Bentonville Film Festival: Features
by IMDb-Editors | created - 17 Apr 2018 | updated - 23 Apr 2018 | PublicThese feature-length films will screen at the 2018 Bentonville Film Festival, May 1 to May 6, 2018.
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1. Angelica (2016)
100 min | Drama
Angelica has spent her whole life escaping from her mixed racial identity, but a family crisis forces her to look inside and rethink her life.
Director: Marisol Gómez-Mouakad | Stars: Kisha Tikina Burgos, Yamil Collazo, Willie Denton, Modesto Lacen
Votes: 15
Narrative Competition
2. Banana Season (2018)
TV-14 | 104 min | Drama
Banana Season tells the story of a pivotal point in time for two individuals in the endless season of their lives. Peter is a little person with a big dream of flying like the bird species ... See full summary »
Director: Sanghoon Lee | Stars: James Kyson, Pancho Moler, Brenann Stacker, Eve Rydberg
Votes: 11
Narrative Competition
3. Benji the Dove (2018)
88 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A tender tale of four boys rapidly coming to terms with growing up, school, bullies, friendship and loyalty.
Director: Kevin Arbouet | Stars: Gerald Jones, Blake Bergman, Eli Tokash, Aviad Bernstein
Votes: 3,842
Narrative Competition
4. Egg (I) (2018)
90 min | Comedy
Conceptual artist Tina (Reiner) introduces her eight-months-pregnant art-school rival (Hendricks) to her non-traditional surrogate Kiki (Camp). The truth comes out and the patriarchy fights to hang on.
Director: Marianna Palka | Stars: Christina Hendricks, Alysia Reiner, David Alan Basche, Anna Camp
Votes: 941
Narrative Competition
5. Find Me (2018)
104 min | Drama
An emotionally wounded accountant decides to break away from routine and find his missing friend, who has left clues for him of her whereabouts throughout National Parks across the West.
Director: Tom Huang | Stars: Sara Amini, Krizia Bajos, Tom Huang, Kirby
Votes: 622
Narrative Competition
6. F.R.E.D.I. (2018)
90 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
When James needs a topic for his high-school science project or he'll fail his class, he finds an AI robot in the woods near home.
Director: Sean Olson | Stars: Kelly Hu, Angus Macfadyen, Candace Cameron Bure, Lucius Hoyos
Votes: 1,181
Narrative Competition
7. Good After Bad (2017)
93 min | Drama
The film follows the relationship between bullied student Shelly, whose home life is in shambles, and wealthy eccentric Wes, with no friends and issues with women. Things take a turn when Wes offers to become Shelly's guardian.
Director: Anne-Marie Hess | Stars: Maddie Hasson, Billy Burke, Dabier, Melora Walters
Votes: 884
Narrative Competition
8. Lez Bomb (2018)
TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A still closeted young woman brings her girlfriend home for Thanksgiving, only to have her coming out efforts thwarted by the unexpected arrival of her male roommate.
Director: Jenna Laurenzo | Stars: Jenna Laurenzo, Caitlin Mehner, Deirdre O'Connell, Dorothi Fox
Votes: 1,635
Narrative Competition
9. Mary Goes Round (2017)
PG-13 | 84 min | Drama
Mary is a substance abuse counsellor with a drinking problem. After getting arrested for drunk driving and losing her job, Mary returns to her hometown where she learns that her estranged ... See full summary »
Director: Molly McGlynn | Stars: Aya Cash, Leslie Seiler, Aaron Poole, Jess Salgueiro
Votes: 730
Narrative Competition
10. Miss Arizona (2018)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
Former pageant queen Rose Raynes (Johanna Braddy) makes a getaway with four unlikely friends when trouble shows up at their women's shelter. They embark on a wild all-night adventure through L.A.'s darkest streets and wildest drag club.
