The Best for Fests aka The Ones to Watch by filmfestivals.com founder
by ChatelinBruno | created - 03 Feb 2018 | updated - 8 months ago | PublicThese are the films that Bruno Chatelin has curated, carefully selecting films which will fare well on the festival circuit, based on his past distributor's experience running Sony and UGC/Fox in France and filmfestivals.com founder !
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1. Chimera Strain (2018)
R | 80 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A brilliant but disturbed scientist freezes his children alive, while he races to cure their deadly genetic disease by decoding the DNA of the immortal Turritopsis jellyfish.
Director: Maurice Haeems | Stars: Henry Ian Cusick, Kathleen Quinlan, Erika Ervin, Jenna Harrison
Votes: 1,308
2. Living in the Future's Past (2018)
TV-PG | 100 min | Documentary
What kind of future do we want to live in? Jeff Bridges presents this beautifully photographed 4K tour de force of original thinking on who we are and the life challenges we face. This film... See full summary »
Director: Susan Kucera | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Piers Sellers, Wesley Clark, Oren Lyons
Votes: 459
3. Living Among Us (2018)
TV-MA | 87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Vampires have just made themselves public. Now a group of documentarians have been granted access to learn how they live and coexist with humans. But as reality sets in, the crew realize their very lives are in danger.
Director: Brian A. Metcalf | Stars: James Russo, Jordan Danger, William Sadler, Thomas Ian Nicholas
Votes: 3,043
4. Dead on Arrival (2017)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A pharmaceutical sales rep visits a small town in Louisiana on business. He finds himself in a dark world of corruption and murder with 24 hours to live, running from the police, the mob and a sheriff that wants him dead.
Director: Stephen Cyrus Sepher | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Lillo Brancato, Scottie Thompson, Christa B. Allen
Votes: 2,103
5. The Evil Within (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 98 min | Horror
A lonely, mentally handicapped boy befriends his reflection in an antique mirror. This demonic creature orders him to go on a murderous rampage to kill the people he loves most.
Director: Andrew Getty | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Dina Meyer, Frederick Koehler, Michael Berryman
Votes: 3,935
6. The Unwilling (2016)
TV-MA | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
After the death of a much despised patriarch, a mysterious box shows up during the reading of the will, forcing the family to reckon with each of their own deadly sins.
Director: Jonathan Heap | Stars: David Lipper, Dina Meyer, Bree Williamson, Robert Rusler
Votes: 620
7. Once Upon an Island (2015)
73 min | Documentary, Adventure, Family
Impressive family film offers a unique stories of the wonderful animals who inhabit the Aldabra atoll, were born here, create communities, give birth to young and struggle for their survival.
Director: Steve Lichtag | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Oldrich Kaiser
Votes: 78
8. Sharkwater (2006)
PG | 89 min | Documentary
An investigation of sharks' importance to ecosystems and humankind's mass destruction of shark species worldwide.
Director: Rob Stewart | Stars: Rob Stewart, Paul Watson, Erich Ritter, Boris Worm
Votes: 5,038 | Gross: $0.85M
9. Sharkwater Extinction (2018)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Rob Stewart exposes the illegal fishing industry that threatens the survival of the world's sharks.
Director: Rob Stewart | Stars: Rob Stewart, Rebecca Aldworth, Will Allen, Will Allen
Votes: 1,243
10. Cut Off (2017)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Struggling with his new life in New Orleans, Clive follows Trevor, a former professor to his country home on the bayou to gain a new perspective. While Trevor helps Clive deal with his demons, Clive is sucked into a mission to kill.
Director: Jowan Carbin | Stars: Brad Dourif, William Baldwin, Laura Cayouette, John Robinson
Votes: 53
11. Cradle of Champions (2017)
TV-14 | 100 min | Documentary
Three young people battle to change their lives through a three-month odyssey of the New York Daily News Golden Gloves-the biggest and oldest amateur boxing tournament in the world.
Director: Bartle Bull | Stars: Brian Adams, Teddy Atlas, Duquan Chambers, Christine Ciccone
Votes: 69
12. Glenn, the Flying Robot (2010)
85 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis Henry and Jack are two famous and talented pianists: they are rivals and try to outdo each other in the various music events where they regularly compete. They have known each ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Goldstein | Stars: Billy Boyd, Dominic Gould, Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Bauchau
Votes: 361
13. Anton Chekhov's the Duel (2010)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
In ANTON CHEKHOV'S THE DUEL, escalating animosity between two men with opposing philosophies of life is played out against the backdrop of a decaying seaside resort along the Black Sea ... See full summary »
Director: Dover Koshashvili | Stars: Andrew Scott, Fiona Glascott, Tobias Menzies, Niall Buggy
Votes: 726
14. Offensive (2016)
105 min | Horror
A retired couple are targeted by a cruel gang of street youths . A new breed of technological psychopath. This is the old generation vs the new.
