TRYON

INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL
2018

FILM SCREENINGS
OCTOBER 5-7 HOSPITALITY PARTIES
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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
October 5, 2018

Dear Tryon International Film Festival Guests:

Welcome to our out-of-town visitors, residents of our community, and the artists
making this event possible to the fourth annual Tryon International Film Festival.
This ambitious undertaking, brought to us by the Polk county Film Initiative, is an
opportunity to showcase our Town and the surrounding area to our guests.
We hope you will take this opportunity to stroll through our downtown historic
district, visit our businesses and meet our citizens. We have galleries, shops, good
food, and interesting history to explore, including the Tryon Historical Museum. We
offer great access to the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The Film Initiative and Festival sponsors have done a great job of assembling artists,
films and venues for you. We hope you enjoy the results, return to visit Tryon, and
return to next year’s event.
Yours truly,

J. Alan Peoples
Mayor of Tryon

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Dear Friends and Fellow Filmmakers,

Welcome to the 2018 Tryon International film Festival. It is with great pleasure that we bring to
you yet another installment of our wonderful festival, which is on target to being one of the most
notable stopping points on the entire festival circuit. Tryon is fast becoming a favorite destination
point for filmmakers and a place where strong friendships are formed.

At the beginning of each film season, we start with a blank slate, allowing our passions, inspirations
and world events to dictate how the festival will be crafted. Much like a piece of art, each day helps
paint, mold and create our final program which we are commissioned to deliver to you each year.

Just as each day calls on us with different weather patterns -- the last filled with torrential rain-
storms, landslides and tragic loss of life, so does the world around us press, contort and mold our
final program into what we are about to present to you.

This year’s colorful, lively and whimsical poster piece was created by David Cedrone, who was origi-
nally selected by Ashley Menetre. With no thought as to what he might create, we met with David
and urged him to produce a fanciful, imaginative burst of creative energy which would connect the
town of Tryon to the entire world.

Within the center of this work of art sits the newly renovated Tryon Theatre, a fundamental projec-
tion point of our filmmaking industry. David took this backdrop and ran with it, producing the
perfect symbol of Tryon’s welcoming call to those around us. “Come on in, come on in. The door is
always open” as Jim Jackson so eloquently use to say.

But there’s so much more to this poster that meets the eye and connects so perfectly to the 2018
festival theme. As Jimmy Buffett wrote in his 1994 song “Fruitcakes”: “It’s the Buddhist in you, it’s
the pagan in me. It’s the Muslim in him, she’s Catholic ain’t she?” To George Harrison’s constant
question, “how do I explain, when not too many people can see we’re all the same?”

Just as the many films coming in from around the world, from the richly informative documenta-
ries to the emotionally charged dramatic films, there appears to be one common thread that runs
through the center of it all. Although we are a world of so many clashing principles, heritages,
lifestyles and temperaments, we truly are all about the same.

We hope that you appreciate the many films in this year’s program and enjoy the numerous
celebrations which will be taking place in multiple venues all throughout this fine town. We ask
that you greet and welcome the visitors from around the world, some of whom have never been
outside the borders of their own country. We encourage you to shake their hands and kindly look
into their eyes. It will be then you may realize that we truely are all the same.

