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 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 festival will open with DISCONNECT, a drama starring Jason Bateman and will conclude with Rowan Athale's Wasteland.
The line-up is as follows:
Babygirl, USA/Ireland - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Macdara Vallely
Cast: Yainis Ynoa, Rosa Arredondo, Flaco Navaja
Blumenthal, USA - World Premiere
Directed by Seth Fisher
Cast: Seth Fisher, Brian Cox, Fred Melamed, Laila Robins, Mark Blum, Mei Melancon
Broken, UK - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Rufus Norris
Cast: Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy, Rory Kinnear
Crosstown, USA - World Premiere
Directed by Miriam Kruishoop
Cast: Manny Perez, Vivica A. Fox, Will Green, Noel Gugliemi, Paige Hurd
Jackie, Netherlands - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Antoinette Beumer
Cast: Carice van Houten, Jelka van Houten, Holly Hunter
My Awkward Sexual Adventure, Canada - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Sean Garrity
Cast: Jonas Chernick, Emily Hampshire, Vik Sahay
Old Stock, Canada - U.S. Premiere
Directed by James Genn
Cast: Cameron Ansell, Ryan Blakely
Sex After Kids, Canada - World Premiere
Directed by Jeremy Lalonde
Cast: Paul Amos, Shannon Meckner, Katie Boland, Kristin Booth, Jay Brazeau
The Discoverers, USA - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Justin Schwartz
Cast: Dreama Walker, John C. McGinley
Wasteland, UK - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Rowan Athale
Cast: Matthew Lewis, Iwan Rheon
INTERNATIONAL FEATURES
About 111 Girls (Darbare 111 Dokhtar), Iraq - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Nahid Ghobadi, Bijan Zamanpira
Cast: Reza Behbudi, Mehdi Saki, Amin Sadeghi
Betrayal (Izmena), Russia - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov
Cast: Franziska Petri, Dejan Lilic
Boucherie Halal, Canada - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Babek Aliassa
Cast: Abdelghafour Elaaziz, Fariba Bonakdar, Karim Babin, Christine Aubin Khalifah
Chaika, Russia/Georgia/Spain/Kazakhstan - U.S, Premiere
Directed by Miguel Ángel Jiminez
Cast: Salome Demuria, Gio Gabunia
Coming of Age (Anfang 80), Austria - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Gerhard Ertl, Sabine Hiebler
Cast: Christine Ostermayer, Karl Merkatz
Gangs of Wasseypur, India - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Piyush Mishra, Remma Sen, Jaideep Ahlawat, Zeishan Quadri, Pankaj Tripathi
The Deflowering of Eva Von End, Netherlands - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Michiel ten Horn
Cast: Vivian Dierickx, Rafael Gareisen
The Night Parade, France - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Geraldine Maillet
Water, Israel - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Bargouthi, Mohammad Fuad, Tal Haring, Yona Rozenkier, Nir Saar, Maya Sarfaty, Pini Tavger
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard, Australia - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Richard Lowenstein, Lynn-Maree Milburn
Featuring: Rowland S. Howard, Genevieve McGuckin, Nick Cave
Blood Brother, USA - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Steve Hoover
Featuring: Steve Hoover, Rocky Braat
Buzkashi!, Canada - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Najeeb Mirza
Handmade Cinema, Italy - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Guido Torlonia
Featuring: Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo, Maurizio Millenotti, Gabriella Pescucci
Men at Lunch, Ireland - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Seán Ó Cualáin
More Than Honey, Switzerland/Germany
Directed by Markus Imhoof
Featuring: Fred Jaggi, John Miller, Liane Singer
Radioman, 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 Streep
Rising From Ashes, USA/Rwanda/UK/South Africa
Directed by T. C. Johnstone
Featuring: Forest Whitaker
Somm, USA
Directed by Jason Wise
Featuring: Bo Barrett, Shayn Bjornholm
The Mosuo Sisters, USA - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Marlo Poras
SPANISH/LATIN AMERICA CINEMA
7 Boxes, Paraguay
