AFI Dallas Festival Lineup Announced

TARGET TEN NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION

BAD HABITS (MALOS HÁBITOS) – DIR: Simón Bross (Mexico)
Starring: Ximena Ayala, Elena de Haro, Marco Antonio Treviño

THE BEST OF ME (LO MEJOR DE MI’) – DIR: Roser Aguilar (Spain)
Starring: Marián Álvarez, Juan Sanz, Lluís Homar

CAPTAIN ABU RAED – DIR: Amin Matalqa (Jordan)
Starring: Nadim Sawalha, Hussine Al-Souse, Udey Al-Qadise

DISFIGURED – DIR: Glenn Gers (USA)
Starring: Deidra Edwards, Staci Lawrence, Ryan C. Benson

THE GUITAR – DIR: Amy Redford (USA)
Starring: Janeane Garofalo, Saffron Burrows, Isaach De Bankole, Paz de la Huerta, Ashlie Atkinson

THE CLASS (KLASS) – DIR: Ilmar Raag (Estonia)
Starring: Vallo Kirs, Pärt Uusberg, Lauri Pedaja

THE LAST LULLABY – DIR: Jeffrey Goodman (USA)
Starring: Tom Sizemore, Sasha Alexander

THE LITTLE TRAITOR – DIR: Lynn Roth (Israel)
Starring: Alfred Molina, Ido Port, Theodore Bikel

MERMAID – DIR: Anna Melikyan (Russia)
Starring: Mariya Shalayeva, Yevgeni Tsyganov, Mariya Sokova

TRACING COWBOYS – DIR: Jason Wulfsohn (USA)
Starring: Eileen Dietz, Megan Edwads, Sacha Grunpeter

TARGET TEN DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

CIRCUS ROSAIRE – DIR: Robyn Bliley (USA)

CRAWFORD – DIR: David Modigliani (USA)

DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT: A NATION’S JOURNEY – DIR: Sabiha Sumar & Sachithanandam Sathananthan (Pakistan)

I.O.U.S.A. – DIR: Patrick Creadon (USA)

INTIMIDAD – DIR: David Redmon, Ashley Sabin (Mexico)

IRON LADIES OF LIBERIA – DIR: Daniel Junge (USA)

MORE SHOES – DIR: Lee Kazimir (USA)

SPLIT: A DIVIDED AMERICA – DIR: Kelly Nykes (USA)

STOP THE PRESSES: THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER IN PERIL – DIR: Manny Mendoza & Mark Birnbaum (USA)

STRANDED: I COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED ON THE MOUNTAINS – DIR: Gonzalo Arijon (France)

DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE

THE BLACK LIST – DIR: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (USA)
Featuring: Chris Rock, Lou Gossett Jr., Vernon Jordan, Thelma Golden

DEREK – DIR: Isaac Julien (UK)
Narrated by Tilda Swinton

FRAG – DIR: Mike Pasley (USA)

HECKLER – DIR: Michael Addis (USA)
Featuring: Jamie Kennedy, Patton Oswalt, Rob Zombie

THE LINGUIST – DIR: Seth Kramer, Daniel Miller, Jeremy Newberger (USA)

PAGEANT – DIR: Ron Davis & Stewart Halpern (USA)

RESOLVED – DIR: Greg Whiteley (USA)

DEEP ELLUM SOUNDS

BOWLING FOR SOUP: LIVE AND VERY ATTRACTIVE – DIR: King Hollis (USA)
Featuring: Bowling for Soup

DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS: 80 YEARS YOUNG – DIR: Jeff Scheftel (USA)
Featuring: The Dixie Hummingbirds

FROM THE MOUTHPIECE ON BACK – DIR: Jason DaSilva, Colleen O'Halloran (USA)

GLASS: A PORTRAIT OF PHILIP IN TWELVE PARTS – DIR: Scott Hicks (Australia)
Featuring: Philip Glass

JOY DIVISION – DIR: Grant Gee (UK/USA)
Featuring: Joy Division

LOU REED’S BERLIN – DIR: Julian Schnabel (USA)

NERDCORE RISING – DIR: Negin Farsad (USA)

PUBLIC ENEMY’S WELCOME TO THE TERRORDOME – DIR: Robert Patton-Spruill (USA)
Featuring: Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Beastie Boys, Tom Morello, Henry Rawlins, Talib Kweli, Jonathan Davis (Korn)