Director: Jonathan Ford | Stars: Russell Floyd, Lisa Eichhorn, Fred Tatien, Timothy Morand
Votes: 251
15. Get Happy! (2015)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A perpetually miserable man finds happiness when he starts dating a manic pixie dream girl, to the befuddlement of his cynical best friend.
Director: Manoj Annadurai | Stars: Chris Riggi, Adam LaVorgna, Rebecca Blumhagen, Jordan Lane Price
Votes: 66
16. Les petites vacances (2006)
90 min | Drama, Comedy
On an impulse Danièle takes her grandchildren for a holiday herself without the permission of their parents. As time proceeds it becomes less clear if she and the children will ever return and resume their lives as before.
Director: Olivier Peyon | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Adèle Csech, Lucas Franchi, Claude Brasseur
Votes: 83
17. Serengeti (2011)
100 min | Documentary
Join an expedition across the 30,000 square kilometres of African savannah that makes up The Serengeti. Observe cheetahs on the hunt, stampeding wildebeest and crocodile attacks with ... See full summary »
Director: Reinhard Radke | Star: Hardy Krüger Jr.
Votes: 316
18. Late Fragment (2007)
180 min | Drama
Eyelids smeared with black shadow, a teenage girl stands at the foot of the bed and pulls the trigger. The man waking from sleep barely knows what has just happened to him. In a single ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Daryl Cloran, Anita Doron, Mateo Guez | Stars: Benz Antoine, Jerry Azzopardi, Marc Bendavid, Krista Bridges
Votes: 105
19. Sweet Mud (2006)
90 min | Drama
Set in mid-70's, 12-year old Dvir Avni navigates between the equality values of his home-born Kibbutz and the relationship with his undermined mother, whom the Kibbutz members will to denounce.
Director: Dror Shaul | Stars: Tomer Steinhof, Ronit Yudkevitz, Shai Avivi, Pini Tavger
Votes: 765
20. The World Is My Country (2017)
71 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
A song and dance man from the Golden Age of Broadway, now in his 90s, returns to the stage to enthrall us with his astounding journey from the Broadway Stage, as Danny Kaye's understudy, to... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Kanegis | Stars: Pierre Bergé, Esther Peter Davis, Garry Davis, Martin Sheen
21. Rooted in Peace (2016)
88 min | Documentary
ROOTED in PEACE challenges viewers to examine their values as Americans and human beings. Today we are at war within ourselves, with our environment, and with the world. Director and award-winning filmmaker Greg Reitman invites viewers on a film journey to take notice of the world we live in, proactively seek ways to find personal and ecological peace, and stop the cycle of violence.
Director: Greg Reitman | Stars: Pete Seeger, Deepak Chopra, Desmond Tutu, David Lynch
Votes: 41
22. Get Happy! (2015)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A perpetually miserable man finds happiness when he starts dating a manic pixie dream girl, to the befuddlement of his cynical best friend.
Director: Manoj Annadurai | Stars: Chris Riggi, Adam LaVorgna, Rebecca Blumhagen, Jordan Lane Price
Votes: 66
23. High Resolution (2018)
TV-MA | 96 min | Drama
High Resolution, an adaptation of Tao Lin's novel Taipei, tracks Paul and Erin as they confront what it means to be young and in love in the early days of the 21st century.
Director: Jason Lester | Stars: Ellie Bamber, Justin Chon, Hannah Marks, Josh Salatin
Votes: 290
24. Marcel Duchamp: Art of the Possible (2020)
86 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The film explores the life, philosophy and impact of one of the most influential early 20th century modernists, Marcel Duchamp. The film breaks down Duchamp's ideas and applies them to both... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Taylor | Stars: Marina Abramovic, William Anastasi, Bradley Bailey, Carlos Basualdo
Votes: 93
25. The Creepy Line (2018)
80 min | Documentary
The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and how they do it.
Director: M.A. Taylor | Stars: Robert Epstein, Jordan B. Peterson, Peter Schweizer
Votes: 554
26. Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time (2018)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Millions of people all over the world love the music of Dave Grusin but most do not realize the full extent of his extraordinary career.
