Naples International Film Festival
Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 11:00am
Naples International Film Festival
Various Venues in Naples
Schedule of Events:
Saturday October 26, 2024
The Opener
Saturday, Oct 26, 7:30pm · Norris Garden
Director: Jeff Toye—After a struggling street musician’s songs go viral, he’s invited on tour by one of his heroes and given the chance to prove himself on the big stage.
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Documentary Features
76 Days Adrift
Director: Joe Wein—Steven Callahan, author of the bestseller Adrift: 76 Days Lost at Sea, recounts an astonishing 76 days when he drifted helplessly across the vast Atlantic Ocean in an inflatable raft.
Theater 9: 7:35pm
The Accidental Spy
Director: Anthony Wonke—Recruited from a Manhattan prison after 9/11, a man becomes a CIA mole inside al-Qaeda, risking everything to protect his family—only to be betrayed by the country he served.
Theater 2: 11:30am
Between the Mountain and the Sky
Director: Jeremy Power Regimbal—In the wake of a devastating loss, a Nepalese family of over 50 orphaned children must redefine the meaning of family and find hope in their darkest moments.
Theater 10: 6:20pm
Every Little Thing
Director: Sally Aitken—Amid Hollywood’s glamour, a woman’s journey of love and healing unfolds as she nurtures wounded hummingbirds, revealing a tale of fragility, resilience and delicate beauty in tiny acts of greatness.
Theater 8: 5:30pm
Giants Rising
Director: Lisa Landers—Journey into the heart of America’s most iconic forests and uncover the secrets, superpowers and timeless saga of the redwoods—some of the tallest and oldest living beings on Earth.
Theater 1: 11:15am
Mad About the Boy
Director: Barnaby Thompson—Using his own words, music and home movies, this documentary tells the story of writer, director, actor, singer, songwriter and poet Noël Coward—one of the greatest multitalented artists ever.
Theater 9: 2:20pm
Naked Ambition: Bunny Yeager FL
Directors: Dennis Scholl, Kareem Tabsch— Bunny Yeager, the unseen force behind popularizing the bikini, Bettie Page's rise, Playboy's allure and even the invention of the selfie comes to life in Naked Ambition.
Theater 11: 2pm
Porcelain War
Directors: Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev— Under the roar of fighter jets, three Ukrainian artists remain in their homeland, defiantly finding beauty amid destruction and proving that fear is easy to create, but passion is indestructible.
Theater 10: 8:55pm
Rise Above
Director: Maryilene Blondell—Born into a life of poverty and not far from the rolling greens, dramatic slopes and azaleas of Augusta National, Carl Jackson defied fate to become golf’s greatest caddie.
Theater 1: 1:40pm
Sanibel
Director: Herbert James Winterstern—Sanibel is the story of seashells, grief and a community destroyed by one of the most destructive storms in Florida's history.
Theater 11: 11:45am
Shari & Lamb Chop
Director: Lisa D'Apolito—After her children’s show is canceled, ventriloquist Shari Lewis reinvents herself—only to learn her beloved sock puppet, Lamb Chop, was the vehicle that reinforced her commitment to children’s education.
Theater 10: 11am
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Narrative Features
Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts
Director: Shaun Seneviratne—A couple’s romantic reunion is thwarted when holiday plans become an unconventional work-from-home vacation, giving way to a hilarious yet amorous journey across Sri Lanka.
Theater 9: 4:30pm
Breakup Season
Director: H. Nelson Tracey—A young man brings his girlfriend to his rural Oregon hometown to introduce her to his family...only for things to go terribly wrong shortly after their arrival.
Theater 8: 11:55am
Days of Happiness
Director: Chloé Robichaud—As Emma considers a new opportunity with a prestigious orchestra, the young conductor attempts to navigate the toxic relationship with her father/agent and her budding romance with a cellist.
Theater 2: 2:10pm
Fight Like a Girl
Director: Matthew Leutwyler—After escaping an illegal Congolese mine, a resilient young woman discovers her strength and purpose by joining a renowned all-women boxing club, fighting both for survival and redemption.
Theater 11: 4:30pm
Freedom Hair
Director: Dianne Houston—When a determined mother opens a natural hair braiding business to achieve financial independence, she must overcome unexpected obstacles imposed by a powerful cosmetology cartel and the state of Mississippi.
Theater 9: 11:40am
Kiss of the Con Queen
Director: Tom Waller—A striving actor is targeted by an ingenious and sadistic scammer, terrorizing the industry and impersonating Hollywood elites.
Theater 8: 7:45pm
My Sunshine
Director: Hiroshi Okuyama—Two young figure skaters team up to train as a duo. But as winter unfolds and the two grow closer, the lines between friendship and something more begin to blur.
Theater 1: 6pm
Never Not Yours
Directors: John Klein, Steve Kniss—When retired parents announce their divorce to their adult children, chaos ensues as the family grapples with its changing dynamics.
Theater 1: 8:15pm
The Paper Bag Plan
Director: Anthony Lucero—Diagnosed with cancer, a father races against time to train his disabled son for a life of independence.
Theater 8: 2:40pm
Sheepdog
Director: Steven Grayhm—A decorated combat veteran is court ordered into treatment when an ex-convict shows up on his doorstep and reveals that he must put himself back together again.
Theater 2: 7:15pm
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Short Films
Shorts Package 1:
Unexpected Journeys
LUKi and the Lights
The Calm Under the Water
The Ice Cream Man
I See You
The Car that Came Back from the Sea
Life’s unexpected paths unfold in five films, including a paralyzed surfer’s return to the scene of his accident, a Dutch ice cream man defying Nazis and a mother accepting her neurodivergent baby.
Theater 1: 3:35pm
Screening time for five films: 83 minutes
Shorts Package 2:
Made for Each Other
Collage
Catherine & Michael
Yuck!
SilverSizzle
Hearts of Stone
Five films explore the complexities of love, from museum coworkers discovering deeper connections and a long-married couple rekindling their passion to a living statue performer falling for a beautiful stone sculpture and more.
Theater 2: 4:50pm
Screening time for five films: 83 minutes
Shorts Package 3:
Odds and Ends
Cantata
The Day Keeper
Wander to Wonder
The Bullfighter
L+T
À toi les oreilles
This eclectic mix of short films includes a man living his life like an opera, children’s TV puppets surviving their puppeteer’s death and a bullfighter-turned-flag-waving parking attendant.
Theater 10: 1:35pm
Screening time for six films: 81 minutes
Package 4:
Family and Community
Lip Virgin
Walk with Me
Beautiful Men
Bogotá Story
Saving Superman
And Granny Would Dance
Witness the powerful bonds between individuals and their communities through six films, including a girl’s first kiss, three bald brothers seeking hair transplants in Istanbul and an autistic superhero celebrated by a small Chicago community.
Theater 11: 7:30pm
Screening time for six films: 78 minutes
Package 5:
Student Filmmaker Showcase
The Lake in the Sky
Cakewalk
Weathered Coercion
Gone Contracting the Cooties
When Beverly Met Reita The Lights Above These eight short films from K-12 and University divisions include compelling stories of teens dealing with heartbreaking loss, multigenerational wall paperers and the possibility of alien visitors in post-Pearl Harbor California.
Theater 10: 3:55pm
Screening time for eight films: 79 minutes
Date: October 24–27, 2024
