Nasty Baby and Tangerine
Bob And The Trees
(Country: US, France; Year: 2014; Director: Diego Ongaro; Writer: Courtney Maum, Diego Ongaro, Sasha Statman-Weil; Stars: Bob Tarasuk, Matthew Galagher, Polly MacIntyre, Matt Gallagher)
Bob, a 50-year-old logger in rural Massachusetts with a soft spot for golf and gangsta rap, is struggling to make ends meet in a changed economy. When his beloved cow is wounded and a job goes awry, Bob begins to heed the instincts of his ever-darkening self.
World premiere.
Christmas, Again
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Charles Poekel; Writer: Charles Poekel; Stars: Kentucker Audley, Hannah Gross, Caitlin Mehner, Andrea Suarez Paz, Oona Roche, Jason Shelton)
A heartbroken Christmas tree salesman returns to New York, hoping to put the past year behind him.
World premiere.
Cronies
(Year: 2015; Director: Michael Larnell; Writer: Michael Larnell; Stars: George Sample III, Zurich Buckner, Brian Kowalski, Landra Taylor, Samiyah Womack, Elinor Nelson, Homer Simmons, Michael Larnell, Darrick Clark, Brooke Wade, Bradley Allen, Ryan Jordan, Michael Harvey, Chastity Jones, Sieglinda Fox)
Old friendship is tested by a day out with a new buddy.
World premiere.
Entertainment
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Rick Alverson; Writer: Rick Alverson, Rick Alverson, Tim Heidecker, Gregg Turkington, Gregg Turkington; Stars: Michael Cera, John C. Reilly, Tye Sheridan, Lotte Verbeek, Dean Stockwell, Amy Seimetz, Tim Heidecker, Mariann Gavelo, Kalia Prescott, Tonantzin Carmelo, Waymond Lee, Gregg Turkington, David Yow, Ashley Atwood, Dustin Guy Defa)
En route to meeting with his estranged daughter, a broken, ageing comedian plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave Desert.
World premiere.
H.
(Country: US, Argentina; Year: 2014; Director: Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia; Writer: Rania Attieh, Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia, Daniel Garcia; Stars: Robin Bartlett, Rebecca Dayan, Will Janowitz, Julian Gamble, Roger Robinson, Roseann Cane, Kristopher Kling, Don Rittner, Jacob Devik, Nicole Emmons, Paul Hickert, Terrance Kimball, Jay Potter, Nicholas Turner, Dannielle Rose)
Two women, each named Helen, find their lives spinning out of control after a meteor allegedly explodes over their city of Troy, New York.
World premiere.
Entertainment and Christmas, Again
James White
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Josh Mond; Writer: Josh Mond; Stars: Chris Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott Mescudi, Makenzie Leigh, David Call)
A young New Yorker struggles to take control of his reckless, self-destructive behaviour in the face of momentous family challenges.
World premiere.
Nasty Baby
(Country: US, Chile; Year: 2015; Director: Sebastián Silva; Writer: Sebastián Silva; Stars: Kristen Wiig, Alia Shawkat, Mark Margolis, Reg E. Cathey, Judy Marte, Sebastián Silva, Toni D'Antonio, Anthony Chisholm, Agustín Silva, Neal Huff, Tunde Adebimpe, Cruz Rodriguez, William Oliver Watkins, Emily Ann Garcia),
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A gay couple try to have a baby with the help of their best friend... but trouble lies ahead.
World premiere.
The Strongest Man
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Kenny Riches; Writer: Kenny Riches; Stars: Patrick Fugit, Lisa Banes, Freddie Wong, Ashly Burch, Paul Chamberlain, Robert Lorie, Davy Rothbart, Nancy Fong, David Park)
An anxiety-ridden Cuban man who fancies himself the strongest man in the world attempts to recover his most prized possession, a stolen bicycle. On his quest, he finds and loses much more.
World premiere.
Take Me To The River
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Matt Sobel; Writer: Matt Sobel; Stars: Josh Hamilton, Robin Weigert, Azura Skye, Richard Schiff, Ursula Parker, Elizabeth Franz, Logan Miller, Ashley Gerasimovich, Seth Young, Amy Hostetler)
A teenager pressured into keeping his homosexuality a secret at a family gathering finds himself accused of assaulting a young girl.
World premiere.
Tangerine
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Sean Baker; Writer: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch; Stars: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, James Ransone, Clu Gulager, Scott Krinsky, Katja Kassin, Josh Sussman, John Gulager, Ana Foxx, Jason Stuart, Anni Weisband, Frances Green, Scott Lyons, Richie Lillard, Mickey O'Hagan, Karren Karagulian, Tess Hunt)
A working girl tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.
World premiere.