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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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