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The Austin Film Festival said Friday that Terrence Malick\u2019s A Hidden Life, the Harriet Tubman biopic Harriet and Hirokazu Kore-eda\u2019s The Truth will be in the lineup for the 26th annual fest, which is set for October 24-31.<\/p>\nThe Austin Film Festival said Friday that Terrence Malick\u2019s A Hidden Life, the Harriet Tubman biopic Harriet and Hirokazu Kore-eda\u2019s The Truth will be in the lineup for the 26th annual fest, which is set for October 24-31.<\/p>\n
The first wave of films also includes the world premieres of the documentary Cowboys, written and directed by Austin natives John Langmore and Bud Force; The Animal People, from executive producer Joaquin Phoenix; The VICE Guide to Bigfoot; and the Texas crime thriller Sleeping in Plastic, from writer-director Van Ditthavong.<\/p>\n
Also set for the fest is Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Oh My God I Think It\u2019s Over, a documentary that follows the making of the show\u2019s series-finale episode which aired in April. Rachel Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna and director Katie Hyde will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the first round of films set for the lineup, which will be filled out next month.<\/p>\n
A Hidden Life
\nWriter\/Director: Terrence Malick
\nStarring: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon, Tobias Moretti, Bruno Ganz, Matthias Schoenaerts, Karin Neuh\u00e4user, Ulrich Matthes
\nBased on real events, from visionary writer-director Terrence Malick, A HIDDEN LIFE is the story of an unsung hero, Franz J\u00e4gerst\u00e4tter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fani and children that keeps his spirit alive.<\/p>\n
A Patient Man
\nTexas Premiere
\nWriter\/Director: Kevin Ward
\nIn the aftermath of a terrible car accident, a man tries to make sense of his life and seeks revenge for what he has lost.<\/p>\n
Cowboys
\nWorld Premiere
\nWriter\/Director: John Langmore, Bud Force
\nIn an age of breathtaking change, rapid urbanization, and a daily news cycle, it\u2019s hard to imagine an existence almost entirely divorced from that reality. Yet, COWBOYS: A Documentary Portrait reveals a fascinating way of life tied uniquely to the natural environment and capricious thousand-pound animals. Filmed on location in the most remote parts of the American West, COWBOYS paints an intimate portrait of a surprisingly diverse and eloquent group of men and women committed to a harsh reality while feeding a population they\u2019re likely never to encounter.<\/p>\n
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Oh My God I Think It\u2019s Over
\nDirector: Katie Hyde
\n\u201cCrazy Ex-Girlfriend: Oh My God I Think It\u2019s Over\u201d is a peek behind the curtain as the team behind the award-winning comedy series \u201cCrazy Ex-Girlfriend\u201d wraps up its final season. We watch as co-creators Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna and their many talented collaborators steer the show through its final episode. The film highlights their unique process as they juggle writing, songwriting, choreography on a spinning turntable, last minute big ideas and emergencies, and the \u201cimpossible task\u201d of creating a smart, feminist, musical comedy show that\u2019s a process unlike any other show ever to air on network TV.<\/p>\n
Harriet
\nWriters: Gregory Allen Howard, Kasi Lemmons
\nDirector: Kasi Lemmons
\nStarring: Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Janelle Mon\u00e1e, Joe Alwyn, Jennifer Nettles, Clarke Peters
\nBased on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, HARRIET tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman\u2019s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America\u2019s greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.<\/p>\n
Macabre
\nNorth American Premiere
\nWriter: Lucas Paraizo and Rita Gloria Curvo
\nDirector: Marcos Prado
\nMacabre is a feature film based on the true story of the \u2018Werewolves of Freiburg\u2019, two young brothers who were accused of brutal murders in the 90\u2019s, in Brazil. The thriller follows Sergeant T\u00e9o in his quest for the suspects hiding in the Atlantic Forest. While the population, the press and the local police condemn the brothers, T\u00e9o realizes that one of them may be innocent.<\/p>\n
Sleeping in Plastic
\nWorld Premiere
\nWriter\/Director: Van Ditthavong
\nA small Texas town awakes when a high school wrestler gets swept into the dangerous world of an intoxicating drifter and her ruthless lover. Lives intertwine and spiral violently out of control once he becomes her escort driver and risks everything to save her.<\/p>\n
The Animal People
\nWorld Premiere
\nWriters: Cassandra Suchan, Denis Henry Hennelly, Sasha Perry, Brian Palmer
\nDirector: Cassandra Suchan, Denis Henry Hennelly
\nA chilling portrait of what happens when activism rattles the institutions of power.<\/p>\n
The Truth
\nWriter: Hirokazu Koreeda, Adaption by Lea Le Dimna
\nDirector: Hirokazu Koreeda
\nStarring: Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Ludivine Saginer, Roger Van Hool
\nFabienne is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and resentments confessed.<\/p>\n
The VICE Guide to Bigfoot
\nWorld Premiere
\nWriter: Zach Lamplugh, Brian Emond
\nDirector: Zach Lamplugh
\nThe debut feature from director Zach Lamplugh (Adult Swim); This paranormal comedy follows a hopelessly millennial reporter on the most important assignment of his career: Bigfoot. But after following a prominent cryptozoologist into the Appalachian foothills, he\u2019s forced to answer the question \u201cis a good story worth dying for?\u201d<\/p>\n
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