SLINGSHOT HIP HOP – DIR: Jackie Reem Salloum (USA)

SONIC YOUTH: SLEEPING NIGHTS AWAKE – DIR: Michael Albright (USA)
Featuring: Sonic Youth

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

AKEELAH AND THE BEE (2006) – DIR: Doug Atchison

AUNTIE MAME (1958) – DIR: Morton DaCosta

BOYS TOWN (1938) – DIR: Norman Taurog

CERTIFIABLY JONATHAN – DIR: Jim Pasternak (USA)
Starring: Jonathan Winters, Robin Williams, Howie Mandel, Sarah Silverman, Nora Dunn, Tim Conway, Jefferey Tambor, Jimmy Kimmel, Rob Reiner, David Arquette

FAT MAN WALKING – DIR: PJ Bagley (Documentary)

ICE AGE (2002) – DIR: Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha

MISSIONARY MAN – DIR: Dolph Lundgren (USA)
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Kateri Walker, Chelsea Ricketts

THE SEARCHERS (1956) – DIR: John Ford

SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) – DIR: Billy Wilder

DALLAS PREMIERE SERIES

ASSASSINATION OF A HIGH SCHOOL PRESIDENT – DIR: Brett Simon (USA)
Starring: Mischa Barton, Zachary Booth, Gabrielle Brennan

AT THE DEATH HOUSE DOOR – DIR: Steve James & Peter Gilbert (USA)
(Documentary)

BAGHEAD – DIR: Mark Duplass & Jay Duplass (USA)
Starring: Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis, Greta Gerwig, Elise Muller

BEFORE THE RAINS – DIR: Santosh Sivan (USA)
Starring: Leopold Benedict, Rahul Bose, Nandita Das, Jennifer Ehle, Linus Roache

BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER* – DIR: Christopher Bell (USA)
(Documentary)

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ (ENDLESS) – DIR: Cristian Nemescu (Romania)
Starring: Armand Assante, Jamie Elman, Maria Dinulescu

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM – DIR: Rob Minkoff (USA)
Starring: Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Michael Angarano

FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL – DIR: Nicholas Stoller (USA)
Starring: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader

GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF HUNTER S. THOMPSON – DIR: Alex Gibney (USA) (Documentary)

THE LIFE BEFORE HER EYES – DIR: Vadim Perelman (USA)
Starring: Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood, and Eva Amurri

MONGOL – DIR: Sergei Bodrov (Germany/Kazakhstan/Russia)
Starring: Aliya, Tegen Ao, Tadanobu Asano

NOISE – DIR: Henry Bean (USA)
Starring: Tim Robbins, William Hurt, William Baldwin, Bridgette Moynahan, Gabrielle Brennan

PRICELESS – DIR: Pierre Salvadori (France)
Starring: Audrey Tatou, Gad Elmaleh

SAVAGE GRACE – DIR: Tom Kalin (USA)
Starring: Julianne Moore, Hugh Dancy, Stephen Dillane, Elena Anaya

THE VISITOR – DIR: Tom McCarthy (USA)
Starring: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Jekesai Gurira

WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER? – DIR: Anand Tucker
Starring: Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent (UK/Ireland)

TEXAS COMPETITION sponsored by MPS Studios

CIAO – DIR: Yen Tan (USA)
Starring: Adam Neal Smith, Alessandro Calza, Ethel Lung

COOK COUNTY – DIR: David Pomes
Starring: Anson Mount, Xander Berkeley, Ryan Donowho, Polly Cole

FISSURE – DIR: Russ Pond
Starring: James MacDonald, Scarlett McAlister, Jim Blumetti

GOLIATH – DIR: David Zellner & Nathan Zellner
Starring: David Zellner, Nathan Zellner, Caroline O'Connor

NORTH STARR – DIR: Matthew Stanton
Starring: Jerome Hawkins, Matthew Stanton, Chris Sullivan

SIX MAN, TEXAS – DIR: Alan Barber
(Documentary)

TULIA, TX – DIR: Kelly Whalen & Cassandra Herman
(Documentary)

ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONS COMPETITION sponsored by Current Energy

