Maryland Film Festival 2017
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1. Austerlitz (2016)
94 min | Documentary
There are places in Europe that have remained as painful memories of the past - factories where humans were turned into ash. These places are now memorial sites that are open to the public ... See full summary »
Director: Sergey Loznitsa | Star: Jean-Luc Julien
Votes: 544
2. The Hero (I) (2017)
R | 96 min | Drama, Romance
An ailing movie star comes to terms with his past and mortality.
Director: Brett Haley | Stars: Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter, Nick Offerman
Votes: 10,445 | Gross: $4.08M
3. Roar (1981)
PG | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
A naturalist living with big cats in East Africa expects a visit by his family of four from Chicago. A mix-up leaves him searching for his family, who have been left in the clutches of wild lions.
Director: Noel Marshall | Stars: Tippi Hedren, Noel Marshall, Melanie Griffith, John Marshall
Votes: 4,576
4. Vagabond (1985)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
A young woman's body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stéphane Freiss, Setti Ramdane
Votes: 13,624
5. Variety (1925)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Prologue: The murderer "Boss" Huller - after having spent ten years in prison - breaks his silence to tell the warden his story. "Boss", a former trapeze artist, and his wife own a cheap ... See full summary »
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Lya De Putti, Warwick Ward
Votes: 1,406 | Gross: $0.71M
6. Beach Rats (2017)
R | 98 min | Drama
A Brooklyn teenager spends his days experimenting with drugs and looking online for older men to meet.
Director: Eliza Hittman | Stars: Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, Kate Hodge, Neal Huff
Votes: 16,440 | Gross: $0.47M
7. Balloonfest (2017)
TV-PG | 6 min | Short
The city of Cleveland was abuzz on September 27, 1986. Over 1.5 million balloons were about to be released at once, breaking the world record. What could go wrong?
Director: Nathan Truesdell | Stars: Mary Allen, Big Chuck, Lil Jon
Votes: 72
8. Commodity City (2017)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Yiwu International Trade City is the world's largest market, selling cheap goods wholesale in a city south of Shanghai. The fake flowers, toys, pens and alarm clocks traded in Yiwu ... See full summary »
Director: Jessica Kingdon
Votes: 47
9. Game (I) (2017)
15 min | Short, Action, Drama
A new kid in town tests the limits at the high school basketball tryouts.
Director: Jeannie Donohoe | Stars: Rick Fox, Nicole Chanel Williams, Tye White, Jamie McShane
Votes: 97
10. Richard Twice (2017)
10 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Richard Atkins, the singer and songwriter of the early 70's California Pop Duo, 'Richard Twice' was on his way to stardom and a huge career in the music business when he mysteriously walked away from it all.
Director: Matthew Salton | Star: Richard Atkins
Votes: 44
11. They Charge for the Sun (2016)
16 min | Short, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian future where people live nocturnally to avoid the harmful rays of the sun, a young black girl unravels the lie that has kept her and her sister in the dark.
Director: Terence Nance | Stars: Rylee Nykhol, Jontille Gerard, Crystal Cotton, Vickie Washington
Votes: 29
12. The Blood Is at the Doorstep (2017)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
After Dontre Hamilton was shot 14 times and killed by police in Milwaukee, his family embarks on a quest for answers, justice and reform.
Director: Erik Ljung | Stars: Dontre Hamilton, Nate 'Junior' Hamilton, Maria Hamilton, Kelly Brandmeyer
Votes: 225
13. The Departure (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
A Buddhist monk asks what we owe one another and provides experiences to help us find answers.
Director: Lana Wilson
Votes: 260 | Gross: $0.02M
14. Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks (2017)
TV-MA | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
In this off-kilter comedy, estranged siblings Marcus & Michelle Brinks reunite after the death of their globe-trotting, aid-worker parents. The homecoming goes haywire when they choose to revel in dysfunction rather than face their grief.
Director: Josh Crockett | Stars: Kristin Slaysman, Scott Rodgers, Ashley Rae Spillers, Robert Longstreet
Votes: 59
15. Family Life (2017)
Unrated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man spends a few weeks housekeeping for a relatively distant relative and enjoys taking over the comfort of their lives in Santiago. Soon, he meets a cute neighbor and starts ... See full summary »
Directors: Cristián Jiménez, Alicia Scherson | Stars: Jorge Becker, Gabriela Arancibia, Blanca Lewin, Cristián Carvajal
Votes: 157
16. HR Finding Joseph I (2016)
92 min | Documentary
"Finding Joseph I" is a feature documentary chronicling the eccentric life and struggles of punk rock reggae singer, Paul "HR" Hudson, a.k.a. Joseph I, legendary lead singer from Bad Brains.
Director: James Lathos | Stars: Mark Andersen, Yana Chupenko, Anthony Countey, Cro-Mags
Votes: 160
17. Golden Exits (2017)
R | 94 min | Drama
An intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.
Director: Alex Ross Perry | Stars: Emily Browning, Adam Horovitz, Mary-Louise Parker, Lily Rabe
Votes: 2,330 | Gross: $0.04M
18. Hermia & Helena (2016)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
Hermia & Helena is a film of dead ends and new beginnings, navigating different hemispheres and languages with amorous detours, where the written words of Shakespeare clash with the entanglements of modern, digital life.
Director: Matías Piñeiro | Stars: Agustina Muñoz, María Villar, Mati Diop, Keith Poulson
Votes: 494 | Gross: $0.04M
19. Human Surge (2016)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
A 3-country observation of the millenials in Argentina, Mozambique, and the Philippines.
