Page 5 - WHFF 2022

Saturday, July 30 through Saturday, August 6, 2022

The Thief Collector NARRATIVE Midday Black Midnight Blue
It was one of the most audacious and puzzling art thefts Living alone in a house on the edge of Puget Sound, Ian
remote town in New Mexico, the $160 million painting FEATURES Liv, a woman he loved dearly who died nearly two de-
grapples with long-held grief and shame over the loss of
of a generation; In 1985, Willem de Kooning’s semi-
nal work, “Woman Ochre,” was sliced from it’s frame
and stolen from the walls of an Arizona art museum,
cades ago. As he moves though the world he’s created
with visions and fantasies of their life together, he’s pulled
disappearing into the desert. Over thirty years later, in a
was rediscovered in the unlikeliest of places. further and further away from the present. Liv’s sister
Beth, a woman with ghosts of her own, is the first to see
Allison Otto • USA • 2022 • 94 min. 1-800-HOT-NITE how far Ian has slipped away from reality. Their chance
run-in begins a spiral which ultimately forces Ian to
A Woman on the Outside When Tommy loses his family to a police raid, he es- choose… lose himself completely or turn towards healing.
capes custody with his friends, Steve and O’Neill. Their
Kristal Bush grew up in Philadelphia watching nearly urban odyssey is packed with men trying to rob them, Samantha Soule & Daniel Talbott • USA • 2022 • 89 min.
every man in her life disappear to prison. She chan- cops, a python, a fist fight, a first kiss and phone sex.
neled that struggle into keeping families connected as Their brotherhood breaks as they cross the threshold Miles From Nowhere
a social worker and through her van service that trans- into adulthood and Tommy turns himself in to the During an annual cabin retreat, a dying man must con-
ports riders – mostly women – to visit partners, fathers police, reuniting with his toddler step-brother, ready to front past mistakes after learning he may not know his
and sons in faraway prisons. But when Kristal’s father face their future together as a family. friends as well as he may think.
and brother come home after decades behind bars, she Nick Richey • USA • 2022 • 97 min. Jono Mitchell • USA • 2022 • 76 min.
confronts what it means to piece her own family back
together, and create a different future for her young The Big Bend The MIrror Game
nephew, Nyvae. Two families meet for a reunion in the remote West Tex- Childhood friends Rose and Abe both find themselves
Lisa Riordan Seville,Zara Katz • USA • 2022 • 87 min. as desert — where events quickly don’t go as planned. in Las Vegas on the same weekend, but when Rose
The Yin & Yang of Gerry Lopez Harboring secrets and facing private crises, they test asks Abe for a life-changing favor, the evening takes a
the boundaries of marriage, friendship, and parenthood,
turn for the unexpected, and the two spend the night
The path to enlightenment begins at the world’s deadli- in one of the wildest places in America. trying to beat the odds.
est wave, the Banzai Pipeline. Gerry Lopez, AKA Mr. Brett Wagner • USA • 2021 • 103 min. William J. Stribling • USA • 2022 • 87 min.
Pipeline, is one of surfing’s most enigmatic heroes—a
Zen Buddhist on land who built his early career on ag- Come Find Me Northern Shade
gressive surfing. He is a radical; as he is Zen. He is one A beautiful, uplifting Latinx story about a mother and “Justin McLaughlin, a disenchanted Army vet working a
of the most influential surfers and surfboard shapers daughter facing major life changes and how their love menial job and avoiding his past, is forced to emerge
of all time, transcending categorization and pioneering challenges and inspires them. from isolation when his younger brother is recruited by
surfing to new frontiers. Daniel Poliner • USA • 2021 • 104 min. an extremist militia. Working with a private
Stacy Peralta • USA • 2020 • 100 min. Dear Zoe investigator named Frankie, Justin will have to decide
Zero Gravity Adapted from the heartbreaking and inspirational novel how much of his past in the Army he’s willing to bring
back to the surface to extract his brother from the
“A diverse group of ambitious middle school stu- of the same name, “Dear Zoe” is a powerful study of clutches of the paramilitary conman Billy.”
dents from San Jose, CA enter the Zero Robotics ISS resilience told from the point of view of a 16-year-old Christopher Rucinski • USA • 2022 • 95
(International Space Station) Competition. Their mission: girl; a coming-of-age drama in which teenage Tess
compete with teams across the country to write the enlists her biological father - a lovable slacker - and Route One North
most strategic code for surveying satellites, which will the charming juvenile delinquent next door to help her Sisters Sarah and Bee set off to track down their long-
help map out a GPS system to successfully orbit Mars come to grips with the death of her little sister. absent father after their mother refuses to give 16-year-
in the future, opening the door to infinite opportunities Gren Wells • USA • 2022 • 95 min. old Bee permission to marry her military boyfriend.
and exploration on the Red Planet.” Isabelle Rose Farrell • USA • 2022 • 72 min.
