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2022 Naples International Film Festival


NIFF 11 Year Anniversary

 
 
Art & Krimes by Krimes

Documentary
Art & Krimes by Krimes

2022, NR, US, Documentary, 85 minutes
  Florida Premiere
  Filmmakers in Attendance
  Juried Film

Director: Alysa Nahmias
Producers: Alysa Nahmias, Amanda Spain, Benjamin Murray
Writers: Alysa Nahmias and Miranda Yousef
Cast: Jesse Krimes, Jared Owens, Gilberto Rivera, Russell Craig

While locked up for six years in federal prison, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates monumental works of art — including an astonishing 30-foot mural made with prison bed sheets, hair gel and newspaper. He smuggles out each panel, piece-by-piece, with the help of fellow artists, only seeing the mural in totality upon coming home.

Friday, October 28, 5:15pm
Saturday, October 29, 3pm

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Butterfly in the Sky

Opening Night Presentation
Butterfly in the Sky

2020, NR, USA, Documentary, 86 min
  Florida Film
  Florida Premiere
  Filmmakers in Attendance

Directors: Bradford Thomason, Brett Whitcomb
Producers: Bryan Storkel, Bradford Thomason, Brett Whitcomb
Writer: Bradford Thomason
Cast: LeVar Burton

Butterfly in the Sky tells the story of the beloved PBS children’s series Reading Rainbow, its iconic host LeVar Burton and the challenges its creators faced in cultivating a love of reading through television.

Thursday, October 27  •  Artis—Naples
6pm Red Carpet Walk, 7pm Film Presentation

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Lift

Documentary
Lift

2022, NR, US, Documentary, 87 minutes
  Florida Premiere

Director: David Petersen
Producers: Mary Recine, David Petersen
Cast: Steven Melendez, Diana Byer, Victor Abreu, YolanssieCardona, Sharia Blockwood

Lift shines a spotlight on the invisible story of homelessness in America through the eyes of a group of young home-insecure ballet dancers in New York City and the mentor who inspires them.

Friday, October 28, 10:30am
Sunday, October 30, 6:30pm

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The Long Rider

Documentary
The Long Rider

2022, PG-13, Canada, Documentary, 96 minutes
  Filmmakers in Attendance
  English (with some Spanish and Portuguese)

Director: Sean Cisterna
Producers: Peter Hawkins, Arnon Melo, Aeschylus Poulos, Sonya Di Rienzo
Cast: Filipe Masetti Leite, Cuchullaine O’Reilly

When Filipe Leite leaves his adoptive home of Canada, the aspiring journalist embarks on an epic quest to ride the length of the Americas from north to south — entirely on horseback — to return to home and his family in South America.

Friday, October 28, 7:45pm
Saturday, October 29, 1:15pm

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Path of the Panther

Documentary
Path of the Panther

2022, NR, US, Documentary, 89 minutes
  Florida Film
  Filmmakers in Attendance

Director: Eric Bendick
Producers: Carlton Ward Jr., Tori Linder, Thomas Winston, Eric Bendick
Writer: Eric Bendick
Cast: Carlton Ward Jr., Betty Osceola, Elton Langford, Dr. Jen Korn, Dr. Lara Cusack, Brian Kelly

Drawn in by the haunting specter of the Florida panther, photographer Carlton Ward finds himself on the front lines of an accelerating battle between forces of renewal and destruction that has pushed the Everglades to the brink of ecological collapse.

Saturday, October 29, 5:45pm
Sunday, October 30, 1:30pm

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The Pez Outlaw

Documentary
The Pez Outlaw

2022, NR, US/Austria, Documentary, 87 minutes
  Florida Premiere
  Filmmakers in Attendance
  Juried Film

Directors: Amy Bandlien Storkel, Bryan Storkel
Producers: Amy Bandlien Storkel, Bryan Storkel
Cast: Steve Glew

In the 1990s, Pez dispensers were worth more, gram for gram, than cocaine or even gold. Steve Glew, from rural Michigan, spent 10 years smuggling Pez dispensers into the U.S. from Eastern Europe, making millions of dollars. It was all magical until it wasn’t — when his archnemesis, the Pezident, decided to destroy him.

Friday, October 28, 7:30pm  •  Artis—Naples
Saturday, October 29, 11:45am  •  Silverspot Cinema

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Still Working 9 to 5

Documentary
Still Working 9 to 5

2022, NR, US, Documentary, 91 minutes
  Florida Film
  Florida Premiere

Directors: Camille Hardman, Gary Lane
Producers: Camille Hardman, Gary Lane
Writer: Camille Hardman
Cast: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Allison Janney, Rita Moreno

When the highest grossing comedy, 9 to 5 — starring Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman and Lily Tomlin — exploded on screens in 1980, the laughs hid a serious message about inequality in the workplace. Still Working 9 to 5 explores what has changed for working women over the last 40 years.

Friday, October 28, 12pm
Sunday, October 30, 3:15pm

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Take Me to the River New Orleans

Documentary
Take Me to the River New Orleans

2022, NR, US, Documentary, 115 minutes
  Florida Premiere

Director: Martin Shore
Producers: Martin Shore, Cody Dickinson, Dan Sameha
Cast: The Neville Brothers, Snoop Dogg, Irma Thomas, Ledisi, G-Eazy, Donald Harrison, Dr. Johnand many others

Take Me to the River New Orleans celebrates the rich musical history, the heritage, legacy, culture and influence of New Orleans and Louisiana. A true collaboration and melting pot of influences from around the world.

Friday, October 28, 2:45pm
Sunday, October 30, 3:45pm

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The Thief Collector

Documentary
The Thief Collector

2022, NR, US, Documentary, 89 minutes
  Florida Premiere
  Juried Film

Director: Allison Otto
Writers: Mark Monroe, Nick Andert

In 1985, Willem de Kooning’s Woman-Ochre, one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century, was cut from its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. More than 32 years later, the painting is rediscovered in the unlikeliest of places. The Thief Collector unravels the layers of this infamous heist.

Saturday, October 29, 8pm
Sunday, October 30, 11:45am

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