LOCAL FILMMAKERS AT MVFF42!

SHOWCASING THE WORK OF ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING BAY AREA FILMMAKERS

Early Confirmed films from Local Bay Area Filmmakers or with Bay Area Content at MVFF42:

  • 39 1/2 (Narrative Feature) dir. Kara Herold – World Premiere
  • ALL THAT REMAINS (Documentary Short) dir. Eva Rendle – World Premiere
  • ARID CUT (Narrative Feature) dir. Rob Nilsson – World Premiere
  • AUTONOMY (Documentary Feature) dir. Alex Horwitz – California Premiere
  • AVA IN THE END (Narrative Short) dir. Ursula Ellis – California Premiere
  • BREWED IN PALESTINE (Documentary Short) dir. Emma Schwartz – World Premiere
  • COUNTER MAPPING (Documentary Short) dirs. Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Adam Loften
  • COUP 53 (Documentary Feature) dir. Taghi Amirani – California Premiere
  • DIARY 2013 – 2018 (Narrative Short) dir. Soyeon Kim – California Premiere
  • THE DESERT (Documentary Short) dir. Bo Kovitz – North American Premiere
  • FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES (Narrative Short) dir. Mason Reoch
  • THE GREAT 14TH: TENZIN GYATSO, THE 14TH DALAI LAMA IN HIS OWN WORDS (Documentary Feature) dir. Rosemary Rawcliffe
  • INMATE #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo (Documentary Feature) dir. Brett Harvey – US & International Premiere
  • IT’S ONLY ROCK N’ ROLL (Documentary Short) dirs. Ken Schneider, Marcia Jarmel – California Premiere
  • JOURNEY TO HOKUSAI (Documentary Feature) dir. Chikara Motomura – World Premiere
  • JOURNEYS BEYOND THE COSMODROME (Documentary Feature) dir. Jeanne C. Finley in collaboration with Lyazzat Khanim
  • LEFTY/RIGHTY (Narrative Short) dir. Max Walker-Silverman – California Premiere
  • THE LURE OF THIS LAND (Documentary Feature) dir. Alexandra A. Lexton – World Premiere
  • MAKING WAVES: THE ART OF CINEMATIC SOUND (Documentary Feature) dir. Midge Costin – California Premiere
  • THE NEW ENVIRONMENTALISTS: FROM LIBERIA TO MONGOLIA (Documentary Short) dir. Will Parrinello, John Antonelli, Matt Yamashita – World Premiere
  • ONE SMALL STEP (Animated Short) dir. Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas
  • THE PIG ON THE HILL (Animated Short) dir. Jamy Wheless, John Helms
  • PHIL TIPPETT: MAD DREAMS AND MONSTERS (Documentary Feature) dirs. Gilles Penso, Alexander Poncet
  • PRITTIBOI (Narrative Short) dir. Nicolas Collins – US Premiere
  • ROCKET (Narrative Short) dir. Christian Walsh – California Premiere
  • RUNNERS (Narrative Short) dir. Paul Urcioli – World Premiere
  • THE STORY OF PLASTIC (Documentary Feature) dir. Deia Schlosberg – World Premiere
  • THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD (Archival Screening, Narrative Feature) dir. Nancy Kelly – 4K Restoration
  • THEIRSTORY (Documentary Short) dir. Sarah Cahlan – World Premiere
  • THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING (Archival Screening, Narrative Feature) dir. Philip Kaufman
  • WALT WHITMAN: CITIZEN POET (Documentary Short) dir. Haydn Reiss – California Premiere
  • WASHED AWAY (Narrative Short) dir. Ben Kallam
  • WATCH LIST (Narrative Feature) dir. Ben Rekhi – California Premiere
  • WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE NOW? (Documentary Feature) dir. Sarah Feinbloom – World Premiere
  • WHY CAN’T I BE ME? AROUND YOU (Documentary Feature) dir. Harrod Blank
  • XMAS CAKE: THIS AMERICAN SHELF-LIFE (Documentary Short) dir. May Yam – California Premiere
  • YOU GAVE ME A SONG: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF ALICE GERRARD (Documentary Feature) dir. Kenny Dalsheimer – California Premiere
  • YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? (Documentary Feature) dir. Emily Harris – World Premiere