February 14

Bodies in Irreversible Detriment (USA)	6:00 PM	OFFICAL SELECTION
Director BEN LAZARUS
Horatio has Body Integrity Identity Disorder, a condition in which people seek to amputate appendages to make themselves feel "whole". He joins a group for dealing with the affliction, thus meeting Sarah. Both lives intertwine in an attempt to find themselves, while making sense of their disorder and their environment. Starring Mark Margolis and David Johansen. At Studio 22
WORLD PREMIERE

A Short Film on Conformity (NORWAY)	6:30 PM	Official Selection
Director MATT WILLIS-JONES
There are some clubs you cannot be a member of, even if you thought you already were! Carl discovers he has to share his office with a new employee - but there's something very odd about this new guy, Brian, in this brilliant short film... about conformity. At Studio 22
HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE

Fréquence (GABON)	6:30 PM	Official Selection
Director DAVID MBOUSSOU
'While secretly recording the quarrel of a couple, a priest makes a terrible discovery. "Fréquence, written and directed by David Mboussou is a short film as surreal and unsettling as it was ambitous to make." -VisionColor At The Belvarado Cinemas
HRIFF PREMIERE

For The Birds (IRAN/USA)	6:30 PM	OFFICIAL SELECTION
Director TARA ATASHGAH
A crowd of people in Iran gather to watch the execution of a young girl. She cries and begs everyone for help; Horrified, people look away as the girl is about to get hanged, but one particular bystander cannot remain silent. At Studio 22
CALIFORNIA PREMIERE

Melody (BRAZIL, USA)	6:30 PM	OFFICIAL SELECTION
Director TERCIO M. GAROFALO
Ana is a talented young pianist facing the most important challenge of her career; She lacks confidence and courage just when she needed the most. Julian, her lover, will try to challenge her and proposes a new way to see her art and what she is capable off; To passionately create instead of just soulless reproduce. Maybe if we stop just staring at the safe ground under us, we might be able to gaze at the stars above our eyes. At Studio 22
WORLD PREMIERE

End of the Beginning (USA)	7:30 PM	OFFICIAL SELECTION
Director RICHARD MARSHALL
After surviving a near apocalyptic event, a feisty, gun-toting 15-year-old escapes with her ailing father onto the open road. As the sun sets, they find shelter from the dreaded Night Creatures in an abandoned diner, where they meet the town's only survivor, a shy 13-year-old. At Studio 22
HRIFF PREMIERE

Odeon (ITALY)	7:30 PM	OFFICIAL SELECTION
Director LUCA ENRICO CANESSA
Five bootleggers are trapped inside a theater and forced to watch the film projection of their own death. They are left scrambling to escape from an unknown killer. Filmed in the local Vista Theater by an Italian crew, this charming horror shot is sure to entertain. At Studio 22
WORLD PREMIERE

Pike and Bird (USA)	7:30 PM	OFFICIAL SELECTION
Director BRADLEY WILDER
Pike and Bird is a comedy about two friends that work at Classic Burger, a start-up fast food joint in downtown LA. Pike is a no-nonsense, straight shooter. His dry wit is his only defense from the horrors of being a fast food cashier. Bird is Classic Burger's charming unsung hero who dreams of playing electric guitar in Noga's band. She just has one problem. She can only play the E chord. At Studio 22
WORLD PREMIERE

The Act of Killing (USA)	8:30 and 11:00 PM	OFFICIAL SELECTION
Director JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER
In one of the most intense and life-changing movies of the past year. Producers Werner Herzog and Errol Morris present this surreal and horrifying documentary that follows former Indonesian death squad leaders as they re-enact their real-life mass-killings in various cinematic genres, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers. At Studio 22
HRIFF PREMIERE