Sincerely,

Kirk Gollwitzer and Beau Menetre

Polk County Film Initiative
501(c)(3) Non-profit status
POLK COUNTY FILM INITIATIVE 285 NORTH TRADE STREET, TRYON, NC 28782 PCFILMNC.COM
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 JOHNATHAN
BROWNLEE –
Johnathan Brownlee
is an award-winning
Canadian/American,
producer, director,
writer and actor
with a diverse,
international body
of work. His feature films include “The Standoff
at Sparrow Creek,” (2018) premiered at this year’s
Toronto International Film festival; “Puppet Master”
(2017), “Occupy, Texas” (2014) and “Decoding
Annie Parker” (2012). His feature film directorial
debut “Three Days in August,” was named best
film at the 2017 Tryon International Film Festival.
Johnathan is currently attached to direct “Big Mojo
& the Trick Bag,”“Hannah’s Mirror,” and “Jefferson’s
Eyes,” which he is also co-writing. Television credits
include, “Seinfeld,”“The Larry Sanders Show,”“The
Ellen Show,”“Working,”“Cold Feet” and “Johnathan
Brownlee’s atHome.”
FRANK M CALO
– Frank M Calo is
an Independent
Producer and Direc-
tor whose film THE
BELIEVER, starring
Ryan Gosling and
Billy Zane won the
Grand Jury Prize at
the 2001 Sundance
Festival. That film won all the festivals that year
including The Berlin Film Festival. It was shown nation
wide and had a great box office run. His film, HERE &
THERE with Cyndi Lauper and David Thornton has won
the BEST NY NARRITIVE IN WORLD COMPETITION 2009
at Robert DeNiro’s, Tribeca Film Festival in NYC and had
it’s official News York premier played to wide audiences
domestically and overseas. Mr. Calo has worked with
Robert DeNiro (Godsend) Demi Moore, Mike Myers
Shelly Winters, Marlon Brando and many more. His
film THE COOKOUT with Queen Latifah also had a great
box office run distributed by Lions Gate Films. He also
worked for two years with The Motion Picture Bond
Company under Robert Bordiga, as a Producer working
on films throughout the tri-state areas. He is currently
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in Pre-Production with his featured film, EYES OF THE
KINGS which begins shooting in New York the fall of 2016.
He was one of the few and only directors who studied
privately under Mr. Elia Kazan.
LAVIN CUDDIHEE
– Lavin Cuddihee is
currently involved in
script and production
development for an
independent film short
based on Western
Americana in the early
1800’s. Having moved
from stage perfor-
mance in NYC, his television and film career began in Los
Angeles in the early 1980s with such appearances on TV’s
Moonlighting and Days of Our Lives, to television and
feature films such as Best Seller, Legend of Billie Jean, and
Pretty in Pink to name a few and of late, as supporting
actor “Nick Teasle” in Cinema Purgatorio, a Paris Mnt.
Productions an independent film, winning both Best
Comedy & Audience Favorite at the 2015 Beaufort Film
Festival. Lavin has also directed and appeared theatrically
in numerous stage plays in NYC, Los Angeles, Greenville,
SC and in Tryon, NC
STEVEN ESTEB
– Best Feature
- is a versatile
filmmaker that
has worked as an
actor, a Hollywood
screenwriter and
directed commer-
cials, music videos,
documentaries and
features. Esteb’s film “Hate Crime” won both Best Feature
and Human Right & Dignity categories in the 2016 Tryon
International Film Festival. Other films include DIRTY
POLITICS, a dark comedy starring Judd Nelson, Beau
Bridges, Howard Hesseman. “BALLER BLOCKIN”, a rap
film for Universal starring Lil Wayne, which hit #1 on
the Billboard charts in DVD and video sales eventually
going quadruple platinum. Steve’s been represented by
top agencies like ICM and Paradigm as a screenwriter
and worked as a script doctor, coach and screenwriting
teacher. Esteb is currently teaching film and screenwriting
at Loyola University in New Orleans. He lived and worked
at an AIDS hospice for two years while making the feature
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length documentary, LIVING WITH...A FILM ABOUT LOVE digital media journalist and an award-winning
AND AIDS. It premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival independent filmmaker from Greenville, SC. Kalsi’s
and traveled the world, contributing to the opening of film “BOUND: An unflinching look inside the brutal
new AIDS Hospices, his proudest accomplishment. Steve world of human trafficking” won best overall
studied film production in the graduate program at Boston at the Tryon International Film Festival in 2017.
University and also has a degree in Political Science. He
now lives in rural Louisiana, his adopted home, with his He has directed two feature films and a handful
wife and two kids. of shorts, which have been showcased in film
festivals throughout the Southeast.
ELMA GARCIA – Best
Equestrian Film - is ALLISON
a cinematographer, MCGOURTY is an
photographer and award-winning film
equestrian. Her producer, screen-
work is marked by writer and music
beautiful photog- supervisor who was
raphy, storytelling, nominated for the
and performance for BAFTA Breakthrough
major brands in the Talent Award 2018.
USA and Canada, Visual storytelling and celebrating the She is the creator,
human spirit is what makes Garcia’s work special. Garcia writer and producer
takes on the roles of both director and cinematographer of the critically acclaimed American Epic trilogy nar-
when creating commercials. She has worked with some rated by Robert Redford, and the award winning,
of the best Cinematographers in the world. Because of her Primetime Emmy nominated film, The American Epic
background in still photography they always encouraged Sessions. In 2017 she was first filmmaker Artist-in-Res-
Garcia to get behind the camera herself, and five years into idence at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.
her directing career she took their advice. She has now She is a member of the Writers Guild of America West,
been a director/DP for 20 years. ‘I love having the camera the Television Academy, and the BAFTA LA Newcomers
close to my heart. I can move more intuitively’. Traveling Program.
and connecting with people from diverse backgrounds has
contributed to the vision she is committed to in her work. BERNARD 
‘I’ve always been interested in the human condition. That MCMAHON is
is what drives my storytelling.’ In spot after spot, Garcia cofounder of Lo-
succeeds in portraying human stories in a classic, poignant Max Films as well
way. Her vibrant energy infuses everything she does. “I’ve as the director
been blessed to work on major brands, travel the world and writer of the
and see my clients succeed with their message. It brings American Epic
me a lot of joy!” Garcia says with a smile. Garcia is a nation- film series and
ally ranked Amateur the performance
Dressage rider and feature The Ameri-
lives in Mill Spring, can Epic Sessions.
NC with her husband He developed an interest in early American cinema at
Jim Cannavino and an early age and was shooting and editing 8mm short
their two dogs and films by the age of 12. MacMahon said “America has
three horses. fascinated me since I was a child. My big love is Ameri-
can cinema, especially early American cinema, and I’ve
DALJIT KALSI – always been fascinated by that period in the 20s when
Daljit Kalsi is an the technology and artistic language of film was being
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 NISCHAL POUDYAL the TRIFF audience,
Hailed from the Himala- about the relevance
yan capital Kathmandu, and importance of
Nischal Poudyal’s debut the category. Sellier
feature length film was also instrumen-
Riingata was premiered tal for arranging
at Tryon International for Cecilia Peck’s
Film Festival in 2015 inclusion of “Brave
where it won the festival Miss World” to the
Grand Prix award. His 2016 programming
next feature length was schedule. Since Sellier is multilingual, fluent in Spanish,
a Buddhist drama “Lama La” which won a New Horizon French, English and Farsi, she will also be selecting all
Award at Lake Champlain Film Festival, New York in 2017. films submitted to the HRHD category. Further, since
His third project was a documentary called “Last Nomads Sellier has been devoting her life to human rights issues,
of Everest” which was based on the lifestyle of people liv- she is well suited for the task. Over the years, Sellier’s
ing in the highest altitude in the world. The documentary organization has utilized television documentaries,
