GIFF2022-Guide-Master FinalDigital - Flipbook - Page 22
FILMS
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
Juried competition of Narrative Fiction Features
DIRECTOR,
PRODUCER &
TALENT
DIRECTOR,
PRODUCER &
TALENT
IN ATTENDANCE
MARVELOUS & THE BLACK HOLE
DIR: KATE TSANG | 81 MINS | COMEDY
IN ATTENDANCE
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE, THE
DEATH OF MERIWETHER LEWIS
Starring: Miya Cech, Rhea Pearlman
DIR: CLARK RICHEY | 114 MIN | USA | MYSTERY/THRILLER
A teenage delinquent befriends a surly magician who helps
her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family
with sleight of hand magic. A coming-of-age comedy that
touches on unlikely friendships, grief, and finding hope in
the darkest moments.
Starring: John Schneider, Evan Williams, Sonny
Marinelli, Amye Gousset, Billy Slaughter, Lance
E. Nichols, Marcus Dupree, Rider Mayo
SAT MARCH 12 | 6:00PM | AMC WESTSHORE 5
In 1809, famed American explorer Meriwether Lewis
died of gunshot wounds at Grinder’s Stand on the
Natchez Trace, an isolated wilderness road connecting
Nashville, Tennessee, to Natchez, Mississippi. Did the
Governor of Louisiana commit suicide as history reports
or was his end far more sinister? A mystery/thriller from
writer/director Clark Richey.
RELATIVE
DIR: MICHAEL GLOVER SMITH | 97 MINS | USA | COMEDY/DRAMA |
WORLD PREMIERE
Starring: Wendy Robie, Francis Guinan,
Clare Cooney, Cameron Roberts
As various members of the Frank family come together for a
college graduation party in Chicago, they find their bonds
being tested -- and strengthened -- in surprising ways.
SAT MARCH 12 | 7:30 PM | AMC WESTSHORE 5
DIRECTOR,
PRODUCER &
TALENT
IN ATTENDANCE
SAT MARCH 12 | 2:45PM | AMC WESTSHORE 6
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF
TOBY BLACKWOOD
DIR: JOE AHERN | 77 MIN | USA | FLORIDA PREMIERE
Starring: Joe Ahern, Grant Harvey, Doug Mellard,
Dana DeLorenzo, Ashley Spillers, Jackie Preciado,
Natasha Hall, Todd Giebenhain, Arjay Smith,
Annie Kartens, Eddie Alfano, Joseph Russo,
Jeremy Luke, Rick Gomez, Ginger Gonzaga,
Luis Guzman, Simon Pegg, Lamorne Morris
A conspiracy theorist YouTube personality goes missing
during the pandemic, and two friends try to find him
without leaving their homes.
SPOTLIGHT SCREENINGS
SAT MARCH 12 | 9:15PM | AMC WESTSHORE 6
Selection of the hottest films on the festival circuit
HATCHING
DIR: HANNA BERGHOLM | 84 MINS | FINLAND/SWEDEN | THRILLER
Starring: Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkila, Jani Volanen, Reino Nordin
In HATCHING, 12-year-old gymnast, Tinja, is desperate to please
her image-obsessed mother, whose popular blog ‘Lovely Everyday
Life’ presents their family’s idyllic existence as manicured suburban
perfection. One day, after finding a wounded bird in the woods,
Tinja brings its strange egg home, nestles it in her bed, and nurtures
it until it hatches. The creature that emerges becomes her closest
friend and a living nightmare, plunging Tinja beneath the impeccable
veneer into a twisted reality that her mother refuses to see.
SAT MARCH 12 | 9:30PM | AMC WESTSHORE 5
THE OUTFIT
DIR: GRAHAM MOORE | 104 MIN | USA | DRAMA
Starring: Mark Rylance, Dylan O’Brien, Johnny Flynn, Zoey Deutch,
Sir Simon Russell Beale, Alan Mehdizadeh, Nikki Amuka-Bird,
In 1950s Chicago, a master tailor finds himself caught up in the
dangerous games of the vicious gangsters who buy his elegant
hand-crafted suits.
FRI MARCH 11 | 8:30PM | UT – THE CHARLENE A. GORDON THEATER
