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2022 Phoenix Film Festival

9:20am MST

InHospitable

InHospitable

Run Time: 100 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 9:20am
Saturday, April 9 at 11:40am
Sunday, April 10 at 5:00pm

Directed by: Sandra Alvarez

Cast: Vicki Arnett, Maurice Arnett, Beth McCracken, Ginny Bell, Evie Bodick, Chelsa Wagner, Summer Lee, Erin Ninehouser, Lisa Frank, Nila Payton, Josh Shapiro, Ed Gainey, Sara Innamorato, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Chuck Grassley, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Martin Gaynor, Zack Cooper, Erin Fuse Brown, Farzad Mostashari, Emily Gee, Natasha Lindstrom

Synopsis: InHospitable reveals American hospitals’ significant role in our broken healthcare system by documenting patients and activists as they band together to fight UPMC, a multi-billion dollar nonprofit hospital system that was limiting vital care for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable patients in western Pennsylvania.

Watch the trailer

Friday April 8, 2022 9:20am - 11:00am MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

9:25am MST

Northern Shade

Northern Shade

Run Time: 95 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 9:25am
Saturday, April 9 at 4:30pm
Sunday, April 10 at 2:35pm

Directed by: Christopher Rucinski

Cast: Jesse Gavin, Joseph Poliquin, Titania Galliher, Romano Orzari, Alejandro Bravo

Synopsis: A disenchanted Army vet emerges from isolation when his younger brother is recruited by an extremist militia.

Watch the trailer

Friday April 8, 2022 9:25am - 11:00am MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

11:45am MST

Failure to Protect

Failure to Protect

Run Time: 100 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 11:45am
Saturday, April 9 at 6:50pm
Sunday, April 10 at 2:15pm

Directed by: Jeremy Pion-Berlin

Cast: Anna, Rheta, Rosa, Trish, Ernst, Melinda Murphy, Robert Powell, Vincent Davis, Shawn McMillian and Michael Nash

Synopsis: Failure to Protect is an in-depth look at the child welfare system through the forgotten lens of parents, further contextualized by experts in the field to unpack a pressing socioeconomic issue that affects hundreds of thousands of families everyday.

Watch the trailer

Friday April 8, 2022 11:45am - 1:25pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

11:50am MST

The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood

The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood

Run Time: 80 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 11:50am
Saturday, April 9 at 6:55pm
Sunday, April 10 at 9:20am

Directed by: Joe Ahern

Cast: Doug Mellard, Joe Ahern, Grant Harvey, Jackie Preciado, Dana DeLorenzo, Ashley Spillers, Arjay Smith, Annie Karstens, Eddie Alfano, Todd Giebenhain, Natasha Hall, Rick Gomez, Rudy Mungaray, Joseph Russo, Jeremy Luke

Synopsis: Wes Crowley, mid-divorce and mid-quarantine, learns that a childhood friend and popular YouTube conspiracy theorist, Toby Blackwood, is missing. He and his friend Luke decide to track Toby down and attempt to make sense of what little clues are left behind in a world where almost nothing makes sense.

Friday April 8, 2022 11:50am - 1:10pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

1:55pm MST

Americanish

Americanish

Run Time: 90 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 1:55pm
Saturday, April 9 at 12:00pm
Sunday, April 10 at 4:55pm

Directed by: Iman Zawahry

Cast: Aizzah Fatima, Salena Qureshi, Shenaz Treasurey, Lillete Dubey, Godfrey, Mo Amer, Kapil Talwalkar, David Rasche, George Wendt, Ajay Naidu

Synopsis: In Jackson Heights, Queens, career-driven sisters Maryam and Sam and their newly-immigrated cousin Ameera must navigate the consistent and sometimes conflicting demands of romance, culture, work, and family.