had its official Selection at the prestigious Sheffield docsbillboard campaigns and other media platforms to help
in 2018 and was screened at various other film festivals raise awareness on human abuse. A number of the French,
including one screening at Tryon in 2017. Swiss, and German films & visual works which Sellier and
her offices have been involved with have been nominated
HOMAYRA SELLIER, Founder of Innocence in Danger for the prestigious prizes, such as PRIX DEBOUZY one of
(IID) - Best Human Right & Dignity IID is an interna- Frances most prestigious awards and short films/spots at
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 Friday Night Saturday Night
Reception Special Screening
Friday, October 5th Saturday, October 6th
6 pm 8-10 pm
Tryon Fine Arts Center Tryon Theatre
34 Melrose Avenue 45 South Trade Street
Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments in
and around TFAC. The Tale
Devon Meredith– USA
A special screening of the film
Best Full Length Feature Film
Life in the Dog house
will follow at 7:30 pm Revisiting a short story she wrote at thirteen, a
in the Veh Stage Theater. documentary
filmmaker
(Laura Dern)
faces life
Life in the Doghouse altering
Ron David – USA
Best Full Length Documentary LIFE IN THE questions
DOG HOUSE tells about her
the inspiring life first sexual
stories of Danny experience
Robertshaw and and the elu-
Ron Danta and sive nature of
the remarkable memory. The
work they do at Tale is direc-
Danny & Ron’s tor Jennifer Fox’s personal memoir examining
Rescue. Ten years the journey from denial to truth and the stories
and 10,000 dogs we tell ourselves to survive.
later, their unique
approach to life
and dog rescue
will capture hearts and inspire millions to
make the right choices when it comes to mans
best friend.
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 Allegra Hart, Equestrian Vaulter
Todd Tinkham, USA
Fourteen year-old Allegra Hart works
hard to become a top athlete in a sport
few have heard of.
Sunday, October 7th, 1:00pm, Tryon
Fine Arts Center (Mahler Room)
COWGIRLS
Sarah Briggs & Anna Carrol
,USA
American folklore is anchored
by legends of the frontier and
the men who tamed it. The
cowboy is iconic—we see him
in John Wayne, the Marlboro
man, the hero who rides into the sunset. But there is a glar-
ing absence in the cultural documentation of the American
West… what about the cowgirl? Our vision is to create a
documentary about Claudia Ogilvie and Patti Hayes, two
cowgirls who over fifty years of riding horses and working
together in the stock industry of the West have formed a life
long friendship. These two women grew up doing anything
that a cowboy could do and oftentimes doing it better.
Saturday, October 6th, 4:30pm, Tryon Fine Arts Center (Veh
Stage)
Dyna Does Dressage
Sarah Crowe
A mule, often mistaken as a donkey,
is defined as the offspring of a male
donkey and a female horse. Historically,
mules have most commonly been
known as “working animals’ with an
attitude problem. Dyna Does Dressage
is a documentary about the first mule
ever to compete at the national level in the competitive
equestrian sport of dressage.
Sunday, October 7th, 2:30pm, Tryon Fine Arts Center (Veh
Stage)
Golden Genes
Annette van Trigt, Netherland
Show jumping horses bred in the
Netherlands are some of the best in
the world. It is no coincidence that
foreign riders won gold and silver
medals in the Olympic Games of
2008 on Dutch horses. This is big
business and passionate breeders
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Saturday, October 6th, 2:30pm, Tryon Fine Arts Center (Veh
Stage)
Healing With Horses
Jeffrey T. Morgan & Amber Elliott,
USA
Healing with Horses, a documen-
tary about a local mission with a
global message. Using Vaulting
horses to help with the healing
process.
Saturday, October 6th, 1:00pm,
Tryon Fine Arts Center (Mahler Room)
Horse Packer
Matthew Gary ,USA
Explore the world of horse pack-
ing at Rocky Mountain National
Park on its 100th anniversary,
and discover the love, thrills, and
dangers of this dying profession.
Horse Packer follows Travis, in his
newly appointed position as Lead
Packer on the West side of Rocky
Mountain National Park.
Saturday, October 6th, 3:30pm, Tryon Fine Arts Center
(Mahler Room)
Labor Of Love
The 22 minute length video “Labor
of Love” dissects the freelance
labor conditions of professional
horseracing through an endearing
series of portraits of 3 German-
based international jockeys includ-
ing champion jockey Andrasch
Starke, considered by many as the
best German jockey of all time.
Sunday, October 7th, 3:30pm, Tryon Fine Arts Center
(Mahler Room)
Love Unleashed
Kacey Klonsky
Love Unleashed is a short docu-
mentary that explores the deep
emotional bond between humans
and their beloved senior dogs.
Through a series of honest and
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poignant interviews we get a glimpse into the unique Pee Wee Lovell
and powerful relationships that people share with their Megan Orr
treasured companions as they reflect on what it means Parker Lovell, owner of renowned
to love unconditionally. Cash Lovell Stables and Riding
Saturday, October 6th, 5:30pm, Tryon Fine Arts Center Academy in Winston-Salem,
(Mahler Room) NC, thought she had the perfect
life — a loving horse trainer
Many Clouds – The Peoples husband, a thriving business and a cowgirl daughter,
Horse until their entrusted assistant trainer secretly steals their
Nathan Horrocks, UK show horse clients during the onset of her husband’s fatal
After his win in the 2015 Grand dementia.
National Many Cloud became Sunday, October 7th, 4:00pm, Tryon Fine Arts Center (Veh
a peoples favorite and his Stage)
popularity grew when in 2015
and 2017 he was named the Riding High
horse of the year by a landslide Hanna Brooks, Australia
public vote. His 2017 season was looking like another Riding High is a documentary
successful one till he took on the mighty Thistlecrack at on the history of three-day
Cheltenham. Both horses went to war over the last few Eventing in Australia. Featuring
fences and although Many Clouds would get the better interviews with Australia’s lead-
of the unbeaten youngster, he passed a few minutes ing Olympic equestrians.
after the line. Many Clouds lost his life doing what he Saturday, October 6th, 1:45pm,
loved and we wanted to pay tribute to him, by produc- Tryon Fine Arts Center (Mahler
ing this short film using some of the footage we’ve Room)
taken with and about him over the years.
Saturday, October 6th, 2:45pm, Tryon Fine Arts Center The Story Of Totilas
(Mahler Room) Annette van Trigt, Netherland
The most-talked about horse
MIL’S LIFE in the world, came, saw and
Zach Hauptman conquered the dressage with his
Mil’s Life is an examination rider Edward Gal. Together they
of the intimate relation- won the heart of millions all
ship between aspiring over the world, winning three
jockey, Jamil Pratis, and titles at the FEI World Equestrian
his one-eyed horse, Dusty. Games and setting multiple re-
The film will explore one man’s passion for racing cord scores in Kentucky in 2010
while uncovering the true nature of the environment Saturday, October 6th, 12:00pm, Tryon Fine Arts Center
that has defined his character and determination. The (Veh Stage)
film will document how essential the relationship is
that’s formed between a man and his horse, within the The EQUESTRIAN
confines of their urban surroundings. Emphasizing the Sybil Mair, UK
singularity between a horse and its rider; we’ll follow Starring: Layke Anderson;
Mil and Dusty as they prepare for what’s to be their final featuring James Wilby with
race in South Carolina. cameo by Carl Hester
Sunday, October 7th, 1:45pm, Tryon Fine Arts Center Freddie Forester, a young
(Mahler Room) dressage rider, is at the start of
a promising career. Talented and ambitious, with a gifted
stallion he is set to compete in his biggest championship
yet. But on his journey to manhood, he will struggle to
discover hidden truths about his relationships with his
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 1978 The first CELLULAR MOBILE PHONE is introduced
… SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER hits the theaters …
SPACE INVADERS launches the video game craze
… GARFIELD is introduced in the comic strips …
and, in Tryon, NC … ARTIST CRAIG PLEASANTS
feels the need for a “gallery that would exhibit
experimental art.”

