‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’
This year’s Tallgrass Film Festival in Wichita Kansas has announced its full lineup, featuring 203 films (54 features, 149 shorts). A few highlights include the documentary Hitchcock/Truffaut, Sean Baker‘s Tangerine, and Christian Petzold‘s Phoenix, among others.
The festival will run from October 14-18, take a look below for the full feature film lineup and click here for ticketing and more information.
THE AGE OF LOVE (2014)
Director: Steven Loring
Country: USA, Running Time: 79m
A first-of-its-kind Speed Dating event for 70- to 90-year-olds compels a diverse group of seniors to take stock of aging bodies and still-hopeful hearts – and discover how the search for love changes over a lifetime.
AMONG THE BELIEVERS (2015)
Directors: Hemal Trivedi, Mohammed Naqvi
Country: Pakistan, Running Time: 84m
An unsettling and eye opening exploration into the spread of the radical Islamic school Red Mosque in Pakistan, which trains legions of children to devote their lives to jihad, or holy war, from a very young age.
ANGEL OF NANJING (2015)
Directors: Frank Ferendo, Jordan Horowitz
Country: USA, Running Time: 70m
A documentary film about Chen Si, a man who has saved over 300 people who have tried to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge in China.
THE ARMOR OF LIGHT (2015)
Directors: Abigail Disney, Kathleen Hughes
Country: USA, Running Time: 88m
THE ARMOR OF LIGHT follows an Evangelical minister and the mother of a teenage shooting victim who ask, is it possible to be both pro-gun and pro-life?
BAND OF ROBBERS (2015)
Directors: Adam Nee, Aaron Nee
Country: USA, Running Time: 95m
Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are grown men, still searching for the hidden treasure that has eluded them since childhood.
BEST OF ENEMIES (2015)
Directors: Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville
Country: USA, Running Time: 87m
A documentary on the series of televised debates in 1968 between the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr.
BEYOND GLORY (2015)
Director: Larry Brand
Country: USA, Running Time: 80m
Follows acclaimed actor Stephen Lang as he tracks the ten year odyssey behind his one-man show about eight medal of honor recipients.
BLOOD, SWEAT, AND BEER (2015)
Directors: Chip Hiden, Alexis Irvin
Country: USA, Running Time: 71m
A documentary exploring the explosive growth of the craft beer industry and the struggles of two start-up breweries.
THE BOATMAN (2014)
Director: Greg Morgan
Country: USA, Running Time: 103m
On the border of the US and Mexico, there are whispers of a ‘Coyote.’ A man so adept at sneaking immigrants across, none of his ‘mojados,’ his people, have ever been caught. Despite this perfect record, Miguel is no stranger to death. His nickname, ‘El Maldito’ hints of what we will soon see for ourselves, for Miguel seems haunted by the dead and dying.
BOUNCE, HOW THE BALL TAUGHT THE WORLD TO PLAY (2015)
Director: Jerome Thelia
Country: USA, Running Time: 76m
BOUNCE is a feature documentary that takes us to the far reaches of the globe and the deep recesses of our ancient past to answer the question: Why do we play ball?
THE CAVE OF THE YELLOW DOG (2005)
Director: Byambasuren Davaa
Countries: Germany, Mongolia, Running Time: 93m
A Mongolian nomad family find themselves in disagreement when the oldest daughter, Nansal, finds a dog and brings it home.
THE CHESS PLAYERS (1977)
Director: Satyajit Ray
Country: India, Running Time: 129m
The story follows two Indian noblemen whose obsession with chess renders them oblivious to the treacherous and historic events happening around them.
CONTAINMENT (2015)
Director: Peter Galison, Robb Moss
Country: USA, Japan, Running Time: 80m
Containment is a film by Peter Galison and Robb Moss about the disposition of nuclear waste for now, and for the next 10,000 years.