Directed by Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori
Cast: Celso Franco, Victor Sosa, Lali González, Nico García, Paletita, Manuel Portillo
Chocó, Colombia - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza
Cast: Esteban Copete, Karent Hinestroza
Clandestine Childhood, Argentina/Spain/Brazil
Directed by Benjamin Ávila
Cast: Teo Gutiérrez Moreno, César Troncoso
La Sirga, Colombia/France/Mexico - West Coast Premiere
Directed by William Vega
Cast: Floralba Achicanoy, Joghis Seudin Arias
Once Upon a Time Was I, Veronica, Brazil/France - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Marcelo Gomes
Cast: Hermila Guedes, Maeve Jinkings
The Body, Spain - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Oriol Paulo
Cast: José Coronado, Belén Rueda, Hugo Silva, Aura Garrido
The Passion of Michelangelo, Chile
Directed by Esteban Larraín
Cast: Sebastián Ayala, Claudia Celedón
The 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 Moreno
FUND 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 Shang
High Plains Doctor: Healing on the Tibetan Plateau, Canada - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Michael Oved Dayan
Featuring: Isaac Sobol
It's Better to Jump, USA/Israel - World Premiere
Directed by Gina Angelone, Mouna B. Stewart, Patrick A. Stewart
Musicwood, USA/Madagascar - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Maxine Trump
Featuring: Kaki King, Yo La Tengo
Occupy the Movie, Canada - World Premiere
Directed by Corey Ogilvie
Featuring: Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Tim Pool
Revolution, Canada - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Rob Stewart
Featuring: Rob Stewart, David Hannan, Boris Worm, Emily Hunter, Felix Finkbeiner
Stable Life, USA - World Premiere
Directed by Sara MacPherson
The World Before Her, Canada
Directed by Nisha Pahuja
Featuring: Pooja Chopra, Marc Robinson, Ankita Shorey, Ruhi Singh, Prachi Trivedi
SHORT FILMS
Born Yesterday, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Nate Larkin-Conolly
Cast: Alex Creasia, Maggie Lyons, and Ari Costa
Buzkashi Boys, Afghanistan/USA
Directed by Sam French
Cast: Jawanmard Paiz, Wali Talash, and Fawad Mohammadi
Byron's Theme, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Bennett Barbakow
Cast: Bennett Barbakow, Max Marbakow, Grace Jackson, Nick Lentz, and Myles Pettengill
Dog Eat Dog, USA
Directed by Sian Heder
Cast: Sean Akers, Ellie Smith, and Sian Heder
F**k The Parents, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Ethan Kuperberg
Cast: Alexandra Barreto, Jill Soloway, and Robin Ruzan
Night Shift, New Zealand
Directed by Zia Mandviwalla
Cast: Anapela Polataivao and Leon Dobrinski
NSFW, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Joseph Armario
Cast: Ben York Jones, Jenny Hou
The Interagation, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Drew Lewis
Cast: Dawn Fields, James Popiden, and Debbie Rankin
The Op Shop, Australia
Directed by Lee Rogers
Cast: Christopher Gist, Lee Rogers, and Paul Kooperman
The Other Side, Israel
Directed by Khen Shalem
Cast: David Fuerstein and Hanan Yehieli
The Tea Party, USA
Directed by Serena Reeder
Cast: Bonnie Love, Carol Fritz, Angela Buckery, and Anthony Riley
The Test, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Anthony DiBlasi
Cast: Joe Daley, Lauren Bowles, and Patrick Fischler
Tiger Boy, Italy- US Premiere
Directed by Gabriele Mainetti
Cast: Francesco Foti, Lidia Vitale, and Simone Santini
ANIMATED SHORTS
Butterflies, Australia - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Isabel Peppard
Cast: Rachel Griffiths, Nicholas Hope, Henry Nixon, Honey Spence
Cicada Princess, USA
Directed by Mauricio Baiocchi
Cast: Stephen Fry
Head Over Heels, UK
Directed by Timothy Reckart
Cast: Nigel Anthony and Ruth Rayyah McCaul
Oh Willy..., Belgium
Directed by Emma De Swaef and Marc Roels
Old Man, USA
Directed by Leah Shore
Cast: Charles Manson and Marlin Marynick
Sleight of Hand, Australia
Directed by Michael Cusack
Yellow 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 Driessen
KOLNOA SHORTS
Barriers, Israel
Directed by Golan Rise
The Other Side, Israel
Directed by Khen Shalem
