Sheepdog
2024, R, US, Drama, 122 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Juried Film
Director: Steven Grayhm
Producers: Steven Grayhm, Lynn D'Angona, P. Colin Kane
Writer: Steven Grayhm
Cast: Virginia Madsen, Vondie Curtis Hall, Steven Grayhm, Lilli Cooper, Dominic Fumusa, Matt Dallas
Decorated U.S. Army combat veteran Calvin Cole is court-ordered into treatment and into the care of a V.A. trauma therapist in training who still works the night shift at a diner to pay for college. Things become even more complicated when Calvin's father-in-law, a retired Vietnam veteran, shows up on his doorstep, having just been released from prison. When Calvin's plan to run from the past blows up in his face, he learns through tough love and compassion that he must put himself back together again.
Top film critic Tony Toscana calls Sheepdog "One of the best films of the year."