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1 3 4 N r r t i v e Fe t u re C o m p e t i t i o n s x s w. c o m NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION FILM FESTIVAL Hunter Gatherer Director/ Screenwriter: Josh Locy WORLD PREMIERE | USA | 2015 | 85 MIN Ashley Douglas thinks everything should fall into place when he's released after three years in prison. His friends should come to his welcome home party. (They don't.) His girlfriend, Linda, should greet him with open arms and open legs. (She doesn't.) So Ashley, a forty-something African-American, restarts his life with next to nothing: no friends, no lovers, no connections. All he has is a bedroom in his mom's house, a box of treasures he buried in his back yard, and a nostalgic and deeply ingrained need to be with Linda – his one, true love. That is, until he meets a new friend, Jeremy, and things start to turn around. Producers: April Lamb, Sara Murphy, Isaiah Smallman, Michael Covino , Executive Producer: David Gordon Green , DP: Jon Aguirresarobe , Editor: Adam Robinson , Music: Keegan DeWitt , Principal Cast: Andre Royo, George Sample III, Kellee Stewart, Ashley Wilkerson, Kevin Jackson, Antonio D. Charity, Celestial, Alexis DeLaRosa, Jeanetta Arnette Saturday, March 12 | 6:15 PM Vimeo Theter Sunday, March 13 | 1:00 PM Almo Lmr C Wednesday, March 16 | 7:30 PM Almo Ritz 1 Josh Locy Josh Locy was born in the mountains of Virginia, studied literature in east Tennessee and, after deciding against becoming a Southern Baptist minister, moved to Los Angeles in 2004 to pursue his dream of making feature films. Hunter Gatherer is Hunter Gatherer is Hunter Gatherer his first feature. Secret Intimacies, LLC April Lamb april.mccall.lamb@gmail.com Donald Cried Director: Kris Avedisian Screenwriters: Kris Avedisian, Kyle Espeleta, Jesse Wakeman WORLD PREMIERE | USA | 2016 | 85 MIN Peter Latang (Jesse Wakeman) left working class Warwick, Rhode Island to reinvent himself as a slick, Wall Street mover and shaker. Fifteen years later, when he's forced to return home to bury his grandmother he loses his wallet on the trip. Stranded, the only person he can think of to help him out is his next door neighbor and former childhood friend Donald Treebeck (Kris Avedisian). Donald hasn't changed a bit, and what starts as a simple favor turns into a long van ride into their past. Producers: Kyle Martin, Sam Fleischner, Allison Carter , Executive Producers: Matt Anthony, Sean Lamb, Stephen K. Skoly , DPs: Sam Fleischner, Trevor Holden , Editor: Frank Heath , Principal Cast: Kris Avedisian, Jesse Wakeman, Louisa Krause, Ted Arcidi, Robby Morse Levy, Kate Fitzgerald, Alexander Cook, Kyle Espeleta Saturday, March 12 | 8:45 PM Vimeo Theter Sunday, March 13 | 6:30 PM Almo Lmr C Wednesday, March 16 | 11:15 AM Rollins Thetre t the Long Center Kris Avedisian Director Kris Avedisian was born in Cranston, Rhode Island where he still resides today. In the early 2000's he studied film in San Francisco. In 2013, the short Donald Cried won best narrative short at Independent Film Festival Boston. The feature version of Donald Cried was shot in the winter of 2015, and Cried was shot in the winter of 2015, and Cried selected for that same years IFP labs. Electric Chinoland Kyle Martin electricchinoland@gmail.com Miss Stevens Director: Julia Hart Screenwriters: Julia Hart, Jordan Horowitz WORLD PREMIERE | USA | 2016 | 86 MIN Stuck at a crossroads in her personal life, it falls on Miss Stevens to chaperone three of her students – Billy, Margot and Sam – on a weekend trip to a drama competition. Exploring the fine line between being a grown up and being a kid, Miss Stevens is about Miss Stevens is about Miss Stevens students becoming teachers and teachers coming to realize that the messiness of youth never really goes away. Producers: Alex Turtletaub, Michael B. Clark, Jordan Horowitz, Gary Gilbert , DP: Sebastian Winterø , Editors: Lee Haugen, Amy P. McGrath , Music: Rob Simonsen , Principal Cast: Lily Rabe, Timotheé Chalamet, Lili Reinhart, Anthony Quintal, Rob Huebel, Oscar Nuñez Saturday, March 12 | 3:30 PM Vimeo Theter Sunday, March 13 | 2:15 PM Almo Lmr B Wednesday, March 16 | 5:00 PM Almo Lmr D Julia Hart Julia Hart's debut script The Keeping Room landed on the Black List and was made into a feature directed by Daniel Barber and starring Brit Marling. She's written for Requa and Ficarra at Fox Searchlight, Ridley Scott's company Scott Free, and has a mini-series for HBO with Anna Paquin and Jack Black. Miss Stevens is her feature directorial debut. Stevens is her feature directorial debut. Stevens ICM, WME Jessica Lacy, Deb McIntosh dmcintosh@wmeentertainment.com jlacy@icmpartners.com