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DAY 1: Thursday, June 9, 2016 l 6:30 PM l Aud. 1
OFFICIAL OPENING NIGHT PROGRAM
SHORT: "FISH & CHICKS" (France) Wri en & Directed by: Julie Grumbach, Elise McLeod
20mins I Short | Comedy I World Premiere
Stars: Coline Beal, Julie e Tresanini, Mar n Combes
Synopsis: 'Name two figures of the French revolu on?' Erwan responds with a joke scribbled
on his school desk, a stranger answers back with their own scribble, and so a
game begins. With each exchange, the urge to discover the iden ty of the
other only grows stronger! Their dialogue resonates like a promise.
FEATURE: "COACH OF THE YEAR" (US) Writer & Director: David Sto
82mins I Comedy | Drama I New York Premiere
Stars: Harris Doran, Melissa Archer, Hunter Gomez, James McCaffrey, Kevin Brown
Synopsis: An irreverent swim coach tries to win a state tle without a pool to prac ce in.
DAY 2: Friday, June 10, 2016 l 5:25 PM l Aud. 3
FEATURE: "LAUT" (Philippines) Directed by: Louie Ignacio
85mins I US Premiere
Writers: Robby Tan ngco, Carlo Catu,Ysagani Ybarra
Stars: Barbie Forteza, Ronwaldo Mar n, Felixia Crysten Dizon
Synopsis: A sea gypsies from Zamboanga who are now living in Mabalacat, Pampanga, Nadia
of the group called Sama d'Laut. She hopes to marry the man she loves but was forced to
leave when things got really difficult for her home province.. She ends up in Mabalacat where
she is forced to live a new life.
5:30 PM l Aud 2
FEATURE: "LIFE OF SIGNIFICANT SOIL" (US) Wri en & Directed by Michael Irish
72mins I New York City Premiere
Stars: Charlo e Bydwell, Alexis Mouyiaris, Don Bajema
Synopsis: A struggling young couple is forced to live the last day of their rela onship over and
over again.
7:15 PM l Aud 2
DOCUMENTARY: "LEGENDS OF FREESTYLE" (US) Directed by: Steve Stanulis
100mins I New York Premiere
Stars: Lisa Velez, Steve Stanulis, Freedom Williams
Synopsis: Brings you back into the era of the mid‐80's, the height of Freestyle music, with a
current window on the ar st today.
7:20 PM l Aud 3
FEATURE: "SOUTH 32" (US) Directed by: Jake Barsha
90mins I New York Premiere
Writers: Jake Barsha, Robert Paul Taylor
Stars: Melissa Archer, Sean Kanan, Robert Paul Taylor, Mollee Gray
Synopsis: You can't take back what you did. “A young woman wakes up in a hospital discover‐
ing she is the sole survivor of a murderous crime scene in Malibu. The grudging response of
two homicide detec ves pressures her into taking ma ers into her own hands. Bullying is an
epidemic, and revenge is a bitch.”
9:15 PM l Aud 2
FEATURE: "ESOTERIKA: MAYNILA" (Philippines) Directed by: Elwood Perez
99mins l Drama I US Premiere
Writers: Elwood Perez, Jessica Zafra
Stars: Ronnie Liang, Boots Anson‐Roa, Vince Tañada
Synopsis: In a voyage of self‐discovery, this protagonist‐‐‐alternately ingenious and ingenuous
‐‐‐plunges into the territory of the exalted, the charmed and the bizarre, swimming through
the uncharted waters of the unique Filipino experience, emerging from it all as an authen c
Manileño imbued with the thought that tolerance is sophis ca on. The mul lingual cast is a
convergence of Manila denizens of cross‐cultural persuasions.
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