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    Santa Barbara Film Festival Lineup Announced

    The Santa Barbara Film Festival has announced its 2013 lineup. The 28th edition features films from 49 countries and runs January 24-February 3. The Jason Bateman-starring drama Disconnect is the opening-night film and Rowan Athale’s Wasteland closes it. Here’s the full lineup of movies by category:


    Babygirl, USA/Ireland – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Macdara Vallely
    Cast: Yainis Ynoa, Rosa Arredondo, Flaco Navaja

    Blumenthal, USA – World Premiere
    Directed by Seth Fisher
    Cast: Seth Fisher, Brian Cox, Fred Melamed, Laila Robins, Mark Blum, Mei Melancon

    Broken, UK – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Rufus Norris
    Cast: Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy, Rory Kinnear

    Crosstown, USA – World Premiere
    Directed by Miriam Kruishoop
    Cast: Manny Perez, Vivica A. Fox, Will Green, Noel Gugliemi, Paige Hurd

    Jackie, Netherlands – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Antoinette Beumer
    Cast: Carice van Houten, Jelka van Houten, Holly Hunter

    My Awkward Sexual Adventure, Canada – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Sean Garrity
    Cast: Jonas Chernick, Emily Hampshire, Vik Sahay

    Old Stock, Canada – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by James Genn
    Cast: Cameron Ansell, Ryan Blakely

    Sex After Kids, Canada – World Premiere
    Directed by Jeremy Lalonde
    Cast: Paul Amos, Shannon Meckner, Katie Boland, Kristin Booth, Jay Brazeau

    The Discoverers, USA – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Justin Schwartz
    Cast: Dreama Walker, John C. McGinley

    Wasteland, UK – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Rowan Athale
    Cast: Matthew Lewis, Iwan Rheon

    INTERNATIONAL FEATURES

    About 111 Girls (Darbare 111 Dokhtar), Iraq – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Nahid Ghobadi, Bijan Zamanpira
    Cast: Reza Behbudi, Mehdi Saki, Amin Sadeghi

    Betrayal (Izmena), Russia – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov
    Cast: Franziska Petri, Dejan Lilic

    Boucherie Halal, Canada – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Babek Aliassa
    Cast: Abdelghafour Elaaziz, Fariba Bonakdar, Karim Babin, Christine Aubin Khalifah

    Chaika, Russia/Georgia/Spain/Kazakhstan – U.S, Premiere
    Directed by Miguel Ángel Jiminez
    Cast: Salome Demuria, Gio Gabunia

    Coming of Age (Anfang 80), Austria – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Gerhard Ertl, Sabine Hiebler
    Cast: Christine Ostermayer, Karl Merkatz

    Gangs of Wasseypur, India – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Anurag Kashyap
    Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Piyush Mishra, Remma Sen, Jaideep Ahlawat, Zeishan Quadri, Pankaj Tripathi

    The Deflowering of Eva Von End, Netherlands – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Michiel ten Horn
    Cast: Vivian Dierickx, Rafael Gareisen

    The Night Parade, France – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Geraldine Maillet

    Water, Israel – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Bargouthi, Mohammad Fuad, Tal Haring, Yona Rozenkier, Nir Saar, Maya Sarfaty, Pini Tavger

    DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

    Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard, Australia – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Richard Lowenstein, Lynn-Maree Milburn
    Featuring: Rowland S. Howard, Genevieve McGuckin, Nick Cave

    Blood Brother, USA – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Steve Hoover
    Featuring: Steve Hoover, Rocky Braat

    Buzkashi!, Canada – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Najeeb Mirza

    Handmade Cinema, Italy – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Guido Torlonia
    Featuring: Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo, Maurizio Millenotti, Gabriella Pescucci

    Men at Lunch, Ireland – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Seán Ó Cualáin

    More Than Honey, Switzerland/Germany
    Directed by Markus Imhoof
    Featuring: Fred Jaggi, John Miller, Liane Singer

    Radioman, UK – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Mary Kerr
    Featuring: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Jude Law, Eva Mendes, Helen Mirren, Sting, Craig Castaldo, Meryl Streep

