR: Bobby Miller (USA)
VOICE ON THE LINE – DIR: Kelly Sears (USA)
VOSTOK STATION – DIR: Dylan Pharazyn (New Zealand)
