GIFF 2023 Program Guide - Flipbook - Page 25
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
Juried competition featuring the best Documentary Features
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26.2 TO LIFE
CROSSES IN THE DUST
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HELEN BELIEVE
DIR: CHRISTINE YOO | 85 MINS | FL PREMIERE
DIR: CHRISTINE KANE | 52 MINS | WORLD PREMIERE
DIR: DYLAN MULICK | 93 MINS | FL PREMIERE
Starring: Frank Ruona, Markelle Taylor, Tommy
Wickerd, Rahsaan “New York” Thomas
Starring: Irene Pons, Brett Castro, Adrianna Gonzalez,
Kajal Patel, Jazzalyn Velez
A law professor and her students journey along the
Arizona-Mexico border and through the Sonoran Desert
to help organizations fighting the ongoing humanitarian
crisis.
Starring: Helen Maroulis
3 incarcerated men run a full marathon in San Quentin
State Prison on a quest for freedom -- or something like it.
FRI | 5:30 PM | AMC WESTSHORE - THEATRE 1
FRI | 4:15 PM | AMC WESTSHORE - THEATRE 2
HELEN|BELIEVE tracks Helen Maroulis, America’s first
female Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling (Rio
‘16), from being the best wrestler in the world into a series
of concussions, forced retirement and institutionalization,
through her PTSD struggles and eventually into
her comeback at the Tokyo Olympics and World
Championships in Oslo.
FRI | 6 PM | UT - THE CHARLENE A. GORDON THEATER
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BEYOND THE BEAT
DIR: FLETCHER BARNES & HENRY DAVIS | 62 MINS | WORLD
PREMIERE
Starring: Okurut George, Geoffrey Oryema, Totem
After decades of civil war in Northern Uganda,
three best friends start a creative arts festival
to inspire hope for a better future.
SAT | 2 PM | AMC WESTSHORE - THEATRE 2
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STARRING JERRY AS HIMSELF
DIR: ALISON JAYNE WILSON | 67 MINS | FL PREMIERE
DIR: LAW CHEN | 75 MIN | FL PREMIERE
Starring: Narration Leticia Dolera V/O Español, Sarah
Lynn Dawson V/O English
Starring: Jerry Hsu, Kathy Hsu, Joshua Hsu, Jonathan
Hsu, Jesse Hsu, Fang Du, Nick Bailey, Haosong Yang
EXIT - A searing documentary about three women who
were looking for a way out of their extreme poverty
and found themselves at the heart of human trafficking
networks. It’s a story about what it means to be trafficked,
about the damage it causes and the extreme difficulties
faced by those women who try to get out for good and
regain their dignity. EXIT is not a straight road and many
don’t make it to the end.
A family documents how their immigrant father Jerry,
a recently retired Florida man, was recruited by the
Chinese police to be an undercover agent, only to
discover a darker truth.
SAT | 6:45 PM | AMC WESTSHORE - THEATRE 2
SAT | 5 PM | AMC WESTSHORE - THEATRE 2
A LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY MAKERS:
NEW FRONTIERS OF THE MAKERVERSE
DIR: MAYURICA BISWAS & DIPTI CHADHA | 48 MIN | DOCUMENTARY
Starring: Anouk Wipprecht, Dale Dougherty, Kate
Reed, Dr Gokul Krishnan, Dr Craig Ades
The Maker movement is entering new frontiers and
growing in places it has never been before - our bodies,
hospitals and the natural world. This is where making
heals, legacies come alive & humans merge with
computers.
SUN | 12 PM | AMC WESTSHORE - THEATRE 6
Dates and showtimes are subject to change. Please visit www.gasparillafilmfestival.com for the most current info.
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