Dallas International Film Fest Announces 2012 Lineup; ‘Cowgirls’ and ‘Satellite’ to Make World Premieres
The Dallas International Film Festival, which will run from April 12-22, 2012, has announced its 2012 lineup. The lineup features several world premieres, including the debut of Timothy Armstrong’s “Cowgirls N’ Angels” and Will Moore’s “Satellite of Love.”
At their Film Society Honors event, the festival will give an award to former United Artists and Orion Pictures President and CEO Eric Pleskow, who oversaw the release of such classics as “West Side Story,” “Midnight Cowboy,” “Amadeus” and “Silence of the Lambs.”
It was also announced that the winner of the festival’s Texas Competition will receive a camera rental package worth $30,000 courtesy of Panavision.
The complete lineup is below. For more information on the films, visit the Dallas Film Society website here.
Centerpiece
MY WAY (South Korea) – Texas Premiere
Director: Je-gyu Kang
Premiere Series
BROOKLYN BROTHERS BEAT THE BEST, THE (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Ryan O’Nan
BRINGING UP BOBBY (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Famke Janssen
COMIC-CON EPISODE IV: A FAN’S HOPE (USA)
Director: Morgan Spurlock
COMPLIANCE (USA)
Director: Craig Zobel
DARLING COMPANION (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL (USA) – Texas Premiere
Directors: Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng
LIBERAL ARTS (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Josh Radnor
Narrative Feature Competition
FAITH, LOVE AND WHISKEY (USA, Bulgaria) – Texas Premiere
Director: Kristina Nikolova
FATHER’S CHAIR (Brazil) – Texas Premiere
Director: Luciano Moura
LUV (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Sheldon Candis
MAYA (Albania) – North American Premiere
Director: Pluton Vasi
SAVE THE DATE (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Michael Mohan
SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME (USA)
Director: Robert Byington
TEDDY BEAR (Denmark) – Texas Premiere
Director: Mads Matthiesen
Documentary Feature Competition
BIBA! ONE ISLAND, 879 VOTES (USA) – World Premiere
Director: Benjamin Bloodwell
BROOKLYN CASTLE (USA)
Director: Katie Dellamaggiore
ESCAPE FIRE: THE FIGHT TO RESCUE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE (USA)
Directors: Matthew Heineman, Susan Froemke
THE IMPOSTER (UK)
Director: Bart Layton
LOW & CLEAR (USA)
Directors: Kahlil Hudson, Tyler Hughen
TCHOUPITOULAS (USA)
Directors: Bill Ross, Turner Ross
WE’RE NOT BROKE (USA) – Texas Premiere
Directors: Karin Hayes, Victoria Bruce
Documentary Showcase
GIRL MODEL (USA)
Directors: David Redmon, A. Sabin
THE INVISIBLE WAR (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Kirby Dick
NO ASHES NO PHOENIX (Germany) – Texas Premiere
Director: Jens Pfeifer
VITO (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz
World Cinema
5 BROKEN CAMERAS (Palestine, Israel, France) – Texas Premiere
Directors: Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi
ALPS (Greece) – Texas Premiere
Director: Giorgos Lanthimos
ELENA (Russia) – Texas Premiere
Director: Andrei Zvyagintsev
EXTRATERRESTRIAL (Spain)
Director: Nacho Vigalondo
I WISH (Japan) – Texas Premiere
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
SALT OF LIFE (Italy) – Texas Premiere
Director: Gianni Di Gregorie
UNTOUCHABLES (France) – Texas Premiere
Directors: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
WHERE DO WE GO NOW? (France, Lebanon, Egypt, Italy) – Texas Premiere
Director: Nadine Labaki
Latino Showcase
BEING: CAFÉ TACVBA (Mexico) – U.S. Premiere
Directors: Ernesto Contreras and José Manuel Craviotto
HELENO (Brazil) – Texas Premiere
Director: José Henrique Fonseca
MARIACHI GRINGO (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Tom Gustafson
South Korean Spotlight
LET ME OUT (South Korea) – World Premiere
Directors: Jae Yong Soh, Chang Rae Kim
Texas Competition in partnership with PANAVISION
AMERICA’S PARKING LOT (USA)
Director: Jonny Mars
CINEMA SIX (USA) – World Premiere
Directors: Mark Potts, Cole Selix
KID-THING (USA)
Director: David Zellner
SATELLITE OF LOVE (USA) – World Premiere
Director: Will Moore
SIRONIA (USA)
Director: Brandon Dickerson
THANK YOU FOR JUDGING (USA)