DO YOU DREAM IN COLOR? (2014)
Directors: Abigail Fuller, Sarah Ivy
Country: USA, Running Time:
Do You Dream in Color? is the coming-of-age story of four courageous blind high school students as they strive to prove that their disability will not hold them back from achieving their dreams.
DOUBLE DIGITS: THE STORY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIE STAR (2015)
Director: Justin Johnson
Country: USA, Running Time: 76m
An inspiring documentary about the ultimate do-it-yourself filmmaker, creator of epic “Michael Bay-style” blockbusters starring himself and action figures.
THE EVER AFTER (2014)
Director: Mark Webber
Country: USA, Running Time: 87m
Lovers struggle to overcome the everyday temptations of an ordinary human life; what they discover is somewhat extraordinary.
FINDING GASTÓN (2014)
Director: Julia Patricia Perez
Country: USA, Peru, Running Time: 80m
Film follows chef Gaston Acurio and follows him in a journey to find out the stories, the inspirations and the dreams behind the man that has taken his cuisine outside the kitchen in a mission to change his country of Peru with food.
FORBIDDEN FILMS (2015)
Director: Felix Moeller
Country: Germany, Running Time: 94m
Filmmaker Felix Moeller interviews film historians and filmmakers to determine the fate of the archive of Nazi films.
FOR GRACE (2015)
Directors: Kevin Pang, Mark Helenowski
Country: Running Time: 93m
With his ambition having cost him his family, Chef Curtis Duffy looks to redeem himself with the opening of his new Chicago restaurant. But will his troubled drive get in the way of success?
GUIDANCE (2014)
Director: Pat Mills
Country: USA, Running Time: 81m
Fabricating credentials to score a last-ditch job as a high school guidance counsellor, a boozing, drug-addled former child star becomes an improbable hit with his students by dispensing the worst advice possible.
HAPPYGRAM (2015)
Director: Julie Marron
Country: USA, Running Time: 90m
Happygram explores the deadly impact of withholding accurate information about the inefficacy of mammograms to millions of women.
HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT (2015)
Director: Kent Jones
Country: France, USA, Running Time: 90m
Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut’s 1966 book “Cinema According to Hitchcock” influenced their work.
I AM GANGSTER (2015) – WORLD PREMIERE
Director: Moritz Rechenberg
Country: Germany, USA, Running Time: 105m
A rebellious teenager, a hardcore gang member, and an idealistic cop risk everything to find their place in the crumbling fabric of modern America.
INDIA’S DAUGHTER (2015)
Director: Leslee Udwin
Country: UK, India, Running Time: 63m
INDIA’s DAUGHTER is the story of of the short life, and brutal gang rape and murder in Delhi in December 2012 of an exceptionally inspiring young woman. The rape and death of the 23 year old medical student, sparked unprecedented protests throughout India and led to the first glimmers of a change of mindset.
IN THE DARK (2015) – WORLD PREMIERE
Director: David Spaltro
Country: USA, Running Time: 81m
A skeptical grad student and a renowned paranormal specialist investigate a potentially haunted home and the troubled woman inside whose affliction may be beyond the capacity of either of them.
IT’S ALREADY TOMORROW IN HONG KONG (2015)
Director: Emily Ting
Country: USA, Running Time: 78m
An attraction forms when a Chinese American girl visiting Hong Kong for the first time meets an American expat who shows her the way, but timing may not quite be on their side. A walk and talk romance set in the beautiful city of Hong Kong, the film asks the question – what happens when you meet the right person at the wrong time?
JUST EAT IT: A FOOD WASTE STORY (2014)
Director: Grant Baldwin
Country: USA, Running Time: 74m
Documentarians Grant Baldwin and Jenny Rustemeyer embark on a six month experiment of eating only food that is discarded or will imminently be discarded, with them even willing to purchase it. They also find that they have to reassess their views from eating preplanned meals or eating what they may be craving to eating what is available.
