NaFF11 Trailer – Bloodworth
March 20, 2011 by admin
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Bloodworth (Shane Dax Taylor, USA)
Fleming Bloodworth (Reece Thomspon) is alone in the world. His mother abandoned him and his cuckolded father (Dwight Yoakam) is on a quest for vengeance. He has one uncle (W. Earl Brown) who exists at the edge of lunacy, another uncle (Val Kilmer) who escaped for the bright lights of Nashville, and a grandmother who is slipping into dementia. His only true companions are his books and dreams of being a writer. Then he meets two people who forever transform his world: Raven Lee Halfacre (Hilary Duff), the bastard daughter of a prostitute, and E.F. Bloodworth (Kris Kristofferson), the grandfather he has never known who left forty years ago and never looked back. Set in Tennessee and based on the book by William Gay. Music by T Bone Burnett.
NaFF11 Trailer – Submarine
March 20, 2011 by admin
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Submarine (Richard Ayode / United Kingdom)
Oliver Tate is a precocious, self-absorbed 15-year-old with two missions: to get laid before his 16th birthday and to prevent his mother from leaving his father for her dance teacher. Adapted from Joe Dunthorne’s novel and directed by British comedian, Richard Ayode (“The Mighty Boosh”), “Submarine” is an evocative, often hilarious tale of a young lad learning that to know truly know others, you have to first admit the universe doesn’t revolve around you. Starring Sally Hawkins, Paddy Consadine, Craig Roberts, Noah Taylor and Yasmin Paige. SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE.
NaFF11 Trailer – Road to Nowhere
March 20, 2011 by admin
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Road to Nowhere (Monte Hellman / USA)
Directed by Monte Hellman, who was the recipient of the Golden Lion at the 2010 Venic Film Festival, “Road to Nowhere” follows a passionate filmmaker creating a film based upon a true crime. He casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a striking resemblance to the femme fatale in the story and finds himself drawn into a complex web of intrigue and obsession. From the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina to Verona, Rome and London, new truths are revealed and clues to other crimes and passions, darker and even more complex are uncovered. Starring Tygh Runyan, Shannyn Sossamon, Cliff De Young and Waylon Payne. TENNESSEE PREMIERE.
NaFF11 Trailer – The First Grader
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The First Grader (Justin Chadwick / United Kingdom, Kenya)
Set in a mountain village in Kenya, “The First Grader” tells the remarkable true story of a proud 84-year-old veteran of the Kenyan independence movement who is determined to seize his last chance to learn to read and write – and so ends up joining a class alongside six year-olds. Together he and his young teacher face fierce resistance, but ultimately they find a new way of overcoming the burdens of the colonial past. Starring Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Sam Feuer, Nick Reding, Vusi Kunene and Israel Makoe. TENNESSEE PREMIERE.
NaFF10 Trailer – Nowhere Boy
Nowhere Boy (Sam Taylor-Wood, UK)
“Nowhere Boy,” brings to life John Lennon as a spirited teenager — curious, sharp and funny — growing up in the war shattered city of Liverpool in dreary post-war Britain. Two extraordinary sisters tussle for his love: Mimi, the formidable aunt who raised him from the age of five and Julia, the spirited mother who gave him up to Mimi’s care. Yearning for a normal family, John escapes into art and the new music flooding in from the United States. His fledgling genius finds a kindred spirit in the young Paul McCartney. But just as Lennon’s new life begins, the truth about his past leads to a tragedy he would never escape.
NaFF10 Trailer – Art House
Art House ( Victor Fanucchi, USA)
When a dishonest college dean and a philistine donor try to evict a household of starving art students from their communal house in order to make a dormitory for varsity golf, the art students rise up and fight to preserve their home, known for decades as a hard-partying haven for artists and artist-wannabes. Led by Nora Ohr (GRETA GERWIG), the eccentric housemates must overcome aesthetic disputes and romantic train wrecks, putting their futures on the line for the cause. (World Premiere)
NaFF10 Trailer – No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
No Crossover: Allen Iverson on Trial (Steve James, USA)
On Valentine’s Day 1993, 17-year-old Bethel High School basketball star Allen Iverson was bowling in Hampton, Va., with five high school friends. It became a night that defined Iverson’s young life. A quarrel soon erupted into a brawl pitting Iverson’s young black friends against a group of white patrons. The fallout from the fight and the handling of the subsequent trial landed the teenager-considered by some the nation’s best high school athlete-in jail and sharply divided the city along racial lines.
NaFF10 Trailer – Raw Faith
Raw Faith (Peter Wiedensmith, USA)
This surprisingly open and revealing documentary follows two years in the private life of a minister. Marilyn Sewell is successful and beloved in the pulpit, but behind the scenes she is lonely and yearning for change. As she considers leaving the ministry, she realizes she will be leaving her only social network. Yet when she falls in love for the first time, she realizes she does not trust intimacy. A study in contrasts, Marilyn must rely on raw faith as she questions her future, her difficult past, her God, and most importantly… her ability to love. Includes an original song by Sheryl Crow written specifically for the film. (World Premiere)
NaFF10 Trailer – Cleanflix
Cleanflix (Andrew James & Joshua Ligairi, USA)
Cleanflix follows the sanitized movie industry from inception to collapse. Starting with Kate Winslet’s bare breasts in Titanic and the Mormon culture that didn’t want to see them, the film launches into the numerous legal and theoretical debates that led to a DGA lawsuit involving industry titans. The film then tracks the dozen or so stores that defied court order and remained in operation, focusing on the infamous Daniel Thompson, de facto leader of Utah’s the edited movie revival. (Tennessee Premiere)
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