Hi again everybody,

A number of people have been asking “what filmmakers are attending the festival?”. Well, I’m here to answer that question so you can be an informed festival attendee. There will be more filmmakers and celebs confirming over the next week or so, but as of right now this is the confirmed list of attending filmmakers and actors:

34×25x36 - director Jesse Epstein in attendance
American Teen - director Nanette Burnstein in attendance
Aquarium - director Rob Meyer in attendance
Ballast - director Lance Hammer in attendance
Blood Car - director Alex Orr and actress Katie Rowlett (watch the trailer on our homepage!)
The Cake Eaters - director Mary Stuart Masterson in attendance
Crawford - director David Modigliani in attendance
Eleven Minutes - directors Michael Selditch & Rob Tate and Project Runway’s Jay McCarroll in attendance for the Monday April 28th screening only
The Execution of Solomon Harris - directors Wyatt Garfield & Ed Yonaitis in attendance
Film Makes Us Happy - director Bryan Wizemann in attendance
Frontrunner - director Virginia Williams in attendance
Frownland - director Ronnie Bronstein, lead actor Dore Mann, and actress Mary Bronstein in attendance
Glory at Sea - director Ben Zeitlin and producer Dan Janvey in attendance
Goliath - directors David & Nathan Zellner in attendance
The Greening of Southie - director Ian Cheney & producer Curt Ellis in attendance
Intimidad - directors David Redmon & Ashley Sabin in attendance
Jackson Ward - Director Matt Petock in attendance
Jump! - director Helen Hood Scheer in attendance
Kids + Money - director Lauren Greenfield in attendance
Larry (The Actor) - director Eric Poydar and producer Brett Portanova in attendance
Life.Support.Music. - director Eric Metzgar in attendance
The Linguists - director Jeremy Newberger in attendance
Lioness - directors Meg McLagan & Daria Sommers in attendance

Many More Filmmakers and Actors after the jump…

Man - director Myna Joseph in attendance
Meadowlark - director Taylor Greeson in attendance
Medicine for Melancholy - director Barry Jenkins in attendance
My Effortless Brilliance - director Lynn Shelton in attendance
My Winnepeg - director Guy Maddin in attendance
Natural Causes - directors Michael Lerman, Alex Cannon, and Paul Cannon in attendance
Nerdcore Rising - director Negin Farsad and subject MC Frontalot in attendance
The New Year Parade - director Tom Quinn in attendance
Not Your Typical Big Foot Movie - director Jay Delaney in attendance
Ping Pong Playa - director Jessica Yu in attendance
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome - director Robert Patton-Spruill in attendance
Savage Grace - director Tom Kalin in attendance
Saviours - director Liam Nolan in attendance
Second Skin - director Juan Carlos Piniero Escoriaza in attendance
Secrecy - directors Robb Moss & Peter Galison in attendance
Sex Positive - director Daryl Wein in attendance
Transsiberian - director Brad Anderson, writer Will Conroy, and a probable “very special guest”
Turn The River - director Chris Eigeman and actress Famke Janssen in attendance
Twelve - all 12 directors will be in attendance
Very Young Girls - director David Schisgall will be in attendance
We Are Wizards - director Josh Koury, and subjects Brad Neely & Harry and the Potters in attendance
Well-Founded Concerns - director Tim Cawley in attendance
Wild Blue Yonder - director Celia Maysles in attendance
Woman in Burka - director Jonathan Lisecki in attendance
Woodpecker - director Alex Karpovsky in attendance

So please do attend as many of these films as your eyes can manage because this is a very talented and interesting group of filmmakers we have this year and it will probably be your only chance to discuss their films with them. And if you’re thinking, “I want to talk with so many of them, but I just won’t have time!”, then there is an easy answer. We are offering a Party Pass that is only $120 and it gets you into all 5 parties which includes the Sunday night Awards Party. That’s five parties with free drinks, free food, great DJs like Prince Paul of De La Soul, live performances from bands such as NERDCORE RISING’s MC Frontalot, the awards ceremony, and the majority of the filmmakers listed above to chat with. That breaks down to less than $25 per party! Those passes are on sale on the website so get them while they last!

Keep checking back on this blog to get more info, up-to-the-minute news, and programmer picks!

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