Watch the trailer

Friday April 8, 2022 1:55pm - 3:25pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 1 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

2:00pm MST

Dear Zoe

Dear Zoe

Run Time: 95 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 2:00pm
Saturday, April 9 at 9:30am
Sunday, April 10 at 5:10pm

Directed by: Gren Wells

Cast: Sadie Sink, Theo Rossi, Jessica Capshaw, Justin Bartha, Kweku Collins, Vivien Lyra Blair

Synopsis: Dear Zoe is a powerful, heartwarming and inspirational study of resilience, a coming-of-age drama in which teenage Tess enlists her biological father - a lovable slacker - and the charming juvenile delinquent next door to help her come to grips with the death of her little sister.

Watch a clip from the film

Friday April 8, 2022 2:00pm - 3:35pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

2:15pm MST

The Pez Outlaw

The Pez Outlaw

Run Time: 90 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 2:15pm
Saturday, April 9 at 4:40pm
Sunday, April 10 at 11:40am

Directed by: Amy Bandlien Storkel & Bryan Storkel

Cast: Steve Glew

Synopsis: In the 1990s, Pez dispensers were worth more, gram for gram, than cocaine or even gold. Steve Glew, from rural Michigan, spent ten years smuggling Pez dispensers into the USA from Eastern Europe, making millions of dollars. It was all magical until… his archnemesis, the Pezident, decided to destroy him.

Watch the trailer

Friday April 8, 2022 2:15pm - 3:45pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

4:25pm MST

Out and About

Out and About

Run Time: 85 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 4:25pm
Saturday, April 9 at 9:25am
Sunday, April 10 at 2:25pm

Directed by: Peter Calllahan

Cast: Peter Callahan, Maggie Lacey, Tom Nelis, Bridget White, Matthew Boston, Daniel Stewart Sherman, John Joseph Gallagher, Finnerty Steeves

Synopsis: In this comedic drama, a man on an afternoon walk through his hometown encounters old friends, new acquaintances, unfamiliar faces, and himself as he tries to come to terms with his life.

Watch the trailer

Friday April 8, 2022 4:25pm - 5:50pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

4:30pm MST

We Burn Like This

We Burn Like This

Run Time: 85 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 4:30pm
Saturday, April 9 at 2:10pm
Sunday, April 10 at 12:00pm

Directed by: Alana Waksman

Cast: Madeleine Coghlan, Devery Jacobs

Synopsis: When 22 year-old Rae, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, is targeted by Neo-Nazis in Billings, Montana, her ancestors' trauma becomes real. Inspired by true events, this coming-of-age story shows the inherited effects of historical trauma and the strength of survival and healing.

Watch the trailer

Friday April 8, 2022 4:30pm - 5:55pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 1 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

4:35pm MST

Oklahoma Breakdown

Oklahoma Breakdown

Run Time: 95 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 4:35pm
Saturday, April 9 at 2:05pm
Sunday, April 10 at 9:05am

Directed by: Christopher Fitzpatrick

Cast: Mike Hosty, Cody Canada, Stoney Larue, Kevin Russell, Jason Boland, Ryan Lindsey, Jamie Oldaker

Synopsis: Mike Hosty, a comedic 1-man band legend, is viewed by his peers as the most unique and talented performer they've ever seen. A cover of his song "Oklahoma Breakdown" reached #1 for the entire year of 2007 in a genre unfamiliar to him.

Watch the trailer

Friday April 8, 2022 4:35pm - 6:10pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

6:50pm MST

18 1/2

18 1/2

Run Time: 90 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 6:50pm
Saturday, April 9 at 4:45pm
Sunday, April 10 at 9:10am
Sunday, April 10 at 11:20 - On-Screen Captioned

Directed by: Dan Mirvish

Cast: Willa Fitzgerald, John Magaro, Vondie Curtis Hall, Catherine Curtin, Richard Kind, Ted Raimi, Jon Cryer, Bruce Campbell

Synopsis: In 1974, a White House transcriber finds the only copy of the infamous 18½-minute gap in Nixon's Watergate tapes but her attempts to leak it to the press run afoul of hippies, swingers and nefarious forces.

