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A Bump Along the Way
A Bump Along the Way directed by Shelly Love

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced the lineup of over 200 movies including 47 world premieres and 71 U.S. premieres, for its 35th edition, which will take place from January 15 to 25, 2020. Kicking off the festival is opening night film – the U.S. premiere of Shelly Love’s A Bump Along the Way, a female-led, feel-good comedy drama set in Derry, Northern Ireland, about a middle-aged woman whose unexpected pregnancy after a one-night stand acts as the catalyst for her to finally take control of her life.

For the Closing Night Film the festival will spotlight a series of short documentaries by local filmmakers. This distinctive selection of films covers a range of iconic people and places in the Santa Barbara area including immigrant farm workers, an aging bronc rider, a female cyclist that defied all odds, backpackers exploring the Los Padres National Forest, artists documenting the breathtaking landscapes of the Carrizo Plain, and a celebrated local guitarist who performs in parking garages and public spaces throughout downtown Santa Barbara.

WORLD PREMIERE FEATURE FILMS

Amazing Grace, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Lynn Montgomery

Americaville, USA, China – World Premiere
Directed by Adam Smith

Bastard’s Road, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Brian Morrison

Born in a Ballroom, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Clara Lehmann and Jonathan Lacocque

By Hand, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Kellen Keene

The Delicacy, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Jason Wise

Exploring the Pacific Northwest, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Ian A. Nelson

Faith Based, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Vincent Masciale

The Lafayette Escadrille, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Darroch Greer

Man in the Field: The Life and Art of Jim Denevan, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Patrick Trefz

Medicating Normal, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Lynn Cunningham and Wendy Ractliffe

Mentors – Tony and Santi, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Andrew Davis

The Mustangs: An American Story, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Steven Latham

The Naturemakers, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Scott Saunders

The Night, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Kourosh Ahari

The Oratorio, USA, Italy – World Premiere
Directed by Mary Anne Rothberg

Overland, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Elisabeth Haviland James and Revere La Noue

The Prison Within, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Katherin Hervey

The Restoration (La restauracion), Peru – World Premiere
Directed by Alonso Llosa

Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy!, UK – World Premiere
Directed by John Scheinfeld

Tell My Story, USA – World Premiere
Directed by David Freid

A Worm in the Heart, USA – World Premiere
Directed by Paul Rice

U.S. PREMIERE FEATURE FILMS

The Amber Light, UK – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Adam Park

Amundsen, Norway – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Espen Sandberg

The Art of Waiting (Neffilot), Israel – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Erez Tadmor

Back Towards Light (Takaisin valoon), Finland – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Arto Halonen

The Birdcatcher’s Son (Fågelfångarens son), Sweden – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Richard Hobert

Birth Wars, Mexico – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Janet Jarman

Black Conflux, Canada – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Nicole Dorsey

Born 2 Drive, Norway – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Daniel Fahre

A Brother’s Love, Canada – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Monia Chokri

A Bump Along the Way, UK – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Shelly Love

By a Sharp Knife (Ostrým nozom), Slovakia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Teodor Kuhn

Call Mom! (Ring mamma!), Sweden – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Lisa Aschan

Chronology (Kronoloji), Turkey – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Ali Aydin

The Clash (La bronca), Peru, Columbia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Daniel and Diego Vega

Collision (Kollision), Denmark – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Mehdi Avaz

Daniel, Denmark, Norway, Sweden – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Niels Arden Oplev and Anders W. Berthelsen

Disco, Norway – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Jorunn Myklebust Syversen

Easy Living, Italy – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Peter and Orso Miyakawa

The Exception (Undtagelsen), Denmark – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Jesper W. Nielsen

Fatei and the Sea, Russia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Alina Rudnitskaya and Sergey Vinokurov

The Flying Circus (Cirku Fluturues), Kosovo, U.S. Premiere
Directed by Fatos Berisha

The Good One (La volta buona), Italy – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Vincenzo Marra

The Goya Murders (El asesino de los caprichos), Spain – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Gerardo Herrero

Gutterbee, Denmark – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Ulrich Thomsen

Gipsy Queen, Germany, Austria – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Hüseyin Tabak

Hope Gap, UK – U.S. Premiere
Directed by William Nicholson

I Was, I Am, I Will Be (Es gilt das gesprochene wort), Germany – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Ilker Catak

If Only (Magari), Italy, France – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Ginevra Elkann

James Vs. His Future Self, Canada – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Jeremy Lalonde

