Maryland Film Festival 2017
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- DirectorSergey LoznitsaStarsJean-Luc JulienThere are places in Europe that have remained as painful memories of the past - factories where humans were turned into ash. These places are now memorial sites that are open to the public and receive thousands of tourists every year. The film's title refers to the eponymous novel written by W.G. Sebald, dedicated to the memory of Holocaust. This film is an observation of the visitors to a memorial site that has been founded on the territory of a former concentration camp. Why do they go there? What are they looking for?
- DirectorBrett HaleyStarsSam ElliottLaura PreponKrysten RitterAn ailing movie star comes to terms with his past and mortality.
- DirectorNoel MarshallStarsTippi HedrenNoel MarshallMelanie GriffithA naturalist living with big cats in East Africa expects a visit by his family of four from Chicago. A mix-up leaves him searching for his family, who have been left in the clutches of wild lions.
- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsSandrine BonnaireMacha MérilStéphane FreissA young woman's body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.
- DirectorEwald André DupontStarsEmil JanningsMaly DelschaftLya De PuttiPrologue: The murderer "Boss" Huller - after having spent ten years in prison - breaks his silence to tell the warden his story. "Boss", a former trapeze artist, and his wife own a cheap side-show that displays ''erotic sensations''. But he longs for his former glamorous life in the circus. When he meets the orphan Berta-Marie, he falls under her spell and leaves his wife and young son behind. He makes Berta-Marie his partner in a new trapeze number. One day, the famous trapeze artist Artinelli takes note of them and engages them for his trapeze show in Berlin. Their salto mortale becomes an immediate sensation. Calculatedly and cold, Artinelli seduces Berta-Marie and destroys "Boss'" happiness.
- DirectorEliza HittmanStarsHarris DickinsonMadeline WeinsteinKate HodgeA Brooklyn teenager spends his days experimenting with drugs and looking online for older men to meet.
- DirectorNathan TruesdellStarsMary AllenBig ChuckLil JonThe city of Cleveland was abuzz on September 27, 1986. Over 1.5 million balloons were about to be released at once, breaking the world record. What could go wrong?
- DirectorJessica KingdonYiwu International Trade City is the world's largest market, selling cheap goods wholesale in a city south of Shanghai. The fake flowers, toys, pens and alarm clocks traded in Yiwu eventually end up in dollar stores across the planet, but I focus on the people who sell these goods that we take for granted. As a character study of the market itself, the film peers into the lives of those who run this global trade. The sellers, full of life and individuality, live against the uniformly oppressive backdrop of their livelihood. A somber man painstakingly counts tiny metal parts on his desk in a pen shop. A business lady sweet talks one of her customers, peppering him with insults and compliments, but in between the buying and selling, vendors all find different ways to pass the time in this gigantic mall. A mother yells at a group of young boys, berating them for losing a toy. A man in a suit hums along to a haunting song waiting for a customer as the clocks he is selling tick away. Two young siblings play a video game while lazily eating KFC from the bucket, licking their fingers. While these stories seem small and insignificant, in the context of the film, the dialogue and actions take on new weight and meaning, elevating the quotidian to a realm of discovery.
- DirectorJeannie DonohoeStarsRick FoxNicole Chanel WilliamsTye WhiteA new kid in town tests the limits at the high school basketball tryouts.
- DirectorMatthew SaltonStarsRichard AtkinsRichard Atkins, the singer and songwriter of the early 70's California Pop Duo, 'Richard Twice' was on his way to stardom and a huge career in the music business when he mysteriously walked away from it all.
- DirectorTerence NanceStarsRylee NykholJontille GerardCrystal CottonIn a dystopian future where people live nocturnally to avoid the harmful rays of the sun, a young black girl unravels the lie that has kept her and her sister in the dark.
- DirectorErik LjungStarsDontre HamiltonNate 'Junior' HamiltonMaria HamiltonAfter Dontre Hamilton was shot 14 times and killed by police in Milwaukee, his family embarks on a quest for answers, justice and reform.
- DirectorLana WilsonA Buddhist monk asks what we owe one another and provides experiences to help us find answers.
- DirectorJosh CrockettStarsKristin SlaysmanScott RodgersAshley Rae SpillersIn this off-kilter comedy, estranged siblings Marcus & Michelle Brinks reunite after the death of their globe-trotting, aid-worker parents. The homecoming goes haywire when they choose to revel in dysfunction rather than face their grief.
- DirectorCristián JiménezAlicia SchersonStarsJorge BeckerGabriela ArancibiaBlanca LewinA young man spends a few weeks housekeeping for a relatively distant relative and enjoys taking over the comfort of their lives in Santiago. Soon, he meets a cute neighbor and starts pretending for his personal benefit. Great story by Zambra adapted with the filmmakers team. Lightly cringe-worthy humor. The first third is reminiscent of Chacun Cherche son Chat (1996) by Cédric Klapisch, in the neighbourhood flick feeling and for allowing our intrusion into the midst of a quaint urban living corner. But it certainly is a movie in an of itself. Story wraps up well.
- DirectorJames LathosStarsMark AndersenYana ChupenkoAnthony Countey"Finding Joseph I" is a feature documentary chronicling the eccentric life and struggles of punk rock reggae singer, Paul "HR" Hudson, a.k.a. Joseph I, legendary lead singer from Bad Brains.