Upstairs is now 40 years old!

Join us to help celebrate this milestone!

GALA & AUCTION
December 8, 2018
Former exhibitors are supporting our mission
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With your participation, Upstairs will be
“Stayin’ Alive” for another forty years!

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father, his horse and ultimately himself.
Sunday, October 7th, 4:30pm, Tryon Fine Arts Center (Mahler
Room)
The Wild Ponies Of Chincote-
ague
Kurt Kolaja & Tod Mesirow, USA
The legend says that a Spanish Gal-
leon carrying ponies crashed off the
Atlantic coast. The ponies swam free
of the sinking ship and reached the
New World. Decedents of that lost
band live today, wild and free, on the
barrier island, Assateague, Virginia.
The local fire company owns the herd now. To keep the
population in check foals are auctioned each year. Sabrina
Dobbins made a winning bid and took a pony home. For
Sabrina it was a pivotal moment. “This pony was my light in
the darkness. I was in severe depression - I was self-harming.
My pony pulled me up. I named her Blessing. A blessing
indeed.
Sunday, October 7th,
1:00pm, Tryon Fine Arts
Center (Veh Stage)
The True Story of Sun-
shine Numbers
The 79th Annual Carolina Cup will be run Saturday in
Camden. Thousands of people will be arriving at the
Springdale Race Course in their bright dresses and seer-
sucker suits anticipating one of the largest social events
of the season. Arch Kingsley Jr., has been preparing for
the Carolina Cup for a different reason. He is training
Sunshine Numbers, a nine year-old thoroughbred, for
his first steeplechase of the season Saturday.
Sunday, October 7th, 2:30pm, Tryon Fine Arts Center
(Mahler Room)
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 Special Screening of Jim Jackson &
James Payne film “The Tryonites”-
Remembering the Life of Jim Jackson
(1924-2018).
Produced by Polk County Film Initiative.
Sunday, October 7th • 4:15pm • Upstairs Artspace.
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 Becoming Burlesque
Ryan Goldhar, Canada
A young Muslim woman
is introduced to the
empowering world of
Burlesque and seeks to find
a balance between her Faith
and her new confident self.
Saturday, October 6th,
2:00pm, Tryon Theater
Luke & Jo
Joshua Overbay, USA
Against his wife’s wishes,
a troubled screenwriter
hops on a plane for
Hollywood to make one
last-ditch attempt at
selling his latest script.
When a heavy-drinking,
melancholic singer nearly
plows him down with her
car late one night, the two form a deep emotional bond
that alters them both in unanticipated ways. Improvised
dialogue and intimate, naturalistic camerawork lend a
heart-wrenching authenticity to this bleak and beautiful
character study. Sunday, October 7th, 1:00pm, Tryon
Theater
Murder on the Reef
Allen Dobrovolsky,
Australia
in Best Full Length
Documentary FilmMurder
on the Reef follows the
hotly debated issues
surrounding the world’s
largest living structure,
the Great Barrier Reef.
But is it too late? Many
scientists now believe as
much as fifty percent of the corals in the Great Barrier
Reef have died. Through a complex mix of voices from
locals, to scientists and indigenous spokespeople, this
documentary traces the many culprits including water
contamination, crown-of-thorns starfish and dredging.
But the elephant in the room is climate change and some
of the exhausted scientists believe the fight is futile.
Sunday, October 7th, 3:00pm, Upstairs Artspace
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Sacred Sound
Robin Arcus, USA
Fifty ordinary
American girls
over one summer
week must learn
16 pieces of
extraordinary
sacred music and present it for two traditional Sunday
worship services in the manner of the classic cathedral
boy choirs. The girls, ages eight to eighteen, have limited
rehearsal time. Watch and listen as they prepare their
music, with the burning question, will they be ready for
Sunday?
Saturday, October 6th, 2:00pm, Holy Cross Church.
The Astronot
Amanda Alexandrakis,
USA
Daniel longed to touch
the moon; with Sandy’s
help, he’d reach the stars.
It was 1969 and America
was embarking on the
biggest adventure known
to humankind with its
voyage to the moon.
Daniel too was pursuing the unknown; leaving the path
of isolation he had known for so long to embrace the
love of another. The only question was would he be able
maintain that trajectory or would he veer off course
never to be seen again. That was the challenge for ‘The
Astronot’.
Saturday, October 6th, 4:00pm, Tryon Theater
The Silence
Chapour Haghighat,
France
The story is set in
a small town of a
Western European
country. It relates the
determination and
despair of an immigrant
8-year-old boy, who
attempts to save the life
of a man in agony and
tries in vain to communicate with others, and his concern
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for his baby sister, left alone at home. It is a tale, halfway decisions they’ve made to once again find happiness in
between dream and reality. Does the wounded man really the increasingly difficult social environment we live in
exist ? Or is it the illusion of the child, a result of his anxiety of today. The film puts a spotlight on current social themes
the outside world that grows in his solitude ? of domestic violence, misuse of technology and the
Sunday, October 7th, 1:00pm, Upstairs Artspace importance of one-on-one counseling for those struggling
with grief, loss and abuse.
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 Almost Cured
Tom Dierolf, Israel
“After the first touchdown, the
crowd was a little less racist, and
after the second touchdown, they
were Almost Cured”. Almost Cured
is an honest, personalized account
about racial integration in a small
North Carolina Appalachian com-
munity in the midst of the U.S.
Civil Rights Movement in 1963. Against a distressing back-
drop of the South in tumultuous upheaval with widespread
protests, bombings, deaths, and thousands of arrests, the
teenage African-American players on the newly-integrated
high school football team have the “weight of the world on
their shoulders” as the team and community navigate to the
championship game. Told through firsthand recollections
and archival media, this heartfelt and revealing movie ac-
knowledges that although we were and still are just ‘Almost
Cured’, there is hope if we focus on what unites us.