BURNING THE FUTURE: COAL IN AMERICA – DIR: David Novack

FIELDS OF FUEL – DIR: Josh Tickell

FLOW: FOR THE LOVE OF WATER – DIR: Irena Salina

UP THE YANGTZE – DIR: Yung Chang

WORLD CINEMA

AFTER THE NIGHT… DAWN (NISHIJAPON) – DIR: Sandip Ray (India)
Starring: Rituparna Sengupta

AMAL – DIR: Richie Mehta (Canada)
Starring: Rupinder Nagra, Naseeruddin Shah, Seema Biswas, Koel Purie

BATTLE FOR HADITHA – DIR: Nick Broomfield (UK)
Starring: Elliot Ruiz, Yasmine Hanani, Andrew McLaren

BLIND – DIR: Tamar van den Dop (The Netherlands/Belgium/Bulgaria)
Starring: Joren Seldeslachts, Halina Reijn, Katelijne Verbeke

BLOOD BROTHERS (TIAN TANG KOU) – DIR: Alexi Tan (Taiwan/Hong Kong)
Starring: Daniel Wu, Ye Liu, Qi Shu

FARO, GODDESS OF WATER (FARO – LA REINE DES EAUX) – DIR: Salif Traore (France/Canada/Mali)
Starring: Sotigui Kouyaté, Balla Habib Dembélé, Maimouna Hélène Diarra

FUGITIVE PIECES – DIR: Jeremy Podeswa (Canada)
Starring: Rachelle Lefevre, Larissa Laskin, Devon Bostick, Rosamund Pike

THE HOME SONG STORIES – DIR: Tony Ayres (Australia)
Starring: Joan Chen, Yuwu Qi, Joel Lok

JC CHAVEZ – DIR: Diego Luna (Mexico)
(Documentary) Featuring: Julio Cesar Chavez, Oscar De La Hoya, Don King, Diego Luna, Mike Tyson

THE MONSTER AMONG US – Cynthia Mondell & Alan Mondell (USA)
(Documentary)

MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD – DIR: Daniele Luchetti (Italy)
Starring: Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Angela Finocchiaro

NOT BY CHANCE – DIR: Philippe Barcinski (Brazil)
Starring: Rodrigo Santoro, Leonardo Medeiros, Letícia Sabatella

THE REST IS SILENCE (RESTUL E TACERE) – DIR: Nae Caranfil (Romania)
Starring: Marius Florea Vizante

SILENT RESIDENT (WEISSE LILIEN) – DIR: Christian Frosch (Austra/Germany/Luxembourg/Hungary)
Starring: Brigitte Hobmeier, Johanna Wokalek, Martin Wuttke

SUMMERHOOD – DIR: Jacob Medjuck (Canada)
Starring: John Cusack, Christopher McDonald, Raquel Alessi, Lucian Maisel

TRIANGLE – DIR: Ringo Lam, Johnny To, Hark Tsui (Germany/Hong Kong)
Starring: Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Kelly Lin

AFI FEST/SILVERDOCS SHOWCASE

AFGHAN MUSCLES – DIR: Andreas Dalsgaard (Denmark)
(Documentary)

MUNYRANGABO – DIR: Lee Isaac Chung (Rwanda/USA)
Starring: Jeff Rutagengwa, Eric Ndorunkundiye, Jean Pierre Harerimana

OPERATION FILMMAKER – DIR: Nina Davenport (USA)
(Documentary) Featuring: Liev Schreiber, Dwayne Johnson

PLEASE VOTE FOR ME – DIR: Weijun Chen (China)
(Documentary)

SPINE TINGLER: THE WILLIAM CASTLE STORY – DIR: Jeffrey Schwarz (USA)
(Documentary) Featuring: John Waters, John Landis

MAVERICKS

CHRYSALIS – DIR: Julien Leclercq (France)
Starring: Albert Dupontel, Marie Guillard, Patrick Bauchau

FLASHPOINT (DAO HUO XIAN) – DIR: Wilson Yip (Hong Kong/China)
Starring: Donnie Yen, Louis Koo, Collin Chou

STUCK – DIR: Stuart Gordon
Starring: Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea

TIME CRIMES (LOS CRONOCRIMENES) – DIR: Nacho Vigalondo (Spain)
Starring: Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández

THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS – DIR: Bruce McDonald (Canada)
Starring: Ellen Page, Ryan Cooley

VEXILLE – DIR: Fumihiko Sori (Japan)
(Animated)

