Santa Barbara Film Festival Lineup Announced
The Santa Barbara Film Festival has announced its 2013 lineup. The 28th edition features films from 49 countries and runs January 24-February 3. The Jason Bateman-starring drama Disconnect is the opening-night film and Rowan Athale’s Wasteland closes it. Here’s the full lineup of movies by category:
Babygirl, USA/Ireland – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Macdara Vallely
Cast: Yainis Ynoa, Rosa Arredondo, Flaco NavajaBlumenthal, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Seth Fisher
Cast: Seth Fisher, Brian Cox, Fred Melamed, Laila Robins, Mark Blum, Mei MelanconBroken, UK – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Rufus Norris
Cast: Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy, Rory KinnearCrosstown, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Miriam Kruishoop
Cast: Manny Perez, Vivica A. Fox, Will Green, Noel Gugliemi, Paige HurdJackie, Netherlands – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Antoinette Beumer
Cast: Carice van Houten, Jelka van Houten, Holly HunterMy Awkward Sexual Adventure, Canada – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Sean Garrity
Cast: Jonas Chernick, Emily Hampshire, Vik SahayOld Stock, Canada – U.S. Premiere
Directed by James Genn
Cast: Cameron Ansell, Ryan BlakelySex After Kids, Canada – World Premiere
Directed by Jeremy Lalonde
Cast: Paul Amos, Shannon Meckner, Katie Boland, Kristin Booth, Jay BrazeauThe Discoverers, USA – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Justin Schwartz
Cast: Dreama Walker, John C. McGinleyWasteland, UK – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Rowan Athale
Cast: Matthew Lewis, Iwan RheonINTERNATIONAL FEATURES
About 111 Girls (Darbare 111 Dokhtar), Iraq – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Nahid Ghobadi, Bijan Zamanpira
Cast: Reza Behbudi, Mehdi Saki, Amin SadeghiBetrayal (Izmena), Russia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov
Cast: Franziska Petri, Dejan LilicBoucherie Halal, Canada – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Babek Aliassa
Cast: Abdelghafour Elaaziz, Fariba Bonakdar, Karim Babin, Christine Aubin KhalifahChaika, Russia/Georgia/Spain/Kazakhstan – U.S, Premiere
Directed by Miguel Ángel Jiminez
Cast: Salome Demuria, Gio GabuniaComing of Age (Anfang 80), Austria – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Gerhard Ertl, Sabine Hiebler
Cast: Christine Ostermayer, Karl MerkatzGangs of Wasseypur, India – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Piyush Mishra, Remma Sen, Jaideep Ahlawat, Zeishan Quadri, Pankaj TripathiThe Deflowering of Eva Von End, Netherlands – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Michiel ten Horn
Cast: Vivian Dierickx, Rafael GareisenThe Night Parade, France – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Geraldine MailletWater, Israel – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Bargouthi, Mohammad Fuad, Tal Haring, Yona Rozenkier, Nir Saar, Maya Sarfaty, Pini TavgerDOCUMENTARY FEATURES
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard, Australia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Richard Lowenstein, Lynn-Maree Milburn
Featuring: Rowland S. Howard, Genevieve McGuckin, Nick CaveBlood Brother, USA – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Steve Hoover
Featuring: Steve Hoover, Rocky BraatBuzkashi!, Canada – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Najeeb MirzaHandmade Cinema, Italy – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Guido Torlonia
Featuring: Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo, Maurizio Millenotti, Gabriella PescucciMen at Lunch, Ireland – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Seán Ó CualáinMore Than Honey, Switzerland/Germany
Directed by Markus Imhoof
Featuring: Fred Jaggi, John Miller, Liane SingerRadioman, UK – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Mary Kerr
Featuring: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Jude Law, Eva Mendes, Helen Mirren, Sting, Craig Castaldo, Meryl StreepRising From Ashes, USA/Rwanda/UK/South Africa
Directed by T. C. Johnstone
Featuring: Forest WhitakerSomm, USA
Directed by Jason Wise
Featuring: Bo Barrett, Shayn BjornholmThe Mosuo Sisters, USA – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Marlo PorasSPANISH/LATIN AMERICA CINEMA
7 Boxes, Paraguay
Directed by Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori
Cast: Celso Franco, Victor Sosa, Lali González, Nico García, Paletita, Manuel PortilloChocó, Colombia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza
Cast: Esteban Copete, Karent HinestrozaClandestine Childhood, Argentina/Spain/Brazil
