Dallas International Film Festival announces first ten films
The first 10 films have been announced for this year’s Dallas International Film Festival running April 9-19. The lineup includes the North American premiere of Playing It Cool, a romantic comedy starring Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan, and the world premiere of the Civil War drama Echoes of War, starring James Badge Dale, Ethan Embry, and William Forsythe.
The festival is also celebrating the 35th anniversary of The Blues Brothers by honoring director John Landis.
Here are the remaining films:
The Look of Silence: This should be one of the big talkers of the festival. It’s the follow-up documentary to Joshua Oppenheimer’s fantastic The Act of Killing, a film about brutal members of the Indonesian military. Silence focuses on an Indonesian family who find out the identity of the man who killed their son.
Welcome to Leith: Here’s another documentary dealing with a controversy though one that is closer to home. The small town of Leith, ND is being taken over by white supremacists and some townspeople are fighting back.
5 Flights Up: Morgan Freeman, Diane Keaton, and Cynthia Nixon star in this drama about a couple giving up their longtime home.
Being Evel: Daniel Junge directs this documentary about famed stunt performer Evel Knievel.
Hollow: This Vietnamese film centers on a young girl who drowns in a river but somehow comes back to life, leading others to think she is possessed.
Jasmine: Dax Phelan directs this psychological thriller about a man dealing with life after his wife’s unsolved murder.
Western: This documentary looks at life along the US-Mexico border between Eagle Pass and Piedras Niegras.
Online ticket sales for members only begins March 16 at www.DallasFilm.org. Online ticket sales to the public begin March 19. The physical Prekindle Box Office at Mockingbird Station opens March 26. For more information, go to http://www.dallasfilm.org/
This story was originally published February 12, 2015 at 8:24 PM with the headline "Dallas International Film Festival announces first ten films."