FAMILY FRIENDLY

DIAMOND DOG CAPER – DIR: Mark Stouffer (USA)
Starring: French Stewart, Luke Benward, Kevin Farley, John Farley

JUMP! – DIR: Helen Hood Scheer (USA)
(Documentary)

NIM’S ISLAND – DIR: Jennifer Flackett & Mark Levin (USA)
Starring: Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler

SON OF RAMBOW – DIR: Garth Jennings (UK/France)
Starring: Zofia Brooks, Neil Dudgeon, Tallulah Evans

FAMILY FRIENDLY SHORTS BLOCK, including:

ASTON’S STONES (ASTONS STENAR) – DIR: Lotta Geffenblad & Uzi Geffenblad (Sweden)
(Animated)

OBARA & THE MERCHANTS – DIR: Manauvaskar Kublall (USA)
Narrated by: Alonzo Boden

RACCOON AND CRAWFISH – DIR: Calvert J. Waller III, Heather Carpini, Karabo Legwaila, Mark Edwards, Peter Hale, Shaun Foster (USA)
(Animated)

PAUL’S GRANDPA (PAUL’S OPA) – DIR: Ove Sander (Germany)
Starring: Julius Hillebrand, Rolf Nagel, Claudia Schmutzler

A SUNNY DAY – DIR: Gil Alkabetz (Germany)
(Animated)

ANIMATION COMPETITION

A-Z – DIR: Sally Arthur (UK)

BARE – DIR: Andy Lyon (USA)

GLITCH – DIR: Peter Ricq (Canada)

JEU – DIR: Georges Schwizgebel (Canada)

KEY LIME PIE – DIR: Trevor Jimenez (Canada)

KID SHOW – DIR: Tom DesLongchamp (USA)

LIL’ ITALY – DIR: Justin Harder (USA) **not in competition

MADAM TUTLI-PUTLI – DIR: Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski (Canada)

MY BIODEGRADABLE HEART – DIR: Dana Adam Shapiro (USA)

NAKED BRANCHES – DIR: Will Kim (USA)

SHUT EYE HOTEL – DIR: Bill Plympton (USA)

SIMULCRA – DIR: Tatchapon Lertwirojkul (USA)

VOODOO BAYOU – DIR: Javier Gutierrez (Mexico)

COMMUNITY SHOWCASE

DEBAKEY – DIR: Ken Mandel (USA)

FOOD FIGHT! – DIR: Chris Taylor (USA)

KARMA POLICE – DIR: John Venable (USA)

THE LIFE AND TRAGIC DEATH OF JAMES BYRD – DIR: Ricky Jason (USA)

LIFTED – DIR: Randall Dottin (USA)

MIDNIGHT SPECIALS

BLOOD ON THE HIGHWAY – DIR: Barak Epstein & Blair Rowan (USA)
Starring: Tom Towles, Nicholas Brendon

BIG MAN JAPAN – DIR: Hitoshi Matsumoto (Japan)
Starring: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Riki Takeuchi, Ua

MIDNIGHT SHORTS BLOCK, including (and in competition):

DACH – DIR: Robert Glassford & Timo Langer (UK)

FAR OUT – DIR: Phil Mucci (USA)

FILTHY FOOD – DIR: T. Arthur Cottam (USA)

HIRSUTE – DIR: A.J. Bond (Canada)

THE OBJECT – DIR: Leslie Ali (UK)

ONE DAY ACROSS THE VALLEY – DIR: Andrea Giacomini (USA)

RABBIT TROUBLES – DIR: Dimitar Mitovski & Kamen Kalev (Bulgaria)

THE RAMBLER – DIR: Calvin Reeder (USA)

SHARP TEETH – VII – DIR: Limbert Fabian (USA)

VICTORY PLAZA SCREENINGS (ADDITIONAL)

THE GOONIES (1985) – DIR: Richard Donner

GREASE (1978) – DIR: Randal Kleiser

WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988) – DIR: Robert Zemeckis

THE WIZ (1978) – DIR: Sidney Lumet

STUDENT COMPETITION

CAPTURE CLAUS – DIR: Chris McInroy (USA)

A DAY’S WORK – DIR: Rajeev Dassani (USA)

DOXOLOGY – DIR: Michael Langan (USA)

THE EXECUTION OF SOLOMON HARRIS – DIR: Wyatt Garfield & Ed Yonaitis (USA)

FINAL JOURNEY – DIR: Lars Zimmermann (USA)

