Bentonville Film Festival: Features
These feature-length films will screen at the 2018 Bentonville Film Festival, May 1 to May 6, 2018.
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- DirectorMarisol Gómez-MouakadStarsKisha Tikina BurgosYamil CollazoWillie DentonAngelica has spent her whole life escaping from her mixed racial identity, but a family crisis forces her to look inside and rethink her life.Narrative Competition
- DirectorSanghoon LeeStarsJames KysonPancho MolerBrenann StackerTwo ordinary souls stand at a pivotal point in time in their lives when most people flower or fade. Peter is a little person who aspires to fly, while Sun is a fighter with a long losing streak. Each discovers how to believe in one's self.Narrative Competition
- DirectorKevin ArbouetStarsGerald JonesBlake BergmanEli TokashA tender tale of four boys rapidly coming to terms with growing up, school, bullies, friendship and loyalty.Narrative Competition
- DirectorMarianna PalkaStarsChristina HendricksAlysia ReinerDavid Alan BascheConceptual artist Tina (Reiner) introduces her eight-months-pregnant art-school rival (Hendricks) to her non-traditional surrogate Kiki (Camp). The truth comes out and the patriarchy fights to hang on.Narrative Competition
- DirectorTom HuangStarsSara AminiKrizia BajosTom HuangAn emotionally wounded accountant decides to break away from routine and find his missing friend, who has left clues for him of her whereabouts throughout National Parks across the West.Narrative Competition
- DirectorSean OlsonStarsKelly HuAngus MacfadyenCandace Cameron BureWhen James needs a topic for his high-school science project or he'll fail his class, he finds an AI robot in the woods near home.Narrative Competition
- DirectorAnne-Marie HessStarsMaddie HassonBilly BurkeDabierThe film follows the relationship between bullied student Shelly, whose home life is in shambles, and wealthy eccentric Wes, with no friends and issues with women. Things take a turn when Wes offers to become Shelly's guardian.Narrative Competition
- DirectorJenna LaurenzoStarsJenna LaurenzoCaitlin MehnerDeirdre O'ConnellA still closeted young woman brings her girlfriend home for Thanksgiving, only to have her coming out efforts thwarted by the unexpected arrival of her male roommate.Narrative Competition
- DirectorMolly McGlynnStarsAya CashLeslie SeilerAaron PooleMary is a substance abuse counsellor with a drinking problem. After getting arrested for drunk driving and losing her job, Mary returns to her hometown where she learns that her estranged father is dying of cancer and wants her to form a bond with her teenage half-sister she's never met.Narrative Competition
- DirectorAutumn McAlpinStarsJohanna BraddyKyle HowardBlake McAlpinFormer pageant queen Rose Raynes (Johanna Braddy) makes a getaway with four unlikely friends when trouble shows up at their women's shelter. They embark on a wild all-night adventure through L.A.'s darkest streets and wildest drag club.Narrative Competition
- DirectorVashti AndersonStarsAnthony BlackburnKeston DickVanna GirodA gothic punk Caribbean love story arises in the ruins of a coconut plantation in rural Trinidad. Asha is drawn to Roger, the boy next door. Their taboo attraction grows despite family disapproval, political turmoil, a clash between Indians and Africans, and mysterious hauntings by unnaturally tall ancestral spirits. If you follow your heart in the Land of Sugar, you might find MOKO JUMBIE.Narrative Competition
- DirectorSantiago RizzoStarsLou Diamond PhillipsLaKeith StanfieldSepideh MoafiA true non-romantic love story highlighting a path to healing and empathy in a world of fear that's withholding. "Lying might get you what you want in the short run but honesty will get you what you need in the long run." -Tim MoelleringNarrative Competition
- DirectorAlex RanariveloStarsSasha AlexanderKathleen WilhoiteChristina MooreThe inspiring story of a BMX champion who overcame an abusive childhood through the love and life lessons of his interracial foster family.Narrative Competition
- DirectorJen McGowanStarsHermione CorfieldJay PaulsonSean O'BryanAn overachieving college student gets lost on her way to a job interview. A wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the Kentucky forest.Narrative Competition
- DirectorMegan GriffithsStarsSophia Mitri SchlossMelanie LynskeyJohn Gallagher Jr.SADIE is the story of a girl who will stop at nothing to preserve her father's place on the home front. Sadie (Sophia Mitri Schloss) is the daughter of a soldier and models herself after his military example. When her mom (Melanie Lynskey) begins dating a new man (John Gallagher, Jr.), Sadie vows to drive him out by whatever means necessary. He is the enemy, and if she's learned anything from the world she inhabits, it's that the enemy deserves no mercy. The film also stars Tony Hale, Danielle Brooks, Tee Dennard and Keith L. Williams.Narrative Competition
- DirectorAnthony NardolilloStarsMusetta VanderDavid ZayasAlysia ReinerTwo Puerto Rican brothers from New York's Spanish Harlem and the street's best Salsa dancers, are separated after a tragedy only to reunite years later on opposing sides of gentrification.Narrative Competition
- DirectorRamaa MosleyStarsLeven RambinJim ParrackTaylor John SmithAn army veteran who returns home to the Ozarks finds an abandoned young boy in the woods, and as she searches for clues to the boy's identity, discovers the local folklore about a spirit, which comes in the form of a child.Narrative Competition
- DirectorMark DennisBen FosterStarsReiley McClendonCassidy GiffordBrianne HoweyA professor enters a cave and goes missing. Some of his students come looking for him and get trapped in the cave as well.Narrative Competition
- DirectorTeddy SmithStarsBrighton SharbinoLou Diamond PhillipsC. Thomas HowellA troubled young girl must choose between a carefree and exciting life in the city and a hard-work, no-frills country lifestyle in order to learn who she really is and what she wants out of life.Narrative Competition
- DirectorKendall GoldbergStarsJon HederBrendan MeyerAnna KonkleWhen the manager of an old-school bowling alley discovers the owner's plans to sell, saving Winky's World means pulling himself out of the gutter, too.Narrative Competition
- DirectorSuzi YoonessiStarsCharlene deGuzmanJohn HawkesMelissa LeoA sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.Narrative Competition
- DirectorNadine TruongStarsIk Jo KangMike FaistEllie LeeA bullied teen is rehabilitated enough to walk again and finds redemption with the help of a Taekwondo Grandmaster.Narrative Competition
- DirectorMarvin BlunteStarsRajani DhgonchaiPibhop DhongchaniArunee BunyoSet in the remote jungle of Thailand, 150 underprivileged and orphaned students attending the country's first democratic school prepare a special celebration to honor their remarkable adoptive Mother on Mother's Day.Documentary Competition
- DirectorJoanna JamesStarsMichael AnthonyElena ArzakMashama BaileyTelling the story of top female chefs and their battle for recognition in a male dominated world.Documentary Competition
- DirectorRobin HauserStarsMahzarin BanajiIris BohnetJoanna BrysonBias' challenges us to confront our hidden biases and understand what we risk when we follow our gut.Documentary Competition