Opening Night Film
Marvelous and the Black Hole
“This year’s festival has expanded to 10 days for its virtual presentation to allow for a better user experience this year,” says Lee Anderson, Festival Director and Co-founder. “And because of that we have been able to program more films this year.”
This year’s program contains over 100 films (23 feature-length narrative films; 16 feature-length documentaries; 66 short films). The films come from 35 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Czech Rep., Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritania, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, and USA.
“This year’s opening night film Marvelous and the Black Hole brings a bit of magic to our program (literally),” says Patti White, Festival Director and Co-founder.
With heart and humor, it tells the story of a rebellious teenage girl (played by Miya Cech from the current TV show The Astronauts) dealing with the loss of her mother and then bonding with an eccentric magician (“Marvelous Margot” played by Rhea Perlman, the Emmy-winning actress from the classic TV show Cheers) who helps her to reconnect with life and joy. It’s a story of being lost and found.
“This was easily one of our favorite films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival,” says Derek Horne, Director of Programming. “And it is exactly the type of marvelous and uplifting film that can help all of us to heal after the black hole of 2020.”
The Annapolis Film Festival is proud to reveal its 2021 film slate:
Opening Night Film:
Marvelous and the Black Hole– dir. Kate Tsang
Narrative Feature Films:
How to Be a Good Wife– dir. Martin Provost
I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking)– dir. Kelley Kali & Angelique Molina
Kiss Me Kosher– dir. Shirel Peleg
Ludi– dir. Edson Jean
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom– dir. Pawo Choyning Dorji
Luzzu– dir. Alex Camilleri
The Marshmallow Mystery Tour– dir. Jeff Beals & Matthew Beals
Marvelous and the Black Hole– dir. Kate Tsang
Materna – dir. David Gutnik
Nimby– dir. Teemu Nikki
One Moment– dir. Deirdre O'Connor
The Outside Story– dir. Casimir Nozkowski
Paper Spiders– dir. Inon Shampanier
The Perfect Candidate– dir. Haifaa Al-Mansour
Port Authority– dir. Danielle Lessovitz
The Sign Painter– dir. Viesturs Kairiss
Thou Shalt Not Hate– dir. Mauro Mancini
Together Together – dir. Nikole Beckwith
Under the Stars of Paris– dir. Claus Drexel
Unsound– dir. Ian Watson
Window to the Sea– dir. Miguel Ángel Jiménez
23 Walks– dir. Paul Morrison
Best Summer Ever - dir. Michael Parks Randa & Lauren Smitelli
Documentary Feature Films:
Chasing Childhood - Margaret Munzer Loeb & Eden Wurmfeld
End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock– dir. Shannon Kring
Fish & Men - Darby Duffin & Adam Jones
Holy Frit– dir. Justin Monroe
Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide– dir. Malia Scharf & Max Basch
Kid Candidate - dir. Jasmine Stodel
The Last Out– dir. Sami Khan & Michael Gassert
The Lesson– dir. Elena Horn
Missing in Brooks County– dir. Lisa Molomot & Jeff Bemiss
Not Going Quietly– dir. Nicholas Bruckman
The Race to Alaska– dir. Zach Carver
River City Drumbeat– dir. Anne Flatté & Marlon Johnson
Vinyl Nation - Christopher Boone & Kevin Smokler
White Noise– dir. Daniel Lombroso
Women in Blue– dir. Deirdre Fishel
Zero Gravity– dir. Thomas Verrette
Short Films:
The Affected– dir. Rikke Gregersen
Alone Togther– dir. Casey Mull
The Anxiety Fly– dir. Damien Christian D'Amico
APPyness – dir. Ryan Turner
The Art of Survival– dir. Gregory Armstrong
As We Are– dir. Michael R Faulkner
Asmahan the Diva– dir. Chloé Mazlo
Bambirak– dir. Zamarin Wahdat
BASURA!– dir. Mason Standish
BJ's Mobile Gift Shop– dir. Jason Park
The Box– dir. James Burns & Shal Ngo
Brother– dir. Ya'Ke
CC Dances the Go-Go– dir. Erin C. Buckley
Chicken of the Dead– dir. Julien David
The Chimney Swift– dir. Frédéric Schuld
A Concerto is a Conversation– dir. Ben Proudfoot & Kris Bowers
The Criminals– dir. Serhat Karaaslan
Endless Video– dir. Gwendolyn Infusino
Fabiu– dir. Stefan Langthaler
Flora My Dear– dir. Dan Janos
Good Night (Da Yie)– dir. Anthony Nti
Grand Adventure Railroad - Hsiao-Shan Huang
Heaven on Earth– dir. Robert Hope
The Hermit– dir. Ella Schaefer & Colleen Donovan
Hot Dog– dir. Flore Burban, Logan Cameron, Nicolas Diaz, Chloé Raimondo & Hugues Valin
I Bought a Time Machine– dir. Yeon Park
I Can Change– dir. Jim Jenkins
J-1– dir. Emmi Shockley
A Journey Upstream– dir. Eric Braker & Andrew Braker
Just A Guy– dir. Shoko Hara
Leaf – dir. Aliona Baranova
Like the Ones I Used to Know– dir. Annie St-Pierre
Lizard– dir. Akinola Davies
Lost Kings– dir. Brian Lawes
The Marker– dir. Will Francome & Katie Green
The Moon’s Not That Great– dir. Mathieu Libman
The Morning Walk– dir. Marc Harpsøe
Mustache– dir. Harris Gurny
My Brother's Keeper– dir. Laurence Topham
The Other Morgan– dir. Alison Rich
A Piece of Cake– dir. The Bragg Brothers
Pile– dir. Toby Auberg
Plaisir– dir. Molly Gillis
The Present– dir. Farah Nabulsi
Power of the Paddle– dir. Katie Sheridan
Quarantine Diary– dir. Samgar Rakym
Red Ladies– dir. Parida Tanti
Round Three– dir. Shahar Shamay
Snowy– dir. Alexander W. Lewis & Kaitlyn Schwalje
Solution for Sadness - Marc Martínez & Tuixén Benet
Soukoon– dir. Farah Shaer
Sproutland– dir. Cynthia Wade
Sticker– dir. Georgi M. Unkovski
A Devil in the Pocket (Un diable dans la poche) - Antoine Bonnet & Mathilde Loubes
Under the Lather– dir. Ollivier Briand
Unmarked– dir. Chris Haley & Brad Bennett
Unmothered– dir. Urvashi Pathania
Ward's Henna Party (Henet Ward) - Morad Mostafa
The Water Walker– dir. James Burns
When I'm Her– dir. Emily Schuman
White Eye– dir. Tomer Shushan
Witness– dir. Ali Asgari
Wonder – dir. Javier Molina
Yiayia’s House– dir. Alex A. Patriotis
You Wouldn't Understand– dir. Trish Harnetiaux
Zimnicea– dir. Bogdan Naumovici
Passes allow for unlimited viewing to over 70+ films and are currently discounted at $100 per household. This price increases on March 22nd to $115. Tickets go on sale, at 11 AM on March 22, 2021. Individual tickets will be $10 each and four-packs will be $35. A Shorts Pass is available to nine shorts programs for $50. Check out our “How to Fest” page on the website.
To find out more visit us at: www.annapolisfilmfestival.org. For more information contact us at info@annapolisfilmfestival.net or at 410-263-3444.
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