2025 Naples International Film Festival
Documentary
Anxiety Club
2025, NR, US, Documentary, 86 minutes
Filmmakers in Attendance
Director: Wendy Lobel
Producers: Wendy Lobel, Carolin Ehrenburg, Jonathan Gray, Scott Sinkler
Cast: Tiffany Jenkins, Joe List, Marc Maron, Aparna Nancherla, Mark Normand, Baron Vaughn, Eva Victor
Anxiety Club takes the audience backstage to meet with some of today’s most brilliant (and anxious) comedians as they candidly share their personal struggles with the world’s most prevalent mental health condition: anxiety.
Friday, October 24, 8:20pm
Saturday, October 25, 1pm
Sunday, October 26, 6pm
Documentary
Apollo 1
2025, NR, UK/Germany, Documentary, 102 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Juried Film
Florida Film
Director: Mark Craig
Producers: Mark Craig, Keith Haviland, Ansgar Pohle
Writer: Mark Craig
Cast: (in archive): Roger B. Chaffee, Gus Grissom, Edward H. White II, Jim McDivitt, Wally Schirra (in interview and actuality): Martha Chaffee, Sheryl Chaffee, Lowell Grissom, Bonnie Baer, Ed White III, Gerry Griffin, Christopher Kraft, Russell 'Rusty' Schweickart, John Tribe, Gary Johnson, Jerry Goodman
As a new generation readies a return to the moon for the first time in over half a century, Apollo 1 looks back at the tragedy that killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee on January 27, 1967, in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Friday, October 24, 12pm
Saturday, October 25, 5:40pm
Sunday, October 26, 2:35pm
Documentary
Coroner to the Stars
2025, NR, US, Documentary, 83 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Juried Film
Directors: Ben Hethcoat, Keita Ideno
Producers: Billy Ray Brewton, John Henry Hinkel, Tommy Andres
Cast: Dr. Thomas Noguchi, George Takei, Supervisor Janice Hahn, Dr. Cyril Wecht
Coroner to the Stars follows Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the former Los Angeles County chief medical examiner-coroner, whose tell-it-like-it-is celebrity autopsies shaped American culture and often put him at odds with Hollywood elites.
Friday, October 24, 3:30pm
Saturday, October 25, 7:35pm
Sunday, October 26, 4:40pm
Documentary
Dream Touch Believe
2025, NR, US, Documentary, 85 minutes
East Coast Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Director: Jenna Naranjo Winters
Producers: Jenna Naranjo Winters, Bill Stengel, Stephen Kobren
Writer: Jenna Naranjo Winters
Cast: Michael Naranjo, Laurie Naranjo
This inspiring documentary explores the inspiring life and work of blind, Indigenous sculptor Michael Naranjo, who at 23, lost his vision and right hand during a grenade attack in Vietnam. With no eyes and the use of just one hand, he creates sculptures coveted by collectors worldwide.
Friday, October 24, 7:25pm
Saturday, October 25, 10:20am
Sunday, October 26, 2:05pm
Documentary
Jimmy & The Demons
2025, NR, US, Documentary, 93 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Juried Film
Director: Cindy Meehl
Producer: Elizabeth Westrate
Cast: James Grashow, Guzzy Grashow
In the feature-length documentary Jimmy & The Demons, you’ll go inside the mind of 79-year-old celebrated sculptor James Grashow as he pours time, labor, creativity, passion, love and his health into one last commissioned work.
Friday, October 24, 7:20pm
Saturday, October 25, 10:45am
Sunday, October 26, 4:35pm
Documentary
The Pantone Guy
2025, G, US, Documentary, 80 minutes
Filmmakers in Attendance
Florida Film
Director: Patrick Creadon
Producers: Christine O’Malley, H. Nelson Tracey
Writers: William Neal, Julia Szromba
Cast: Larry Herbert
At age 96, Palm Beach resident Larry Herbert reflects on his life, from his Depression-era Brooklyn upbringing to creating the Pantone Matching System, which revolutionized the worldwide use of color.