Watch the trailer

Friday April 8, 2022 6:50pm - 8:20pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

7:05pm MST

Take the Night

Take the Night

Run Time: 85 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 7:05pm
Saturday, April 9 at 2:20pm
Sunday, April 10 at 11:50am
Sunday, April 10 at 3:00pm - On-Screen Captioned

Directed by: Seth McTigue

Cast: Seth McTigue, Brennan Keel Cook, Sam Li, Roy Huang, Shomari Love, Antonio Aaron, Grace Serrano

Synopsis: When a resentful brother organizes a prank kidnapping, he unwittingly hires career criminals who have plans of their own.

Watch the trailer

Friday April 8, 2022 7:05pm - 8:30pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

9:25am MST

Out and About

Out and About

Run Time: 85 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 4:25pm
Saturday, April 9 at 9:25am
Sunday, April 10 at 2:25pm

Directed by: Peter Calllahan

Cast: Peter Callahan, Maggie Lacey, Tom Nelis, Bridget White, Matthew Boston, Daniel Stewart Sherman, John Joseph Gallagher, Finnerty Steeves

Synopsis: In this comedic drama, a man on an afternoon walk through his hometown encounters old friends, new acquaintances, unfamiliar faces, and himself as he tries to come to terms with his life.

Watch the trailer

Saturday April 9, 2022 9:25am - 10:50am MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

9:30am MST

Dear Zoe

Dear Zoe

Run Time: 95 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 2:00pm
Saturday, April 9 at 9:30am
Sunday, April 10 at 5:10pm

Directed by: Gren Wells

Cast: Sadie Sink, Theo Rossi, Jessica Capshaw, Justin Bartha, Kweku Collins, Vivien Lyra Blair

Synopsis: Dear Zoe is a powerful, heartwarming and inspirational study of resilience, a coming-of-age drama in which teenage Tess enlists her biological father - a lovable slacker - and the charming juvenile delinquent next door to help her come to grips with the death of her little sister.

Watch a clip from the film

Saturday April 9, 2022 9:30am - 11:05am MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

11:40am MST

InHospitable

InHospitable

Run Time: 100 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 9:20am
Saturday, April 9 at 11:40am
Sunday, April 10 at 5:00pm

Directed by: Sandra Alvarez

Cast: Vicki Arnett, Maurice Arnett, Beth McCracken, Ginny Bell, Evie Bodick, Chelsa Wagner, Summer Lee, Erin Ninehouser, Lisa Frank, Nila Payton, Josh Shapiro, Ed Gainey, Sara Innamorato, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Chuck Grassley, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Martin Gaynor, Zack Cooper, Erin Fuse Brown, Farzad Mostashari, Emily Gee, Natasha Lindstrom

Synopsis: InHospitable reveals American hospitals’ significant role in our broken healthcare system by documenting patients and activists as they band together to fight UPMC, a multi-billion dollar nonprofit hospital system that was limiting vital care for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable patients in western Pennsylvania.

Watch the trailer

Saturday April 9, 2022 11:40am - 1:20pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

12:00pm MST

Americanish

Americanish

Run Time: 90 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 1:55pm
Saturday, April 9 at 12:00pm
Sunday, April 10 at 4:55pm

Directed by: Iman Zawahry

Cast: Aizzah Fatima, Salena Qureshi, Shenaz Treasurey, Lillete Dubey, Godfrey, Mo Amer, Kapil Talwalkar, David Rasche, George Wendt, Ajay Naidu

Synopsis: In Jackson Heights, Queens, career-driven sisters Maryam and Sam and their newly-immigrated cousin Ameera must navigate the consistent and sometimes conflicting demands of romance, culture, work, and family.

Watch the trailer

Saturday April 9, 2022 12:00pm - 1:30pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

1:35pm MST

Private Screening

Run Time: 100 minutes

This is a private screening not available to all attendees.