Director: Autumn McAlpin | Stars: Johanna Braddy, Kyle Howard, Blake McAlpin, Missi Pyle
Votes: 305
Narrative Competition
11. Moko Jumbie (2017)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
A gothic punk Caribbean love story arises in the ruins of a coconut plantation in rural Trinidad. Asha is drawn to Roger, the boy next door. Their taboo attraction grows despite family ... See full summary »
Director: Vashti Anderson | Stars: Anthony Blackburn, Keston Dick, Vanna Girod, Melvina Hazard
Votes: 72
Narrative Competition
12. Quest: The Truth Always Rises (I) (2017)
86 min | Biography, Drama
A true non-romantic love story highlighting a path to healing and empathy in a world of fear that's withholding. "Lying might get you what you want in the short run but honesty will get you what you need in the long run." -Tim Moellering
Director: Santiago Rizzo | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, LaKeith Stanfield, Betsy Brandt, Dash Mihok
Votes: 134
Narrative Competition
13. The Ride (V) (2018)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama
The inspiring story of a BMX champion who overcame an abusive childhood through the love and life lessons of his interracial foster family.
Director: Alex Ranarivelo | Stars: Sasha Alexander, Kathleen Wilhoite, Christina Moore, Ludacris
Votes: 2,120
Narrative Competition
14. Rust Creek (2018)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An overachieving college student gets lost on her way to a job interview. A wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the Kentucky forest.
Director: Jen McGowan | Stars: Hermione Corfield, Jay Paulson, Sean O'Bryan, Micah Hauptman
Votes: 13,015
Narrative Competition
15. Sadie (I) (2018)
96 min | Drama
SADIE is the story of a girl who will stop at nothing to preserve her father's place on the home front. Sadie (Sophia Mitri Schloss) is the daughter of a soldier and models herself after ... See full summary »
Director: Megan Griffiths | Stars: Sophia Mitri Schloss, Melanie Lynskey, John Gallagher Jr., Danielle Brooks
Votes: 464
Narrative Competition
16. Shine (I) (2017)
R | 95 min | Drama, Music
Two Puerto Rican brothers from New York's Spanish Harlem and the street's best Salsa dancers, are separated after a tragedy only to reunite years later on opposing sides of gentrification.
Director: Anthony Nardolillo | Stars: David Zayas, Musetta Vander, Alysia Reiner, Artem Chigvintsev
Votes: 253 | Gross: $0.33M
Narrative Competition
17. Lost Child (2017)
100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An army veteran who returns home to the Ozarks finds an abandoned young boy in the woods, and as she searches for clues to the boy's identity, discovers the local folklore about a spirit, which comes in the form of a child.
Director: Ramaa Mosley | Stars: Leven Rambin, Jim Parrack, Taylor John Smith, Landon Edwards
Votes: 1,269
Narrative Competition
18. Time Trap (2017)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A professor enters a cave and goes missing. Some of his students come looking for him and get trapped in the cave as well.
Directors: Mark Dennis, Ben Foster | Stars: Reiley McClendon, Cassidy Gifford, Brianne Howey, Olivia Draguicevich
Votes: 43,469
Narrative Competition
19. Urban Country (2018)
TV-PG | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A troubled young girl must choose between a carefree and exciting life in the city and a hard-work, no-frills country lifestyle in order to learn who she really is and what she wants out of life.
Director: Teddy Smith | Stars: Brighton Sharbino, Lou Diamond Phillips, C. Thomas Howell, Jason London
Votes: 350
Narrative Competition
20. When Jeff Tried to Save the World (2018)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
When the manager of an old-school bowling alley discovers the owner's plans to sell, saving Winky's World means pulling himself out of the gutter, too.
Director: Kendall Goldberg | Stars: Jon Heder, Brendan Meyer, Anna Konkle, Maya Erskine
Votes: 647
Narrative Competition
21. Unlovable (2018)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.
Director: Suzi Yoonessi | Stars: Charlene deGuzman, John Hawkes, Melissa Leo, Paul James
Votes: 576
Narrative Competition
22. I Can I Will I Did (2017)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A bullied teen is rehabilitated enough to walk again and finds redemption with the help of a Taekwondo Grandmaster.
