2019 Naples International Film Festival
The Dog Doc
2019, NR, USA, Documentary, 101 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Director: Cindy Meehl
Producer: Alice Henty
Cast: Dr. Marty Goldstein, Dr. Randie Shane, Dr. Jenna Lenarz-Salcedo, Dr. Jacqueline Ruskin, Leigh Hardisty, Helen Gemignani, Joni Evans
Called a maverick, a miracle-worker and a quack, Dr. Marty Goldstein is a pioneer of integrative veterinary medicine. By holistically treating animals after other vets have given up, Dr. Goldstein provides a last hope for pet owners with nothing left to lose.
Friday, October 25, 6pm
Saturday, October 26, 10:45am
Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops
2019, NR, USA, Documentary, 95 minutes
Florida Premiere
Juried Film
Director: Jenifer McShane
Producer: Andrea Meditch
Cast: Ernie Stevens, Joe Smarro
Ernie & Joe is an intimate portrait of two Texas police officers helping change the way police respond to mental health calls. The film takes audiences on a personal journey, weaving together the duo’s experiences during their daily encounters with people in crisis.
Saturday, October 26, 3:45pm
Sunday, October 27, 11:05am
For Sama
2019, NR, Syria/UK, Documentary, 96 minutes
Florida Premiere
Arabic with English Subtitles
Directors: Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Producer: Waad al-Kateab
Writer: Waad al-Kateab
Cast: Waad al-Kateab
Winner of the Documentary Feature Competition in the Grand Jury Awards at South by Southwest Film Festival, For Sama is a love letter from a young mother to her daughter, telling the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria, as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama — all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her.
Friday, October 25, 10:45am
Sunday, October 27, 4:15pm
The Heart Dances
2018, NR, New Zealand, Documentary, 98 minutes
U.S. Premiere
Filmmaker in Attendance
Director: Rebecca Tansley
Producer: Robin Laing
Cast: Jiří Bubeniček, Otto Bubeniček
An iconic film is reimagined by celebrated Czech dancers Jiří and Otto Bubeniček for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, setting the stage for a voyage into uncharted territory for everyone involved.
Friday, October 25, 12:50pm
Saturday, October 26, 1:15pm
Mr. Jimmy
2019, NR, USA, Documentary, 112 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Juried Film
Japanese and English with English Subtitles
Director: Peter Michael Dowd
Producer: Peter Michael Dowd
Cast: Akio “Jimmy” Sakurai, Rie Nakahara, Toshio Suzuki, Kiyomi Osawa, Junko Sakurai, Shinji Kishimoto, Atsushi Iwasaki, Naoki Washida, Makoto Fukano, Kiyotaka Yokoseki
Akio Sakurai has dedicated his life to honoring Jimmy Page. For 35 years, he recreated vintage Led Zeppelin concerts note-for-note in small Tokyo clubs. Moving to Los Angeles to pursue his tribute dream, cultures clash and Akio’s idyllic vision meets reality.
Friday, October 25, 7:45pm
Saturday, October 26, 6:05pm
Museum Town
2019, NR, USA, Documentary, 75 minutes
Filmmakers in Attendance
Juried Film
Director: Jennifer Trainer
Producers: Jennifer Trainer, Noah Bashevkin, Ivy Meeropol
Writers: Jennifer Trainer, Noah Bashevkin, Pola Rapaport
Cast: Nick Cave, David Byrne, Meryl Streep, Richard Criddle, Denise Markonish
Museum Town tells the unique story of the power of art to transform a desolate post-industrial city. In 2017, MASS MoCA became the largest museum for contemporary art in the world—but just three decades before, its vast brick buildings were the abandoned relics of a massive shuttered factory.
Friday, October 25, 5pm
Sunday, October 27, 2pm
Pahokee
2019, NR, USA, Documentary, 112 minutes
Florida Film
Filmmakers in Attendance
Directors: Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan
Producers: Maida Lynn, Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan
Four high school students embark on their senior year in Pahokee, a small Florida town on the shores of Lake Okeechobee. The teens navigate all the sometimes exciting, sometimes heartbreaking rites of passage as they make profound decisions about the future. As they do, the pressures of Pahokee’s economic hardships weigh heavily on their shoulders.
Saturday, October 26, 10:30am
Sunday, October 27, 1:35pm
Runner
2019, NR, USA, Documentary, 88 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Juried Film
Director: Bill Gallagher
Producer: Bill Gallagher
At 8 years old, Guor Mading Maker fled war-torn Sudan to take refuge in the U.S. In his new life, Maker began participating in track and field, eventually qualifying for the 2012 Olympics. Runner depicts Maker’s challenging and triumphant journey from refugee to world-renowned athlete.
Saturday, October 26, 5:30pm
Sunday, October 27, 11:30am
Show Me The Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall
2019, NR, UK/USA, Documentary, 92 minutes
Florida Premiere
Director: Alfred George Bailey
Producer: Tatiana Kennedy
Cast: Michael Douglas, Graham Nash, Jorma Kaukonen, Peter Frampton
Jim Marshall was a maverick with a camera. An outsider who captured the heights of rock ‘n’ roll music and the seismic changes of an era, from the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix to the civil rights movement, Marshall’s wild side — mixed with a compassionate eye — led him to immortalize some of the most iconic moments of the 1960s.
Friday, October 25, 3:15pm
Sunday, October 27, 6:20pm
Films are not rated except where noted. These films are not intended for children unless indicated as Family Friendly.
All programming and dates are subject to change.