Saturday April 9, 2022 1:35pm - 3:15pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 3 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

2:05pm MST

Oklahoma Breakdown

Oklahoma Breakdown

Run Time: 95 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 4:35pm
Saturday, April 9 at 2:05pm
Sunday, April 10 at 9:05am

Directed by: Christopher Fitzpatrick

Cast: Mike Hosty, Cody Canada, Stoney Larue, Kevin Russell, Jason Boland, Ryan Lindsey, Jamie Oldaker

Synopsis: Mike Hosty, a comedic 1-man band legend, is viewed by his peers as the most unique and talented performer they've ever seen. A cover of his song "Oklahoma Breakdown" reached #1 for the entire year of 2007 in a genre unfamiliar to him.

Watch the trailer

Saturday April 9, 2022 2:05pm - 3:40pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

2:10pm MST

We Burn Like This

We Burn Like This

Run Time: 85 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 4:30pm
Saturday, April 9 at 2:10pm
Sunday, April 10 at 12:00pm

Directed by: Alana Waksman

Cast: Madeleine Coghlan, Devery Jacobs

Synopsis: When 22 year-old Rae, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, is targeted by Neo-Nazis in Billings, Montana, her ancestors' trauma becomes real. Inspired by true events, this coming-of-age story shows the inherited effects of historical trauma and the strength of survival and healing.

Watch the trailer

Saturday April 9, 2022 2:10pm - 3:35pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 7 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

2:20pm MST

Take the Night

Take the Night

Run Time: 85 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 7:05pm
Saturday, April 9 at 2:20pm
Sunday, April 10 at 11:50am
Sunday, April 10 at 3:00pm - On-Screen Captioned

Directed by: Seth McTigue

Cast: Seth McTigue, Brennan Keel Cook, Sam Li, Roy Huang, Shomari Love, Antonio Aaron, Grace Serrano

Synopsis: When a resentful brother organizes a prank kidnapping, he unwittingly hires career criminals who have plans of their own.

Watch the trailer

Saturday April 9, 2022 2:20pm - 3:45pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

4:30pm MST

Northern Shade

Northern Shade

Run Time: 95 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 9:25am
Saturday, April 9 at 4:30pm
Sunday, April 10 at 2:35pm

Directed by: Christopher Rucinski

Cast: Jesse Gavin, Joseph Poliquin, Titania Galliher, Romano Orzari, Alejandro Bravo

Synopsis: A disenchanted Army vet emerges from isolation when his younger brother is recruited by an extremist militia.

Watch the trailer

Saturday April 9, 2022 4:30pm - 6:05pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

4:40pm MST

The Pez Outlaw

The Pez Outlaw

Run Time: 90 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 2:15pm
Saturday, April 9 at 4:40pm
Sunday, April 10 at 11:40am

Directed by: Amy Bandlien Storkel & Bryan Storkel

Cast: Steve Glew

Synopsis: In the 1990s, Pez dispensers were worth more, gram for gram, than cocaine or even gold. Steve Glew, from rural Michigan, spent ten years smuggling Pez dispensers into the USA from Eastern Europe, making millions of dollars. It was all magical until… his archnemesis, the Pezident, decided to destroy him.

Watch the trailer

Saturday April 9, 2022 4:40pm - 6:10pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

4:45pm MST

18 1/2

18 1/2

Run Time: 90 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 6:50pm
Saturday, April 9 at 4:45pm
Sunday, April 10 at 9:10am
Sunday, April 10 at 11:20 - On-Screen Captioned

Directed by: Dan Mirvish

Cast: Willa Fitzgerald, John Magaro, Vondie Curtis Hall, Catherine Curtin, Richard Kind, Ted Raimi, Jon Cryer, Bruce Campbell

Synopsis: In 1974, a White House transcriber finds the only copy of the infamous 18½-minute gap in Nixon's Watergate tapes but her attempts to leak it to the press run afoul of hippies, swingers and nefarious forces.