Saturday, October 6th, 3:30pm, Carri Bass Studio
BÎR (WELL)
Veysi altay, Turkey
In the 1990s many people in Kurd-
istan were taken into custody and
interrogated under torture; their
killers disposed of the bodies by
throwing them out of helicopters,
or burying them in acid-filled
wells. Thousands were murdered/
disappeared by paramilitary forces—such as Jitem and
Hizbul-Kontra—that were financed and supported by
the state, though they have always stuck to the line: “We
didn’t do it.”The documentary ‘BÎR’ looks at the case of seven
people, including four children, who were disappeared from
the town of Kerboran [Dargeçit] in 1995, and tells the story
of their families’ tireless search for their bones.
Saturday, October 6th, 4:30pm, Tryon Fine Arts Center (Veh
Stage)
Concrete
Matthew Joblin, United Kingdom
Concrete follows the journey of Jani
and Izak, both victims of modern
day slavery in the UK. This true story
occurred in Manchester with over 30
people trafficked from Poland and
housed in a derelict pub. Trapped
against their will, Jani makes a brave attempt to escape.
Sunday, October 7th, 5:00pm, Tryon Depot
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Detainee X
Boonaa Mohammed, Canada
A Muslim American teenager
with a passion for video games
and comic books finds himself in
the crosshairs of an islamphobic
and polarized America. DETAINEE
X struggles to balance the two
worlds of his mother’s rigid
religious expectations; and his
suburban American upbringing;
only to fail at both.
Sunday, October 7th, 3:30pm, Tryon Theater
Dishonour
Terrence Turner, Canada
A five year old girl is caught in
middle of a struggle between
her recently widowed father and
his elderly aunt who disagree on
how best to adapt to the customs
and laws of their newly adopted
home in the United Kingdom. The aunt’s failure to aban-
don ancient African tribal traditions, including the harmful
practice of FGM or female genital mutilation, leads to
potentially devastating consequences for the young girl.
All six characters in the film are played by one remarkable
female actor, Mimi Ndiweni.
Saturday, October 6th, 5:40pm, Tryon Theater
Migrant
Lawrence Ferrara, USA
Director Lawrence Ferrara
explores the African-Italian
migration experience from the
perspective of the migrants
themselves. This insightful,
socially-significant documentary
shatters stereotypes as it personally connects the viewer to
migrants who escaped dangerous conditions in Africa only
to find unexpected challenges in Italy.
Sunday, October 7th, 4:30pm, Tryon Depot
Mrs. Schneider
Jasmine Florentino, USA
Saturday, October 6th, 5:30pm,
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 Never Again: Forging A Con-
vention for Crimes Against
Humanity
Bethel Mandefro, USA
Following World War II, an
international tribunal convicted
Nazi leaders of crimes against
humanity—widespread,
systematic atrocities committed
against civilian populations,
including the attempted
extermination of European Jewry. Today, however, some
seventy years later, the world still lacks a global treaty for
the prevention and punishment of such crimes despite their
ongoing perpetration.
Saturday, October 6th, 12:00pm, Tryon Theater
Ruxi: The Road To Slavery
Hendrik Ehlers, United
Kingdom
Ruxi’s parents left for England
when she was very young.
Since then Ruxi has looked
after her Grandfather and
her sister, Andrea. Just as the
family fall on hard times, Ana
comes into Ruxi’s life, with a
promise of a job in England.
Sunday, October 7th, 2:30pm, Tryon Depot
The Alien Trail
Sylvia Nicolaides, Greece
A documentary following four
photographers who captured
with their lens the migrant
and refugee population in
the Mediterranean island of
Cyprus. Photographers Antoine
d’Agata, Nicolas Iordanou, Bieke
Depoorter and Nikos Economo-
poulos give their own testimony, share their experience and
ethical dilemmas on how to document from their perspec-
tive, the migrant/refugee crisis.
Saturday, October 6th, 2:30pm, Carri Bass Studio
War Crime
Gopal Shivakoti, Nepal
Human Rights and Human Dignity
During the 10-year conflict (1996-2006) in Nepal, Maoists
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recruited children as spies,
cooks, porters and even front-
line guerrillas. After the sign-
ing of a comprehensive peace
accord (in 2006) between the
Maoists and Nepal govern-
ment, Maoist combatants and
weapons were brought into
the UN-supervised camps (in
2007) where 4008 combatants
were classified as being mi-
nors and or new recruits. But
the Maoist leadership delayed their release for 3 years so
they could bargain for bigger rehabilitation packages. As
a result, child soldiers were released (in 2010) only when
they had grown into young adults. By then, their rehabili-
tation had become much more complicated.They were
not given proper rehabilitation packages or integrated
into society.10 years after the conflict ended, the Nepal
government and the party they were ready to die for have
forgotten them. The former Maoist child soldiers are now
in their 20s fighting for survival and against social stigma.
Sunday, October 7th, 5:00pm, Tryon Theater
Welcome to the New World
Anni Sultany, Germany
Shot during the G-20 summit
2017 in Hamburg, Germany: a
fictional dystopia, that high-
lights the possible long-term
effects of today’s decisions
and politics of the nations in
power and emphasizes the
responsibility of the individual
– staged in the„setting“ of the
real events of the summit. An interweaving of reality and
fiction. A bridge building between today and tomorrow:
contentual and film stylistic. The protagonist Lenina is led
in documentary way through a scarcity of resources and a
worldwide enduring state of emergency. The elite group of
the “Great 20”, that supposedly stand up for the protection
of humanity, increasingly loses the trust of society, when
repression gains the upper hand. A restricted zone is set
up and Lenina, who initially responds fairly passively and
helplessly to the situation, loses access to her home. In her
struggle to survive she has to deal with questions regard-
ing the distribution of power and wealth, the legitimacy
of violence, the responsibility and freedom of action of the
individual and the kind of future we aspire to.
Sunday, October 7th, 3:30pm, Tryon Depot
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Times
6:00pm

