The 2025 Lighthouse Worldwide Movie Competition (LIFF) has unveiled its program for this summer season. The native pageant, which takes locations on Lengthy Seashore Island in New Jersey, will run from June 4 to eight, with particular options together with the U.S. premiere of Kirill Serebrennikov’s 2024 Cannes hit “Limonov: The Ballad” starring Ben Whishaw. Serebrennikov’s English-language debut was an IndieWire Critic’s Choose from the pageant final 12 months.
LIFF 2025 has not but introduced its opening night time characteristic, however IndieWire can reveal that Uta Briesewitz’s “American Sweatshop” will shut the pageant. Highlights additionally vary from the Centerpiece screening of “Omaha” with John Magaro and SXSW Jury Award winner “Slanted.” Jason Alexander would be the keynote speaker for the twenty fifth anniversary of his characteristic, “Simply Trying.” Class Bratton can also be among the many filmmakers who will likely be in attendance; the director is screening his documentary “Transfer Ya Physique: The Delivery of Home” on the pageant.
“Conclave” producer Michael Jackman will likely be at LIFF for a Masterclass on unbiased filmmaking, whereas HBO docuseries director Sam Lipman-Stern (“Telemarketers”) will share his expertise working with Josh and Benny Safdie, Danny McBride, and David Gordon Inexperienced for the true crime present.
Try the LIFF 2025 program, with movie descriptions offered by the pageant, under.
Closing Evening Movie: “American Sweashop”
Director: Uta Briesewitz, USA/DEU, 100 min
EAST COAST PREMIERE
Daisy toils in a cottage business of businesses that consider dangerous and offensive footage and movies uploaded to social media. With indifferent warning and a deranged humorousness, they study the thousands and thousands of posts that get “flagged for assessment.” However one significantly violent video grabs maintain of Daisy, luring her out of this workplace, away from the security of her keyboard and right into a harmful world as she obsessively seeks to carry somebody accountable. Courtesy of Brainstorm Media
Centerpiece: “Omaha”
Director: Cole Webley, USA, 83 min
Set towards the backdrop of the 2008 financial disaster, Omaha follows a struggling father (John Magaro) who embarks on a highway journey throughout the American West along with his two kids, Ella and Charlie, looking for hope and a greater life. What begins as a seemingly spontaneous household journey steadily reveals deeper layers of each grief and resilience, as Ella begins to sense that her father’s intentions could also be masking a extra profound reality.
Centerpiece: “Slanted”
Director: Amy Wang, USA, 102 min
EAST COAST PREMIERE
Winner of the SXSW Jury Award for Finest Narrative Function. Chinese language American teen Joan Huang simply needs to slot in at her highschool, however when she rapidly undergoes an experimental medical process to grow to be Caucasian, the results may very well be devastating on this biting speculative fiction satire. SXSW Grand Jury winner. Starring Shirley Chen, Mckenna Grace, Vivian Wu, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Amelie Zilber, Fang Du
Centerpiece: “Fantasy Life”
Director: Matt Shear, USA, 91 min
After dropping his job as a paralegal, Sam Stein suffers a panic assault and stumbles right into a job babysitting his psychiatrist’s three granddaughters. The women’ mom, Dianne, is an actor whose once-promising profession has stalled; she’s in a troublesome marriage to David, a rock bassist. When David goes overseas on tour, Dianne and Sam uncover a simple rapport in addition to a shared historical past of psychological sickness. Sam joins Dianne’s household to babysit for the summer season on Martha’s Winery, and he results in a home with the girl he pines for, her husband, the three children, and all 4 grandparents, together with his psychiatrist.
