Sarasota Film Festival Announces Complete Film Lineup
Here’s the press release from Sarasota Film Festival’s recently release of their full lineup. The festival runs from April 5, 2013 – April 14, 2013. For more information and to purchase tickets visit http://www.sarasotafilmfestival.com/. Find the complete release with full film list here.
The Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) officially announced their complete 2013 Festival program today. The SFF, one of the largest regional film festivals in the United States, will feature over 222 films, including the latest works from Olivier Assayas, Andrew Bujalski, Xavier Dolan, Sophie Fiennes, Tom Gilroy, Ken Loach, Kim Longinotto, Claude Miller, François Ozon, Alain Resnais, Carlos Reygadas, Thomas Vinterberg, Lucy Walker and many, many more.
Leading the festival’s program are the SFF’s Competitions, highlighted by Tom Gilroy’s THE COLD LANDS (US Premiere), Jeremy Xido’s DEATH METAL ANGOLA (US Premiere), Nathan Silver’s SOFT IN THE HEAD (World Premiere), C&Y’s THE OXBOW CURE (World Premiere), Gregory Collins’ A SONG STILL INSIDE (World Premiere)
among a group of twenty-four films vying for top festival honors.
The Festival also announced the awarding of the 2013 Terry Porter Visionary Award to Andrew Bujalski’s COMPUTER CHESS. The award, named in honor of longtime festival friend Terry Porter, is presented for the third consecutive year in partnership with the Huisking Foundation. Previous winners include V/H/S (2012) and Todd Rohal’s THE CATECHISM CATACLYSM (2011).
As previously announced, the 2013 opens on April 5th with Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s BLACKFISH, while Noah Baumbach’s FRANCES HA is the festival’s Closing Night film. James Ponsoldt’s THE SPECTACULAR NOW and Barbara Kopple’s RUNNING FROM CRAZY are the Centerpiece Films, with Carols Puga’s BURMA, Justin Schwarz’s THE DISCOVERERS and the World Premiere of Will Slocombe’s PASADENA are the SFF’s Spotlight Films.