- DirectorAlex Ross PerryStarsEmily BrowningAdam HorovitzMary-Louise ParkerAn intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.
- DirectorMatías PiñeiroStarsAgustina MuñozMaría VillarMati DiopHermia & Helena is a film of dead ends and new beginnings, navigating different hemispheres and languages with amorous detours, where the written words of Shakespeare clash with the entanglements of modern, digital life.
- DirectorEduardo WilliamsStarsSergio MorosiniShine MarxDomingos MarengulaA 3-country observation of the millenials in Argentina, Mozambique, and the Philippines.
- DirectorJoe BerlingerStarsShohreh AghdashlooTaner AkçamHagop AsadourianFilmmaker Joe Berlinger meets with historians and scholars to discuss the Armenian Genocide and the continuing denial by the Turkish government of it ever happening.
- DirectorGastón SolnickiStarsLaila MaltzLara TarlowskiKatia SzechtmanSeveral young daughters of rich industrialists examine in an equally intangible and compelling way the physical and spiritual aspects of a cultural recession.
- DirectorJanicza BravoStarsInger TudorBrett GelmanJudy GreerA man watches his life unravel after he is left by his girlfriend of 10 years.
- DirectorJeff BaenaStarsAlison BrieDave FrancoKate MicucciIn the Middle Ages, a young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns. Introduced as a deaf mute man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.
- DirectorRussell HarbaughStarsAndie MacDowellChris O'DowdJames AdomianFollowing the death of their father, two sons deal with the trials of their own lives while watching their mother explore new beginnings of her own.
- DirectorMiao WangStella and Harry are affluent, cosmopolitan teenagers who are part of the enormous wave of "parachute students" from Mainland China enrolling in U.S. private schools. Shot over three years in China and the U.S., MAINELAND tells a multi-layered coming-of-age tale, following this buoyant, fun-loving girl and introspective boy as they settle into a boarding school in blue-collar small-town rural Maine. They come seeking a Western-style education, escape from the dreaded Chinese college entrance exam, and the promise of a Hollywood-style U.S. high school experience. But as their fuzzy visions of the American dream slowly gain more clarity, their relationship to home takes on a surprising new aspect.
- DirectorÓliver LaxeStarsAhmed HammoudShakib Ben OmarSaid AagliA dying Sheikh travels across the Moroccan Atlas in a caravan escorted by two rogues.
- DirectorRamona S. DiazTaking us into the heart of the planet's busiest maternity hospital, the viewer is dropped like an unseen outsider into the hospital's stream of activity. At first, the people are strangers. As the film continues, it's absorbingly intimate, rendering the women at the heart of the story increasingly familiar.
- DirectorSofia ExarchouStarsDimitris KitsosDimitra VlagopoulouThomas Bo LarsenAthens Olympic Village, ten years after the Games: wilding youths, injured retired athletes and stray dogs among ruins and decaying sports venues.
- DirectorDustin Guy DefaStarsAbbi JacobsonMichael CeraTavi GevinsonFollows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.
- DirectorStephen ConeStarsMarika MashburnJessie PinnickPaul Brian FagenA 16-year-old girl visits her aunt in Chicago for the summer. While there, she falls for another girl, and she and her aunt challenge each other's sex and spirit.
- DirectorTheo AnthonyStarsTheo AnthonyDan DeaconMatt FouseAcross walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation but make homes in them. This documentary uses the rat to explore the history of Baltimore.
- DirectorHugh GibsonAn in-depth look into the lives of habitual drug users in Toronto's Regent Park.
- DirectorChristopher RadcliffLauren WolksteinStarsAlex PettyferJames Freedson-JacksonEmily AlthausMysterious events surround two travelers as they make their way across a remote American landscape. On the surface all seems normal, but what appears to be a simple vacation soon gives way to a dark and complex web of secrets.
- DirectorKentucker AudleyAlbert BirneyStarsSylvio BernardiMeghan DohertyKentucker AudleyA small town gorilla joins a local TV program where a series of on-air mishaps send him on a journey of self-discovery.
- 20171h 25mNot Rated6.9 (133)DirectorStanley NelsonMarco WilliamsStarsTugart BrownTell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities examines the impact black colleges and universities have had on American history, culture, and national identity.
- DirectorNathan SilverStarsAnjelica HustonDamien BonnardEsther GarrelGina, an American flight attendant, falls in with a Parisian bartender on a layover only to find herself tangled in a web of deception, delusion and unrequited amour fou.
- DirectorAshley McKenzieStarsAndrew GillisBhreagh MacNeilMark WoodlandBlaise and Nessa are outcast methadone users in their small town. Each day they push a rusty lawnmower door-to-door begging to cut grass. Nessa plots an escape, while Blaise lingers closer to collapse. Tethered to one another, their getaway dreams are kept on a suffocatingly short leash.
- DirectorSabaah FolayanDamon DavisStarsLezley McSpaddenMichael Brown Sr.David WhittAn unflinching look at how the police killing of 18-year-old Mike Brown inspired a community to fight back and sparked a global movement.