KILLING ED (2015)
Director: Mark Hall
Country: USA, Running Time: 97m
An exposé about the corruption, politics and anti-democratic efforts to privatize U.S. public schools.
KILLING THEM SAFELY (2015)
Director: Nick Berardini
Country: USA, Canada, Running Time: 100m
In the early 2000s, two brothers found tremendous success when their company began selling a device that has been called ‘the biggest revolution in law enforcement since the radio.’ But as their company grew, they made decisions that would have lasting impact on both the public and their increasingly skeptical customer base.
LANDFILL HARMONIC (2015)
Directors: Brad Allgood, Graham Townsley
Country: USA, Paraguay, Norway, France, Running Time: 84m
Kids living in a slum built on a landfill in Paraguay create an orchestra made of trash, The Recycled Orchestra, and tour the world, finally realizing their wildest dream: to play with the heavy metal band, Megadeth.
A LIGHT BENEATH THEIR FEET (2015)
Director: Valerie Weiss
Country: USA, Running Time: 90m
In this character-driven coming-of-age story, high school senior Beth struggles to decide whether to stay local for college where she can continue to be the stabilizing force in her bipolar mother’s life, or go to her dream college across the country.
LOVE BETWEEN THE COVERS (2015)
Director: Laurie Kahn
Country: USA, Australia, Running Time: 95m
A documentary film that takes its viewers into the remarkable worldwide community of women who create, consume, and love romance novels.
MAN VS. SNAKE: THE LONG AND TWISTED TALE OF NIBBLER (2014)
Directors:Tim Kinzy, Andrew Sekir
Country: USA, Running Time: 91m
MAN VS SNAKE is a documentary feature film the quest for the highest video game score of all time. The film tells the story of Timothy McVey (not to be confused with the Oklahoma City bomber) who in 1984 was the first person in history to score over one billion points on an arcade game (in over 44 hours of continuous play) and his present day odyssey to better his score and set a new world record.
MAVIS! (2015)
Director: Jessica Edwards
Country: USA, Running Time: 80m
Mavis! is the first feature-length documentary on gospel/soul music legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples and her family group, the Staple Singers. From the delta-inflected gospel sound she helped pioneer in the 1950s, to the “message songs” of the civil rights era marching beside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to massive hits such as “I’ll Take You There” in the soul-filled Stax era, and her recent Grammy-winning work with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples is one of the most influential and enduring vocalists of our time and a true American icon.
MEET THE PATELS (2014)
Directors: Geeta Patel, Ravi Patel
Country: USA, Running Time: 88m
MEET THE PATELS is a real-life romantic comedy about an almost-30-year-old Indian-American who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams – and his parents.
OMO CHILD: THE RIVER AND THE BUSH (2015)
Director: John Rowe
Country: USA, Ethiopia, Running Time: 89m
The true story of a young man’s journey to end the killing of children in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia.
ORION: THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (2015)
Director: Jeanie Finlay
Country: USA, UK, Running Time: 88m
ORION: THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING tells the story of Jimmy Ellis – an unknown singer plucked from obscurity, and thrust into the spotlight as part of a crazy scheme that had him masquerade as Elvis back from the grave.
OUT TO WIN (2015)
Director: Malcolm Ingram
Country: USA, Running Time: 99m
From the director of Small Town Gay Bar and Continental, OUT TO WIN is a documentary film that serves as an overview and examination of the lives and careers of aspiring and professional gay and lesbian athletes from all over the world. Chronicling the present, framed within the historical context of those that came before, this film highlights the experiences of athletes who have fought and struggled, both in and out of the closet, to represent the LGBT community and their true selves.
PERVERT PARK (2014)
Directors: Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors
Country: Denmark, Sweden, USA, Running Time: 77m
PERVERT PARK follows the everyday lives of sex offenders in a Florida trailer park as they struggle to reintegrate into society, and try to understand who they are and how to break the cycle of sex crimes being committed.