Directors: Sean Fornara, Michael Urie, Selma Al-Faqih, Travis Flournoy
WOLF (USA)
Director: Ya’Ke Smith
Environmental Visions Competition in partnership with Whole Foods
ATOMIC STATES OF AMERICA, THE (USA) – Texas Premiere
Directors: Dan Argott, Sheena Joyce
DIRTY ENERGY (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Bryan D. Hopkins
LAST CALL AT THE OASIS (USA)
Director: Jessica Yu
Family Friendly
COWGIRLS N’ ANGELS (USA) – World Premiere
Director: Timothy Armstrong
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, USA)
Director: Steven Spielberg
FIRST POSITION (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Bess Kargman
OBLIVION ISLAND: HARUKA AND THE MAGIC MIRROR (Japan) – Texas Premiere
Director: Shinsuke Sato
Deep Ellum Sounds
ANDREW BIRD: FEVER YEAR (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Xan Aranda
UNDER AFRICAN SKIES (USA)
Director: Joe Berlinger
Midnight Specials
BINDLESTIFFS (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Andrew Edison
JUAN OF THE DEAD (Spain, Cuba)
Director: Alejandro Brugués
THE PACT (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Nicholas McCarthy
TORMENTED (Japan, Netherlands) – Texas Premiere
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Special Presentation
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1997, USA)
Director: Curtis Hanson
GAYBY (USA)
Director: Jonathan Lisecki
AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF HER BEAUTY (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Terence Nance
QWERTY (USA) –Texas Premiere
Director: Bill Sebastian
THE REVISIONARIES (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Scott Thurman
ROBOCOP (1987, USA)
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Community Showcase
CLOSE TIES: TYING ON A NEW TRADITION (USA)
Director: Gemal Woods
KISSED BY THE DEVIL (USA)
Director: M. Legend Brown
PATRIOCRACY (USA) – Texas Premiere
Director: Brian Malone
Shorts Competition
’92 SKYBOX ALONZO MOURNING ROOKIE CARD (USA)
Director: Todd Sklar
AARON BURR, PART 2 (USA)
Director: Dana O’Keefe
ANOTHER BULLET DODGED (USA)
Director: Landon Zakheim
AT THE FORMAL (Australia)
Director: Andrew Kavanagh
AUDACITY (India)
Director: Anirban Roy
AURORA BOREALIS (USA)
Director: Matt H. Mayes
BEAR (Australia)
Director: Nash Edgerton
CHORES (USA)
Director: Terence Bernardo
DOUBLES WITH SLIGHT PEPPER (USA, Canada, Trinidad)
Director: Ian Harnarine
THE DUMP (New Zealand)
Director: Hamish Bennett
THE ELECT (USA)
Directors: Dan Moore, Erin Zacek
EVERYTHING IS INCREDIBLE (USA)
Directors: Tyler Bastian, Trevor Hill, Tim Skousen
FAMILY NIGHTMARE (USA)
Director: Dustin Guy Defa
FUNGUS (Sweden)
Director: Charlotta Miller
HEART STOP BEATING (USA)
Director: Jeremiah Zagar
HELLION (USA)
Director: Kat Candler
THE HICCUP (USA)
Director: Matt Smukler
IZZY & SALVADOR (USA)
Director: Jean-Pierre Caner
A LETTER TO JULIA (Spain)
Director: David González Rúdiez
LIFE AND FREAKY TIMES OF UNCLE LUKE (USA)
Director: Jillian Mayer
LIFELIKE (USA)
Directors: Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside
THE LOVE COMPETITION (USA)
Director: Brent Hoff
LOVE HACKING (USA)
Director: Jenni Nelson
MEANING OF ROBOTS (USA)
Director: Matt Lenski
ONCE IT STARTED IT COULD NOT END OTHERWISE (USA)
Director: Kelly Sears
PERFECT FIT (Mexico)
Director: Leonel Fernandez
PLAYTIME (Germany)
Director: Lucas Mireles
PLUTO DECLARATION (USA)
Director: Travis Wilkerson
RASPBERRY JAM (USA)
Director: Courtney Ware
ZERGÜT (USA)
Directors: Natasha Subramaniam, Alisa Lapidus
Shorts Before Features
THE BIRTH OF SAINT ELISEO (USA)
Director: Stacy Dean Campbell
Student Shorts Competition
BENNY (USA)
Director: Huay-Bing Law
GRANDMOTHERS (UK)
Director: Afarin Eghbal
THE KIDS DON’T LIKE IT (USA)
Director: Jeremy David White
NANI (USA)
Director: Justin Tipping
NEWSWORTHY (USA)
Director: Jeremy Robbins
WASH ME (USA)
Director: Winston Tao
Animation Competition in partnership with REEL FX
663114 (Japan)
Director: Isamu Hirabayashi
DR. BREAKFAST (USA)
Director: Stephen Neary
IT’S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY (USA)
Director: Don Hertzfeldt
A MORNING STROLL (UK)
Director: Grant Orchard
MOXIE (UK)
Director: Stephen Irwin
SLOW DEREK (UK)
Director: Dan Ojari
WILD LIFE (Canada)
Directors: Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby
