Palm Beach International Film Festival

Includes:

LIKE A BUTTERFLY -
Nick is a young man whose only dream is to be successful. One day he discovers that he is sick and his whole world falls apart. But when everything seems to be lost, the unexpected meeting with an old movie star changes his way of looking at life.
DIRECTOR: Eitan Pitigliani
PRODUCERS: Eitan Pitigliani, Falcon Productions and Enrico Mastracchi Manes in collaboration witrh RAI Cinema 
WRITERS: Eitan Pitigliani, Alessandro Regaldo
CAST: Ed Asner, Will Rothhaar, Cindy Pickett
RUNTIME: 00:28:00
COUNTRY: United Kingdom, USA
LANGUAGE: English
WORLD PREMIERE
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MOTHER'S DAY -
Tragedy forces Mary (Academy Award Winner Melissa Leo) and her son Jay (Gabriel Furman) to say goodbye forever.
DIRECTOR: Jeff Tan
PRODUCERS: Gabriel Furman, Jeff Tan, Melissa Leo
WRITER: Gabriel Furman
CAST: Melissa Leo, Gabriel Furman
RUNTIME: 00:06:51
COUNTRY: USA
LANGUAGE: English
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RAISE THE TOYGANTIC -
This Ken-Burns-meets-Waiting-For-Guffman-style mockumentary tracks the mysterious history of the ToyGantic, an ominously named toy luxury ocean-liner built in 1962, and the lives of everyone associated with the doomed toy. Weaving fact and fiction, this multi-generational mini-epic spans eighty years of memory, family, and the pursuit of the American dream. Written and directed by Academy Award nominated writer/director Gail Lerner, Raise the ToyGantic features a murderers’ row of delightful comic actors, including Fred Melamed, Mindy Sterling, Laraine Newman, Michaela Watkins, Kurtwood Smith, Phil LaMarr, Harold Sylvester, Daniel O’Connor, Floyd Van Buskirk, Edi Patterson, and Ian Edwards.
DIRECTOR: Gail Lerner
PRODUCER: Gail Lerner
WRITER: Gail Lerner
CAST: Fred Melamed, Mindy Sterling, Harold Sylvester, Daniel O'Connor, Floyd Van Buskirk
RUNTIME: 00:27:12
COUNTRY: USA
LANGUAGE: English
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THE BRIDGE PARTNER -
A timid housewife is jolted into a fight for her survival or sanity by her new partner at a weekly bridge game when she thinks she hears a whispered threat.
DIRECTOR: Gabriel Olson
PRODUCER: Sean Barney, Gabriel Olson, Jason Michael Berman
WRITER: Gabriel Olson, Peter S. Beagle
CAST: Beth Grant, Sharon Lawrence, Robert Forster, Catherine Carlen
RUNTIME: 00:13:30
COUNTRY: USA
LANGUAGE: English
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THE TRAIN -
A preoccupied young man reluctantly agrees to take some time from his busy day to meet his girlfriend’s grandfather (Academy Award Winner Eli Wallach). He learns how life can change in a moment. Inspired by a true story. 'I was very much moved by the story and the players. What a fitting exit for a grand master of the performing arts Eli Wallach.' - Steven Spielberg
DIRECTOR: Asher Grodman
PRODUCER: Asher Grodman
WRITER: Asher Grodman
CAST: Asher Grodman, Eli Wallach, Dawn Cantwell
RUNTIME: 00:09:30
COUNTRY: USA
LANGUAGE: English