Director: Barbara Bentree | Stars: Tom Brokaw, Dave Grusin, Quincy Jones, Michael Keaton
Votes: 12
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27. Isabelle (I) (2018)
R | 81 min | Horror, Thriller
A young couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia and must struggle to survive an evil presence that wants nothing more than their very own ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Heydon | Stars: Amanda Crew, Adam Brody, Zoë Belkin, Sheila McCarthy
Votes: 1,476
28. The Mystery of a Buryat Lama (2018)
94 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This cinematic study tells us a story of one of the most famous lamas in Russia and Buryatia, XII Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov.
Director: Elena Demidova
29. Sekuritas (2019)
117 min | Drama
Director: Carmen Stadler | Stars: Vilmar Bieri, Jeanne Devos, Duraid A. Ghaieb, Daniel Kasztura
Votes: 21
31. Adverse (2020)
R | 94 min | Crime, Thriller
A rideshare driver discovers that his sister is in debt to a dangerous crime syndicate.
Director: Brian A. Metcalf | Stars: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mickey Rourke, Penelope Ann Miller, Lou Diamond Phillips
Votes: 16,192
32. Out of Sight, Out of Mind (2019)
131 min | Drama
Travis's tight social group of friends and lovers splits apart when his childhood friend, O'Brien becomes severely mentally ill. Now alone, the characters go their separate ways: Travis ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Follmer | Stars: Adam Leotta, Brian Follmer, Blake Adams, Katie Booth
Votes: 49
33. Magnificent Liars (2019)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Who can you trust if you can't trust your best friends? In "Les Beaux Menteurs" ("The Beautiful Liars"), an American plumber crashes a French dinner party and reminds everyone -- all we need is love, love, love.
Director: Bruno Mercier | Stars: Mark Austin, Alice Carel, Morgan Perez, Sébastien Fouillade
Votes: 31
34. Raised on Rock - the Burnette Family Legacy (2018)
63 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
This is an untold tale of Rock history finally revealed.
Director: Sally Steele | Stars: Billy Burnette, Rocky Burnette, Gary Busey, James Intveld
Votes: 9
35. Finding Manny (2020)
57 min | Documentary
The chance discovery of an online article sends Manny Drukier, a Holocaust survivor, on an unexpected trip to visit the orphanage where he was rescued to after the war.
Director: Kacey Cox | Stars: Manny Drukier, Anna Andlauer, Stephen Baldwin, Cindy Drukier
Votes: 28
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36. Lost Girls: Angie's Story (2020)
108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After escaping from a sex trafficking ring, one teenage girl struggles to reconnect with herself and her family. To rescue her helpless friends, she must confront her own fears and help lead the police to her traffickers - at all costs.
Director: Julia Verdin | Stars: Jane Widdop, Olivia d'Abo, Randall Batinkoff, Juliette Hanover
Votes: 566
37. Only Human (2020)
91 min | Drama
ONLY HUMAN - Homo - stages 6 profiles in 6 sequences cleverly interwoven. A dramatic story featuring desperate characters in their quest for survival and love, or redemption.
Director: Igor Ivanov Izi | Stars: Natasha Petrovic, Igor Angelov, Oliver Mitkovski, May-Linda Kosumovic
Votes: 122
38. Safeguard: An Electoral College Story (2020)
76 min | Documentary
"What if something you changed caused unintended consequences you never imagined?" Safeguard: An Electoral College Story asks that question about presidential elections. How does the system... See full summary »
Director: M.A. Taylor | Stars: John Burnett, Steve Forbes, Allen Guelzo, Michael C. Maibach
Votes: 213
39. Zero Gravity (I) (2021)
74 min | Documentary
Zero Gravity follows a diverse group of middle-school students from San Jose, CA, who compete in a nationwide tournament to code satellites aboard the International Space Station.
Director: Thomas Verrette | Stars: Cady Coleman, Adrien Engelder, Jack Fischer, Advik Gonugunta
Votes: 27
40. Enough! Lebanon's Darkest Hour (2022)
94 min | Documentary
The film follows the Australian-Lebanese filmmaker Daizy Gedeon's independent introspection into how Lebanon has ended up in a state of complete catastrophe, exposing the country's dark underbelly which is its most sinister enemy.
