PIONEER (Shorts Program 5): stars acclaimed indie musician Will Oldham aka Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Kaboom / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Gregg Araki) - A science fiction story centered on the sexual awakening of a group of college students. Cast: Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Chris Zylka, Roxane Mesquida, Juno Temple. U.S. Premiere - Original score by Ulrich Schnauss, Mark Peters, Robin Guthrie, and Vivek Maddala. Robin Guthrie co-founded the influential band, Cocteau Twins. Vivek Maddala is an international more award-winning composer and multi-instrumental performer; Sundance Institute Composers Lab Project Alum (’08). Love & Theft / Germany (Director: Andreas Hykade) - And I'm still carrying the gift you gave, it's a part of me now, it's been cherished and saved, it'll be with me unto the grave, and then unto eternity.' (Bob Dylan) -‐ Scored by Heiko Maile; Music by Christoff Hofmann. Music Award Animator Festival, Poznan, 2010; Music Award, International Film Festival Annecy, 2010; Music Award, International Short Film Festival Hamburg, 2010; Music for Animation Award, Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart, 2010. Mad Bastards / Australia (Director: Brendan Fletcher; Screenwriters: Brendan Fletcher in collaboration with Dean Daley-Jones, Greg Tait and John Watson) - In a frontier town of northern Australia's Kimberley Region, an urban street warrior meets his match in a local cop. Performances and stories from real people in Kimberley are woven through the music of legendary Broome musicians, The Pigram Brothers. Cast: Dean Daley-Jones, Greg Tait, John Watson, Ngaire Pigram, Lucas Yeeda. International Premiere -‐ Music by The Pigram Brothers, a seven-piece country folk/rock band from Broome, Western Australia and Alex Lloyd, an Australian singer/songwriter. On the Ice / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean) - On the snow-covered Arctic tundra, two teenagers try to get away with murder. Cast: Josiah Patkotak, Frank Qutuq Irelan, Teddy Kyle Smith, Adamina Kerr, Sierra Jade Sampson. - Original score by iZLER, composer and multi instrumentalist, Sundance Institute Composers Lab Project Alum (’08). Pandemic 41.410806, -75.654259 / U.S.A. (Director: Lance Weiler; Screenwriters: Lance Weiler and Chuck Wendig) - Bree and her little brother Tyler know that their parents awaken only at sundown and are capable of strange and dangerous nocturnal behaviors. Running low on supplies and forced to act, Bree plots their escape, but Tyler stands in her way, unwilling to leave their family home and give up on the parents he loves so much. -‐ Original score by T. Griffin, Sundance Institute Composers Lab Project Alum (’08).
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PIONEER (Shorts Program 5) written and directed by David Lowery: stars acclaimed indie musician Will Oldham aka Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Pioneer / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: David Lowery) - A father tells his little boy the most epic bedtime story ever. - Original score by Daniel Hart, violinist for St. Vincent; stars acclaimed indie musician Will Oldham aka Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Red Shirley/ Special Screening (Director: Lou Reed) Lou Reed sat down with his cousin Shirley on the eve of her 100th birthday for a tete-a-tete. Red Shirley is a portrait of the filmmaker's 100-year-old activist, unionist, cousin, an articulate, living historical individual. A portrayal of a certain kind of genius, Red Shirley is an example of “how the west was won.” Photographed by portraitist Ralph Gibson and Directed by Lou Reed. Filmed in New York's Chelsea Garment Worker Project. Sing Your Song / U.S.A. (A film by Susanne Rostock) - Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer; this film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally. - Belafonte’s breakthrough album Calypso (1956) became the first LP to sell over 1 million copies; He was the first African American man to win an Emmy, with his first solo TV special Tonight with Belafonte (1959); Belafonte received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1989. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994 and he won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. Sound of My Voice / U.S.A. (Director: Zal Batmanglij; Screenwriters: Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling) - A young couple infiltrates a cult that meets in a basement in the San Fernando Valley. Cast: Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius, Brit Marling -‐ Scored by Rostam Batmanglij of the indie-rock band Vampire Weekend.
SUBMARINE / United Kingdom (Director: Richard Ayoade; Screenwriter: Richard Ayoade from the novel by Joe Dunthorne) - Fifteen-year-old Oliver Tate has two big ambitions: to save his parents' marriage and to lose his virginity before his next birthday. Cast: Craig Roberts, Paddy Considine, Noah Taylor, Sally Hawkins, Yasmin Paige. U.S. Premiere - Original score by BAFTA nominated composer Andrew Hewitt. Five original songs by Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys.