The Annapolis Film Festival
To Olivia Still
Annapolis, MD - The Annapolis Film Festival is back in person March 31- April 3, 2022 and they are bookending the festival with two films that prominently feature CHOCOLATE.
The opening night film To Olivia stars Hugh Bonneville as the celebrated British author Roald Dahl when he was writing “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and Keeley Hawes as his wife and actress Patricia Neal. The closing day film Peace by Chocolate portrays the inspirational true story of a Syrian refugee family that starts a successful chocolate factory business in Nova Scotia, Canada.
The titles listed below will screen at the festival this year. Look for the final film schedule and print program to be available to you later in March. Tickets go on sale March 11th.
OPENING NIGHT FILM:
To Olivia - directed by John Hay
CLOSING DAY FILM:
Peace By Chocolate - directed by Jonathan Keijser
SHOWCASE FILMS:
African American Experience:
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over - directed by David Heilbroner & Dave Wooley
Jewish Experience:
Three Minutes: A Lengthening - directed by Bianca Stigter
The Stories of Us - directed by Monica Levinson
Environmental Showcase:
The Biggest Little Farm: The Return - directed by John Chester
Our Future Our Fight – directed by Beth Murphy
Toxic Neighbour – directed by Colin Scheyen
Sailing/Boating Showcase:
Captain Nat Herreshoff's Enduring Legacy - directed by Gary Jobson & Scott Shucher
True North - directed by Suzie Galler
87 Days - Alone Rowing the Pacific - Lia Ditton & Danielle Sellwood
Education Day Screening (Private Event for Invited Students):
King Richard - directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
FEATURE FILMS:
Aristocrats - directed by Yukiko Sode
The Bright Side - directed by Ruth Meehan
Emily the Criminal - directed by John Patton Ford
Glob Lessons - directed by Nicole Rodenburg
Last Film Show - directed by Pan Nalin
A Love Song - directed by Max Walker-Silverman
Neighbours - directed by Mano Khalil
Queen of Glory - directed by Nana Mensah
Rehab Cabin - directed by Kate Beacom & Louis Legge
The Rose Maker - directed by Pierre Pinaud
True Things - directed by Harry Wootliff
Valiant Hearts - directed by Mona Achache
Yelling Fire in an Empty Theater - directed by Justin Zuckerman
892 - Abi Damaris Corbin
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES:
Any Given Day - directed by Margaret Byrne
The Automat - directed by Lisa Hurwitz
Blind Ambition - directed by Robert Coe & Warwick Ross
Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale - directed by Aaron Schillinger
Calendar Girls - directed by Maria Loohufvud & Love Martinsen
Dear Sirs - directed by Mark Pedri & Carrie Pedri
Fire of Love - directed by Sara Dosa
Mija - directed by Isabel Castro
Into Flight Once More - directed by Adrienne Hall
Walk With Frank - directed by Ryan Mayers & Matt Mayers
SHORT FILMS:
Almost A Year - directed by Jamieson Baker
Apothecaries of Time - directed by B.L. Strang-Moya
Bacon 'N' Laces - directed by Stephen Michael Simon
Blind Spots - directed by Danny McCrea
By the Sea - directed by Sarah Stusek
The Catch - directed by Thais Drassinower
Connected Off the Grid - directed by Rachel Bujalski
Cupids - directed by Zoey Martinson
Dad's Weekend - directed by Alex R Gillaspy
Don't Hold Your Breath - directed by Patti White
EXT. LOS ANGELES - DAY - directed by Matthew T. Price
The Feast - directed by Zeb Blair
For Closure - directed by Mike Peebler
Gaydream - directed by Brandon Wilson
I Really Love This Piece - directed by Graham Goldstein
Kinderland - directed by Amy Grappell
The Last Marriage - directed by Johan Tappert & Gustav Egerstedt
Leaving for Holiday - directed by Ariel Goldenberg
The Legacy Sessions - directed by William D. Ashton
Long Line of Ladies - directed by Shaandiin Tome & Rayka Zehtabchi
Love Stories on the Move - directed by Carina Dasoveanu
Matched - directed by Russell Sorbello
Maybe Tomorrow - directed by Sunny Bonner
My Journey Across the Ocean - directed by Madeleine Kelly Toomey
Night Ride - directed by Eirik Tveiten
No Man's Land - directed by Anna Andersen & Gabriella Canal
Ourselves, In Stories - directed by Marjee Chmiel
The Right Words - directed by Adrian Moyse Dullin
Sales Per Hour - directed by Michelle Uranowitz & Daniel Jaffe
Seeing Someone - directed by Andrew Brian Carter & Katie Page
Shark - directed by Nash Edgerton
Silver Screen Suicide - directed by Kyle Hartford
Still With You – directed by Ryan Livesay
Straw Man - directed by Alexander Casimir
Street Poet - directed by Samgar Rakym
Street Reporter - directed by Laura Waters Hinson
Studio 210 - directed by Lily Weisberg
Summer is for Sandcastles - directed by Harris Gurny
Training Wheels - directed by Alison Rich
Trustfall – directed by Stefan Witts
Wonderfully Made - directed by Benita Ozoude
You Too - directed by Grant James