Narrative Options Competitors
“A Easy Machine”
USA, 97 MIN
DIRECTOR: MARK HOFFMAN
WORLD PREMIERE
Nick Allander has a advertising job, a critical relationship, and an issue: he’s drowning in debt. However earlier than he and his associate, Marie, can take the following step of their relationship, Nick decides to simplify his life and devotes himself to fixing up an outdated bike. After secretly leaving his condominium to save lots of on lease, Nick’s frugal methods come to a head, forcing a troublesome alternative between committing to the girl he loves or devoting himself to a less complicated existence. Anticipated to attend: director/author Mark Hoffman, actor Richard Blackmon
“Finest Man”
USA, 105 MIN
DIRECTORS: RYAN & ANTHONY FAMULARI
WORLD PREMIERE
John has been a struggling actor in LA for years. When his brother asks him to be the perfect man at his wedding ceremony and presents to assist him discover a secure profession again dwelling, John resolves to make one final push for Hollywood stardom. His newfound dedication pays off professionally, however it strains his relationships. He lands a brand new supervisor and finds some appearing success, however loses his girlfriend and places his relationship along with his brother on skinny ice. And when John lastly lands the audition of a lifetime, he learns that it’s on the identical day as his brother’s wedding ceremony. Confronted with an unattainable alternative, John decides to take the audition, miss the marriage, and lose his relationship along with his brother within the course of. On the audition, John delivers the efficiency of his life, however it’s not sufficient. John sacrificed the whole lot for his dream, however is left with nothing. Anticipated to attend: director/author Ryan Famulari, director/author/actor Anthony Famulari
“Norma Dorma”
CHE, 87 MIN
DIRECTOR: LORENZ SUTER
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Nothing feels regular for Norma. Her little son Lenny is rising so quick since her associate Henri disappeared. Norma struggles between work and her little one. At night time, her missed Henri is haunting her. Norma is aware of it should be greater than «only a dream». One morning she wakes up mysteriously pregnant, caught between hope and worry. In her seek for solutions, Norma meets Mikka, a sleep researcher tied to Henri’s previous. Mikka opens her eyes for one more world. Norma climbs to surreal heights to see her household reunited. However the idyll of her desires convey her nearer to the abyss. On Norma‘s path of discovery she journeys from acquainted locations into stranger lands than she may ever have imagined – not in her wildest desires. Anticipated to attend: director/author Lorenz Suter, actor Marina Guerrini and DOP/author Stefan Kunzler
“Resentment”
USA, 83 MIN
DIRECTOR: NOAH MILLMAN
WORLD PREMIERE
A person walks right into a bar to speak a couple of movie. One other man waits in ambush to pressure him to admit. A lady watches to see that he doesn’t. Over the course of an extended, booze-filled night time, everybody goes to say what somebody doesn’t wish to hear. A taut, witty chamber drama impressed by the Mike Nichols basic, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” “Resentment” asks what it might occur if we lastly let go of our resentments, and tried to stay with the reality, nonetheless ugly it would sound. Starring Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. (The Wire, The Strolling Lifeless), Patch Darragh (Succession) and Jen Ponton (Dietland). Anticipated to attend: director/author Noah Millman, actor Jen Pnton
“River Returns”
JPN, 108 MIN
DIRECTOR: MASAKAZU KANEKO
US PREMIERE
In the summertime of 1958, a riverside village is usually threatened by typhoons. There, a boy named Yucha learns the native flood legend from a Kami-Shibai (paper theater) storyteller. He tells of a broken-hearted lady who drowned herself in a river pool deep within the mountains. It’s stated that her grief has precipitated nice floods each few many years ever since. A terrific hurricane is approaching. Yucha units off for the pool deep within the mountains, which even adults worry, within the hope of stopping the flood and soothing the lady’s sorrow.
Anticipated to attend: producer and gross sales agent Cathy Ni
“Someday the Wolf”
USA, 92 MIN
DIRECTOR: WILLIAM GARCIA BIGELOW
WORLD PREMIERE
On this psychological debut movie from author/director William Garcia Bigelow, the lives of an anticipating suburban couple are disrupted by a random act of violence. Within the aftermath, Hal (Boris Granolic) and Rosalyn (Marisela Grajeda Gonzalez) navigate sensible realities and rising tensions, exposing latent psychological sickness and a fractured domesticity. SOMETIME THE WOLF presents a quiet, voyeuristic look into a contemporary life because it contends with an unsure future. Anticipated to attend: director/author William Garcia Bigelow
“Thirsty”
USA, 112 MIN
DIRECTOR: EMILY ABT
A tenacious protection legal professional embarks on a excessive stakes marketing campaign to beat the incumbent mayor of Oakland. As election day approaches, she should reconcile the seduction of the political sport along with her personal ethical compass or threat dropping all of it. Starring Jamie Neumann, Kyra Sedgwick, and Thora Birch and Sung Kang. Anticipated to attend: director/author Emily Abt
“You Are Not Alone”
CAN, 105 MIN
DIRECTORS: MARIE-HÉLÈNE VIENS & PHILIPPE LUPIEN