Thomas Verrette • USA • 2021 • 75 min. The Falconer
Inspired by true events, two best friends, Tariq, an A Stage of Twilight
Omani teenager and Cai, a privileged Westerner, Diagnosed with a terminal heart disease, Barry decides
conspire to steal animals from the zoo and sell them to rent a trailer in the woods where he can spend his
on the black market to raise money for Tariq’s sister’s final days alone in order to spare his wife Cora the emo-
divorce from an abusive marriage. They are forced to tional distress of watching him die. Unable to endure
wrestle with morally complex choices that reveal the his choice, Cora is driven to make a critical decision for
vast distance between their worlds. them both.
Seanne Winslow, Adam Sjoberg • USA/Oman • 2021 • Sarah T. Schwab • USA • 2022 • 106 min.
99 min.
SPECIAL GUESTS: Hékate Sweet Disaster
Frida, a 40-year-old German-Finnish painting therapist
Helena and Kira argue on the side of the road. unexpectedly falls pregnant, and Felix, the father of
Filmmaker in Residence, Tasha Van Zandt: No destination in mind, no plan to follow. The journey her child, breaks up with her to reunite with his ex.
an award-winning director, cinematogra- unfolds kilometer by kilometer; a journey that soon Although some serious health problems caused by the
pregnancy force Frida to rest, she still tries to get Felix
becomes a ritual.
pher, and Emmy-nominated producer who Nadia Benedicto • Argentina • 2021 • 77 min. back using methods which are absurd, exaggerated
has documented stories across all seven Homebody and sometimes hilarious.
continents. Her debut documentary feature- Nothing is quite as special as a child’s relationship with Laura Lehmus • Germany • 2021 • 90 min.
length film After Antarctica follows the life of their babysitter, and nine-year-old, gender-queer John- Vulveeta
the legendary polar explorer Will Steger and ny is obsessed with theirs – so much so that they’ve Riot grrrl band VULVEETA didn’t break up on the best
his lifelong journey as an eyewitness to the meditated their spirit right into her body! Part “Freaky of terms. In fact, lead singer Grrrilda Beausoleil disap-
Friday” and part “Being John Malkovitch,” HOMEBODY
greatest changes to the polar regions of our is a charming, crowd-pleasing, cringe comedy for the peared 20 years ago, just as they were about to “go
big.” Now, she has to convince the band she’s ready to
planet. gender-fluid era. rock and overcome the band’s demons. They’ll need to
Joseph Sackett • USA • 2021 • 75 min. figure out how to integrate Gordon, who’s transitioned
Explorer Will Steger: A formidable voice call- Maybe Someday since the band’s heyday. Meanwhile, their formerly two-
year-old drummer, Killer Child, is eager to chart a new
ing for understanding and the preservation In the midst of separating from her wife, Jay, a non- course in her 20s. Most importantly, how will the band
of the Arctic, Will Stegeris best known for his binary 40-something photographer, attempts to move be able to draw a crowd in the digital age, in a time far
legendary polar explorations. Throughout across the country to start her life over again. Along the removed from the 1990s marketing methods of wheat
paste and stickers?
way, she takes a detour to stay with her high school
over fifty years of exploration, he is the lead- best friend who she used to be secretly in love with, Maria Breaux • USA • 2022 • 92 min.
ing eyewitness to the dramatic transforma- and befriends a charismatic gay man who has long
tion of the world’s most hostile landscapes. given up on love. Struggling to move forward with the Wake Up, Leonard
next chapter of her life, Jay grapples with the inevitable
Part comedy, part self-help nightmare, WAKE UP,
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failing miserably to stay on his vibe. This is the story of
Michelle Ehlen • USA • 2022 • 91 min.
most prodigious guitarists of his generation a broken-hearted seeker with a tenuous grasp on his
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