International Competition 10

ONE TOO MANY MORNINGS

• The Hideout Up, Thursday, 8:30PM
• Texas Union Theater, Saturday, 6:00PM

VELSERBROEK

THE NETHERLANDS 3:56 VIDEO
DIR Robert Hamilton
Tomorrow's homes today. All they need is you. -- Jason Cortlund

FOLK

CANADA 32:00 DV
DIR Ryan Feldman
Unfortunately, and despite earnest wishes to the contrary, there are thousands of families all over North America, and perhaps the world, who silently notice with each passing year the increasingly similar situations of the aging family matriarch/patriarch and the old family dog. Ryan Feldman's personal documentary focuses on love, pain, loneliness and "putting on a happy face." -- Sean Gallagher

SOUVENIR

IRAN 21:00 VIDEO
DIR Mohammed Shirvani
A strange, near-seamless blend of documentary and fiction. SOUVENIR tells the story of a homeless man and his adult son who suffers from Down's Syndrome. Shirvani expertly works with non-actors and real locations for a naturalism that plays both in tenderness and brutality. -- Jason Cortlund

WELCOME TO LIFE

USA 15:00 VIDEO
DIR, WR, ED Jowan Carbin PROD Chris Spanos CINE Damian Ward CAST Sylvester Kirk, Thomas Dixon
A gracefully understated narrative about a lonely boy, his family, and his best friend. Roger spends lunchtime hiding in the classroom listening to music on his headphones, until circumstances force him to face the tensions and longings of early adolescence. -- Julia Halperin

IRON MOUNTAIN

KOREA/USA 9:00 16mm
DIR Jong Lim Ro CINE Myung Wook Koh ART DIR Sae Won Oh
Elliptical narrative set in a modern Korean mining town, that follows a woman who works in the mines, her abusive husband, and the lover who wants to run away with her to Seoul. In turns that are understated and subtle at times, grotesque and violent at others, IRON MOUNTAIN collects the odd pieces of a story and lightly suggests a means by which to assemble them. -- Jason Cortlund