Director: Eduardo Williams | Stars: Sergio Morosini, Shine Marx, Domingos Marengula, Irene Doliente Paña
Votes: 381
20. Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction (2017)
PG-13 | 115 min | Documentary, History
Filmmaker Joe Berlinger meets with historians and scholars to discuss the Armenian Genocide and the continuing denial by the Turkish government of it ever happening.
Director: Joe Berlinger | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Taner Akçam, Hagop Asadourian, Peter Balakian
Votes: 545
21. Kékszakállú (2016)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama
Several young daughters of rich industrialists examine in an equally intangible and compelling way the physical and spiritual aspects of a cultural recession.
Director: Gastón Solnicki | Stars: Laila Maltz, Lara Tarlowski, Katia Szechtman, Denise Groesman
Votes: 359
22. Lemon (2017)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama
A man watches his life unravel after he is left by his girlfriend of 10 years.
Director: Janicza Bravo | Stars: Inger Tudor, Brett Gelman, Judy Greer, Michael Cera
Votes: 2,726 | Gross: $0.03M
23. The Little Hours (2017)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
In the Middle Ages, a young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns. Introduced as a deaf mute man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.
Director: Jeff Baena | Stars: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza
Votes: 25,408 | Gross: $1.65M
24. Love After Love (2017)
91 min | Drama, Romance
Following the death of their father, two sons deal with the trials of their own lives while watching their mother explore new beginnings of her own.
Director: Russell Harbaugh | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Chris O'Dowd, James Adomian, Gareth Williams
Votes: 1,104 | Gross: $0.11M
25. Maineland (2017)
90 min | Documentary
Stella and Harry are affluent, cosmopolitan teenagers who are part of the enormous wave of "parachute students" from Mainland China enrolling in U.S. private schools. Shot over three years ... See full summary »
Director: Miao Wang
Votes: 104
26. Mimosas (2016)
Not Rated | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A dying Sheikh travels across the Moroccan Atlas in a caravan escorted by two rogues.
Director: Óliver Laxe | Stars: Ahmed Hammoud, Shakib Ben Omar, Said Aagli, Ikram Anzouli
Votes: 973
27. Motherland (I) (2017)
94 min | Documentary
Taking us into the heart of the planet's busiest maternity hospital, the viewer is dropped like an unseen outsider into the hospital's stream of activity. At first, the people are strangers... See full summary »
Director: Ramona S. Diaz
Votes: 246
28. Park (I) (2016)
100 min | Drama
Athens Olympic Village, ten years after the Games: wilding youths, injured retired athletes and stray dogs among ruins and decaying sports venues.
Director: Sofia Exarchou | Stars: Dimitris Kitsos, Dimitra Vlagopoulou, Thomas Bo Larsen, Enuki Gvenatadze
Votes: 452
29. Person to Person (2017)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.
Director: Dustin Guy Defa | Stars: Abbi Jacobson, Michael Cera, Tavi Gevinson, Bene Coopersmith
Votes: 1,836 | Gross: $0.05M
30. Princess Cyd (2017)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A 16-year-old girl visits her aunt in Chicago for the summer. While there, she falls for another girl, and she and her aunt challenge each other's sex and spirit.
Director: Stephen Cone | Stars: Marika Mashburn, Jessie Pinnick, Paul Brian Fagen, Keith Kupferer
Votes: 4,397
31. Rat Film (2016)
82 min | Documentary
Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation but make homes in them. This documentary uses the rat to explore the history of Baltimore.
Director: Theo Anthony | Stars: Theo Anthony, Dan Deacon, Matt Fouse, Will Kearney III
Votes: 983 | Gross: $0.04M
32. The Stairs (IV) (2016)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary
An in-depth look into the lives of habitual drug users in Toronto's Regent Park.
Director: Hugh Gibson
Votes: 91
33. The Strange Ones (2017)
R | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mysterious events surround two travelers as they make their way across a remote American landscape. On the surface all seems normal, but what appears to be a simple vacation soon gives way to a dark and complex web of secrets.
Directors: Christopher Radcliff, Lauren Wolkstein | Stars: Alex Pettyfer, James Freedson-Jackson, Emily Althaus, Gene Jones
Votes: 2,833
34. Sylvio (2017)
Unrated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A small town gorilla joins a local TV program where a series of on-air mishaps send him on a journey of self-discovery.
Directors: Kentucker Audley, Albert Birney | Stars: Sylvio Bernardi, Meghan Doherty, Kentucker Audley, Steve Bauer
Votes: 453
35. Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities (2017)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities examines the impact black colleges and universities have had on American history, culture, and national identity.
Directors: Stanley Nelson, Marco Williams | Star: Tugart Brown
Votes: 133
36. Thirst Street (2017)
Unrated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gina, an American flight attendant, falls in with a Parisian bartender on a layover only to find herself tangled in a web of deception, delusion and unrequited amour fou.
Director: Nathan Silver | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Damien Bonnard, Esther Garrel, Lindsay Burdge
Votes: 603
37. Werewolf (2016)
R | 80 min | Drama
Blaise and Nessa are outcast methadone users in their small town. Each day they push a rusty lawnmower door-to-door begging to cut grass. Nessa plots an escape, while Blaise lingers closer ... See full summary »
Director: Ashley McKenzie | Stars: Andrew Gillis, Bhreagh MacNeil, Mark Woodland, Donald Campbell
Votes: 658
38. Whose Streets? (2017)
R | 102 min | Documentary
An unflinching look at how the police killing of 18-year-old Mike Brown inspired a community to fight back and sparked a global movement.
Directors: Sabaah Folayan, Damon Davis | Stars: Lezley McSpadden, Michael Brown Sr., David Whitt, Montague Simmons
Votes: 1,410 | Gross: $0.18M
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