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1 4 3 2 0 1 6 S X S W F I L M P R O G R A M G U I D E V i s i o n s VISIONS FILM FESTIVAL LOEV Director/ Screenwriter: Sudhanshu Saria NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE | INDIA | 2015 | 90 MIN English and Hindi with English Subtitles When hot shot, Wall Street dealmaker Jai thinks of putting some pleasure into his 48 hour business trip to Mumbai, Sahil, his young, music-producer friend, drops everything, including his reckless boyfriend Alex, to help him execute the perfect getaway. Hiking the hills and canyons of Maharashtra, amidst half-attempted conversations and sudden silences, business calls and old jokes, the friends discover there is more than just time-zones keeping them apart. Things take another turn when Alex shows up with a new male-companion at his side, throwing up old conflicts and bringing unanswered questions to the fore. Producers: Arfi Lamba, Sudhanshu Saria, Katharina Suckale, Jasleen Marwah , DP: Sherri Kauk , Editor: Nitesh Bhatia , Music: Tony Kakkar , Principal Cast: Shiv Pandit, Dhruv Ganesh, Siddharth Menon Saturday, March 12 | 7:00 PM Almo Lmr A Monday, March 14 | 7:30 PM Almo Lmr D Friday, March 18 | 1:30 PM Almo Ritz 2 Sudhanshu Saria Born in the tea estates of Darjeeling, India, Sudhanshu Saria earned his BFA in Film and Photography from Ithaca College, NY. His previous work has won him awards at film festivals around the world and gotten him featured on NPR and NPR and NPR Good Morning America. LOEV is his feature writing and directing debut. LOEV is his feature writing and directing debut. LOEV Sudhanshu Saria iamsuds@gmail.com Little Sister Director/ Screenwriter: Zach Clark Story by: Zach Clark, Melodie Sisk WORLD PREMIERE | USA | 2016 | 91 MIN October, 2008. Young nun Colleen is avoiding all contact from her family, until an email from her mother announces, "Your brother is home." On returning to her childhood home in Asheville, NC, she finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth/metal posters. Her parents are happy enough to see her, but unease and awkwardness abounds. Her brother is living as a recluse in the guesthouse since returning home from the Iraq war. During Colleen's visit, tensions rise and fall with a little help from Halloween, pot cupcakes, and GWAR. Little Sister is a sad comedy about family – a Little Sister is a sad comedy about family – a Little Sister schmaltz-free, pathos-drenched, feel good movie for the little goth girl inside us all. Producers: Zach Clark, Melodie Sisk, Daryl Pittman , Executive Producers: Peter Gilbert, Eddie Linker, Joe Swanberg, Jennifer Brown, Ash Christian, Chris Kenny, Chip Lunsford, Jennifer Lunsford, Joseph Pattisall, Daryl Pittman, Pierce Varous, Farah White , DP: Daryl Pittman , Editor: Zach Clark , Music: Fritz Myers , Principal Cast: Addison Timlin, Ally Sheedy, Keith Poulson, Peter Hedges, Kristin Slaysman, Molly Plunk, Barbara Crampton Saturday, March 12 | 11:00 AM Stteside Thetre Monday, March 14 | 1:15 PM Almo Lmr D Thursday, March 17 | 10:30 PM Almo Lmr B Zach Clark Zach Clark is the writer and director of Modern Love is Automatic, Vacation!, and White Reindeer. His films have screened across the US and Europe at festivals including SXSW, Outfest, Edinburgh, and Stockholm. In 2013, IFC Films released his most recent feature, White Reindeer. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. Little Sister, LLC Zach Clark littlesisterthemovie@gmail.com My Beautiful Broken Brain Directors: Sophie Robinson, Lotje Sodderland NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE | DOC | UK | 2014 , 83 MIN My Beautiful Broken Brain is a profoundly personal voyage into the complexity, fragility and wonder of the human brain, after Lotje Sodderland miraculously survives a hemorrhagic stroke and finds herself starting again in an alien world, bereft of language and logic. This feature documentary takes us on a genre-twisting tale that is by turns excruciating and exquisite - from the devastating consequences of a first-time neurological experiment, through to the extraordinary revelations of her altered sensory perception. Producer: Sophie Robinson , Executive Producers: David Lynch, Michael Houldey , Editor: James Scott Saturday, March 12 | 11:15 AM Almo Lmr A Tuesday, March 15 | 7:00 PM Stellite Venue: Mrches Friday, March 18 | 9:30 PM Almo Ritz 2 Sophie Robinson Sophie Robinson is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. She has an exceptionally strong reputation for bringing her stories to life through powerful and emotive characters that are at the core of her films. Lotje Sodderland Lotje Sodderland is a writer and filmmaker, exploring the self, personal resilience, and the machinations of the human mind. Netflix Felicia Wong fwong@netflix.com