FREE AT LAST – DIR: Wyndll Robertson (USA)

HIGH MAINTENANCE – DIR: Phillip Van (USA/Germany)

KATIE’S JOURNEY – DIR: Samuel Jørgensen (USA)

THE VULNERABLE ONES (LES VULNERABLES) – DIR: Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt (Congo/USA)

THE LINE – DIR: Kent Bassett (USA)

THE LUTHERAN – DIR: Brad Bosley (USA)

NEST OF SPIDERS – DIR: Jesse Pilkes (USA)

SONG OF DAVID – DIR: Oded Turgeman (USA)

WHAT DO WE WANT, WHEN DO WE WANT IT – DIR: Alex Jablonski (USA)

SHORTS COMPETITION

THE BABYSITTER – DIR: David H. Steinberg
Starring: Molly Hagan, Brie Larson, Josh Cooke

BITTER SWEET (Горько ) – DIR: Yurat Safarov (Russia)

BLOOM – DIR: Lance Larson (USA)

BONGO BONG – DIR: Ken Wardrop (Ireland)

A CATALOG OF ANTICIPATIONS – DIR: David Lowery (USA)

COLLECTIBLES – DIR: Miranda Yousef (USA)

CURSING HANLEY – DIR: Kelly Harms (Canada)

DIVA – DIR: Josephine Mackerras (France)

FANTASIE IN BUBBLEWRAP – DIR: Arthur Metcalf (USA)

FAREWELL PACKETS OF TEN – DIR: Ken Wardrop (Ireland)

FOUND – DIR: Bill Sebastian (USA)

FRINGE – DIR: Tate Lown (USA)

THE FROZEN CITY – DIR: Alex Perez (USA)

GALLERIA – DIR: Vivieno Caldinelli (Canada)

HEARTBEATS (HARTSLAGEN) – DIR: Vincent Coen (Belgium)

INTERVENTION – DIR: Casey Gooden (USA)

KIDS + MONEY – DIR: Laura Greenfield (USA)

THE KNIFE GRINDERS TALE – DIR: R.L. Hooker (USA)

L.H.O. – DIR: Jan Zabeil & Kristof Kannegießer (Germany)

LOVE STORY – DIR: Amit (UK)

LUCK OF THE DRAW – DIR: S.J. Main (USA)
Starring: James Duvall

MOVEMENT – DIR: Alex O’Flinn (USA)

MY CARNIVAL – DIR: Michele Nocchi (Italy)

ON THE ASSASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT – DIR: Adam Keker (USA)

PARTS – DIR: Scott Hanson (USA)

ROCK POCKETS – DIR: Trevor Anderson (Canada)

SAFARI – DIR: Catherine Chalmers (USA)

THE SCHOOLYARD – DIR: Chloé Leriche (Canada)

THE SECOND LINE – DIR: John Magary (USA)

SOFT – DIR: Simon Ellis (UK)

SONG OF SLOMON – DIR: Emmanuel Shirinian (Canada)

SPIDER – DIR: Nash Edgerton (Australia)

STOLEN YOUTH – DIR: Leon Chambers (UK)

SUNLIT SHADOWS – DIR: Benjamin M. Piety (USA)

TOKYO JIM – DIR: Jamie Rafn (UK)

TONY ZOREIL – DIR: Valentin Potier (France)

WAVES – DIR: Adrian Sitaru (Romania)

X – DIR: Josh Brolin (USA)
Starring: Eden Brolin

LOCAL STUDENT SHORTS

NORTH TEXAS COLLEGE SHOWCASE

LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS’ BLOCK

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON BLOCK, including:

BENNY THE COCKROACH – DIR: Edgar Benevetes

BLANK TAPE – DIR: Peter Green

BREAD OF LIFE – DIR: Balkin Tanihu

BUSY BEES AT THE BEACH – DIR: Marcie Maute

CONSECUTIVE DREAMS – DIR: Kayla Escobedo

THE LAST FAREWELL – DIR: Chaz Wallace

L’ELEPHANT ROSE – DIR: Ryan Bock

LONGTIME WANTING – DIR: Daniel J. Gross

MIDNIGHT FIGHT – DIR: Marc Edwards

MORNING RITUAL – DIR: Annie Such

PARANOIA – DIR: Alex Halbert

WAKE UP – DIR: Dean Harbour