Directed by Benjamin Ávila
Cast: Teo Gutiérrez Moreno, César TroncosoLa Sirga, Colombia/France/Mexico – West Coast Premiere
Directed by William Vega
Cast: Floralba Achicanoy, Joghis Seudin AriasOnce Upon a Time Was I, Veronica, Brazil/France – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Marcelo Gomes
Cast: Hermila Guedes, Maeve JinkingsThe Body, Spain – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Oriol Paulo
Cast: José Coronado, Belén Rueda, Hugo Silva, Aura GarridoThe Passion of Michelangelo, Chile
Directed by Esteban Larraín
Cast: Sebastián Ayala, Claudia CeledónThe Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas), Mexico – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Luis Mandoki
Cast: Greisy Mena, Fernando MorenoFUND FOR SANTA BARBARA SOCIAL JUSTICE
Art of Conflict, Ireland/USA – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Valeri Vaughn
Featuring: Vince Vaughn (narrator)El Milagro, Spain – World Premiere
Directed by Salomón ShangHigh Plains Doctor: Healing on the Tibetan Plateau, Canada – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Michael Oved Dayan
Featuring: Isaac SobolIt’s Better to Jump, USA/Israel – World Premiere
Directed by Gina Angelone, Mouna B. Stewart, Patrick A. StewartMusicwood, USA/Madagascar – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Maxine Trump
Featuring: Kaki King, Yo La TengoOccupy the Movie, Canada – World Premiere
Directed by Corey Ogilvie
Featuring: Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Tim PoolRevolution, Canada – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Rob Stewart
Featuring: Rob Stewart, David Hannan, Boris Worm, Emily Hunter, Felix FinkbeinerStable Life, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Sara MacPhersonThe World Before Her, Canada
Directed by Nisha Pahuja
Featuring: Pooja Chopra, Marc Robinson, Ankita Shorey, Ruhi Singh, Prachi TrivediSHORT FILMS
Born Yesterday, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Nate Larkin-Conolly
Cast: Alex Creasia, Maggie Lyons, and Ari CostaBuzkashi Boys, Afghanistan/USA
Directed by Sam French
Cast: Jawanmard Paiz, Wali Talash, and Fawad MohammadiByron’s Theme, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Bennett Barbakow
Cast: Bennett Barbakow, Max Marbakow, Grace Jackson, Nick Lentz, and Myles PettengillDog Eat Dog, USA
Directed by Sian Heder
Cast: Sean Akers, Ellie Smith, and Sian HederF**k The Parents, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Ethan Kuperberg
Cast: Alexandra Barreto, Jill Soloway, and Robin RuzanNight Shift, New Zealand
Directed by Zia Mandviwalla
Cast: Anapela Polataivao and Leon DobrinskiNSFW, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Joseph Armario
Cast: Ben York Jones, Jenny HouThe Interagation, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Drew Lewis
Cast: Dawn Fields, James Popiden, and Debbie RankinThe Op Shop, Australia
Directed by Lee Rogers
Cast: Christopher Gist, Lee Rogers, and Paul KoopermanThe Other Side, Israel
Directed by Khen Shalem
Cast: David Fuerstein and Hanan YehieliThe Tea Party, USA
Directed by Serena Reeder
Cast: Bonnie Love, Carol Fritz, Angela Buckery, and Anthony RileyThe Test, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Anthony DiBlasi
Cast: Joe Daley, Lauren Bowles, and Patrick FischlerTiger Boy, Italy- US Premiere
Directed by Gabriele Mainetti
Cast: Francesco Foti, Lidia Vitale, and Simone SantiniANIMATED SHORTS
Butterflies, Australia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Isabel Peppard
Cast: Rachel Griffiths, Nicholas Hope, Henry Nixon, Honey SpenceCicada Princess, USA
Directed by Mauricio Baiocchi
Cast: Stephen FryHead Over Heels, UK
Directed by Timothy Reckart
Cast: Nigel Anthony and Ruth Rayyah McCaulOh Willy…, Belgium
Directed by Emma De Swaef and Marc RoelsOld Man, USA
Directed by Leah Shore
Cast: Charles Manson and Marlin MarynickSleight of Hand, Australia
Directed by Michael CusackYellow Stick Notes| Canadian Anijam, Canada- World Premiere
Directed by Jeff Chiba Stearns
Cast: Marv Newland, Cordell Barker, Chris Hinton, Alison Snowden, David Fine, Janet Pearlman, and Paul DriessenKOLNOA SHORTS
Barriers, Israel
Directed by Golan RiseThe Other Side, Israel
Directed by Khen Shalem
Cast: David Fuerstein and Hanan YehieliWherever You Go, Israel- US Premiere
Directed by Ronny Sasson AngelNON-COMPETITION FILMS
APPLEBOX
Brave 3D
Directed by Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell
Cast: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma ThompsonFrankenweenie 3D
Directed by Tim Burton
Cast: Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Martin ShortParaNorman 3D
Directed by Chris Butler, Sam Fell
Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-PlasseWreck It Ralph 3D
Directed by Rich Moore
Cast: John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Jane LynchCINESONIC
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard, Australia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Richard Lowenstein, Lynn-Maree Milburn
Cast: Rowland S. Howard, Genevieve McGuckin, Nick CaveGreenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation, Canada – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Laura Archibald
Featuring: Oscar Brand, Judy Collins, Tom Chapin, Kris KristoffersonHarana, Phillippines/USA – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Benito Bautista
Featuring: Florante Aguilar, Celestino AnielIn Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey, Canada
Directed by James CullinghamOne Track Heart, USA/India – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Jeremy Frindel
Cast: Rick Rubin, Jason Becker, Ram Dass, Krishna DasPunk in Africa, South Africa/Czech Republic/Zimbabwe/Mozambique – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Keith Jones, Deon Maas
Featuring: Paulo Chibanga, Michael Fleck, Ivan Kadey, Ruben Rose, Warwick SonyKOLNOA
Hannah Arendt, Germany/Luxembourg/France
Directed by Margarethe von Trotta
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Axel MilbergOut in the Dark, Israel/USA – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Michael Mayer
Cast: Nicholas Jacob, Michael Aloni, Jameel Khouri, Alon PdutThe Ballad of The Weeping Spring (Balada le’aviv ha’bohe), Israel – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Benny Toraty
Cast: Yigal Adika, Lirit Balaban, Asher Dagan, Yonatan Dani, Peri Bar DelshdeferThe Dealers, Israel – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Oded Davidoff
Cast: Alon Aboutboul, Moshe Ashkenazi, Rami Davidoff, Abdallah El AkalWater, Israel – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Bargouthi, Mohammad Fuad, Tal Haring, Yona Rozenkier, Nir Saar, Maya Sarfaty, Pini TavgerPAN ASIA
Fly With The Crane, China – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Li Ruijun
Cast: Xingchun Ma, Long Tang, Siyi WangMotorway, Hong Kong – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Pou-Soi Cheang
Cast: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Shawn YueOne Mile Above, China/Taiwan – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Jiayi DuPieta, South Korea
Directed by Ki-duk Kim
Cast: Jeong-jin Lee, Min-soo JoThe Mosuo Sisters, USA – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Marlo PorasThe Silent War, Hong Kong/China – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Felix Chong, Alan Mak
Cast: Xun Zhou, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Mavis Fan, Xuebing Wang, Yong Dong, Lap-Man SinREEL NATURE
10 Deadliest Sharks, USA
Directed by Moira MannDanube – Europe’s Amazon, Germany
Directed by Rita & Michael SchlambergerElephant Whisperer, Iceland
Directed by Jóhann Sigfússon
Featuring: Katherine Wogan (Narrator)Hawaii: Islands of the Fire Goddess, UK
Directed by Michael deGruyIncredible Suckers, USA
Directed by Michael deGruy
Featuring: Michael deGruy, Bruce RobisonMonster Squid: The Giant Squid Is Real, UK
Tempest From The Deep, USA
Directed by Michael deGruyThe Octopus Show, USA
Directed by Michael deGruy
Featuring: Shari Belafonte, Michael deGruySANTA BARBARA FILMMAKERS
Charles Lloyd, Arrows Into Infinity, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Dorothy Darr, Jeffery MorseMommy, I’m A Basterd!, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Max Barbakow
Featuring: Margo Barbakow, Bennett Barbakow, Jeff Barbakow, Wendy Reynolds, Lynn Reynolds, William Bradford Reynolds, Bobbi SmithThe Condor’s Shadow, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Jeff McloughlinThe Racket Boys, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Brandon Willer
Cast: Paul Haapaniemi, Dannikke Walkker, Brandon WillerThe Santa Ynez River Wilderness, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Michael James LoveSCREEN CUISINE
A Year in Burgundy USA – World Premiere
Directed by David Kennard
Cast: Martine SaunierFamily Meals, Croatia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Dana BudisavljevicMore Than Honey, Switzerland/Germany/Austria
Directed by Markus Imhoof
Cast: Fred Jaggi, John Miller, Liane SingerPerú Sabe: Cuisine as an Agent of Social Change, Perú – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Jesús M. Santos
Featuring: Gaston Acurio, Ferran AdriáSomm, USA
Directed by Jason Wise
Featuring: Bo Barrett, Shayn BjornholmSpinning Plates, USA
Directed by Joseph Levy
Cast: Grant Achatz, Thomas KellerSPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Barbara, Germany