Director: Daizy Gedeon | Stars: Darina Al Joundi, Walid Alami, Michel Aoun, Gebran Bassil
Votes: 27
41. Marcel Duchamp: Art of the Possible (2020)
86 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The film explores the life, philosophy and impact of one of the most influential early 20th century modernists, Marcel Duchamp. The film breaks down Duchamp's ideas and applies them to both... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Taylor | Stars: Marina Abramovic, William Anastasi, Bradley Bailey, Carlos Basualdo
Votes: 93
42. Phil Liggett: The Voice of Cycling (2020)
118 min | Documentary
The life of legendary television commentator Phil Liggett MBE is inextricably entwined with the history of professional cycling. During a career that has spanned five decades, 15 Olympic ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Nickolas Bird, Eleanor Sharpe | Stars: Ned Boulting, Joel Felicio, Matt Keenan, Phil Liggett
Votes: 17
43. Time is Eternal (2022)
14 min | Short, Fantasy
A writer examines in her novel what it means to be a woman and conjures up Cleopatra, and feminist writer/philosopher Mary Wollenstonecraft (mother of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein) They cross deserts of eternal time to meet.
Directors: Bayou Bennett, Daniel Lir | Stars: Berite Labelle, Valerie Qi, Jordy Tulleners
44. The Thrill (2022)
8 min | Short, Drama, Music
A young guitarist is about to play the biggest show of his life. Things don't quite go as expected.
Director: Gordy De St. Jeor | Stars: Aidan Browne, Sofia Masson
45. Pierre & Jeanne
99 min | Drama | Completed
Family Roland lives in Etretat. Jeanne, the youngest, inherits Mr Marechal's fortune, a friend of the parents. Pierre the elder brother, bogged down in questions, questions the sacredness of the family. Is this money hiding a heavy secret?
Director: Clémentine Célarié | Stars: Loris Freeman, Elodie Godart, Clémentine Célarié, Tom Leeb
46. Gotham: The Fall and Rise of New York (2023)
Documentary, History
Once a failing city that by 1990 had over 2,200 murders and 93,000 violent robberies annually, New York went on to be the revitalized word capital.
Director: Matthew Taylor | Stars: Nicole Gelinas, Michael Goodwin, Larry Mone, Fred Seigel
Votes: 28
47. Tales of Babylon (2023)
126 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Four different hit-men find themselves viewing for a job without knowing the others are involved. Crime, money and violence in London are at the center of this tale of modern Babylon.
Director: Pelayo De Lario | Stars: Clive Russell, Billie Gadsdon, Beatrice Fletcher, Aaron Cobham
Votes: 2,279
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48. Rear View Cataclysm
Drama | Announced
Director: Eric Frodsham | Stars: Elizabeth Maxwell, Caroline Ducey, Jason Liebrecht, Tom Zembrod
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49. South of Hope Street (2024)
101 min | Sci-Fi
In 2038 earth enters a mysterious universe. People hide behind a gigantic wall and engage in wars. In this dystopian wonderland, Denise walks on thin ice spurred on by Tom, a caretaker, who promises that a renaissance is on its way.
Director: Jane Spencer | Stars: Michael Madsen, Judd Nelson, William Baldwin, Craig Conway
Votes: 51
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50. Le silence de Sibel (2021)
98 min | Drama
Iraq, 2014. ISIS invades Sinjar, home to the Yazidis. Sibel, a 13-year-old girl, witnesses the slaughter of her entire family. She is then kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery.
Director: Aly Yeganeh | Stars: Laëtitia Eïdo, Mélissa Boros, Rusen Houssin, Patrick Azam
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51. Gender Transformation: The Untold Realities (2023)
90 min | Documentary
It will unveil what actually happens to those who started to change their gender, its implications, the financial interests behind the transgender movement, and the political and societal mechanisms in play.
Directors: Tobias Elvhage, Liza Morberg | Stars: Phoenix Andersson, David Bacon, Jennifer Bilek, Cat Cattinson
Votes: 382
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52. Demanded Supply
Short, Action | Completed
Directors: Sean Famoso, Dennis Williams II | Stars: Brandi Denise, Mark Chinnery, Jesse S. Martin, Theophilus London
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53. The Unseen Crisis (2023)
89 min | Documentary
Some who took vaccine experienced unexpected debilitating aftereffects. Instead of compassion, they were met with skepticism; instead of being helped they were shunned; instead of being heard, they were silenced.
Director: Cindy Drukier | Stars: Nikki Holland, Peter McCullough, Ernest Ramirez, Bob Snow
Votes: 17
8
54. Maya (II) (2023)
104 min | Thriller
When a 15-year old, seeking an escape from her alcoholic mother's abusive boyfriend, is lured into a sex trafficking scheme by a man she met online, she must realize the difference between love and manipulation to return to those who care.
Director: Julia Verdin | Stars: Patricia Velasquez, Rumer Willis, Rena Owen, Cherie Jimenez
Votes: 66
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