    Rising From Ashes, USA/Rwanda/UK/South Africa
    Directed by T. C. Johnstone
    Featuring: Forest Whitaker

    Somm, USA
    Directed by Jason Wise
    Featuring: Bo Barrett, Shayn Bjornholm

    The Mosuo Sisters, USA – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Marlo Poras

    SPANISH/LATIN AMERICA CINEMA

    7 Boxes, Paraguay
    Directed by Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori
    Cast: Celso Franco, Victor Sosa, Lali González, Nico García, Paletita, Manuel Portillo

    Chocó, Colombia – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza
    Cast: Esteban Copete, Karent Hinestroza

    Clandestine Childhood, Argentina/Spain/Brazil
    Directed by Benjamin Ávila
    Cast: Teo Gutiérrez Moreno, César Troncoso

    La Sirga, Colombia/France/Mexico – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by William Vega
    Cast: Floralba Achicanoy, Joghis Seudin Arias

    Once Upon a Time Was I, Veronica, Brazil/France – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Marcelo Gomes
    Cast: Hermila Guedes, Maeve Jinkings

    The Body, Spain – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Oriol Paulo
    Cast: José Coronado, Belén Rueda, Hugo Silva, Aura Garrido

    The Passion of Michelangelo, Chile
    Directed by Esteban Larraín
    Cast: Sebastián Ayala, Claudia Celedón

    The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas), Mexico – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Luis Mandoki
    Cast: Greisy Mena, Fernando Moreno

    FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA SOCIAL JUSTICE

    Art of Conflict, Ireland/USA – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Valeri Vaughn
    Featuring: Vince Vaughn (narrator)

    El Milagro, Spain – World Premiere
    Directed by Salomón Shang

    High Plains Doctor: Healing on the Tibetan Plateau, Canada – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Michael Oved Dayan
    Featuring: Isaac Sobol

    It’s Better to Jump, USA/Israel – World Premiere
    Directed by Gina Angelone, Mouna B. Stewart, Patrick A. Stewart

    Musicwood, USA/Madagascar – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Maxine Trump
    Featuring: Kaki King, Yo La Tengo

    Occupy the Movie, Canada – World Premiere
    Directed by Corey Ogilvie
    Featuring: Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Tim Pool

    Revolution, Canada – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Rob Stewart
    Featuring: Rob Stewart, David Hannan, Boris Worm, Emily Hunter, Felix Finkbeiner

    Stable Life, USA – World Premiere
    Directed by Sara MacPherson

    The World Before Her, Canada
    Directed by Nisha Pahuja
    Featuring: Pooja Chopra, Marc Robinson, Ankita Shorey, Ruhi Singh, Prachi Trivedi

    SHORT FILMS

    Born Yesterday, USA- World Premiere
    Directed by Nate Larkin-Conolly
    Cast: Alex Creasia, Maggie Lyons, and Ari Costa

    Buzkashi Boys, Afghanistan/USA
    Directed by Sam French
    Cast: Jawanmard Paiz, Wali Talash, and Fawad Mohammadi

    Byron’s Theme, USA- World Premiere
    Directed by Bennett Barbakow
    Cast: Bennett Barbakow, Max Marbakow, Grace Jackson, Nick Lentz, and Myles Pettengill

    Dog Eat Dog, USA
    Directed by Sian Heder
    Cast: Sean Akers, Ellie Smith, and Sian Heder

    F**k The Parents, USA- World Premiere
    Directed by Ethan Kuperberg
    Cast: Alexandra Barreto, Jill Soloway, and Robin Ruzan

    Night Shift, New Zealand
    Directed by Zia Mandviwalla
    Cast: Anapela Polataivao and Leon Dobrinski

    NSFW, USA- World Premiere
    Directed by Joseph Armario
    Cast: Ben York Jones, Jenny Hou

    The Interagation, USA- World Premiere
    Directed by Drew Lewis
    Cast: Dawn Fields, James Popiden, and Debbie Rankin

    The Op Shop, Australia
    Directed by Lee Rogers
    Cast: Christopher Gist, Lee Rogers, and Paul Kooperman

    The Other Side, Israel
    Directed by Khen Shalem
    Cast: David Fuerstein and Hanan Yehieli

