Rhode Island International Film Festival: Features Lineup

Tim, a shy 16 years old athlete, is both brilliant and talented. But the pressure he undergoes pushes him to the edge, where human limits reach the point of no return.

Two strangers, both folk musicians stranded in California, take a road trip to New York in the days after 9/11. A story about the kindness of strangers and the power of music.

A documentary following Army Sergeant Nick Mendes as he adapts to life after surviving a massive improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.

A documentary portrait of Brazilian ballet star Marcelo Gomes.

Vacationing on historic Nantucket Island, a teenage mystery writer and her friends must outwit two scheming thieves to solve the secret behind a legendary ghost story.

The extravagantly rich Grace wants to revive a 20-year old love affair. Mark travels to Ireland, together with pushy Ronnie and pretends to be his deceased brother Michel.

Mothers seek real justice for their murdered sons.

'Communion' reveals the beauty of the rejected, the strength of the weak and the need for change when change seems impossible. This crash course in growing up teaches us that no failure is final. Especially when love is in question.

Narrated by the only 5-time Super Bowl winning head coach in NFL history, the New England Patriots Bill Belichick. The World War II Foundation hired one of France's top aerial Drone camera companies to film some of the most iconic locations in Normandy from D-Day. The result is some of the most spectacular scenes of the landing beaches and battlefields viewers have ever seen. In 2017 the WWII Foundation tells the story of these famous locations utilizing ONLY aerial footage, along with archival footage taken during the invasion on June 6, 1944. The WWII Foundation matches 1-2 D-Day veterans with each location where our drone filmed so these veterans can share their own personal stories of where they were and what they were doing on D-Day, one of the most important days in the history of the world. Location of Drone filming includes: Sainte-Marie-du-Mont Utah Beach Brecourt Manor Sainte-Mère-Eglise Pointe-du-Hoc Gold Beach Longues-sur-Mer Omaha Beach2002x La Fiere The Normandy American Cemetery The German Cemetery at La Cambe Colleville-sur-Mer Vierville-sur-Mer The Richard Winters Leadership Monument

In 2008, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur forms a half-baked plan to embed himself with the pirates of Somalia. He ultimately succeeds in providing the first close-up look into who these men are, how they live, and the forces that drive them.

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.

While recovering from a suicide attempt, Ben Layton accidentally falls in love with a girl who was very nearly, almost his sister - and then things start to get weird.

This is the compelling true story of a boy who endured 10 Nazi concentration camps over 5 horrific years, and grew up to help thousands of at-risk youth. After his liberation from the Dachau camp, Steve Ross came to America, worked his way to earn 3 college degrees and become a youth worker in the inner-city. He helped young people stay in school, stay out of trouble and get good jobs. As an adult, he became a licensed psychologist for the city of Boston, working with kids in need. He was the founder of the iconic New England Holocaust Memorial which stands proudly on Boston's historic Freedom Trail.

After agreeing to be the subject of a documentary film, an 85 year old Physicist and sailboat Captain, suddenly goes missing while alone out at sea. The Filmmaker himself decides to begin a search to find him.

Where do art, politics and subversive acts collide? Finding Heaven Under Our Feet: Making Modern Dance, a feature-length documentary film, is a journey through time. Choreographer and dance historian, Dr. Jody Weber describes the roots of modern dance in the expressive dance movement of 19th century Boston, illustrating the art form's ties to the early 20th century women's rights movement. Seeing herself as an heir to these early innovators, Weber works with her Somerville-based dance company to address the elusive nature of the genre through community engagement, audience education and the ability of artists to use their work to tackle social and cultural issues, such as climate change and our relationship with the planet.

A junior high school student sees her chances of a better future jeopardized after she gets in a fight and is expelled.

They never wanted to be architects but built a masterpiece.

Despite the danger of radioactivity, a man decides to stay in the land of his ancestors. The last protector of life in a land of death.

Ten lost souls slip in and out of one another's arms in a daisy-chained exploration of love's bittersweet embrace.

Long estranged brothers reconnect along a road-trip home to say goodbye to their hardened father on his deathbed.

The only way to love you is becoming who you are.

A 14,000-year-old college professor notices that he has finally started showing signs of aging. Meanwhile, four of his students get suspicious of him and start investigating his past.

This is a story of how the courageous and selfless actions of one man can touch and inspire thousands. A documentary about Welles Remy Crowther, who saved at least ten people on September 11, 2001 at the cost of his own life.

Melody Maker Magazine's Chief Contributing Photographer(1965-1975), Barrie Wentzell tells the story of the rise and fall of the magazine, which marked the end to a style of rock n' roll journalism that no longer exit's today.

Their marriage was already in trouble. Then came the accident and bad decisions. Their troubles just got so much worse.

Hollywood collides with a group of veterans who are tired of the typical PTSD and valor-portrayed movies and decide to make an original dark humor zombie apocalypse film all on their own.

OUR WILDEST DREAMS tells the story of the desire to turn one's dreams into reality in spite of times of doubt, hardship and sacrifice. Will Foots leave the streets of the USA and become a famous musician or is his life as a Hobo the life he really longs for? Will Torjus choose the cold arctic winter of Norway or the warmth of a home with his family?

Henry Long desperately seeks a cure for the condition that leaves him unable to feel physical pain.

A mentally ill woman who's been submerging her violent impulses for years unravels after she marries a controlling older man and relocates to his suburban home.

Inspired by true events, a man recounts the summer of '94, when he and his brother plotted revenge against their abusive father.

When 24-year-old Sam Fox launches a highly publicized campaign to break the speed record on the Pacific Crest Trail for Parkinson's disease, he quickly learns what it means to struggle in the spotlight.

In 1994 Sarajevo began a descent into chaos. Amongst the madness, 2 UN personnel: decided it would be fun to persuade a rock star (Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden) to come and play a gig to the population. Scream for Me Sarajevo tells the story, in all its madness, of musicians who risked their lives to play a gig, and the people who risked their lives to see them.

A vivid and intimate account of the Venezuelan crisis told through the real-life struggle of a young father trying to save his family from the demolition of their home.

When filmmaker Will Lautzenheiser's limbs are amputated, his life is derailed and he turns to stand-up comedy as therapy. Meanwhile, a world-famous medical team is performing transplants that restore bodies to unprecedented levels. Despite grave risks, Will agrees to undergo an experimental double-arm transplant in the hope of reclaiming his independence.

Go is the oldest game still played in its original form. In east Asia, it is hailed as one of mankind's greatest cultural achievements and considered both ancient art and national sport. At the very top, an elite cadre of professional Go players battles for dominance, broadcast to millions of fans - and remaining virtually unknown to the West. Now, for the first time, a small but determined band of American players enters the fray, launching their own professional system and struggling desperately to bring Go into the mainstream. Everything depends on the genius of the young competitors as they explore the endless complexities of the game. In the end, 'The Surrounding Game' is a story of obsession: a search for meaning beneath the patterns.

Paul (Morgan) investigates his late father's increasingly disturbing past and becomes suspicious of the mysterious, melancholic, and possibly dangerous Madeleine (Ardant).