Leo, a lonely, anxious pizza supply man, stumbles upon John, a mysterious taxi driver looking for lonesome souls. This uncommon encounter throws the younger man right into a dizzying delirium, disrupting his blossoming romance with Rita. Because the leaves begin falling from the bushes, days are getting shorter, and the chilly is settling in… Fortunately, the primary flames of affection heat Leo’s coronary heart, awakening in him an sudden energy. However beware: for those who play with fireplace, you may get burned. Anticipated to attend: administrators Marie-Helene Viens & Philippe Lupien
Documentary Competitors
“Among the many Palms the Bomb, or: Searching for Reflections within the Poisonous Area of Loads”
AUT/USA, 85 MIN
DIRECTORS: LUKAS MARXT & VANJA SMILJANIĆ MARXT
EAST COAST PREMIERE
The very best bronchial asthma charges amongst kids in the USA, power nosebleeds, the haunting recollections of Native American tribal genocide, the echoes of navy atomic bomb assessments through the Manhattan Mission, the huge monocultural farming culminating in cataclysmic fish and hen die-offs, and the exploitation of unlawful immigrants, are only a few of the narratives that come collectively and outline the Salton Sea. The Historic Wendover Airfield Museum in Utah, a former navy base that in 1944/45 performed a pivotal function within the improvement of the Atomic Bomb, is the place to begin of the movie. The movie’s overarching mission is to ignite a collective consciousness of the continued environmental and socio-political disaster that has remained hid for years. Anticipated to attend: administrators Lukas Marxt and Vanja Smiljanic Marxt
“Been Right here Keep Right here”
USA, 86 MIN
DIRECTOR: DAVID USUI
Christianity and local weather change collide on Tangier Island, the place a close-knit Christian fishing neighborhood faces an existential risk as rising seas encroach upon their shores. Their centuries-old lifestyle, sustained by religion and the rhythms of the Chesapeake Bay, is now at a poignant crossroads—one which will pressure them from the one dwelling they’ve ever recognized. Anticipated to attend: director David Usui
“Child Racers”
USA, 86 MIN
DIRECTOR: CYNTHIA HILL
WORLD PREMIERE
KID RACERS is a documentary about 5 American households and the high-speed, high-stakes world of youth racing. Filmed within the closing weeks of a grueling season, the movie captures the final races at Millbridge Speedway, the place 9-year-old drivers chase a championship—and fogeys double as coaches, mechanics, and mentors. Anticipated to attend: director Cynthia Hill, producer Sandra Davidson
“Shuffle”
USA, 81 MIN
DIRECTOR: BENJAMIN FLAHERTY
Winner of the Documentary Function Grand Jury Prize at SXSW, SHUFFLE follows three people whose lives rely not on stepping into remedy, however on getting out alive, and within the course of, shines a light-weight on the insurance-fueled cycle of dependancy remedy fraud spreading throughout the nation. With the filmmaker serving as narrator, utilizing his personal expertise as a roadmap, these private tales present the framework for a extra public investigation with the assistance of an FBI informant, an insurance coverage analyst and the previous Government Director of a Philadelphia-based remedy facility. SHUFFLE unravels an internet of public coverage and personal curiosity preying on a determined inhabitants for the sake of revenue.
Anticipated to attend: director Benjamin Flaherty, producer Carra Greenberg
“Solitary Street”
SWE, 76 MIN
DIRECTOR: JOHAN PALMGREN
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
There’s a highway in the midst of the wilderness far North of the Arcitic Circle. It was constructed 1955 and was supposed to steer from Kiruna, Sweden, to Bardufoss, Norway. The work was interrupted and now there may be solely a brief fragment of a highway of 20 kilometres between the mountains, with out connection to the final highway system. Alongside the highway there are 5 villages, the place time has stopped. There isn’t a electrical energy nor any water. The villagers have transported outdated automobiles over the ice of Torneträsk from Kiruna to this distinctive place. The automobiles date from the 60 ́s and 70s. On this movie we observe the on a regular basis life alongside the highway. Small tales and occasions are combined with deeper portraits of individuals dwelling near the wild and untamed nature. Anticipated to attend: director Johan Palmgren
“Thaw”
USA, 88 MIN
DIRECTOR: ROBIN HAUSER
EAST COAST PREMIERE
Egg freezing is now a worldwide phenomenon, utilized by girls everywhere in the world. However its outcomes can’t be recognized till years later, when the eggs are thawed and fertilized. Thaw follows three American girls navigating troublesome selections about their organic clocks, and questioning what “alternative” really means on this new period of eggs on ice. Anticipated to attend: director Robin Hauser, editor Jennifer Steinman Sternin
“The Little Issues That Run the World”
USA, 105 MIN
DIRECTOR: DOUG HAWES-DAVIS
WORLD PREMIERE
Life on Earth is in the midst of a significant re-alignment of species composition. The smallest of creatures – bugs – maintain the material of all life collectively. They’re essentially the most quite a few of all animal teams on the planet. However bugs are declining at an alarming price all through the world, threatening innumerable species, complete ecosystems, and even our meals programs with collapse. That is story about untangling the mysteries as to why one thing so ubiquitous – and seemingly limitless – may very well be on the cusp of disappearing totally. Additionally it is the story of heroic efforts to save lots of these most weak of creatures.
Anticipated to attend: director Doug Hawes-Davis
“The Shepherd’s Keeper”
ISR, 69 MIN
DIRECTOR: HADARA OREN
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Bedouin shepherd communities (Palestinians) who stay within the magical areas of the Jordan Valley should cope with a wide range of pressures and threats, primarily as a result of Israeli Settlers and the IDF. The movie follows the complexity of the ‘human layer’, that disturbs the peacefulness of the desert and awakens historic struggles. All this, towards the backdrop of, and maybe in distinction to, the great surroundings of the desert.
Particular Screenings
“John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Management Workplace”
USA, 89 MIN
DIRECTORS: MICHAEL ALMEREYDA & COURTNEY STEPHENS
An essay movie concerning the mysteries of consciousness and communication channeled by means of neurophysiologist and “psychonaut” John C. Lilly, a daring experimenter with dolphins and psychedelics. Lilly’s motto — “My physique is my laboratory” — carried him into realms of radical self-investigation, whereas his analysis additionally helped convey dolphins and whales into the collective dreamlife of the twentieth century.
Anticipated to attend: director Courtney Stephens
“Limonov: The Ballad”
FRA/ITA/ESP, 138 MIN
DIRECTOR: KIRILL SEREBRENNIKOV
US PREMIERE
The English-language debut of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov may have its U.S. premiere on LBI, following its first screening at Cannes — the place he additionally launched The Scholar, Leto, and just lately, The Disappearance of Josef Mengale. A Russian dissident, Serebrennikov was wrongfully positioned underneath home arrest by the Putin regime and has since fled to Germany, the place he continues his work. On this provocative but lavish and sensual biopic about controversial poet Eduard Limonov, Serebrennikov — together with co-writer and Oscar winner Paweł Pawlikowski — deepens his confrontational, love-hate exploration of his homeland’s tradition and historical past. Anchored by a masterful efficiency from Ben Whishaw, the movie delves into the unconventional and sophisticated psyche of this insurgent with no trigger, inspecting Limonov’s conflicting motivations and his passionate requires revolution for its personal sake. Set throughout Moscow, New York, and Paris, the movie weaves poetry, politics, relationships, politics, and nostalgia right into a vital portrait of a charismatic, sophisticated, and deeply flawed artist.
Anticipated to attend: actor Andrey Burkovskiy
“Lovebug”
USA, 90 MIN
DIRECTOR: BLAKE KIASER
EAST COAST PREMIERE
Set in 1988 Los Angeles, LOVEBUG is a dramedy characteristic movie that follows the story of Douglass, a younger man who winds up satisfied by his new and barely older girlfriend, Gracie, to grow to be the pornstar “Douggy-Model” underneath her administration. Anticipated to attend: director/author Blake Kaiser, actors Logan Pepper and Lena Torluemke
“ZZaslow Okay-427”
USA, 79 MIN
DIRECTOR: ROBERT HAM
Zzaslow Okay-427, honors the outstanding service of the longest tenured bomb-sniffing canine to ever serve within the U.S. Military, and the way this unassuming black Labrador retriever saved lives, each on and off the battlefield, therapeutic people in extraordinary methods which can be fully sudden. Anticipated to attend: director Robert Ham, producer Adam Zaslow
Highlight
“Creede USA”
USA, 94 MINS
DIRECTOR: KAHANE CORN COOPERMAN
EAST COAST PREMIERE
Creede is a tiny, distant, mining city the place residents maintain tightly to their heritage. When the townspeople introduced in a theater firm in 1966 to bolster the dwindling financial system, they opened its doorways to all method of people and progressive concepts. This isn’t fairly what that they had supposed. Nearly 60 years later, with these two worlds dwelling facet by facet, Creede is a taut microcosm of present nationwide divisions. Weapons in lecture rooms? Pronouns, what now? Weaving intimate storylines of its nuanced residents, tense debates at city conferences and forays into its wealthy historical past, Creede USA presents a hopeful, humanistic and pressing glimpse at a neighborhood that should frequently negotiate its widespread floor. Anticipated to attend: director Kahane Corn Cooperman, producer Innbo Shim