Friday, October 24, 7:30pm
Saturday, October 25, 11:45pm
Documentary
Rebel with a Clause
2025, NR, US, Documentary, 86 minutes
Florida Film
Director: Brandt Johnson
Producer: Brandt Johnson
Cast: Ellen Jovin
In Rebel with a Clause, grammar guru Ellen Jovin takes her pop-up grammar advice stand on an epic road trip across all 50 states to show that comma fights can bring us closer together in a divided time.
Friday, October 24, 4:40pm
Saturday, October 25, 8:40pm
Sunday, October 26, 4:45pm
Documentary
Remembering Big: Juan “Chi Chi” Rodriguez Story
2025, NR, US, Documentary, 84 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Florida Film
Directors: Marisol Gonzalez, Alina Mogollon-Volk
Producers: Marisol Gonzalez, Alina Mogollon-Volk
Writers: Marisol Gonzalez, Alina Mogollon-Volk
From the sugarcane plantation to the PGA Hall of Fame, this documentary feature follows the stunning rise of a poor Puerto Rican kid to one of professional golf’s most popular players in history.
Friday, October 24, 10:45am
Saturday, October 25, 1:30pm
Sunday, October 26, 7:20pm
Documentary
Silver Screamers
2025, NR, Canada, Documentary, 94 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Director: Sean Cisterna
Producers: Sean Cisterna, Ivonete de Sousa
Writer: Sean Cisterna
Cast: Diane Ament, Diane Buchanan, Bari-Lynne Butters, Lucia Paterra Catania, Audrey Cameron, Anthony Garramone, Sonny Lauzon, David Swift
The documentary Silver Screamers follows a group of senior citizens living in a retirement community as they band together on an extraordinary adventure — making a horror film. Along the way, the seniors challenge stereotypes, defy expectations and discover how the timeless power of creativity can build lasting friendships.
Friday, October 24, 1:55pm
Saturday, October 25, 5:50pm
Sunday, October 26, 11:15am
Documentary
The Stamp Thief
2025, NR, US, Documentary, 103 minutes
Director: Dan Sturman
Producers: Dylan Nelson, Gary Gilbert, Dan Sturman
Part detective story, part heist film and part untold history, The Stamp Thief investigates a Holocaust-era rumor: that a mysterious Nazi stole priceless stamp collections from concentration camp victims and buried them in a Polish town.
Friday, October 24, 11am
Saturday, October 25, 5:20pm
Sunday, October 26, 8pm
Documentary
Thaw
2025, NR, US/Barbados, Documentary, 86 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Director: Robin Hauser
Producers: Annie Marr, Joanne Esser
Egg freezing is a billion-dollar industry that gives women the freedom to pause their biological clocks and extend their reproductive choices. Thaw follows three American women as they navigate their options and question what “choice” actually means in this new era of eggs on ice.
Friday, October 24, 5:45pm
Saturday, October 25, 12pm
Sunday, October 26, 3:30pm
Documentary
The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival
2025, NR, US, Documentary, 96 minutes
Director: Julie Rubio
Producer: Julie Rubio
Writer: Julie Rubio
Cast: Victoria de Lempicka, Marisa de Lempicka, Cristina de Lempicka, Furio Rinaldi, Anjelica Huston, Roxana Velasquez, Rowland Weinstein, Paula Birnbaum, Eden Espinosa, Matt Gould, Carson Kreitzer, Scott Niichel, Anne Paddy, Monika Krajewska
From her rise in the world of art in 1920s Paris and fleeing fascism in the 1940s, this documentary traces the turbulent and decadent life and career of one of the 20th century’s most revered female artists, the preeminent Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka.
Friday, October 24, 5:15pm
Saturday, October 25, 12pm
Sunday, October 26, 5:30pm