Opening Night Reception and Screening of “Life in the Dog house”- Tryon Fine Arts Center


Saturday, October 6th

Times
Tryon Fine Arts Center (Veh Stage) Times Tryon Theater Times Tryon Depot
12:00pm The Story Of Totilas
(01:22:31) Netherland - Best
Full Length Equestrian
Documentary Film
2:30pm Golden Genes (53:00)
Netherland - Best Full Length
Equestrian Documentary Film
4:30pm BIR (WELL) (01:01:10) Turkey
- Human Rights and Human
Dignity
12:00pm Never Again: Forging A
Convention for Crimes
Against Humanity (46:00)
USA - Human Rights and
Human Dignity
1:10pm Harvest Season (31:00) USA
- Not in Competition
2:00pm Becoming Burlesque
(01:35:00) Canada - Best Full
Length Feature Film
4:00pm The Astronot (01:12:15) USA
- Best Full Length Feature Film
5:40pm Dishonour (38:46) Canada
- Human Rights and Human
Dignity
8:00pm The Tale (01:54:00) USA -
Best Full Length Feature Film
12:30pm Concealed Love (7:32) USA
- Best Short Dramatic Feature
Film
1:00pm One Man’s Treasure (6:51)
USA - Best Short Dramatic
Feature Film
1:30pm The Nest (17:43) USA - Best
Short Dramatic Feature Film
2:30pm Pale in the Colors (7:07)
Bangladesh - Best Short
Dramatic Feature Film
3:00pm Pine (20:00) Iran - Best Short
Dramatic Feature Film
4:00pm Lorelei (7:05) USA - Best Short
Dramatic Feature Film
4:30pm Somnium (13:37) USA - Best
Short Dramatic Feature Film
5:30pm Curb Service (12:56) USA
- Best Short Dramatic Feature
Film

Sunday, October 7th

Times
Tryon Fine Arts Center (Veh Stage) Times Tryon Theater Times Tryon Depot
1:00pm The Wild Ponies Of 1:00pm Luke & Jo (01:31:23) USA - 1:00pm A Ferry Tale (10:14)Turkey - Best
Chincoteague (58:20) USA Best Full Length Feature Film Short Dramatic Feature Film
- Best Full Length Equestrian 3:30pm Detainee X (01:14:28) 2:00pm Allen + Millie: A Short
Documentary Film Canada - Human Rights and Romance (10:00) USA - Best
2:30pm Dyna Does Dressage Human Dignity Short Dramatic Feature Film
(58:57) USA - Best Full Length 5:00pm War Crime (01:05:00) Nepal 2:30pm Ruxi: The Road to Slavery
Equestrian Documentary Film - Human Rights and Human (14:13) United Kingdom - Human
4:00pm Pee Wee Lovell (01:20:33) Dignity Rights and Human Dignity
USA - Best Full Length 3:30pm Welcome to the New World
Equestrian Documentary Film (11:03) Germany - Human Rights
5:45pm - The Making of American Epic and Human Dignity
6:30pm Meet the filmmakers & hear 4:30pm Migrant (20:00) USA - Human
about the making of this Award Rights and Human Dignity
winning series. Stay afterwards for 5:00pm Concrete (15:00) United Kingdom
the closing Awards ceremony for - Human Rights and Human
theTryon International Film Festival. Dignity
Moderated By: Kirk Gollwitzer - 5:30pm In A Room At The Edge of
Tryon International Film Festival Infinity (11:20) USA - Best Short
(Co-Founder) Dramatic Feature Film