PHOENIX (2014)
Director: Christian Petzold
Country: Germany, Poland, Running Time: 98m
A disfigured concentration-camp survivor (Nina Hoss), unrecognizable after facial reconstruction surgery, searches ravaged postwar Berlin for the husband (Ronald Zehrfeld) who might have betrayed her to the Nazis.
RAMS (2015)
Director: Grímur Hákonarson
Country: Iceland, Running Time: 93m
In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven’t spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what’s dearest to them – their sheep.
SALAAM BOMBAY! (1988)
Director: Mira Nair
Country: UK, India, France, Running Time: 113m
The story of Krishna, Manju, Chillum and the other children on the streets of Bombay. When they can’t get a job selling tea, they have to beg for money and keep out of the way of the police.
SEA FOG (2014)
Director: Sung-bo Shim
Country: South Korea, Running Time: 111m
A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.
SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE (2015)
Director: Lanre Olabisi
Country: USA, Running Time: 90m
Four lovers collide into each others’ lives as one marriage morphs into several intertwining affairs. SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE was born out of a year long improvisational process in which the actors and director mutually crafted an ensemble drama. Structured like a jigsaw puzzle, no character fully grasps their current dilemma as interwoven stories are retold from varying viewpoints.
SUMMER OF SANGAILE (2015)
Director: Alanté Kavaïté
Country: Lithuania, France, Netherlands, Running Time: 88m
Sangaïlé is fascinated by stunt planes. She meets a girl her age, Austé, and finds in her teenage love, the only person that truly encourages her to fly.
TAKE ME TO THE RIVER (2015) – MIDWEST PREMIERE
Director: Matt Sobel
Country: USA, Running Time: 84.
A Californian teenager’s plan to come out at his Nebraskan family reunion gets derailed when a bloodstain on his young cousin’s dress makes him the unwitting suspect of abuse.
TANGERINE (2015)
Director: Sean Baker
Country: USA, Running Time: 88m
A working girl tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.
THAO’S LIBRARY (2015)
Director: Elizabeth Van Meter
Country: Vietnam, Running Time: 88m
Film follows the unlikely meeting and friendship developed between a Vietnamese woman with severe physical deformities caused by Agent Orange and a woman in New York City affected by a photograph of her. They are brought together, forging an unlikely sisterhood, transcending language and culture. The two women reflect on the past and confront the present, changing both lives forever.
THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE (2015)
Director: Perry Blackshear
Country: USA, Running Time: 80m
Suspecting that those around him are actually malevolent shape-shifters, a troubled young man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself. A story of love, loyalty, and living nightmares.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
Director: Robert Mulligan
Country: USA, Running Time: 129m
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice.
T-REX (2015)
Directors: Zackary Canepari, Drea Cooper
Country: USA, Canada, China, UK, Running Time: 91m
17-year-old Claressa ‘T-Rex’ Shields from Flint, Michigan dreams of being the first woman in history to win the gold medal in Olympic boxing. But in order for her to succeed, she’ll need to stand her ground both inside and outside the ring.
UNBRANDED (2015)
Director: Philip Baribeau
Country: USA, Running Time: 105m
Documentary of four friends on a 3,000 mile border-to-border journey on recently trained wild mustangs across the great American West.
UNCANNY (2015)
Director: Matthew Leutwyler
Country: USA, Running Time: 91m
The world’s first “perfect” Artificial Intelligence begins to exhibit unnerving behavior when a reporter begins a relationship with the scientist who created it.
WAFFLE STREET (2015)
Directors: Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms
Country: USA, Running Time: 86m
WAFFLE STREET is based on the true story of Jimmy Adams, a hedge fund VP who loses his job – and gains major life lessons working at a waffle shop.
THE WORLD OF KANAKO (2014)
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Country: Japan, Running Time: 118m
As former detective Akikazu searches for his missing daughter, Kanako, he soon learns she has a mysterious secret life.