Kuessipan, Canada – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Myriam Verreault

Land of Ashes (Ceniza Negra), Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile, France – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Sofia Quiros

Lane 4 (Raia 4), Brazil – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Emiliano Cunha

The Last Mountain (Ostatnia góra), Poland – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Dariusz Załuski

Leaving Afghanistan (Bratstvo), Russia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Pavel Lungin

Liberté: A Call To Spy, USA – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher

Love Beats (La banda), Spain – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Roberto Bueso

The Marijuana Conspiracy, Canada – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Craig Pryce

Master Cheng (Mestari Cheng), Finland, China – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Mika Kaurismaki

Mosh, Domican Republic – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Juan Antonio Bisonó

My Life (Mi Vida), Netherlands – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Norbert Ter Hall

My Life as a Comedian (En komikers uppväxt), Sweden – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Rojda Sekersoz

Nevia, Italy – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Nunzia De Stefano

Once in Trubchevsk, Russia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Larisa Sadilova

Only the Animals (Seules les bêtes), France, Germany – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Dominik Moll

Outdeh – The Youth of Jamaica, Germany – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Louis Josek

Outlaw (Autlo), Russia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Ksenia Ratushnaya

Pandora’s Box: Lifting the Lid on Menstruation, Canada – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Rebecca Snow

Paris: A Wild Story, France – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Frederic Fougea

The Pencil (Prostoy karandash), Russia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Natalya Nazarova

Psychosia (Psykosia), Denmark – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Marie Grahtø Sørensen

The Retirement (El retiro), Argentina – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Ricardo Diaz Lacoponi

River Silence, Canada – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Rogério Soares

Santa Clara, Bolivia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Pedro Antonio Gutierrez

The Songpoet, USA – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Paul Lamont

Sovereign Soil, Canada – U.S. Premiere
Directed by David Curtis

Stitches (savovi), Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Miroslav Terzić

Super Frenchie, USA – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Chase Ogden

Supernova, Poland – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Bartosz Kruhlik

That Click, USA – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Luca Severi

Towards the Battle (Vers la bataille), France, Columbia – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux

White on White (Blanco en blanco), Spain, Chile, France, Germany – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Théo Court

2020 SBIFF FEATURE FILMS

14 Days, 12 Nights (14 jours, 12 nuits), Canada
Directed by Jean-Phillippe Duval

37 Seconds, Japan
Directed by Hikari

Antigone, Canada
Directed by Sophie Deraspe

Blow the Man Down, USA
Directed by Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy

Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive, Israel
Directed by Yossi Atia and David Ofek

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn, USA
Directed by Ivy Meeropol

Burnt Orange Heresy, USA, UK
Directed by Giuseppe Capotondi

The Changin’ Times of Ike White, USA
Directed by Daniel Vernon

Finding Farideh, Iran, Netherlands
Directed by Kourosh Ataee and Azadeh Moussavi

Golda, Israel, Germany
Directed by Sagi Bornstein, Udi Nir, Shani Rozanes

The Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom, USA
Directed by Charlie Hoxie

Greed, UK
Directed by Michael Winterbottom

Invisible Life (A vida Invisível), Brazil, Germany
Directed by Karim Aïnouz

Kosher Beach, Israel
Directed by Karin Kainer

Lina From Lima, Chile, Peru, Argentina
Directed by Maria Paz Gonzalez

Lost Transmissions, USA
Directed by Katharine O’Brien

The Mayor of Rione Sanità (Il sindaco del rione sanità), Italy
Directed by Mario Martone

My Friend Fela, Brazil
Directed by Joel Zito Araújo

Papicha, France, Algeria, Belgium, Qatar
Directed by Mounia Meddour

Parasite, South Korea
Directed by Bong Joon-ho

Personhood, USA
Directed by Jo Ardinger

Red Penguins, USA
Directed by Gabe Polsky

She’s in Portland, USA
Directed by Marc Carlini

Shindisi, Georgia
Directed by Dito Tsintsadze

Show Me What You Got, USA
Directed by Svetlana Cvetko

System Crashers (Systemsprenger), Germany
Directed by Nora Fingsche

Truth and Justice, (Tõde ja õigus), Estonia
Directed by Tanel Toom

The Vast of Night, USA
Directed by Andrew Patterson

Verdict, France, Philippines
Directed by Raymund Ribay Gutierrez

The Wandering Chef, South Korea
Directed Hye-Ryoung Park

Whale Wisdom, USA
Directed by Rick Rosenthal

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