7:00pm Awards Ceremony - Tryon Fine Arts Center

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Times Carri Bass Studio Times Tryon Fine Arts Center (Mahler Room) Times Upstairs Artspace
12:00pm Abigail (17:00) Turkey - Best
Short Dramatic Film
12:40pm Mother of All Lambs (16:00) Iran
- Best Short Dramatic Feature Film
1:30pm Phulsiri (28:18) Nepal - Best
Short Dramatic Feature Film
2:30pm The Alien Trail (20:20) Greece -
Human Rights and Human Dignity
3:30pm Almost Cured (29:28) Israel -
Human Rights and Human Dignity
4:30pm A Slight Indiscretion (10:01)
USA - Best Short Dramatic Feature
Film
5:00pm Mafiosos (7:27) USA - Best
Student Film
5:30pm Mrs. Schneider (10:34) USA -
Human Rights and Human Dignity
6:00pm Disclosure (8:48) USA
- Best Short Dramatic Feature
Film Documentary Film
1:00pm Healing With Horses
(17:00) USA - Best
Equestrian Short
Documentary Film
1:45pm Riding High (20:00)
Australia - Best Equestrian
Short Documentary Film
2:45pm Many Clouds - The
Peoples Horse (14:00)
UK - Best Equestrian Short
Documentary Film
3:30pm Horse Packer (14:00)
USA - Best Equestrian Short
Documentary Film
4:30pm Cowgirls (23:00) USA
- Best Equestrian Short
Documentary Film
5:30pm Love Unleashed (14:00)
USA - Best Equestrian Short
1:00pm Small Packages
(8:00) USA - Best
Short Dramatic
Feature Film
2:30pm Challenging the
Call (20:00) USA -
Best Student Film
3:30pm Trophies in the
Attic (44:42) USA - Best
Full Length Feature
5:00pm One Day in the Life
of a Convict (22:57)
Nepal - Best Short
Dramatic Feature Film
5:30pm Boy Toy (13:43) USA
- Best Short Dramatic
Feature Film

Times Carri Bass Studio Times Tryon Fine Arts Center (Mahler Room) Times Upstairs Artspace
1:00pm Bad Men and the Devil (8:05)
USA - Best Short Dramatic
Feature Film
1:30pm Only God Forgives (15:02) USA
- Best Short Dramatic Feature
Film
2:30pm Interitum (22:54) USA - Best
Short Dramatic Feature Film
4:00pm Balance (3:00) Iran - Best
Student Film
5:00pm Repercussion (4:21) Iran - Best
Short Dramatic Feature Film
5:30pm Recursion (4:39) USA - Best
Student Film
1:00pm Allegra Hart, Equestrian 1:00pm The Silence (01:36:00)
Vaulter (11:15) USA - Best France - Best Full
Equestrian Short Documentary Length Feature Film
Film 3:00pm Murder on the Reef
1:45pm MIL’S LIFE (21:00) USA - Best (55:36) Australia
Equestrian Short Documentary - Best Full Length
Film Documentary Film
2:30pm The True Story of Sunshine 4:15pm “The Tryonites” USA
Numbers (15:00) USA - Best - Not in Competition
Equestrian Short Documentary
Film
3:30pm Labor of Love (22:00) SATURDAY SPECIAL
Germany - Best Equestrian Short Holy Cross Church
Documentary Film 150 Melrose Ave.
4:30pm The EQUESTRIAN (25:00) UK
- Best Equestrian Short Feature Tryon, NC
Film 2:00pm Sacred Sound
(60:08) USA - Not in
Competition
3:00pm Sacred Sound
Choir Performance