Watch the trailer

Saturday April 9, 2022 4:45pm - 6:15pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 7 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

6:50pm MST

Failure to Protect

Failure to Protect

Run Time: 100 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 11:45am
Saturday, April 9 at 6:50pm
Sunday, April 10 at 2:15pm

Directed by: Jeremy Pion-Berlin

Cast: Anna, Rheta, Rosa, Trish, Ernst, Melinda Murphy, Robert Powell, Vincent Davis, Shawn McMillian and Michael Nash

Synopsis: Failure to Protect is an in-depth look at the child welfare system through the forgotten lens of parents, further contextualized by experts in the field to unpack a pressing socioeconomic issue that affects hundreds of thousands of families everyday.

Watch the trailer

Saturday April 9, 2022 6:50pm - 8:30pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

6:55pm MST

The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood

The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood

Run Time: 80 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 11:50am
Saturday, April 9 at 6:55pm
Sunday, April 10 at 9:20am

Directed by: Joe Ahern

Cast: Doug Mellard, Joe Ahern, Grant Harvey, Jackie Preciado, Dana DeLorenzo, Ashley Spillers, Arjay Smith, Annie Karstens, Eddie Alfano, Todd Giebenhain, Natasha Hall, Rick Gomez, Rudy Mungaray, Joseph Russo, Jeremy Luke

Synopsis: Wes Crowley, mid-divorce and mid-quarantine, learns that a childhood friend and popular YouTube conspiracy theorist, Toby Blackwood, is missing. He and his friend Luke decide to track Toby down and attempt to make sense of what little clues are left behind in a world where almost nothing makes sense.

Saturday April 9, 2022 6:55pm - 8:15pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

9:05am MST

Oklahoma Breakdown

Oklahoma Breakdown

Run Time: 95 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 4:35pm
Saturday, April 9 at 2:05pm
Sunday, April 10 at 9:05am

Directed by: Christopher Fitzpatrick

Cast: Mike Hosty, Cody Canada, Stoney Larue, Kevin Russell, Jason Boland, Ryan Lindsey, Jamie Oldaker

Synopsis: Mike Hosty, a comedic 1-man band legend, is viewed by his peers as the most unique and talented performer they've ever seen. A cover of his song "Oklahoma Breakdown" reached #1 for the entire year of 2007 in a genre unfamiliar to him.

Watch the trailer

Sunday April 10, 2022 9:05am - 10:40am MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 3 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

9:10am MST

18 1/2

18 1/2

Run Time: 90 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 6:50pm
Saturday, April 9 at 4:45pm
Sunday, April 10 at 9:10am
Sunday, April 10 at 11:20 - On-Screen Captioned

Directed by: Dan Mirvish

Cast: Willa Fitzgerald, John Magaro, Vondie Curtis Hall, Catherine Curtin, Richard Kind, Ted Raimi, Jon Cryer, Bruce Campbell

Synopsis: In 1974, a White House transcriber finds the only copy of the infamous 18½-minute gap in Nixon's Watergate tapes but her attempts to leak it to the press run afoul of hippies, swingers and nefarious forces.

Watch the trailer

Sunday April 10, 2022 9:10am - 10:40am MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

9:20am MST

The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood

The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood

Run Time: 80 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 11:50am
Saturday, April 9 at 6:55pm
Sunday, April 10 at 9:20am

Directed by: Joe Ahern

Cast: Doug Mellard, Joe Ahern, Grant Harvey, Jackie Preciado, Dana DeLorenzo, Ashley Spillers, Arjay Smith, Annie Karstens, Eddie Alfano, Todd Giebenhain, Natasha Hall, Rick Gomez, Rudy Mungaray, Joseph Russo, Jeremy Luke

Synopsis: Wes Crowley, mid-divorce and mid-quarantine, learns that a childhood friend and popular YouTube conspiracy theorist, Toby Blackwood, is missing. He and his friend Luke decide to track Toby down and attempt to make sense of what little clues are left behind in a world where almost nothing makes sense.