Cast: David Fuerstein and Hanan Yehieli
Wherever You Go, Israel- US Premiere
Directed by Ronny Sasson Angel
NON-COMPETITION FILMS
APPLEBOX
Brave 3D
Directed by Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell
Cast: Kelly MacDonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson
Frankenweenie 3D
Directed by Tim Burton
Cast: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short
ParaNorman 3D
Directed by Chris Butler, Sam Fell
Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Wreck It Ralph 3D
Directed by Rich Moore
Cast: John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch
CINESONIC
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard, Australia - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Richard Lowenstein, Lynn-Maree Milburn
Cast: Rowland S. Howard, Genevieve McGuckin, Nick Cave
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation, Canada - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Laura Archibald
Featuring: Oscar Brand, Judy Collins, Tom Chapin, Kris Kristofferson
Harana, Phillippines/USA - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Benito Bautista
Featuring: Florante Aguilar, Celestino Aniel
In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey, Canada
Directed by James Cullingham
One Track Heart, USA/India - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Jeremy Frindel
Cast: Rick Rubin, Jason Becker, Ram Dass, Krishna Das
Punk 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 Sony
KOLNOA
Hannah Arendt, Germany/Luxembourg/France
Directed by Margarethe von Trotta
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg
Out in the Dark, Israel/USA - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Michael Mayer
Cast: Nicholas Jacob, Michael Aloni, Jameel Khouri, Alon Pdut
The 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 Delshdefer
The Dealers, Israel - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Oded Davidoff
Cast: Alon Aboutboul, Moshe Ashkenazi, Rami Davidoff, Abdallah El Akal
Water, Israel - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Bargouthi, Mohammad Fuad, Tal Haring, Yona Rozenkier, Nir Saar, Maya Sarfaty, Pini Tavger
PAN ASIA
Fly With The Crane, China - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Li Ruijun
Cast: Xingchun Ma, Long Tang, Siyi Wang
Motorway, Hong Kong - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Pou-Soi Cheang
Cast: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Shawn Yue
One Mile Above, China/Taiwan - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Jiayi Du
Pieta, South Korea
Directed by Ki-duk Kim
Cast: Jeong-jin Lee, Min-soo Jo
The Mosuo Sisters, USA - West Coast Premiere
Directed by Marlo Poras
The 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 Sin
REEL NATURE
10 Deadliest Sharks, USA
Directed by Moira Mann
Danube - Europe's Amazon, Germany
Directed by Rita & Michael Schlamberger
Elephant Whisperer, Iceland
Directed by Jóhann Sigfússon
Featuring: Katherine Wogan (Narrator)
Hawaii: Islands of the Fire Goddess, UK
Directed by Michael deGruy
Incredible Suckers, USA
Directed by Michael deGruy
Featuring: Michael deGruy, Bruce Robison
Monster Squid: The Giant Squid Is Real, UK
Tempest From The Deep, USA
Directed by Michael deGruy
The Octopus Show, USA
Directed by Michael deGruy
Featuring: Shari Belafonte, Michael deGruy
SANTA BARBARA FILMMAKERS
Charles Lloyd, Arrows Into Infinity, USA - World Premiere
Directed by Dorothy Darr, Jeffery Morse
Mommy, 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 Smith
The Condor's Shadow, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Jeff Mcloughlin
The Racket Boys, USA - World Premiere
Directed by Brandon Willer
Cast: Paul Haapaniemi, Dannikke Walkker, Brandon Willer
The Santa Ynez River Wilderness, USA - World Premiere
Directed by Michael James Love
SCREEN CUISINE
A Year in Burgundy USA - World Premiere
Directed by David Kennard
Cast: Martine Saunier
Family Meals, Croatia - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Dana Budisavljevic
More Than Honey, Switzerland/Germany/Austria
Directed by Markus Imhoof
Cast: Fred Jaggi, John Miller, Liane Singer