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 Abigail
Soner Sert, Turkey
Anna is a woman in her late
twenties. She emigrated Turkey
from Russia. She is earning her
life by nursing housebound
patients. After an unexpected
development, Anna decided
to change her job and things
will be harder for her. Saturday,
October 6th, 12:00pm, Carri
Bass Studio
A Ferry Tale
This short film is about a
father and his two autistic
children. They get on ferry in
a wintry day. They meet with
some disappointing incidents
in their short trip. Due to some
impatient passengers’reactions
to his children’s unintentional
actions, father feels sad and
loses his hope.
Sunday, October 7th, 1:00pm, Tryon Depot
Allen + Millie: A Short
Romance
Brooke Lewis, USA
Allen + Millie: A Short
Romance is a comedy,
romance, horror film, Written
and Directed by Markus
Redmond (Fight Club; Doogie
Howser, M.D.) and stars Brooke
Lewis (iMurders; Slime City
Massacre) and Courtney Gains
(Children of the Corn; Back
to the Future). Allen Mitchell (Courtney Gains) has just
accepted that his life will never turn out like he planned.
His only solace from this cruel realization? An afternoon at
the movies to watch his favorite starlet, Millie Lane (Brooke
Lewis). Of course, Millie Lane is a long-forgotten film star
from the 1930s, but that doesn’t stop her from being Allen’s
one obsession, her old movies being the only thing in this
world that he can truly count on. But, this afternoon will be
much different - this afternoon he’s joined in the theater by
Millie Lane herself. Is this just Allen’s fantasy taking his mind
over? Or, is he in for a life the likes of which he’d never dared
dream of?Sunday, October 7th, 2:00pm, Tryon Depot
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A Slight Indiscretion
Darren Conrad, USA
Millionaire Couple, Jeremy and
Cynthia Livingston; along with
their 14 year old daughter,
Lauren; have the perfect life,
home, business, cars, money,
everything imaginable. One
tiny little, “Slight Indiscretion”,
can now easily wipe it all away.
Saturday, October 6th, 4:30pm,
Carri Bass Studio
Bad Men and the Devil
Travis Lee Eller, USA
One stormy night in a saloon a
few shady men are unaware that
Death lurks in the corner.Best
Short Dramatic Feature Film
Sunday, October 7th, 1:00pm,
Carri Bass Studio
Boy Toy
Destiny Macon, USA
A reclusive army wife becomes
obsessed with the mechanical
boy toy her husband purchases
her prior to going overseas.
Saturday, October 6th, 5:30pm,
Upstairs Artspace
Concealed Love
Gail Shields, USA
This short film is about a
grandfather sharing his love
story, and through his love
story his granddaughter gets
clarification. Saturday, October
6th, 12:30pm, Tryon Depot
Curb Service
Andrew Huggins, USA
A long lost cousin returns home
to grieve for his departed Aunt
Edna. Saturday, October 6th,
5:30pm, Tryon Depot
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Dewayne Bontrager, USA
Detective Nash is questioned
for the decisions he made
during his attempts of
apprehending the ring leader
of merciless bank robbers...
and the consequences
that followed. Dewayne
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Saturday, October 6th, 6:00pm, Carri Bass Studio
Harvest Season
Daljit Kalsi, USA
in Best Short Dramatic Feature
FilA husband learns that
his wife of more than three
decades has terminal cancer
and questions if being so busy
making a living all these years
was worth it now that the
future both Ed and Elsie had
dreamed of is being ripped
away by an incurable disease.
Saturday, October 6th, 1:10pm, Tryon Theater
In A Room At The Edge Of
Infinity
Geoffrey Gunn, USA
A therapist tries to help a
young man suffering from
a strange form of insomnia.
Sunday, October 7th, 5:30pm,
Tryon Depot
Interitum
Erika Edwards, USA
A night in the life of Death -
personified as a woman -as
she helps three strangers cross
over into... whatever they
believed in. Or didn’t.Sunday,
October 7th, 2:30pm, Carri
Bass Studio
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Lorelei
Erika Edwards, USA
Two sisters. Their mother’s old
house. One praying for change,
the other waiting for the rain.
Saturday, October 6th, 4:00pm,
Tryon Depot
One Day In The Life Of
Convict
Nirjal Poudyal, Nepal
Set during the uprising
of 1990 people’s revolt of
democracy, this short film
tries to show a one day
event on the lives of three people, one convict and idealist
politician and a grief - stricken housewife.
Saturday, October 6th, 5:00pm, Upstairs Artspace
One Man’s Treasure
Jose Aguiar, USA
Never wish to be in another man
shoes.Saturday, October 6th,
1:00pm, Tryon Depot
Only God Forgives
Travis Lee Eller, USA
Abandoned by his gang, an
outlaw seeks forgiveness from
a lone preacher riding near his
hideout. Sunday, October 7th,
1:30pm, Carri Bass Studio
Pale in the Colors
Anwar Chowdhury, Bangladesh
In the midst of colorful, joyous
people celebrating the Bengali
New Year, a poor cobbler (shoe
repair man) is found on a
footpath. The cheerful ambiance
does not seem to touch his heart
or cover his pale helplessness to
the least. Moreover, unwanted
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and odd he is ordered to wrap up and move out-the wretched
cobbler loses even the minimum scope of earning for the day.
Saturday, October 6th, 2:30pm, Tryon Depot
Phulsiri
Ama Dablam Pictures, Nepal
One and a half months after the
devastating earthquake reduced
an entire village to rubble, and
a ten-year-old girl longs for
normality. News reaches her that
school will re-open in a day and
she is understandably overjoyed,
but there is a hitch: she must first
locate her shoes --- mandatory under new school rules --- in
the debris that was once her home.
Saturday, October 6th, 1:30pm, Carri Bass Studio
Pine
Mohammad Hormozi, Iran
Ali,43.has finally managed to
acquire the permit to shift an arid
land into commercial use after
four years upon the order of a
company. During these difficult
years, Ali experienced a host
of problems with his wife and
teenage son. On the day of this
success, however, he is informed
that the company is temporarily
unable to pay him.Saturday,
October 6th, 3:00pm, Tryon Depot
Repercussion
Ali Nikfar , Iran
A family is watching a war movie
suddenly , they experience the
same events Sunday, October 7th,
5:00pm, Carri Bass Studio
Small Packages
Anthony Faust, USA
A man’s heroic impulses kick
into high gear after he receives
a chilling ransom note.Saturday,
October 6th, 1:00pm, Upstairs
Artspace
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Somnium
Erika Edwards, USA
A young woman lives in
pursuit of a dream world
that may eventually
consume her. Saturday,
October 6th, 4:30pm, Tryon
Depot
The Mother of Lambs
Soheila poormohamadi, Iran
The lambs are being suckled
by their mothers in the
meadow. The shepherdess
finds out that the mother
of one lamb is missing and
decides to be the mother.
Saturday, October 6th,
12:40pm, Carri Bass Studio
The Nest
Ryan Atkins, USA
After storming out of an
intense therapy session,
Rachel is paralyzed with fear
when she is face to face with
death in the form of a brutal
hit and run. Suddenly, she
snaps out of it. Rachel has
just experienced one of her
premonitions. She rushes back to her broken home, where
she retreats into her room and into her own mind, to vent
out all these toxic thoughts in her book, The Nest.
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