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As reported by Brian Brooks of IndieWire, 15 Films have been chosen to screen 2009's AFI Dallas International Film Festival.
Here They Are With Summaries Provided by AFI Dallas:
Art & Copy
Directed by Doug Pray (USA)
Documentary explores the creation of the modern advertising industry, the people behind it, and its influence on popular culture.
The Burning Plain
Directed by Guillermo Arriaga (USA)
Cast: Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger
A drama with employs multiple storylines featuring a mother and daughter who try to form a bond after the young woman’s difficult childhood.
Children of Invention
Directed by Tze Chun (USA)
Cast: Cindy Chung, Michael Chen, Crystal Chiu
Drama follows a Chinese American family as they struggle to achieve the American Dream in suburban Boston.
Food, Inc.,
Directed by Robert Kenner (Canada)
Documentary takes a look at food preparation, industrialized and otherwise for the mass population.
Gigantic
Directed by Matt Aselton (USA)
Cast: Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman, Jane Alexander, Ed Asner
Comedy is centered around a mattress salesman and a young woman he meets at his store.
Hunger
Directed by Steve McQueen (United Kingdom)
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham, Liam McMahon
Drama takes a harrowing look at the last six weeks in the life of imprisoned Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands.
Moon
Directed by Duncan Jones (United Kingdom)
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey
Drama follows the lone occupant of a lunar mining base as he prepares to return to earth and his life at home.
One Nation
Directed by Justin Wilson (USA)
Documentary provides an artful look at 1968 through a pastiche of images from that year.
Playground
Directed by Libby Spears (USA)
Executive Producers: Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney
Documentary explores the rampant worldwide child sex trafficking industry.
RIP: A Remix Manifesto
Directed by Brett Gaylor (Canada)
Documentary looks at the changing landscape of music in The Internet Age focusing on the line between musical inspiration and copyright infringement.
Rock Prophecies
Directed by John Chester (USA)
The documentary is a backstage pass into the eccentric world of rock n’ roll from the vantage point of an obsessed photographer, Robert M. Knight, who at 18 years old captured and befriended Jimi Hendrix and the members of Led Zeppelin, well before they became the iconic stars we know them as today.
Rosencrantz nad Guildenstern are Undead
Directed by Jordan Galland (USA)
Cast: Jake Hoffman, Devon Aoki, Ralph Macchio, Jeremy Sisto
Comedy about a theater director who finds himself in the middle of a two thousand year old conspiracy involving Shakespeare, the Holy Grail and vampires.
The Seven of Daran
Directed by Lourens Blok (USA)
Cast: Jonathan Harmse, Ketrice Maitisa, Caroline Goodall
Children’s tale follows an English boy on an African adventure with the help of a talking giraffe and a precious medallion.
Skin
Directed by Anthony Fabian (UK/South Africa)
Cast: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige
Set in 1955 and based on a true story, the film looks at the social and personal impact on two white Afikaner parents and their daughter in rural South Africa, after the girl is born with dark skin.
Sugar
Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (USA)
Cast: Algenis Perez Soto, Rayniel Rufino
Drama about a Dominican baseball star that is signed to a minor league contract.