Sunday April 10, 2022 9:20am - 10:40am MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

11:20am MST

On-Screen Captioned: 18 1/2

18 1/2

Run Time: 90 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 6:50pm
Saturday, April 9 at 4:45pm
Sunday, April 10 at 9:10am
Sunday, April 10 at 11:20 - On-Screen Captioned

Directed by: Dan Mirvish

Cast: Willa Fitzgerald, John Magaro, Vondie Curtis Hall, Catherine Curtin, Richard Kind, Ted Raimi, Jon Cryer, Bruce Campbell

Synopsis: In 1974, a White House transcriber finds the only copy of the infamous 18½-minute gap in Nixon's Watergate tapes but her attempts to leak it to the press run afoul of hippies, swingers and nefarious forces.

Watch the trailer

Sunday April 10, 2022 11:20am - 12:50pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 5 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

11:40am MST

The Pez Outlaw

The Pez Outlaw

Run Time: 90 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 2:15pm
Saturday, April 9 at 4:40pm
Sunday, April 10 at 11:40am

Directed by: Amy Bandlien Storkel & Bryan Storkel

Cast: Steve Glew

Synopsis: In the 1990s, Pez dispensers were worth more, gram for gram, than cocaine or even gold. Steve Glew, from rural Michigan, spent ten years smuggling Pez dispensers into the USA from Eastern Europe, making millions of dollars. It was all magical until… his archnemesis, the Pezident, decided to destroy him.

Watch the trailer

Sunday April 10, 2022 11:40am - 1:10pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 3 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

11:50am MST

Take the Night

Take the Night

Run Time: 85 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 7:05pm
Saturday, April 9 at 2:20pm
Sunday, April 10 at 11:50am
Sunday, April 10 at 3:00pm - On-Screen Captioned

Directed by: Seth McTigue

Cast: Seth McTigue, Brennan Keel Cook, Sam Li, Roy Huang, Shomari Love, Antonio Aaron, Grace Serrano

Synopsis: When a resentful brother organizes a prank kidnapping, he unwittingly hires career criminals who have plans of their own.

Watch the trailer

Sunday April 10, 2022 11:50am - 1:15pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

12:00pm MST

We Burn Like This

We Burn Like This

Run Time: 85 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 4:30pm
Saturday, April 9 at 2:10pm
Sunday, April 10 at 12:00pm

Directed by: Alana Waksman

Cast: Madeleine Coghlan, Devery Jacobs

Synopsis: When 22 year-old Rae, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, is targeted by Neo-Nazis in Billings, Montana, her ancestors' trauma becomes real. Inspired by true events, this coming-of-age story shows the inherited effects of historical trauma and the strength of survival and healing.

Watch the trailer

Sunday April 10, 2022 12:00pm - 1:25pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

2:15pm MST

Failure to Protect

Failure to Protect

Run Time: 100 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 11:45am
Saturday, April 9 at 6:50pm
Sunday, April 10 at 2:15pm

Directed by: Jeremy Pion-Berlin

Cast: Anna, Rheta, Rosa, Trish, Ernst, Melinda Murphy, Robert Powell, Vincent Davis, Shawn McMillian and Michael Nash

Synopsis: Failure to Protect is an in-depth look at the child welfare system through the forgotten lens of parents, further contextualized by experts in the field to unpack a pressing socioeconomic issue that affects hundreds of thousands of families everyday.

Watch the trailer

Sunday April 10, 2022 2:15pm - 3:55pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 3 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

2:25pm MST

Out and About

Out and About

Run Time: 85 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 4:25pm
Saturday, April 9 at 9:25am
Sunday, April 10 at 2:25pm

Directed by: Peter Calllahan

Cast: Peter Callahan, Maggie Lacey, Tom Nelis, Bridget White, Matthew Boston, Daniel Stewart Sherman, John Joseph Gallagher, Finnerty Steeves

Synopsis: In this comedic drama, a man on an afternoon walk through his hometown encounters old friends, new acquaintances, unfamiliar faces, and himself as he tries to come to terms with his life.