Director: Nadine Truong | Stars: Ik Jo Kang, Mike Faist, Ellie Lee, Jack DiFalco
Votes: 143
Narrative Competition
23. 6 Weeks to Mother's Day (2017)
93 min | Documentary
Set in the remote jungle of Thailand, 150 underprivileged and orphaned students attending the country's first democratic school prepare a special celebration to honor their remarkable adoptive Mother on Mother's Day.
Director: Marvin Blunte | Stars: Rajani Dhgonchai, Pibhop Dhongchani, Arunee Bunyo, Pondpen Nopparat
Votes: 68
Documentary Competition
24. A Fine Line (2018)
70 min | Documentary
Telling the story of top female chefs and their battle for recognition in a male dominated world.
Director: Joanna James | Stars: Michael Anthony, Elena Arzak, Mashama Bailey, Lidia Bastianich
Votes: 61
Documentary Competition
25. Bias (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
Bias' challenges us to confront our hidden biases and understand what we risk when we follow our gut.
Director: Robin Hauser | Stars: Mahzarin Banaji, Iris Bohnet, Joanna Bryson, Angèle Christin
Votes: 36
Documentary Competition
26. Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (2018)
78 min | Documentary
The never-before-told story of Suzanne Mitchell, the fiercely-loyal den mother of the original Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
Director: Dana Adam Shapiro | Stars: Cindy Bennett, Muhammad Ali, Vonciel Baker, Tami Barber
Votes: 258
Documentary Competition
27. The Disunited States of America (2017)
87 min | Documentary
An insight into the lives and minds of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton supporters, a portrait of their fears and beliefs in the months leading up to the unparalleled 2016 election.
Director: Luis Prieto | Stars: Stephen Bates, Bonnie Bolitho, Patricia Cameron, Try Cissell
Votes: 57
Documentary Competition
28. Emanuel (2019)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
An inside look at the tragic event that took place in Charleston, South Carolina at the Emanuel AME Church, where 9 innocent churchgoers were gunned down.
Director: Brian Tetsuro Ivie | Stars: George Howard Adams, A.R. Bernard, Nadine Collier, Brien Gregorie
Votes: 312 | Gross: $1.20M
Documentary Competition
29. Intelligent Lives (2018)
70 min | Documentary
From award-winning filmmaker Dan Habib comes INTELLIGENT LIVES, a catalyst to transform the intellectual disability label from a life sentence of isolation to a life of possibility for the most systematically segregated people in America.
Director: Dan Habib | Stars: Naieer Shaheed, Naomie Monplaisir, Micah Fialka Feldman, Chris Cooper
Votes: 49
Documentary Competition
30. Living in the Future's Past (2018)
TV-PG | 100 min | Documentary
What kind of future do we want to live in? Jeff Bridges presents this beautifully photographed 4K tour de force of original thinking on who we are and the life challenges we face. This film... See full summary »
Director: Susan Kucera | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Piers Sellers, Wesley Clark, Oren Lyons
Votes: 459
Documentary Competition
31. Love Always, Mom (2019)
91 min | Documentary, Drama
A stage 4 cancer survivor's journey to start a family.
Directors: Tricia Russo, Trish Gonnella, Craig E. Shapiro
Votes: 19
Documentary Competition
32. Mind Over Matter (2019)
PG-13 | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A young man born with Cerebral Palsy battles a paralyzed left hand, bullies and stereotypes about the disabled to defy the odds and make it as a rock and roll guitarist -- Ultimately, ... See full summary »
Director: Sébastien Paquet | Stars: James 'Munky' Shaffer, Brian 'Head' Welch, Jonathan Davis, Brandon Mendenhall
Votes: 29
Documentary Competition
33. The Need to Grow (2019)
96 min | Documentary
The Need To GROW follows pioneers of cutting edge technology as they fight to localize sustainable food systems and regenerate Earth's dying soils.