“The Librarians”
USA, 90 MINS
DIRECTOR: KIM A. SNYDER
As an unprecedented wave of ebook banning largely addressing race and LGBT points is sparked in Texas, Florida, and past, librarians underneath siege be part of forces as unlikely defenders preventing for mental freedom on the entrance strains of democracy. Filmmaker Kim A. Snyder (Newtown, Us Children, 2025 Oscar®-Nominated Dying By Numbers) takes us to an sudden entrance line the place librarians emerge as first responders within the battle for democracy, free entry to data, and our First Modification Rights. As they nicely know, controlling the circulation of concepts means management over communities. Anticipated to attend: director Kim A. Snyder and topic Martha Hickson
“Transfer Ya Physique: The Delivery of Home”
USA, 91 MINS
DIRECTOR: ELEGANCE BRATTON
Within the chaos of Disco Demolition Evening at Comiskey Park, a teenage usher named Vince Lawrence witnessed the fiery backlash towards disco—a sound that outlined freedom and pleasure. Undeterred by the hostility, Vince used his earnings to purchase a synthesizer, setting in movement a journey that will change music endlessly. Venturing into the underground sanctuary of The Warehouse, the place Frankie Knuckles spun revolutionary sounds, Vince teamed up with Jesse Saunders to type Z Issue, a scrappy collective of visionaries who captured the heart beat of Chicago’s underground on wax. Their monitor, On and On, grew to become the primary recorded home music anthem, sparking a motion that reworked a neighborhood DIY tradition into a worldwide phenomenon. From these gritty Chicago streets to pageant phases worldwide, Vince’s story is an electrifying testomony to how a dream, born within the ashes of rejection, ignited a style that continues to unite and liberate individuals throughout the globe. Anticipated to attend: director Class Bratton, producer Chester Algernal Gordon
“Sunfish (& Different Tales on Inexperienced Lake)”
USA, 85 MINS
DIRECTOR: SIERRA FALCONER
EAST COAST PREMIERE
As a single summer season unfolds round Inexperienced Lake, the lives of its residents and guests intertwine in moments of change and self-discovery. A woman bonds along with her grandparents by means of crusing and birding, a boy battles for first chair at a prestigious arts camp, a fisherman and a younger mom are an odd pair in pursuit of journey and the proper catch, and two sisters savor their closing days operating a bed-and-breakfast earlier than faculty pulls them aside. Anticipated to attend: director/author Sierra Falconer
Darkhouse Options
“Harmful Animals”
AUS, 93 MIN
DIRECTOR: SEAN BYRNE
When Zephyr, a rebellious surfer, is kidnapped by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she should work out the best way to escape earlier than he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks under. Courtesy of IFC Movies/Shudder
“Cafe 404”
GRC, 90 MIN
DIRECTOR: ALEXANDROS TSILIFONIS
US PREMIERE
Darkly comedic thriller set in a forgotten roadside diner, the place a mysterious bag of money presents a glimmer of hope to proprietor Jimmy and his eclectic crew. As greed and desperation mount, the workforce confronts inside conflicts and exterior threats in a determined bid to save lots of their crumbling sanctuary
Anticipated to attend:: director Alexandros Tsilifonis, actors Dimitri Gripari and Margaux Karayianni
“O Horizon”
USA, 107 MIN
DIRECTOR: MADELEINE ROTZLER
EAST COAST PREMIERE
O Horizon stars Oscar nominees Maria Bakalova and David Strathairn and is written & directed by Emmy Award winner Madeleine Rotzler. A neuroscientist mourning the lack of her father is all of a sudden in a position to communicate with him by means of a brand new expertise, inflicting her to query the whole lot from her relationships to her life’s work. Anticipated to attend: director/author Madeleine Rotzler
“The Junction”
USA, 40 MIN
Director: AJ Lambert
Following the dying of Rose’s dad, she and her mom Annie transfer to the city the place James Dean died on a harmful highway. Rose begins seeing issues and slowly deteriorates, whereas her pissed off mom turns into obsessive about an unknown lady killed on the well-known intersection. Their bond unexpectedly leads Annie again to the place she belongs.