Perú Sabe: Cuisine as an Agent of Social Change, Perú - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Jesús M. Santos
Featuring: Gaston Acurio, Ferran Adriá
Somm, USA
Directed by Jason Wise
Featuring: Bo Barrett, Shayn Bjornholm
Spinning Plates, USA
Directed by Joseph Levy
Cast: Grant Achatz, Thomas Keller
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Barbara, Germany
Directed by Christian Petzold
Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld
Bound by Flesh, USA
Directed by Leslie Zemeckis
Featuring Lea Thompson, Nancy Allen
Caesar Must Die, Italy
Directed by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
In The Shadow, Czech Republic/Slovakia/Poland
Directed by David Ondricek
Kon-Tiki, UK/Norway/Denmark
Directed by Joachim Renning, Espen Sandberg
Cast: Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgård
Laurence Anyways, Canada/France
Directed by Xavier Dolan
Cast: Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye
Modest Reception (Paziraie sadeh), Iran
Directed by Mani Haghighi
Cast: Taraneh Alidoosti, Mani Haghighi, Saeed Changizian, Esmaeel Khalaj, Saber Abbar
No, Chile/France/USA - West Coast Premiere / International Gala
Directed by Pablo Larraín
Cast: Gael García Bernal
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself, USA
Directed by Tom Bean, Luke Poling
Cast: Ken Burns, Ric Burns
Queen of Montreuil, France - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Sólveing Anspach
Cast: Florence Loiret Caille, Eric Caruso
Sister, France/Switzerland
Directed by Ursula Meier
Cast: Léa Seydoux, Martin Compston
The Sapphires, Australia
Directed by Wayne Blair
Cast: Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy
TO 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 McCune
Discovering Mavericks, USA - World Premiere
Directed by Joshua Pomer
Driftwood, 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 Brewer
Isolated, USA/UK - World Premiere
Directed by Justin Le Pera
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Travis Potter
Storm Surfers 3D, Australia - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Justin McMillan, Chris Nelius
Featuring: Tom Carroll, Ben Matson
The Invisible String, Germany/USA/Japan/Italy - U.S. Premiere
Directed by Jan Bäss
Featuring: Chipper 'Bro' Bell, 'Crazy' John Brooks
The SignAl Hill Speed Run, USA - World Premiere
Directed by Jon Carnoy, Michael Horelick
WARNERS ARCHIVE
Dial M For Murder
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly
Singin' in the Rain
Directed by Stanley Donen
Cast: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor
The Shining
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall
SHORT FILMS
Documentary Shorts:
Brute Force, USA
Directed by Ben Steinbauer
Cast: Brute Force
Georgena Terry, USA
Directed by Amanda Zackem
Cast: Georgena Terry
Jujitsuing Reality, USA
Directed by Chetin Chabuk
Cast: Scott Lew
Just Add Water, Thailand- US Premiere
Directed by Franck Janin and Luc Janin
Mr. Twister- USA- World Premiere
Directed by Clay Westervelt
Cast: Brian Tolley
The Art of Boxing, USA- US Premiere
Directed by Andrew Flakelar
Cast: Newton Kidd
The Bronzer, USA
Directed by Peyton Wilson
SANTA BARBARA FILMMAKERS
SB Short Films:
A Tiny Portal, USA
Directed by Stephanie Gumpel
Cast: Stephanie Gumpel, Ann Benson, Richard Riehle, and Alan Collett
Jack, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Grace Jackson
Cast: Jack English
Memorial, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Jason Hallows
Cast: Tony Alvarez, Sarah Prikryl, Melody Zara, and Craig Welzbacher
Ride, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Chris Yasko
Cast: Seinn Schlidt
The Condition, USA
Directed by René Caballero
Cast: Brett Sherry, Aleksandr Filen, Kelly Wood, Kelly Decker, Marianne Madsen, and Matt DuMont
The Chef at the Little Washington, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Michael Pyon
Cast: Patrick O'Connell
The Meter, USA- World Premiere
Directed by Roy Hathon
Cast: Patrick Hubbard, Kevin Saunders
This is Caroline, USA
Directed by Danny Abel
Cast: Hannah Pearl Utt, Blake Berris, Zoe Farmingdale, and Leora Kalish
YOUTH 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 |
