SATURDAY JULY 15TH

AT CROWLEY THEATER

10AM |  CROWLEY THEATER

FIRST DAUGHTER AND THE BLACK SNAKE

The “Prophecy of the 7th Fire” says a “black snake” will bring destruction to the earth. For Winona LaDuke, the “black snake” is oil trains and pipelines. When she learns that Canadian-owned Enbridge plans to route a new pipeline through her tribe’s 1855 Treaty land, she and her community spring into action to save the sacred wild rice lakes and preserve their traditional indigenous way of life. .... (MORE)        Keri Pickett

FEATURE | Texas Premiere| USA 94 min.

12:30PM |  CROWLEY THEATER

CARMEN

What do you need to be, to be really funny? Stand-up comedienne Carmen Lynch knows what it takes. As she wanders from make-up mirror to performance stage, via Portland’s woozy streets and an all-night grocery store, we’re given an intimate insight into a talented individual. The city’s saturated lights and dying, showbiz neon become Carmen’s passing backdrop. She confronts herself - her looks, her dreams, the weird rituals of mating in the modern world - by confronting her audiences. Sometimes they laugh with her. Sometimes they don’t laugh at all.

Chloë Sevigny      

                                      SHORT | USA 8min.                                  

CALL FOR THE GOOD KING

A man travels to a foreign land of funk only to discover he has not only been accepted by the locals but others like him follow his lead . It is never to late to go back especially when the beat calls.

Joseph Taylor

SHORT  | Texas Premiere| Canada 4min.

PARTHENON

A naked body moves a stranger to empathy. PARTHENON is a slippery, dizzying provocation on art, control, and perception.

Frank Mosley

SHORT | USA 14min.

2:45PM |  CROWLEY THEATER

TENDER MOMENTS

TENDER MOMENTS follows John, who after being laid off by his job in Houston flees to Shreveport with the stolen company car. Once in town an attempt to make a human connection through some casual-sex goes awry, and he is roped into acting as the alibi for the woman that robbed him of his severance money.

Alberto Govela & Rob Neilson

SHORT | USA 15min.

THIRST STREET

Alone and depressed after the suicide of her lover, American flight attendant Gina (Lindsay Burdge, A TEACHER) travels to Paris and hooks up with nightclub bartender Jerome (Damien Bonnard, STAYING VERTICAL) on her layover. But as Gina falls deeper into lust and opts to stay in France, this harmless rendezvous quickly turns into unrequited amour fou.

Nathan Silver

FEATURE | USA 83min.

5PM |  CROWLEY THEATER

MESSIAH

In a playful collision of cultures, a hapless Irishman and his Parisian girlfriend get more than they bargained for when they encounter a particularly mischievous stranger in the spectacular Australian wilderness.

Damian Walshe-Howling

 SHORT |Australia 17min.

ALI, THE GOAT AND IBRAHIM

Ali believes his late girlfriend's soul has been reincarnated in a goat. Ali, his goat and his friend Ibrahim embark on a journey of friendship and self-discovery across Egypt to reverse the curse.

Sherif El Bendary

FEATURE | FRANCE 92min.

 9PM **EVENT | SURREAL BALL | THE CAPRI **