Watch the trailer

Sunday April 10, 2022 2:25pm - 3:50pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

2:35pm MST

Northern Shade

Northern Shade

Run Time: 95 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 9:25am
Saturday, April 9 at 4:30pm
Sunday, April 10 at 2:35pm

Directed by: Christopher Rucinski

Cast: Jesse Gavin, Joseph Poliquin, Titania Galliher, Romano Orzari, Alejandro Bravo

Synopsis: A disenchanted Army vet emerges from isolation when his younger brother is recruited by an extremist militia.

Watch the trailer

Sunday April 10, 2022 2:35pm - 4:10pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

3:00pm MST

On-Screen Captioned: Take the Night

Take the Night

Run Time: 85 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 7:05pm
Saturday, April 9 at 2:20pm
Sunday, April 10 at 11:50am
Sunday, April 10 at 3:00pm - On-Screen Captioned

Directed by: Seth McTigue

Cast: Seth McTigue, Brennan Keel Cook, Sam Li, Roy Huang, Shomari Love, Antonio Aaron, Grace Serrano

Synopsis: When a resentful brother organizes a prank kidnapping, he unwittingly hires career criminals who have plans of their own.

Watch the trailer

Sunday April 10, 2022 3:00pm - 4:25pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 5 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

4:55pm MST

Americanish

Americanish

Run Time: 90 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 1:55pm
Saturday, April 9 at 12:00pm
Sunday, April 10 at 4:55pm

Directed by: Iman Zawahry

Cast: Aizzah Fatima, Salena Qureshi, Shenaz Treasurey, Lillete Dubey, Godfrey, Mo Amer, Kapil Talwalkar, David Rasche, George Wendt, Ajay Naidu

Synopsis: In Jackson Heights, Queens, career-driven sisters Maryam and Sam and their newly-immigrated cousin Ameera must navigate the consistent and sometimes conflicting demands of romance, culture, work, and family.

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Sunday April 10, 2022 4:55pm - 6:25pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

5:00pm MST

InHospitable

InHospitable

Run Time: 100 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 9:20am
Saturday, April 9 at 11:40am
Sunday, April 10 at 5:00pm

Directed by: Sandra Alvarez

Cast: Vicki Arnett, Maurice Arnett, Beth McCracken, Ginny Bell, Evie Bodick, Chelsa Wagner, Summer Lee, Erin Ninehouser, Lisa Frank, Nila Payton, Josh Shapiro, Ed Gainey, Sara Innamorato, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Chuck Grassley, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Martin Gaynor, Zack Cooper, Erin Fuse Brown, Farzad Mostashari, Emily Gee, Natasha Lindstrom

Synopsis: InHospitable reveals American hospitals’ significant role in our broken healthcare system by documenting patients and activists as they band together to fight UPMC, a multi-billion dollar nonprofit hospital system that was limiting vital care for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable patients in western Pennsylvania.

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Sunday April 10, 2022 5:00pm - 6:40pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 4 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

5:10pm MST

Dear Zoe

Dear Zoe

Run Time: 95 minutes

Screening Time(s):

Friday, April 8 at 2:00pm
Saturday, April 9 at 9:30am
Sunday, April 10 at 5:10pm

Directed by: Gren Wells

Cast: Sadie Sink, Theo Rossi, Jessica Capshaw, Justin Bartha, Kweku Collins, Vivien Lyra Blair

Synopsis: Dear Zoe is a powerful, heartwarming and inspirational study of resilience, a coming-of-age drama in which teenage Tess enlists her biological father - a lovable slacker - and the charming juvenile delinquent next door to help her come to grips with the death of her little sister.

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Sunday April 10, 2022 5:10pm - 6:45pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 - Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Feature Film - Competition

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