Nina Forever, Peace Officer & The Grief of Others Will Premiere at SXSW
NINA FOREVER, a darkly comedic romantic horror story written and directed by the Blaine Brothers, will have its World Premiere at the SXSW Film Festival on Saturday, March 14
NINA FOREVER – Directed by Chris Blaine and Ben Blaine (98 mins) Narrative Feature
Holly wants to save Rob, has fallen in love with him. She is training to be a paramedic and works a dead end job in a supermarket where Rob is the only remarkable thing; lost and angry since the death of his girlfriend Nina.
Drawn into a relationship, the first time they’re in bed together so is Nina. A tangled and bloody mess of broken limbs, she is very much dead but still here, still talking, still angry…
However Holly doesn’t freak out and run – she is determined to be the one who heals Rob’s wounds. She can deal with the dead girl sharing their bed, their lives, their minds. If it’s what Rob needs, it’s what Holly will do, whatever the consequences…
Directors:
Ben Blaine, Chris BlaineWriters:
Ben Blaine, Chris BlaineStars:
Fiona O’Shaughnessy, Abigail Hardingham, Cian BarrySaturday, March 14th @ 9:00 pm, Alamo Lamar A
Tuesday, March 17th @ 6:30 pm, Alamo Ritz
Friday, March 20th @ 11:30 pm, Stateside Theatre
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PEACE OFFICER – Directed by Scott Christopherson, Brad Barber (109 mins) Documentary Competition
Peace Officer is a documentary about the increasingly militarized state of American police as told through the story of Dub Lawrence, a former sheriff who established his rural state’s first SWAT team only to see that same unit kill his son-in-law in a controversial standoff 30 years later. Driven by an obsessed sense of mission, Dub uses his own investigation skills to uncover the truth in this and other recent officer-involved shootings in his community, while tackling larger questions about the changing face of peace officers nationwide.
Director: Scott Christopherson, Brad Barber
Executive Producer: Scott Christopherson, Dave Lawrence
Producer: Scott Christopherson, Brad Barber, Dave Lawrence
Cinematographer: Brad Barber & Scott Christopherson
Editor: Renny McCauley
Sound Designer: Tom Hammond
Music: Micah Dahl Anderson
Additional Credits: Executive Producer: Sterling VanWagenen, Executive Producer: Roger Fields, Executive Producer: Brad Barber, Colorist & Title Designer: Dan Stuyck, Re-recording Mixer: Tom Hammond
SXSW Film Festival Screenings:
Sunday, March 15th @ 1:30pm, Stateside Theatre
Monday, March 16th @ 6:00pm, Alamo Lamar A
Friday, March 20th @ 1:15pm, Topfer Theatre at ZACH
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THE GRIEF OF OTHERS – Directed by Patrick Wang (102 mins) Narrative CompetitionThe Ryries have suffered a loss: the death of a baby just fifty-seven hours after his birth. Without words to express their grief, the parents, John and Ricky, try to return to their previous lives. The couple’s children, ten-year-old Biscuit and thirteen-year-old Paul, responding to the unnamed tensions around them, begin to act out in exquisitely idiosyncratic ways. But as the family members scatter into private, isolating grief, an unexpected visitor arrives, and they find themselves growing more alert to the hurt, humor, warmth, and burdens of others—to the grief that is part of every human life but that also carries within it the power to draw us together.
Director: Patrick Wang
Writers: Leah Hager Cohen (novel), Patrick Wang (screenplay)
Stars: Wendy Moniz, Trevor St. John, Rachel Dratch
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