“The Unusual Darkish”
USA, 84 MIN
DIRECTOR: CHRIS MESSINEO
“The Unusual Darkish” is a Sci-Fi Thriller a couple of man who believes he can inform the longer term, his household who thinks he’s loopy, and the brokers who’re after him. This twisted story is instructed in a single night time, and one location, as this household tries to discover a option to survive. Described as a “Sci-Fi Comedy of menace”, “The Unusual Darkish” has performed at dozens of festivals world wide, profitable award for Performing, Screenwriting, and Finest Function. Anticipated to attend: Director Chris Messineo
“Surf Movie: A Marble within the Jar”
DIRECTOR: GREG BROWNING
USA, 70 MIN
WORLD PREMIERE
Amid crushing losses and fleeting triumphs, “A Marble In The Jar” captures skilled surfer Tatiana Weston-Webb’s journey to search out that means past medals and trophies, by means of the acutely aware assortment of life’s small victories. Anticipated to attend: producer/cinematographer Scott Smith, producer/cinematographer John Detemple, topic Tatiana Weston-Webb
Occasions
A Dialog with Jason Alexander: The Artist Behind George Costanza
Whereas finest recognized for his iconic portrayal of George Costanza on Seinfeld, Jason Alexander can also be a gifted filmmaker, director, and author with a wealthy and diverse profession in leisure. On this particular keynote occasion, the Lighthouse Worldwide Movie Competition is proud to highlight his artistic work behind the digital camera. Be a part of us for a candid and insightful dialog as Alexander shares private tales from his many years in showbiz, explores his evolution as a creator, and displays on the present state of the business. It is a uncommon alternative to listen to instantly from one among tv’s most recognizable faces—and one among its most considerate voices.
Anniversary Screening: “Simply Trying”
USA, 97 MIN
DIRECTOR: JASON ALEXANDER
Jason Alexander, the particular visitor of the Lighthouse Worldwide Movie Competition, is publicly famend for his comedic performances as the enduring George Costanza in Seinfeld. However the sensible actor can also be a really gifted filmmaker, and the pageant is proud to honor him with a twenty fifth anniversary screening of his sophomore directorial work, Simply Trying, a coming-of-age drama starring Gretchen Mol and Patti LuPone. Set in 1955 Bronx, Simply Trying follows Lenny, a sex- obsessed teenager ending eighth grade, who desires of witnessing the act of affection over the summer season. Despatched to stick with his aunt in Queens, Lenny makes new mates, meets an enthralling younger nurse named Hedy, and finally ends up studying a number of sudden classes about life and love. Be a part of us for a particular screening and dialogue with Director Jason Alexander, Producer Mike Jackman, and Author Marshall Karp.
“Freeheld” Screening and Dialogue
DIRECTOR: CYNTHIA WADE
Detective Lieutenant Laurel Hester spent 25 years investigating robust circumstances in Ocean County, New Jersey—defending victims’ rights and placing her life on the road. Within the final 12 months of her life, after a terminal most cancers prognosis, she discovered herself preventing her most private battle for justice: for the girl she cherished. Cynthia Wade’s Freeheld—the Academy Award-winning documentary in need of 2007—first introduced this story to the display screen, which impressed a feature-length drama starring Julianne Moore, Elliott Web page, and Michael Shannon eight years later. Be a part of us for a particular screening of Freeheld, adopted by a compelling panel dialogue with filmmaker Cynthia Wade, Hester’s former colleagues from the police pressure, and native activists as they mirror on Laurel’s legacy and the continued battle for equality.
Masterclass
Michael Jackman
Acclaimed filmmaker Michael Jackman, producer of the Oscar-nominated “Conclave,” will be part of the Lighthouse Worldwide Movie Competition for a Masterclass that gives a uncommon behind-the-scenes look into his artistic course of, his journey by means of unbiased filmmaking, and insights into the making of “Conclave.”
Sam Lipman-Stern
Sam Lipman-Stern started his filmmaking profession taking pictures foolish dwelling movies in a New Jersey name middle the place he labored as a child. Years later, he revisited the footage from his former office and its uncommon tradition of booze, medication, and pranks—solely to uncover a significant billion-dollar corruption case. That discovery grew to become the muse of “Telemarketers,” the Emmy-nominated hit HBO docuseries. Now primarily based in South America, Lipman-Stern returns to his dwelling state, and particularly to Lighthouse, to debate his adventures from telemarketing to tv and share the wild tales behind creating the sequence—the coincidences and calculated steps that formed this unconventional challenge and in the end caught the attention of HBO and govt producers Danny McBride, David Gordon Inexperienced, and the Safdie Brothers