Film Festival Joys
Of the film festivals I've been to in the last several years, I have come across some truly great independent films. Some have gone on to be sleeper hits in their own independent circuits, while others have gone to join the streaming network. And then there are some where the festival was the only time I've seen or heard anything about these films but I've haven't forgotten them. I have here a number of films from festivals that I have greatly enjoyed.
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- DirectorTaylor SheridanStarsElizabeth OlsenJeremy RennerGraham GreeneA wildlife officer, who is haunted by a tragedy that happened because of him, teams up with an FBI agent in solving a murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation and hopes to get redemption from his past regrets.Sundance Film Festival 2017
- DirectorLauren HadawayStarsIsabelle FuhrmanAmy ForsythDiloneA college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.Sidewalk Film Festival 2021
- DirectorDaniel KwanDaniel ScheinertStarsPaul DanoDaniel RadcliffeMary Elizabeth WinsteadA hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.Sidewalk Film Festival 2016
- DirectorBrett HaleyStarsSam ElliottLaura PreponKrysten RitterAn ailing movie star comes to terms with his past and mortality.Sundance Film Festival 2017
- DirectorNoah DixonOri SegevStarsSylvie MixBobbi KittenAujolie BakerAs Lennon fuels her desire for entree into a podcast featuring live music and conversations with the artists she so fervently admires, Lennon finds inspiration for her own musical ambitions...and a growing sense of misdirected identity.Sidewalk Film Festival 2021
- DirectorJim CummingsPJ McCabeStarsJim CummingsVirginia NewcombPJ McCabeA married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, murder and infidelity.Sidewalk Film Festival 2021
- DirectorAlexandre MoorsStarsAlden EhrenreichDaniel Jose MolinaMikey CollinsTwo young soldiers, Bartle (21) and Murph (18) navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment.Sundance Film Festival 2017
- DirectorJeff DanielsStarsTom HanksLiza MinnelliPenny MarshallAn archive-based feature documentary viewing the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of the ABC network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, THE DAY AFTER (1983).Sidewalk Film Festival 2021
- DirectorJosef Kubota WladykaStarsKali ReisShelly VincentKendall MorrisA former champion boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister.Sidewalk Film Festival 2021
- DirectorJennifer KentStarsAisling FranciosiMaya ChristieBaykali GanambarrSet in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.Sidewalk Film Festival 2019
- DirectorElijah BynumStarsTimothée ChalametMaika MonroeAlex RoeIn 1991, a sheltered teenage boy comes of age during a wild summer he spends on Cape Cod getting rich from selling pot to gangsters, falling in love for the first time, partying and eventually realizing that he is in over his head.Sidewalk Film Festival 2018
- DirectorAlex SmithAndrew J. SmithStarsMatt BomerJosh WigginsBill PullmanAn urban teenager journeys to Montana to hunt big game with his estranged father. Father and son struggle to connect, until a brutal encounter in the heart of the wilderness changes everything.Sundance Film Festival 2017
- DirectorJim BattStarsNeil GaimanOn the Irish island of Iona in the sixth century, two saints arrive ashore and try to build a chapel.Chattanooga Film Festival 2021
- DirectorBlake SnawderStarsIsaac Dice VegaHunter SwindleSarah BeamsA fleeting love encounter between two men with opposing views on love proves that, like a plum, the sweetest turn bitter too soon.Black Warrior Film Festival 2021
- DirectorNicholas CokerStarsLaura StephensChristian BenderRaven Jeannette CottonAn epidemic sweeps the nation where the living dead rise up and begin to walk among us. Maria, a local nurse, needs a date for a friend's dinner party, so she takes advantage of the outbreak and brings a zombie. Chaos ensues at the dinner party, and after it's over, Sheldon the zombie must try to win Maria's heart for good.Black Warrior Film Festival 2021
- DirectorMichael Elias ThomasStarsMatt JenningsLea MaddaAnthony SorrellsIn 1980s San Francisco, aspiring dancer Zachary fights to keep his dream alive after falling ill.Sidewalk Film Festival 2019
- DirectorRyan GentleAustin QuarlesStarsStevie Ray DallimoreSamantha TeterParker BradwayAlexander, a space-loving day dreamer hopes to pass that love on to his son Galileo. As he grows up, Galileo realizes his path is closer to his father's dreams than he ever thought.Chattanooga Film Festival 2021
- DirectorBradford ThomasonBrett WhitcombStarsLeVar BurtonAlisa ReyesDean ParisotChronicles the journeys of broadcasters, educators and filmmakers who believed television could inspire a lifelong love of reading.Sidewalk Film Festival 2022
- DirectorAmy Bandlien StorkelBryan StorkelStarsSteve GlewKathy GlewJosh GlewSteve Glew spent the 1990s smuggling rare pez dispensers into the USA from Eastern Europe, making millions of dollars. It was all magical until his arch-nemesis, The Pezident decided to destroy him.Sidewalk Film Festival 2022
- DirectorTyler RiggsStarsMichael Abbott Jr.Dendrie TaylorBrit ShawIn the aftermath of a senseless act of violence, a young mother must learn to manage her overwhelming grief-not only for her own peace of mind but for the sake of her young son.Sidewalk Film Festival 2022
- DirectorBreck CuddyStarsSam CassBridger TrentChristopher SamsFollowing the results of the Civil War in 1865, Albert Grayson travels home to Illinois accompanied by his younger brother Sam. Sam, being too young to have joined the war four years prior, came south on a promise made in 1861 to help his brother on his journey home. Their trek is interrupted soon after it had begun by a a family of Confederates, who claim that Albert tortured and killed their brother in the war. After Albert is taken, young Sam must quickly grow up in order to save his brother from a wrongful hanging.Sidewalk Film Festival 2021
- DirectorAnnabeth MellonStarsLily ChampionGinger JollyRose has lived alone in her little garden for as long as she can remember; she doesn't speak because she doesn't need to. Although she struggles with debilitating anxiety, she finds great comfort in her cozy routine of caring for her flowers and brushing her beautiful hair. The only imperfection in her perfect world? A nosy old neighbor.Black Warrior Film Festival 2021
- DirectorMolly GordonNick LiebermanStarsBen PlattMolly GordonNoah GalvinThe eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp in upstate New York must band together with the beloved founder's bro-y son to keep the camp afloat.Sidewalk Film Festival 2023