Directed by Christian Petzold
Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald ZehrfeldBound by Flesh, USA
Directed by Leslie Zemeckis
Featuring Lea Thompson, Nancy AllenCaesar Must Die, Italy
Directed by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio TavianiIn The Shadow, Czech Republic/Slovakia/Poland
Directed by David OndricekKon-Tiki, UK/Norway/Denmark
Directed by Joachim Renning, Espen Sandberg
Cast: Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf SkarsgårdLaurence Anyways, Canada/France
Directed by Xavier Dolan
Cast: Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie BayeModest Reception (Paziraie sadeh), Iran
Directed by Mani Haghighi
Cast: Taraneh Alidoosti, Mani Haghighi, Saeed Changizian, Esmaeel Khalaj, Saber AbbarNo, Chile/France/USA – West Coast Premiere / International Gala
Directed by Pablo Larraín
Cast: Gael García BernalPlimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself, USA
Directed by Tom Bean, Luke Poling
Cast: Ken Burns, Ric BurnsQueen of Montreuil, France – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Sólveing Anspach
Cast: Florence Loiret Caille, Eric CarusoSister, France/Switzerland
Directed by Ursula Meier
Cast: Léa Seydoux, Martin CompstonThe Sapphires, Australia
Directed by Wayne Blair
Cast: Chris O’Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica MauboyTO THE MAXXX
Alaska Sessions: Surfing The Last Frontier, Australia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Frederick Dickerson, Matthew McNeill
Featuring: Mike McCune, Scott Dickerson, Ice Man (Don McNamara), Stephanie Dickerson, Donna Rae Faulkner, Wendy Kinnier McCuneDiscovering Mavericks, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Joshua PomerDriftwood, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Peter Trow, Jim Brewer
Cast: Shaun Tomson, Matt Becker, Genelle Ives, Joe Rowan, Sam George, Noah Yap, Ammy Naff, Jim BrewerIsolated, USA/UK – World Premiere
Directed by Justin Le Pera
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Travis PotterStorm Surfers 3D, Australia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Justin McMillan, Chris Nelius
Featuring: Tom Carroll, Ben MatsonThe Invisible String, Germany/USA/Japan/Italy – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Jan Bäss
Featuring: Chipper ‘Bro’ Bell, ‘Crazy’ John BrooksThe Signal Hill Speed Run, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Jon Carnoy, Michael HorelickWARNERS ARCHIVE
Dial M For Murder
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ray Milland, Grace KellySingin’ in the Rain
Directed by Stanley Donen
Cast: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’ConnorThe Shining
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley DuvallSHORT FILMS
Documentary Shorts:
Brute Force, USA
Directed by Ben Steinbauer
Cast: Brute ForceGeorgena Terry, USA
Directed by Amanda Zackem
Cast: Georgena TerryJujitsuing Reality, USA
Directed by Chetin Chabuk
Cast: Scott LewJust Add Water, Thailand- US Premiere
Directed by Franck Janin and Luc JaninMr. Twister- USA- World Premiere
Directed by Clay Westervelt
Cast: Brian TolleyThe Art of Boxing, USA- US Premiere
Directed by Andrew Flakelar
Cast: Newton KiddThe Bronzer, USA
Directed by Peyton WilsonSANTA BARBARA FILMMAKERS
SB Short Films:
A Tiny Portal, USA
Directed by Stephanie Gumpel
Cast: Stephanie Gumpel, Ann Benson, Richard Riehle, and Alan CollettJack, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Grace Jackson
Cast: Jack EnglishMemorial, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Jason Hallows
Cast: Tony Alvarez, Sarah Prikryl, Melody Zara, and Craig WelzbacherRide, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Chris Yasko
Cast: Seinn SchlidtThe Condition, USA
Directed by René Caballero
Cast: Brett Sherry, Aleksandr Filen, Kelly Wood, Kelly Decker, Marianne Madsen, and Matt DumontThe Chef at the Little Washington, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Michael Pyon
Cast: Patrick O’ConnellThe Meter, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Roy Hathon
Cast: Patrick Hubbard, Kevin SaundersThis is Caroline, USA
Directed by Danny Abel
Cast: Hannah Pearl Utt, Blake Berris, Zoe Farmingdale, and Leora KalishYOUTH CINEMEDIA
Baba Uncensored, USA
Cosmic Warrior: A Journey from LA to Albuquerque, USA
In the Studio with Nani Chacon, USA
LA Freeway Kids: the Restoration of an Olympic Mural, USA
Mictlan Murals in Boyle Heights, USA
Rhythmetik’s First Time: the making of a music video, USA
Santa Clara Pueblo, USA
The Crenshaw Wall with King CRE8, USA
Undocubus Puganini Po’kwin, USA
Willie F. Herrón III, USA
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