Directors: Rob Herring, Ryan Wirick | Stars: Erik Cutter, Rosario Dawson, Douglas Gayeton, Kathryn Kellogg Johnson
Votes: 294
Documentary Competition
34. Origin Story (2018)
106 min | Documentary
Twenty years after learning about her biological father, Kulap Vilaysack finally asks the questions that will lead her to him.
Director: Kulap Vilaysack | Stars: Kulap Vilaysack, Scott Aukerman, Casey Wilson, June Diane Raphael
Votes: 215
Documentary Competition
35. Roller Dreams (2017)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
It's 1984 and Venice Beach, CA, is at the epicenter of a pop culture explosion. Young people of color seeking refuge from the turmoil of inner city life flock to the eclectic ocean ... See full summary »
Director: Kate Hickey | Stars: Mad, Sara Messenger, Terrell Ferguson, Larry Pitts
Votes: 116
Documentary Competition
36. Skid Row Marathon (2017)
85 min | Documentary
A criminal court judge starts a running club on L.A.'s skid row, where he trains a motley group of homeless people to run international marathons.
Director: Mark Hayes | Stars: David Askew, Joan Bys, Rafael Cabrera, Mody Diop
Votes: 452
Documentary Competition
37. Stumped (I) (2017)
72 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
When filmmaker Will Lautzenheiser's limbs are amputated, his life is derailed and he turns to stand-up comedy as therapy. Meanwhile, a world-famous medical team is performing transplants ... See full summary »
Director: Robin Berghaus | Stars: Cheryl Anderson, Carolyn Beagan, Marie José Benjamin, Emma Brady
Votes: 19
Documentary Competition
38. Surviving Home (2017)
85 min | Documentary, Biography
They survived war, yet over the years, U.S. military veterans from four generations must find their own unique bridge of connection in order to survive and thrive back home.
Directors: Jillian Moul, Matthew Moul | Stars: Tracey Cooper-Harris, Richard Green, Robert Henline, Jeff Prutz
Votes: 30
Documentary Competition
39. Through the Banks of the Red Cedar (2018)
TV-14 | 69 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
In 1963 Michigan State Head Coach Duffy Daugherty gave 23 African American young men the opportunity of a lifetime. The daughter of football legend Gene Washington uncovers how the first ... See full summary »
Director: Maya Washington | Stars: Sterling Armstrong, Clinton Jones, Alan Page, Ernie Pasteur
Votes: 28
Documentary Competition
40. When They Awake (2017)
90 min | Documentary, Music
A remarkable generation of established and emerging Indigenous musicians soars in a moment of cultural resurgence - from Idle No More to Standing Rock - channeling the pain of the past into a stirring, hopeful vision of the future.
Directors: PJ Marcellino, Hermon Farahi | Stars: Don Amero, Carmen Braden, Ian Campeau, Leela Gilday
Votes: 12
Documentary Competition
41. Women Like Us (2017)
92 min | Documentary
Women Like Us is a story about women who are changing the world.
Director: Sally Colon-Petree | Stars: Sally Colon-Petree, Sherri Shepherd, Moby, Tim Storey
Votes: 17
Documentary Competition
42. Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)
TV-14 | 91 min | Documentary, Crime
The twisting, turning, stranger-than-fiction true story of the Brobergs, a naive, church-going Idaho family that fell under the spell of a sociopathic neighbor with designs on their twelve-year-old daughter.
Director: Skye Borgman | Stars: Jan Broberg, Bob Broberg, Mary Ann Broberg, Susan Broberg
Votes: 22,219
Documentary Competition
43. Man Made (2018)
Unrated | 93 min | Documentary
This documentary explores the world of transgender bodybuilding, tracking the path of four hopefuls as they prepare for the Trans FitCon competition in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Director: T Cooper | Stars: Mason Caminiti, Dominic Chilko, Kennie Story, Rese Weaver
Votes: 76
Documentary Competition
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