    The Tea Party, USA
    Directed by Serena Reeder
    Cast: Bonnie Love, Carol Fritz, Angela Buckery, and Anthony Riley

    The Test, USA- World Premiere
    Directed by Anthony DiBlasi
    Cast: Joe Daley, Lauren Bowles, and Patrick Fischler

    Tiger Boy, Italy- US Premiere
    Directed by Gabriele Mainetti
    Cast: Francesco Foti, Lidia Vitale, and Simone Santini

    ANIMATED SHORTS

    Butterflies, Australia – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Isabel Peppard
    Cast: Rachel Griffiths, Nicholas Hope, Henry Nixon, Honey Spence

    Cicada Princess, USA
    Directed by Mauricio Baiocchi
    Cast: Stephen Fry

    Head Over Heels, UK
    Directed by Timothy Reckart
    Cast: Nigel Anthony and Ruth Rayyah McCaul

    Oh Willy…, Belgium
    Directed by Emma De Swaef and Marc Roels

    Old Man, USA
    Directed by Leah Shore
    Cast: Charles Manson and Marlin Marynick

    Sleight of Hand, Australia
    Directed by Michael Cusack

    Yellow Stick Notes| Canadian Anijam, Canada- World Premiere
    Directed by Jeff Chiba Stearns
    Cast: Marv Newland, Cordell Barker, Chris Hinton, Alison Snowden, David Fine, Janet Pearlman, and Paul Driessen

    KOLNOA SHORTS

    Barriers, Israel
    Directed by Golan Rise

    The Other Side, Israel
    Directed by Khen Shalem
    Cast: David Fuerstein and Hanan Yehieli

    Wherever You Go, Israel- US Premiere
    Directed by Ronny Sasson Angel

    NON-COMPETITION FILMS

    APPLEBOX

    Brave 3D
    Directed by Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell
    Cast: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson

    Frankenweenie 3D
    Directed by Tim Burton
    Cast: Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short

    ParaNorman 3D
    Directed by Chris Butler, Sam Fell
    Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

    Wreck It Ralph 3D
    Directed by Rich Moore
    Cast: John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch

    CINESONIC

    Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard, Australia – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Richard Lowenstein, Lynn-Maree Milburn
    Cast: Rowland S. Howard, Genevieve McGuckin, Nick Cave

    Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation, Canada – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Laura Archibald
    Featuring: Oscar Brand, Judy Collins, Tom Chapin, Kris Kristofferson

    Harana, Phillippines/USA – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Benito Bautista
    Featuring: Florante Aguilar, Celestino Aniel

    In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey, Canada
    Directed by James Cullingham

    One Track Heart, USA/India – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Jeremy Frindel
    Cast: Rick Rubin, Jason Becker, Ram Dass, Krishna Das

    Punk in Africa, South Africa/Czech Republic/Zimbabwe/Mozambique – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Keith Jones, Deon Maas
    Featuring: Paulo Chibanga, Michael Fleck, Ivan Kadey, Ruben Rose, Warwick Sony

    KOLNOA

    Hannah Arendt, Germany/Luxembourg/France
    Directed by Margarethe von Trotta
    Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg

    Out in the Dark, Israel/USA – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Michael Mayer
    Cast: Nicholas Jacob, Michael Aloni, Jameel Khouri, Alon Pdut

    The Ballad of The Weeping Spring (Balada le’aviv ha’bohe), Israel – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Benny Toraty
    Cast: Yigal Adika, Lirit Balaban, Asher Dagan, Yonatan Dani, Peri Bar Delshdefer

    The Dealers, Israel – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Oded Davidoff
    Cast: Alon Aboutboul, Moshe Ashkenazi, Rami Davidoff, Abdallah El Akal

    Water, Israel – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Bargouthi, Mohammad Fuad, Tal Haring, Yona Rozenkier, Nir Saar, Maya Sarfaty, Pini Tavger

    PAN ASIA

    Fly With The Crane, China – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Li Ruijun
    Cast: Xingchun Ma, Long Tang, Siyi Wang

    Motorway, Hong Kong – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Pou-Soi Cheang
    Cast: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Shawn Yue

    One Mile Above, China/Taiwan – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Jiayi Du

    Pieta, South Korea
    Directed by Ki-duk Kim
    Cast: Jeong-jin Lee, Min-soo Jo

    The Mosuo Sisters, USA – West Coast Premiere
    Directed by Marlo Poras

    The Silent War, Hong Kong/China – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Felix Chong, Alan Mak
    Cast: Xun Zhou, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Mavis Fan, Xuebing Wang, Yong Dong, Lap-Man Sin

    REEL NATURE

    10 Deadliest Sharks, USA
    Directed by Moira Mann

    Danube – Europe’s Amazon, Germany
    Directed by Rita & Michael Schlamberger

    Elephant Whisperer, Iceland
    Directed by Jóhann Sigfússon
    Featuring: Katherine Wogan (Narrator)

    Hawaii: Islands of the Fire Goddess, UK
    Directed by Michael deGruy

    Incredible Suckers, USA
    Directed by Michael deGruy
    Featuring: Michael deGruy, Bruce Robison

    Monster Squid: The Giant Squid Is Real, UK

    Tempest From The Deep, USA
    Directed by Michael deGruy

    The Octopus Show, USA
    Directed by Michael deGruy
    Featuring: Shari Belafonte, Michael deGruy

    SANTA BARBARA FILMMAKERS

    Charles Lloyd, Arrows Into Infinity, USA – World Premiere
    Directed by Dorothy Darr, Jeffery Morse

    Mommy, I’m A Basterd!, USA – World Premiere
    Directed by Max Barbakow
    Featuring: Margo Barbakow, Bennett Barbakow, Jeff Barbakow, Wendy Reynolds, Lynn Reynolds, William Bradford Reynolds, Bobbi Smith

    The Condor’s Shadow, USA- World Premiere
    Directed by Jeff Mcloughlin

    The Racket Boys, USA – World Premiere
    Directed by Brandon Willer
    Cast: Paul Haapaniemi, Dannikke Walkker, Brandon Willer

    The Santa Ynez River Wilderness, USA – World Premiere
    Directed by Michael James Love

    SCREEN CUISINE

    A Year in Burgundy USA – World Premiere
    Directed by David Kennard
    Cast: Martine Saunier

    Family Meals, Croatia – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Dana Budisavljevic

    More Than Honey, Switzerland/Germany/Austria
    Directed by Markus Imhoof
    Cast: Fred Jaggi, John Miller, Liane Singer

    Perú Sabe: Cuisine as an Agent of Social Change, Perú – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Jesús M. Santos
    Featuring: Gaston Acurio, Ferran Adriá

    Somm, USA
    Directed by Jason Wise
    Featuring: Bo Barrett, Shayn Bjornholm

    Spinning Plates, USA
    Directed by Joseph Levy
    Cast: Grant Achatz, Thomas Keller

    SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

    Barbara, Germany
    Directed by Christian Petzold
    Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld

    Bound by Flesh, USA
    Directed by Leslie Zemeckis
    Featuring Lea Thompson, Nancy Allen

    Caesar Must Die, Italy
    Directed by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

    In The Shadow, Czech Republic/Slovakia/Poland
    Directed by David Ondricek

    Kon-Tiki, UK/Norway/Denmark
    Directed by Joachim Renning, Espen Sandberg
    Cast: Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgård

    Laurence Anyways, Canada/France
    Directed by Xavier Dolan
    Cast: Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye

    Modest Reception (Paziraie sadeh), Iran
    Directed by Mani Haghighi
    Cast: Taraneh Alidoosti, Mani Haghighi, Saeed Changizian, Esmaeel Khalaj, Saber Abbar

    No, Chile/France/USA – West Coast Premiere / International Gala
    Directed by Pablo Larraín
    Cast: Gael García Bernal

    Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself, USA
    Directed by Tom Bean, Luke Poling
    Cast: Ken Burns, Ric Burns

    Queen of Montreuil, France – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Sólveing Anspach
    Cast: Florence Loiret Caille, Eric Caruso

    Sister, France/Switzerland
    Directed by Ursula Meier
    Cast: Léa Seydoux, Martin Compston

    The Sapphires, Australia
    Directed by Wayne Blair
    Cast: Chris O’Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy

    TO THE MAXXX

    Alaska Sessions: Surfing The Last Frontier, Australia – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Frederick Dickerson, Matthew McNeill
    Featuring: Mike McCune, Scott Dickerson, Ice Man (Don McNamara), Stephanie Dickerson, Donna Rae Faulkner, Wendy Kinnier McCune

    Discovering Mavericks, USA – World Premiere
    Directed by Joshua Pomer

    Driftwood, USA – World Premiere
    Directed by Peter Trow, Jim Brewer
    Cast: Shaun Tomson, Matt Becker, Genelle Ives, Joe Rowan, Sam George, Noah Yap, Ammy Naff, Jim Brewer

    Isolated, USA/UK – World Premiere
    Directed by Justin Le Pera
    Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Travis Potter

    Storm Surfers 3D, Australia – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Justin McMillan, Chris Nelius
    Featuring: Tom Carroll, Ben Matson

    The Invisible String, Germany/USA/Japan/Italy – U.S. Premiere
    Directed by Jan Bäss
    Featuring: Chipper ‘Bro’ Bell, ‘Crazy’ John Brooks

    The Signal Hill Speed Run, USA – World Premiere
    Directed by Jon Carnoy, Michael Horelick

    WARNERS ARCHIVE

    Dial M For Murder
    Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
    Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly

    Singin’ in the Rain
    Directed by Stanley Donen
    Cast: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor

    The Shining
    Directed by Stanley Kubrick
    Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall

    SHORT FILMS

    Documentary Shorts:

    Brute Force, USA
    Directed by Ben Steinbauer
    Cast: Brute Force

    Georgena Terry, USA
    Directed by Amanda Zackem
    Cast: Georgena Terry

    Jujitsuing Reality, USA
    Directed by Chetin Chabuk
    Cast: Scott Lew

    Just Add Water, Thailand- US Premiere
    Directed by Franck Janin and Luc Janin

    Mr. Twister- USA- World Premiere
    Directed by Clay Westervelt
    Cast: Brian Tolley

    The Art of Boxing, USA- US Premiere
    Directed by Andrew Flakelar
    Cast: Newton Kidd

    The Bronzer, USA
    Directed by Peyton Wilson

    SANTA BARBARA FILMMAKERS

    SB Short Films:

    A Tiny Portal, USA
    Directed by Stephanie Gumpel
    Cast: Stephanie Gumpel, Ann Benson, Richard Riehle, and Alan Collett

    Jack, USA- World Premiere
    Directed by Grace Jackson
    Cast: Jack English

    Memorial, USA- World Premiere
    Directed by Jason Hallows
    Cast: Tony Alvarez, Sarah Prikryl, Melody Zara, and Craig Welzbacher

    Ride, USA- World Premiere
    Directed by Chris Yasko
    Cast: Seinn Schlidt

    The Condition, USA
    Directed by René Caballero
    Cast: Brett Sherry, Aleksandr Filen, Kelly Wood, Kelly Decker, Marianne Madsen, and Matt Dumont

    The Chef at the Little Washington, USA- World Premiere
    Directed by Michael Pyon
    Cast: Patrick O’Connell

    The Meter, USA- World Premiere
    Directed by Roy Hathon
    Cast: Patrick Hubbard, Kevin Saunders

    This is Caroline, USA
    Directed by Danny Abel
    Cast: Hannah Pearl Utt, Blake Berris, Zoe Farmingdale, and Leora Kalish

    YOUTH CINEMEDIA

    Baba Uncensored, USA

    Cosmic Warrior: A Journey from LA to Albuquerque, USA

    In the Studio with Nani Chacon, USA

    LA Freeway Kids: the Restoration of an Olympic Mural, USA

    Mictlan Murals in Boyle Heights, USA

    Rhythmetik’s First Time: the making of a music video, USA

    Santa Clara Pueblo, USA

    The Crenshaw Wall with King CRE8, USA

    Undocubus Puganini Po’kwin, USA

    Willie F. Herrón III, USA

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